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THE COPPERBELT UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL SCIENCES


DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

PH 110 INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS

TUTORIALSHEET 3_2023: Kinematics

1. A ball thrown vertically upward is caught by the thrower after 2.5 s. Find (a)
the initial speed of the ball and (b) the maximum height the ball reaches.

2. A bullet in a riffle accelerates uniformly from rest at a  70000 m/s2. If the


velocity of the bullet as it leaves the muzzle is a  70000 m/s2, how long is the
rifle barrel? How long did it take for the bullet to travel the length of the barrel?
What is the average speed of the bullet?

3. A red car is stopped at a red light. As the light turns green, it accelerates
forward at 2 m/s2. At the exact same instant, a blue car passes by traveling at
62 km/h. When and how far down the road will the cars again meet? Sketch
the d versus t motion for each car on the same graph. What was the average
velocity of the red car for this time interval? For the blue car? Compare the two
and explain the result?

4. A cyclist, starting from rest, accelerates at 0.30 ms -2 from t = 0.0 s until


t = 5.0 s, then travels at a constant velocity until t = 7.0 s, and finally comes to
rest in 3.0 m

a. Calculate her velocity at the end of 5.0 s.


b. Calculate her displacement between 0.0 s and 7.0 s.
c. Calculate her acceleration as she comes to rest.

5. An object’s motion along the x-axis is represented by the following figure

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(a) Find the average velocity of the object during the period of 8 seconds shown.
(b) Plot the object’s velocity versus the time period shown.
(c) Plot the distance covered by the object versus the time.
(d) Find the average speed of the object for the period shown.

6. A particle starts from rest and accelerates as shown in the figure below.
(a) Find the particle’s speed at t = 10 s and at t = 20 s.
(b) Draw the velocity-time graph for a particle in the interval from t=0 to t=20s.
(c) Determine the distance traveled in the first 20 seconds.

7. Two parallel rail tracks run north-south. Train A moves north with a speed of
54 km/h and train B moves south with a speed of 90 km/h. What is the
relative velocity in m/s of
(a) B with respect to A
(b) the ground with respect to B
(c) a monkey running on the roof of train A against its motion (with velocity
18 km/h with respect to A) as observed by a man standing on the
ground.

8. A particle moves along the x axis according to the equation:

x  2  3t  t 2
where x is in m and t is in s. At t  3s , find (a) the position of the particle, (b)
its velocity, and (c) its acceleration.

9. The position of the ball tossed vertically upwards is described by the equation:
y  7t  4at 2
where y is in metres and t is in seconds. Find (a) the initial velocity at t 0  0 , (b)
the velocity at t 0  1.26s , and (c) the acceleration of the ball.

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10. A projectile is fired with an initial speed of 114 m/s at an angle of 60 o above
the horizontal from the top of a cliff 49 m high.
Find:
(a) the time to reach the maximum height,
(b) the maximum height,
(c) the total time in the air,
(d) the horizontal range and
(e) the components of the final velocity just before the projectile hits the
ground.

11. Two stones are dropped from the edge of a 60m cliff, the second stone 1.6s
after the first. How far below the top of the cliff is the second stone when the
separation between the two stones is 36m?

12. A ball thrown from the top of a 50m tall building is given an initial velocity of
20m/s straight upwards. The ball just misses the edge of the roof on its way
down.
a) Determine the time at which the ball reaches its maximum height.
b) Determine the maximum height.
c) The time at which the ball returns to the height from which it was thrown.
d) The velocity of the ball at this instant.
e) The velocity and position of the ball at t = 5s.

13. A stone is released from a hot- air balloon which is rising steadily at 4m/s.
Find the velocity of the stone after 3 s of release.

14. A stone is dropped by a person from the top of a building, which is 200 m
tall. At the same time, another stone is thrown upwards, with a velocity of 50
m/s by a person standing at the foot of the building. Find the time after
which the two stones meet.

15. Show that time of ascent of an object thrown vertically upwards is equal the
time of its descent.

16. A bullet is fired from the ground vertically upwards with an initial velocity of
100 m/s.
(i) Find the total time of flight.
(ii) Find the total distance covered by the bullet.
(iii) What is the bullet’s velocity on the ground?
(iv) What are the assumptions made in these calculations?

17. An Alaskan rescue plane drops a package of emergency rations to stranded


hikers, as shown in the Figure below. The plane is traveling horizontally at
40.0 m/s at a height of 1.0x 102 m above the ground. Neglect air resistance.

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a) Where does the package strike the ground relative to the point at which it
was released?
b) What are the horizontal and vertical components of the velocity of the
package just before it hits the ground?
c) What is the angle of the impact?

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