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Eo @9e 89es89 ‘Acar accelerates from 4ms“ to 10ms* in 3s at constant acceleration. Find its acceleration. ‘Accar accelerates from rest to 10ms" in 4s at constant acceleration. Find its acceleration, ‘Accar accelerates from 3ms at an acceleration of 6ms™, Find the time taken to reach 12ms, An acroplane accelerates at a constant rate of ms for $s from an initial velocity of 4ms-! Find its final velocity "Find its A speedboat accelerates at a constant rate of 1.5 ms for 4s reaching a final velocity of 9ms velocity ‘Acar decelerates at a constant rate of 2ms™ for 3s finishing at a velocity of 8ms™. Find its initial velocity. ‘Accar accelerates from an initial velocity of 4ms“ to a final velocity of 8ms™ at a constant rate of 0.5ms~ Find the displacement in that time, EXERCISE 1D ® 1 Sketch the displacement-time graphs from the information given. In each case consider north to be the positive direction and home to be the point from which displacement is measured Bob leaves his home and heads north at a constant speed of 3ms for 10s Jenny is 30m north of home and walks ata constant speed of LSms~! until reaching home. € Ryo is sitting still at a point 10m south of his home. 4 Nina is 300m north of her home. She drives south at a constant speed of 10s“, passing her home, until she has travelled a total of 500m. ‘Sketch the displacement-time graphs from the information given. In each case consider upwards to be the positive direction and ground level to be the point from which displacement is measured. Remember to include the values for time and displacement at any points where the motion changes. 2A firework takes off from ground level accelerating upwards for 10s with constant acceleration 4m b A balls thrown upwards from a point 1m above the ground with initial speed Sms“ It accelerates downwards at a constant rate of 10ms™ until it stops moving upwards, when itis eaught by someone standing on a ladder. ® 1 sketch the velocty-time graphs from the information given. In each case take north to be the positive direction, a Rinesh starts from rest moving north with a constant acceleration of Sms” for Ss. b_ Wendi is moving north at 2s“ when she starts to accelerate at a constant rate of 0.Sms™ for 6s. Dylon is moving south at a constant speed of ms d_ Susan is moving north at 6ms~! when she starts decelerating at a constant rate of 0.3ms~ until she comes torres. ® 2 sketch the velocity-time graphs from the information given. In each case take upwards to be the positive direction. @ A ball is thrown up in the air from the surface of a pond with initial velocity 20ms~, It accelerates under gravity with constant acceleration 10ms"® downwards. Once it has reached its highest point it falls until it hits the surface of the pond and goes underwater. Under the water it continues to accelerate with constant acceleration Lms~ for Is. b A parachutist falls from a helicopter which is flying at a constant height. She accelerates ata constant rate of 10 ms"? downwards for 0.5s before the parachute opens. She then remains at constant speed for Ss. © Ahot-air balloon is floating at a constant height before descending to a lower height. It descends with, ‘constant acceleration 5ims~ for 6s, then the burner is turned on and the balloon decelerates at a constant rate of 2ms~ until it is no longer descending, 4 A firowork takes off from rest and accelerates upwards for 7s with constant acceleration Sms, before decelerating at a constant rate of 10ms“ until it explodes at the highest point ofits trajectory @® 3. Thegraph shows the motion of a motorcyclist when he starts travelling along (ms) highway until reaching top speed. Find the distance covered in reaching that speed. EXERCISE 1F @: An ice hockey puck slides along a rink at a constant speed of 10 ms“, It strikes the boards at the edge of the rrink 20m away and slides back along the rink at 8ms~ until going into the goal 40m from the board. Sketch a velocity-time graph and a displacement-time graph for the motion, measuring displacement from the starting point in the original direction of motion. A bowling bal rolls down an alley with inital speed 8 ms and decelerates ata constant rate of 0 8ms™. ‘After 25s itstrikes a pin and instantly slows down to 2m s“ It continues to decelerate at the same constant rate until coming to rest, Sketch a velocity-time graph and a displacement-time graph for the motion, Ina game of blind cricket, a ball is rolled towards a player with a bat 20m away, who tries to hit the ball. On ‘one occasion, the ball is rolled towards the batsman at a constant speed of 4ms, The batsman hits the ball ‘back directly where it came from with initial speed 6ms"! and decelerating at a constant rate of 0.Sms ‘Sketch a velocity-time graph and a displacement-time graph for the motion, taking the original starting point as the origin and the original direction of motion as positive. A ball is dropped from rest 20m above the ground. It accelerates towards the ground at a constant rate of 10ms7. It bounces on the ground and leaves with a speed that is half the speed it struck the ground with. Itis then caught when it reaches the highest point of ts bounce. Sketch a velocty-time graph and a displacement ‘time graph for the motion, measuring displacement above the ground. A ballis struck towards a wall, which is Sm away, at.2Sms°. It slows down at a constant rate of 0.2ms-* ‘until is strikes the wal. It bounces back at 80% of the speed it struck the wall at. Itagain slows down at a constant rate of 0.2m$- until coming to rest. Sketch a velocity-time graph and a displacement-time graph for ‘the motion, measuring displacement from the wall, taking the direction away from the wall as positive. °8 6989 Find the horizontal force required to make a car of mass 500kg accelerate on a horizontal road at 2s", ‘A wooden block of mass 0.3kg is being pushed along a horizontal surface by a force of 1.2N. Find its acceleration ‘A gardener drags a roller on horizontal land with a force of 360N causing it to accelerate at 1.2ms™, Find the ‘mass of the roller. ‘Aman pushes a boy in a trolley, with total mass 60kg, along horizontal land from rest with a constant force ‘of 42.N for 10s, Find the distance travelled in this time. ‘A snooker ball of mass 0.2kgis struck so it starts moving at .2ms“. Asit rolls, the table provides a constant resistance of 0.08 N. It strikes another ball Im away. ‘a Find the speed with which it strikes the other ball. b_ What assumptions have you made when answering this question? Find the constant force required to accelerate a mass of Skg from 3ms“!to 7mstin8s on a horizontal surface. 