1) A car moving with a velocity of 24 m/s on a one-way street must be brought to a stop in 4.0 s.

What is the
required average acceleration? (-6.0 m/s2 )

2) If an automobile moving with a velocity of 11 m/s along a straight road is braked uniformly to rest in 5.0 s, a) by
how much must the velocity change each second? (-2.2m/s each s) b)how much distance is covered in this time (
27.5m )

3) At a sports car rally, a car starting from rest accelerates uniformly at a rate of 9.0 m/s2 over a straight line distance
of 100m. The time to beat in this event is 4.5 s. a) Does the driver do it? If not, what must the acceleration be to
do so? (No, 9.87 m/s2 ) b) what velocity does the car have at the 100 m mark ( 42.4 m/s)

4) At time = 0 an object moves in the negative x direction with a speed of 2.5 m/s. If an acceleration of 0.50 m/s2
is experienced in the positive x direction, after how long a time will the object have a positive velocity of 5 m/s
(15.0 s) b) what is the displacement of the object after the 15 seconds ( 18.75 m in the positive x direction )

5) A car initially at rest rolls down a hill with a uniform acceleration of 5.0 m/s2. How long will it take the car to travel
150m, the distance to the bottom of the hill? (7.7 s) b) what is the cars velocity at bottom of hill ? ( 38.73 m/s)

6) A car accelerates uniformly from rest at a rate of 5.25 m/s2. (a) How far does the car travel in 7.00 s? (129m )
b) What is the speed of the car at the time? (36.8 m/s)

7) The driver of a pickup truck going 27.8 m/s applies the brakes, giving the truck a uniform deceleration of 6.50
m/s2 while it travels 20.0 m. a) What is the velocity of the truck at the end of this distance?
(22.63 m/s) b) How much time has elapsed? (0.794 s)

8) An experimental rocket car starting from rest reaches a speed of 155.7 m/s after a straight 400 m run on a level
salt flat. Assuming the acceleration to be constant, what was the time of the run? (5.14 s)

9) A rifle bullet with a muzzle velocity (speed) of 330 m/s is fired directly into a special, dense material that stops the
bullet in 30 cm. Assuming the deceleration to be constant, what is its value? ( -181,500 m/s2 )
b) how much time for bullet to stop ( 0.0018 s )

10) Car A moving at some constant initial velocity decides to pass some slob on the road, car B. It takes car A 160 m
to pass car B while at the same time its velocity increases in speed to 35 m/s . If it takes 5 seconds to pass the
other car, what was the initial velocity of car A ( 29 m/s) b) what was the acceleration of car A ( 1.2 m/s2)
c) if at the point car A began accelerating it was 30m behind car B how fast was car B moving ( 26 m/s).

11) A car moving at a constant velocity of 35 m/s begins braking for a red light. Due to bad breaks his breaks don’t
begin working for 3.5 seconds. If he stops just at the light in a total of 8 seconds how far from light was he the
instant he applied his brakes. (201.23 m)
12) A cop is parked at rest under a bridge. He sees a truck coming toward him at 12 m/s and decides to play
chicken. At the instant they are 200 m apart they both begin to accelerate. The cop at 5 m/s/s and the truck at 3
m/s/s.
a) how much time before they meet
b) where do they meet relative to the bridge.
c) find the velocity of each at the instant they meet.
ans: a) 5.73 b) 82.1 m c) cop v = 28.65 m/s truck v = 29.2m/s

13) A student throws a ball up to a classmate 12m up. The classmte catches the ball 0.8 s later

a) find the initial velocity of the ball. ( 18.92 m/s)

b) what velocity was the ball caught at? ( 11.1 m/s)

12 m c) assume the classmate misses the ball. Find the max hieght , the time
to max hieght and the total flight time.
( 18.26 m , 1.93 s, 3.86 s)
vi

14) A dodge viper doing 60 m/s passes a cop at rest . The cop takes 5 sec to radio in the speeder then floors it . In 4
seconds the cop is already doing 24 m/s and continues to accelerate in pursuit.
a) assuming the viper stays at 60 m/s how long does it take the cop to overcome it, according to the cop. (
assume constant acceleration for the cop)
b) how fast is the cop going at the moment he overcomes the viper.
c) how far have they gone at the moment of interception
ans: a) about 24.14 sec b) v = 144.8 m/s ( yes this is really fast ) c) 1748.4 m

