2 Mechanics

2.1 Motion
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Motion worksheet
For this worksheet use g = 9.81 ms–2.
1 A ball rolls down a 445 m slope from rest. If it accelerates at a rate of 3.16 ms–2, determine the time it takes to
reach the bottom of the slope and the ball’s final velocity.
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2 How far does a car travel in 45 seconds if it has an acceleration of 0.32 ms–2? Assume that it starts from rest.
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3 A toy car starts from rest and accelerates at a uniform rate of 4.0 ms–2 for 3.0 seconds. It then maintains a
uniform speed for 12.0 seconds. Finally it takes 6.0 seconds to decelerate uniformly to rest. Find the total
distance travelled and the average speed of the entire trip.
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4 A car travels 25.0 km of a 50.0 km trip at an average speed of 40.0 kmh–1. It travels the second half of its
journey at an average speed of 80.0 kmh–1. A truck makes the same trip but spends half of its time at an
average speed of 40.0 kmh–1 and the other half of its time at an average speed of 80.0 kmh–1. Which vehicle
got there in the shortest period of time? Show your work.
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5 A speeding car is travelling at a constant speed of 44 ms–1 when it passes a stationary police car. The police
car immediately accelerates uniformly from rest at a rate of 2.2 ms–2. If the car does not slow down and the
police officer maintains the rate of acceleration, how long will it take the police car to catch the speeding car?
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6 Two balls are 8.0 metres apart and moving directly towards each other. If the first ball is moving at a speed of
2.5 ms–1 with respect to the ground and the second ball 3.5 ms–1 with respect to the ground, where will they
collide?
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7 A helicopter is ascending at a constant speed of 12 ms–1 and drops a package from a height of 64 m. How long
will it take the package to reach the ground? Assume there is no air resistance.
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8 Use this graph to determine the following:

a the acceleration during the first 8 seconds.

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b the displacement of the whole trip.
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c the average velocity of the whole trip.
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9 A football is kicked from the ground with an initial speed of 16 ms–1 at an angle of 24° to the horizon.
At what two times will the ball have a height of 1.0 m? Assume the kick happens at t = 0 s.
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10 A rock is thrown from the top of a 36 m high cliff with an initial speed of 12 ms–1 at an angle of 52° to
the horizon. How long will it take the rock to reach the bottom of the cliff?
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