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Equations: Speed: Velocity: Acceleration:: Distance (D) 20 Miles Time (T) 2 Hours S D/T S 20 Mi/2 Hour

1. The document provides equations and examples for calculating speed, velocity, and acceleration. It gives the definitions of these terms as well as other motion-related terms like force, inertia, and Newton's laws of motion. 2. The document contains sample word problems demonstrating how to use the equations to calculate speed, velocity, and acceleration based on information provided, like distance, time, initial and final velocities. 3. It also provides 15 practice problems for the reader to solve on their own, calculating values like speed, acceleration, time, and distance using the motion equations and given variable values.

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Equations: Speed: Velocity: Acceleration:: Distance (D) 20 Miles Time (T) 2 Hours S D/T S 20 Mi/2 Hour

1. The document provides equations and examples for calculating speed, velocity, and acceleration. It gives the definitions of these terms as well as other motion-related terms like force, inertia, and Newton's laws of motion. 2. The document contains sample word problems demonstrating how to use the equations to calculate speed, velocity, and acceleration based on information provided, like distance, time, initial and final velocities. 3. It also provides 15 practice problems for the reader to solve on their own, calculating values like speed, acceleration, time, and distance using the motion equations and given variable values.

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Arellano University

Jose Abad Santos Campus


Pasay City
Name_________________________ Date_______________________

Forces and Motion: Speed, Velocity, and Acceleration


EQUATIONS:
 Speed:   Velocity: Acceleration:

Sample Problems:

A girl travels 20 miles on her bicycle. The trip takes 2 hours. Express her speed in miles/hr.
1. First, we identify the variables in our problem:
distance (d) = 20 miles
time (t) = 2 hours
2. We place the variables in their correct position in the speed formula
S = d/t
S = 20 mi/2 hour
3. Perform the calculation and express the resulting speed value with the appropriate unit:

S = 10 mi/hr

A car starts from a stoplight and is traveling with a velocity of 10 m/sec east in 20 seconds. What is the acceleration of
the car?
1. First we identify the information that we are given in the problem:
vf - 10 m/sec
vo - 0 m/sec
time - 20 seconds
2. Then we insert the given information into the acceleration formula:
a = (vf - vo)/t
a = (10 m/sec - 0 m/sec)/20 sec
3. Solving the problem gives an acceleration value of 0.5 m/sec 2.

Now try on your own:
1. What is the speed of a rocket that travels 9000 meters in 12.12 seconds? 

2. What is the speed of a jet plane that travels 528 meters in 4 seconds? 

3. How long will your trip take (in hours) if you travel 350 km at an average speed of 80 km/hr? 

4. How far (in meters) will you travel in 3 minutes running at a rate of 6 m/s?

5. A trip to Ilocos Norte takes 10 hours. The distance is 816 km. Calculate the average speed.

6. How many seconds will it take for a satellite to travel 450 km at a rate of 120 m/s?

7. What is the speed of a walking person in m/s if the person travels 1000 m in 20 minutes?
8. A ball rolls down a ramp for 15 seconds. If the initial velocity of the ball was 0.8 m/sec and the final velocity was 7
m/sec, what was the acceleration of the ball ?

9. A meteoroid changed velocity from 1.0 km/s to 1.8 km/s in 0.03 seconds. What is the acceleration of the meteoroid?

10. A car going 50mph accelerates to pass a truck. Five seconds later the car is going 80mph. Calculate the acceleration of
the car.

11. The space shuttle releases a space telescope into orbit around the earth. The telescope goes from being stationary to
traveling at a speed of 1700 m/s in 25 seconds. What is the acceleration of the satellite?

12. A ball is rolled at a velocity of 12 m/sec. After 36 seconds, it comes to a stop. What is the acceleration of the ball?

13. A dragster in a race accelerated from stop to 60 m/s by the time it reached the finish line. The dragster moved in a
straight line and traveled from the starting line to the finish line in 8.0 sec. What was the acceleration of the dragster?

14. A roller coaster car rapidly picks up speed as it rolls down a slope. As it starts down the slope, its speed is 4 
m/s.  But 3 seconds later, at the bottom of the slope, its speed is 22 m/s. What is its average acceleration?

15. A cyclist accelerates from 0 m/s to 8 m/s in 3 seconds. What is his acceleration ? Is this acceleration higher 
than that of a car which accelerates from 0 to 30 m/s in 8 seconds?

16. A car advertisement states that a certain car can accelerate from rest to 70 km/h in 7 seconds. Find the car’s 
average acceleration.

17. A lizard accelerates from 2 m/s to 10 m/s in 4 seconds. What is the lizard’s average acceleration?

18. A runner covers the last straight stretch of a race in 4 s. During that time, he speeds up from 5 m/s to 9 m/s. 
What is the runner’s acceleration in this part of the race?

Know ALSO the following vocabulary terms:


Constant speed – Speed that does not change
Velocity – Speed in a given direction
Frame of reference – A background used to judge motion or speed
Instantaneous Speed – Speed at a given moment in time
Speed – amount of distance traveled in a certain amount of time
Average Speed – total distance divided by total time
Time-Distance Graph – graph that shows speed of an object
Acceleration – change in velocity over time
Motion – an object changing position or distance in time
Rate of Change – amount of time it takes to change position or motion
Inertia - tendency of a still object to stay still or moving object to keep moving unless acted on by an unbalanced force
Force – push or pull
Centripetal Force – force keeping objects moving in a circle
Gravity – pull of objects in the universe – pull determined by mass and distance
Newton’s Three Laws of Motion – 1st: Law of Inertia (see Inertia definition); 2nd: Force=mass x acceleration;
3rd: For every action, there is an opposite and equal reaction

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