15) Cars A and B are at a drag strip 400 m long . Car “A” can accelerate at 7 m/s/s while car ” B” can achieve 6
m/s/s . If both cars start from rest at the same time
a) how much head start, in meters, does car B need so that the race ends in a tie.
b) if the cars tie what’s the difference in velocity at the finish line between A and B .
c) how long does the race last

ans : a) 56.5 m b) 10.7 m/s c) 10.7 s

16) Vector A has components ax = - 5 and ay = 3 . Vector B has magnitude 10 and makes an angle of 80 degeres
with the x axis .

a) find the magnitude of vector A and the angle vector A makes with the horizontal
b) find the components of the vector B
c) find ; the components of the the vector C = A + B , its magnitude and the angle it makes with the horizontal . (
vector C is defined as the resultant of A + B )
d) make a sketch of the vectors described above
 ans: a) 5.83 , 31 degrees or 149 from + x axis b) bx = 1.74 , by = 9.85 c) cx = -3.26 , cy = 12.85
13.26 , 104.24 deg. from + x axis.

17) A student launches a rocket from rest into the water from a 1000 m high cliff. The rocket accelerates downward at
25 m/s2 . The rocket has only 4 seconds of fuel. Upon splashdown the rocket decelerates at a constant rate until it
comes to a complete stop 50 m under water.

a) determine the displacement of the rocket and its velocity at the end of its fuel.
b) determine the velocity of the rocket upon impact with the water.
c) determine the total flight time as measured from the cliff top to 50 m under the
water where it stops.
d) Scetch graphs of velocity v.s. time and of acceleration v.s. time for the entire
trip of the rocket from start to finish.

ans: a) 200 m at 100 m/s b) 160.25 m/s c) 10.7 sec.

18) The path of a billiard ball as it bounces off others is described as follows: It first travels 45 deg E of N for 1.4 ft
then heads 1 ft E - then heads 60 deg W of N for 3.8 ft where it stops.

a) make a vector diagram of the path taken by the ball including all the angles etc.
b) Draw in the displacement vector D and what are its x and y components
c) what is the magnitude of D and what angle does it make with the x axis .
d) if the total trip took 5 seconds what is the ave speed and ave velocity of the ball.

ans: b) dx = - 1.3 , dy = 2.9 c) 3.18 ft , 65.8 deg d) s = 1.24 ft/s , v = 0.636 ft/s @ 65.8 deg

19) A dog walks 15 m 30 o N of W then heads 6m 75 o N of W and finally 25 m 20 o E of N. What is the magnitude
and direction of the dogs displacement. (37.273 m, 80.747 o N of W)

20) A drunken pig heads 45m @ 60 o N of W then 9 m directly S and finally passes out @ 200m 60 o S of E. What is
the magnitude and direction of the pigs displacement. (162.856 m @ -61.582o )

21) A man throws a rock straight up off the edge of a high cliff with some initial velocity. It reaches a max height of 60
m above the cliff top then falls to the ground with an impact velocity of 60 m/s

a) what was the initial velocity of rock.

b) how long for rock to reach max height and what was the total flight time?
c) what is the height of the cliff?

ans : a) 34.3 m/s b) 3.5 s , 9.6 sec c) 123.6 m

22) A ball is kicked at 75 deg and just barely clears the corner of a 10 m high building wall. The time from the kick to
the exact corner is 0.5 seconds.
a) what initial velocity is the ball kicked with

b) find the time required to reach max height

and the value of the max height.

c) find the total flight time

d) what distance , d , from the bottom of the

wall was the ball kicked from and where on
top of building does the ball land (as
measured from the building corner )

e) what is the absolute impact velocity of ball with rooftop and what angle does it make with the horizontal

ans a) 23.24 m/s b) 2.29 s , 25.71 m c) 4.08 s d) 3 m , 21.54 m e) 18.54 m/s , 71.1 deg.

