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Velocity and Acceleration Practice Problems

This document contains 11 practice problems related to kinematics concepts such as linear displacement, velocity, speed, acceleration, angular velocity, momentum, and moment of inertia. The problems involve calculating these values for scenarios like walking between mile markers, running a distance over time, pitching a baseball, and physical therapy exercises.

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Velocity and Acceleration Practice Problems

This document contains 11 practice problems related to kinematics concepts such as linear displacement, velocity, speed, acceleration, angular velocity, momentum, and moment of inertia. The problems involve calculating these values for scenarios like walking between mile markers, running a distance over time, pitching a baseball, and physical therapy exercises.

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  • Unit 1 – Practice Problems
  • Newton's Laws of Motion

Unit 1 – Practice Problems

Linear Displacement
1. If your car breaks down on 676 at mile marker 32 and you walk to mile marker 34 where your friend
pulled over to help, what was your linear displacement when walking?

Linear Velocity
2. Hiba went for a run in the morning, starting at her house and ending at the local coffee shop. She ran a
total of 3 miles in 27 minutes. What was her average velocity? What would Hiba’s average velocity be
if she ran the same distance in the same amount of time, but back to her house from the coffee shop?

Speed vs. Velocity


3. During practice, you begin a drill where you run from the end zone (0 yard) of the football field to the
50-yard line and manage to do this is 25 seconds. You then quickly turn around and run back to the
end zone in 40 seconds. What was your average speed during this full drill? What was your average
velocity during this full drill?

Angular Velocity
4. Nick has continued to improve with his elbow range of motion over the past week. He is now able to
actively flex his elbow from 10 degrees to 100 degrees in a matter of 7 seconds. What is his angular
velocity?

Acceleration
5. You are riding your bike on the Schuylkill River Trail and slowdown from +20 to +10 m/s in 5 seconds.
What is your acceleration?

Calculating Linear Displacement from Angular Measurements


6. If the angular displacement of the lower leg, when flexing the knee, is 1.5 radians and the lower leg
measures at 35 inches, what is the linear displacement?
Calculating Linear Displacement from Angular Measurements
7. Your patient Nick is experiencing a contracture of their biceps brachii and is stuck at 70 degrees of
elbow flexion. During their physical therapy session, you’re able to force their elbow to 95 degrees of
flexion. What was his angular displacement during this session? What was his linear displacement, if
his forearm is 15 inches in length?

Calculating Linear Velocity from Angular Measurements


8. When Leo pitches a baseball, his elbow has an angular velocity of 3.2 radians/sec. If his forearm
measures 15 inches, what is the linear velocity of his hand?

9. If you re-measured Leo’s angular velocity, but this time did it with a different tool that gave you the
output of 60 deg/s (and his forearm still measures at 15 inches), what is his linear velocity?

Newton’s Laws of Motion


10. If a person has a mass of 70 kg and is running down the field at a velocity of 5 m/s, what is their
momentum?

11. In a physical therapy session, you are measuring the moment of inertia as your patient extends their
leg while sitting in their wheelchair. The mass of their leg is 2 kg while the mass of their distal limb is
centered at 0.643m away from their knee, what is their moment of inertia?

Unit 1 – Practice Problems Linear Displacement 1. If your car breaks down on 676 at mile marker 32 and you walk to mile marke
Calculating Linear Displacement from Angular Measurements 7. Your patient Nick is experiencing a contracture of their biceps

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