7A ship of mass 20 tonnes is moving at 10ms“ when its engines stop and it decelerates in the water. It takes 500 m to come to rest. Find the resistance force, which is assumed to be constant, of the water on the ship. 8 A.winch provides a constant force of 80N and causes a block to accelerate on horizontal land from 2ms"!to 10ms“'in 6s. Find the mass of the block 9A Formula I car and its driver have total mass of 800 kg. The driver is travelling at 100ms~ along a horizontal straight when, 100m before a bend, he starts to brake, slowing to 40 ms". Assuming a constant braking force, find the force of the brakes on the car. ® 1 A boat and the saitor on it have a combined mass of 300kg. The boat's engine provides a constant driving force of 1O0N. It maintains a constant speed despite water resistance of 60N and air resistance. Find the magnitude of the air resistance. @ 2 A boy and his friends have a tug-of-war with his father. His father pulls on one end of the rope with a force ‘of 200'N. The boy and three friends each pull with equal force on the other end of the rope. The rope is in equilibrium, Find the force each child exerts on the rope. ® 5 A team of sailors pulls a boat over the sand to the sea. Each sailor is capable of providing a force of up to 300.N. The resistance from the sand is 2200N. Find the minimum number of sailors needed on the team to maintain a constant speed. 4 A cyclist and her bike have a combined mass of 80kg. She exerts a driving force of 200N and experiences air resistance of 150 N, Find the acceleration of the cyclist. 5 Acar of mass 1500kg experiences air resistance of 45ON. It accelerates at 3ms~ on horizontal ground. Find the driving force exerted by the engine. 6 A boat of mass 2tonnes has a driving force of 1000N and accelerates at 0.2ms*, Find the resistance that the water provides. 7 Awater-skier of mass 75kg is towed by a horizontal rope with constant tension of 1S0NN. There is constant resistance from the water of 120N, Find the time taken to reach a speed of lms from rest. 8 A learner driver is being tested on the emergency stop. The car has mass 1250 kg and is moving at 21 ms“! ‘When the driver presses the brakes there is a braking force of 10000 N in addition to the air resistance of 500 N. Find the distance covered in coming to rest. Cor @® 6 ssss 10 Find the weight of a man of mass 70kg. ‘A young goat has weight 180N. Find its mass. ‘A ball is dropped from a height of 20m, Find the time taken to hit the ground. A water fountain projects water vertically upwards with initial speed 10 ms“. Find the maximum height the ‘water reaches. A ball is thrown vertically downwards with speed Sms"! from a height of 10m. Find the speed with which it hits the ground. ‘A wrecking ball of mass 1 tonne is dropped onto a concrete surface to crack it. It needs to strike the ground at Sms“'to cause a crack. Find the minimum height from which it must be dropped. A coin of mass 0.05 kg is dropped from the top of the Eiffel Tower, 300m high. It experiences air resistance of 0.01. Find the speed with which it hits the ground. A.winch lifts a bag of sand of mass 12 kg from the ground with a constant force of 240 until it reaches a speed of 10 ms“. Then the winch provides a force to keep the bag moving at constant speed. Find the time taken to reach a height of 40m. ‘A firework of mass 0.4kg is fired vertically upwards with initial speed 40 ms ‘The firework itself provides a force of 2N upwards. The firework explodes after 6s. Find the height at which it explodes. A flare of mass 0.5kg is fired vertically upwards with speed 30ms"!. The flare itself provides a force of 0.8 N upwards, even when the flare is falling, to keep the flare high for as long as possible. The flare is visible over the horizon when it reaches a height of 25m. ‘a Find how long the flare is visible for. b_ What assumptions have you made in your answer? @ 1 Ancevatoris carrying a man of mass 70 kg upwards, accelerating at constant acceleration from rest to 10ms"'in 2s. Find the size of the contact force on the man. 2. Anclevator is carrying a woman of mass 55kg upwards. Itis travelling upwards at 8ms“! and starts to slow down at a constant rate when it is 9m from where it stops. Find the size of the contact force on the woman, ® 3. Anctevatoris carrying a trolley of mass 30 ky downwards, accelerating at a constant rate from rest to 7ms"! in 2s. Find the size of the contact force on the trolley. 4 Anclevator is carrying a child of mass 40 kg downwards. It is travelling at Sms and starts to slow down at constant acceleration when itis 6.25m from where it stops. Find the size of the contact force on the child. 5 A forklift ruck carries a wooden pallet. On the pallet isa box of tiles with mass 35kg. The truck lifts the pallet and tiles with an initial acceleration of 2ms-* Find the contact force on the tiles. 6 A weightlifter is trying to lift a bar with mass 200 kg from the floor. He lifts with a force of 1800 N but cannot lft it off the floor. Find the size of the contact force from the floor on the bar while the weightlifter is trying to lift the bar. 7 A plate of mass 0.7kg is being held on a horizontal tray. The tray is lifted from rest on the floor and accelerates at a constant rate until it reaches a height of 1.2m after Ss. Find the contact force on the plate. 8 Aman of mass 75kg is standing in the basket of a hot-air balloon. The balloon is rising at Sms“ and 4s later, descending at 3ms-, Assuming constant acceleration, find the contact force on the man, © 9 A girl ofmass 45kg is sitting in a helicopter. The helicopter rises vertically with constant acceleration from rest toa speed of 40ms"! when it reaches a height of 200m, a. Find the contact force on the gitl. bb What assumptions have been made to answer the question?

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