23) A golf ball hit at an initial velocity of 15 m/s wakes a sleeping cat at cliff base. The cat, without delay, bolts away
at a constant velocity of 7 m/s. The golfer hears a painful cry 3 seconds later.

a) how far from cliff base does the ball and

cat meet i.e . find “D” .

b) Determine the angle θ and find the x

and y components of the initial velocity
c) find the time to max height. Determine
the value of max height.
d) how high is the cliff “ h “

e) what absolute velocity does the ball have upon impact with the cat , and, at what angle .

ans: a) 21 m b) 46.4 deg , Vx = 10.34 m/s , Vy = 10.86 m/s c) 1.11 s , 6 m d) h= 11.5 m

24) As shown below a ball is kicked off the edge of a canyon cliff. It takes 3 seconds for it to hit the other side

a) Determine the value of θ

b) where on the other side does the ball hit , i.e. find H

c) what absolute velocity does the ball have upon impact with the
other side. Find the angle of this velocity vector on impact.

d) given the same initial angle what initial velocity, Vo , would

result in the ball hitting the other side in 2 seconds .

ans : a) 48.2 deg b) 66.5 m c) 37.4 m/s , 80 deg

d) 15 m/s

25) A basketball is thrown from the position shown below. All distances are in feet so use g = 32 ft/s

a) determine the value of the initial velocity

that will result in a perfect basket.

b) determine the total flight time

ans: a) 23 ft/s b) 0.985 sec

26) At exactly the same time, a man on the ground throws a ball straight into the air while a second man drops a ball,
from rest, from 17 m up.

a) at what time do the 2 balls collide

b) what height are the balls at when they collide
c) what velocity does each ball have upon impact with each other.
d) If the balls missed each other , all else being equal , how much time between impact of
the balls with ground.

ans: a) 1.13 sec b) 10.74 m c) v ( ball released from top ) = 11.1 m/s , v = 3.93 m/s.
d) 1.2 sec.
27) A place kicker must kick a football over the goal as shown below. It takes 3 seconds for ball to travel to the goal.

a) find the initial velocity and angle the ball was kicked at
if it just barely clears the goal
b) find max height
c) at the instant the ball reaches max height find the
distance between the ball and the goal post.

d) find the magnitude and direction of the velocity of the ball at the point it clears the post.

ans: a) 19.8 m/s at 52.6 deg b) 12.72 m c) 19.3 m d) 18.2 m/s at 48.7 deg from horz.

28) A ball is kicked from the ground at an angle θ at 20 m/s. It reaches max height directly above the corner of a
building 2.5 m high and lands on top of it .
a) find the value of θ (25.81 o )
b) find the total flight time. ( 1.417 sec )
b) find where the ball lands on the building ( 25.5 m)
c) find the mag and dir of the impact velocity vector on roof top ( 18.73 m/s @ -16.05 0 )

16 m

29) A small boat that can move 12 m/s in still water leaves dock “A” with the boat aiming at dock B. The river water
is moving at 5 m/s to the left.

a) What is the velocity of the boat relative to ground (

i.e. velocity relative to shore) show with vector
diagram . ( 13 m/s)

b) how long till boat reaches other side and how far
does he miss dock B by. (

c) with the boat back at dock “A” what angle must he

turn into the river so as to maintain
a straight path to dock “ B” . Now how long would it
take him to arrive at other side at dock “B” . ( show with
vector diagram )
30) A pesky cat is dropped from rest, 500m above ground. It descends at a constant velocity of 100 m/s toward
a soft bed. At the same time an unpredicted wind to the right appears at 20m/s.

a) how far from the bed do you place Sluggo, the

hungry pit bull, so he can eat.

b) what absolute velocity, or resultant velocity

does the cat have upon contact with Sluggo.

c) how long must sluggo wait before his meal.

d) (optional) All else being equal , repeat part a)

except this time assume the parachute fails at the
500 m mark and the cat accelerates at g .

31) A boat is crossing a river. Its speedometer reading is 8 m/s NE. The river is flowing at a velocity of 6m/s East.
a) draw the vector diagram described above.
b) determine the magnitude and direction of the boats relative velocity.
c) in what direction must he aim his boat such that his relative velocity is directed exactly N.
d) determine the magnitude of the relative velocity in c) above.

ans: b) 25.9 deg N of E at 12.96 m/s c) 48.6 deg W of N d) 5.3 m/s