Bells University of Technology, Ota

Phy101 Mechanics
Tutorial Questions Dr. Dosunmu G.O.
Assume acceleration due to gravity g = 10 m/s 2

1. A stone strikes the ground with a speed of 25 m/s. (a) from what height was it released. (b) How
long was it falling? (c) If the stone is thrown down with a speed of 10 m/s from the same height,
then what will be its speed just before hitting the ground?

2. A ball is thrown upward with a speed of 19.6 m/s. (a) how high does it go until its upward speed
decreases to zero. (b) How long does the ball take in this upward trip? (c) How long does the ball
take to return to the initial position? (d) What will be its velocity then?

3. A bottle is dropped from a bridge and strikes the water after 5 s. (a) Find the speed of the bottle
when it strikes the water. (b) Find how high the bridge is located above the water level.

4. A sandbag dropped from a balloon reaches the ground in 5 s, Find the height of the balloon if:
(a) it was at rest in the air, (b) it was ascending with a speed of 10 m/s when the sandbag was
dropped, (c) it was descending with a speed of 10 m/s when the sandbag was dropped.

5. A ball is thrown vertically downward from the edge of a cliff with an initial speed of 23 m/s.
After a period of 1.4 s has elapsed, find: (a) how fast is it moving? and (b) how far has it moved?

6. A ball is thrown vertically upward from the edge of a building with an initial velocity of 23 m/s.
After a period of 1.4 s has elapsed, find: (a) how fast is it moving? and (b) how far has it moved?

7. A ball is thrown vertically upward with a speed of 50 m/s from a building 20 m high, seen
below. Find:(a) the time t1 for the ball to reach the highest point, (b) how high it will rise, (c) how
long it will take to return to the starting point, (d) the velocity v2 of the ball at this instant, (e) the
velocity v3 with which the ball strikes the ground, and (f) the total time of flight t3.
8. A stone is thrown straight upward with a speed of 20 m/s. it is caught on its way at a point 5m
above the grown where it was throw. (a) How fast was it going when it was caught? (b) How long
did the trip take?

The uploaded image contains multiple physics problems. I will transcribe the visible questions and
answers below:

8. A particle is moving along the x-axis such that its position is given by x=3t 3−16t2+8. What are
the velocity and acceleration of the particle at t = 4s? At what time is the particle stationary?

9. A particle is projected with a velocity of 25 m/s. What is the maximum range for the particle?

10. A long-jumper had a take-off velocity of 9.5 m/s. What is the maximum possible horizontal
distance the man can jump?

11. A particle is projected into the air at a speed of 25 m/s at an angle 40° above the horizontal.
(a) How long does it take the particle to reach its maximum height?
(b) What is its horizontal distance covered?

12. A stone is projected with a speed of 17.32 m/s at an angle of 60° to the horizontal. Calculate
the maximum height and the range covered by the stone.

13. A ball is projected horizontally from the edge of a platform at 12.0 m/s. If the platform is 8.0
m above the floor, what are the magnitude and direction of the ball's velocity as it hits the floor?

14. A particle is launched such that its maximum range is 26.4 m. What is the speed at which it is
launched?

15. A rifle fires a bullet at 360 m/s.

(a) At what angle must the rifle be positioned for the bullet to hit a target 242.4 m away at the same
height as the rifle?(b) If gravitational force does not act on the bullet, how far above the target will
the bullet pass maintaining the same angle?

16. A particle projected at an angle of θ above the horizontal has a velocity of v = (16 i +5 j) m/s
at time t = 0.8 s after launching. (a) What is the maximum height of the particle? (b) What is the
range of the particle?

17. A ball is kicked into the air. When it reaches the vertical height of 7.5 m, the velocity is
measured to have a horizontal component of 10.4 m/s and a vertical component of 3.7 m/s.
Calculate the maximum height and horizontal distance, which the ball travels.
18. A projectile is projected into the air at 36 m/s. If it travels a horizontal distance of 99.3 m,
(a) At what angle above the horizontal is it projected? (b) What is the maximum vertical height it
climbed?

19. A bomber flying horizontally at 250 km/h releases its cargo. The bomb hits the target which
is 0.8 km away from the point of release. At what height is the plane flying when it releases the
bomb?

20. A ball is projected towards a wall at a speed of 30 m/s and at an angle 40° above the horizontal.
How far above the height at which the ball is released does the ball hit the wall? The wall is 28 m
away from the thrower.

21. A boat heads 20° west of north across a canal at a speed of 12 m/s. What is the resultant
velocity of the boat if the water in the canal flows due east at 12 m/s?

22. A 750 kg car is traveling along a straight horizontal road at 48 km/hr. Calculate the magnitude
of constant braking force that will stop the car at a distance of 30 m.

23. A 3.0 kg mass falls freely from a height of 12.0 m. When it hits the floor it sinks to a depth of
0.01 m. Assume the stopping force is constant, calculate the magnitude of the force and the time it
takes the mass to come to a stop after it hits the floor.

24. A 54 N constant force is applied to stop a 600 g body that is initially moving with velocity u.
If it takes 0.5 s to stop the body, calculate u.

25. A 12.0 N force is applied for 6.0 s to a 3.6 kg mass moving with a velocity of 5 m/s. If the force
is in the same direction in which the mass is moving, find the final momentum of the mass.

26. A 0.2 kg ball is kicked by a footballer with a velocity of 25 m/s. The ball hits the goal post and
bounces back in the opposite direction with a velocity of 20 m/s. What is the impulse imparted on
the ball by the post?

27. A 0.25 kg ball is released from a height of 15 m. The ball hits the floor and bounces in the
opposite direction with 80% of its velocity. Calculate the impulse imparted by the floor on the ball.

28. A 4.5 kg mass is suspended from a rope. Calculate the tension in the rope if the mass is (a)
accelerating upwards at 0.75 m/s2 (b) moving upwards at uniform speed, and (c) accelerating
downwards at 0.50 m/s2

29. A 65 kg person stands on a scale placed on the floor of an elevator. What is the scale's reading
(a) when the elevator accelerates upwards at 1.50 m/s2, and (b) when the accelerator descends with
an acceleration of 3.5 m/s2

30. A horizontal force F pushes a 9 kg, load up an inclined plane with an acceleration of 1.2 m/s 2.
What is the magnitude of the force if the plane makes an angle of 30 ∘ with the horizontal and the
coefficient of kinetic friction between the load and the plane is 0.150?
31. The top of a 4.5 m long inclined plane is 2.6 m above the horizontal. An 8.0 kg load slides
down a 21.1∘ incline, its motion impeded by a 21.1 N frictional force. Calculate
(a) the acceleration of the load down the plane, and (b) the coefficient of kinetic friction between
the load and the plane.

32. A horizontal cable pulls a golf cart of mass 400 kg along a horizontal track. As in the diagram below,
the tension in the cable is 800 N. (a) Starting from rest, how long will it take the cart to reach a speed of
10 m/s? (b) Find the distance covered during this time.

33. (a) Calculate the momentum of a 2000-kg elephant charging a hunter at a speed of 8 m/s (b)
Compare the elephant’s momentum with the momentum of a 0.0400-kg tranquilizer dart fired at a
speed of 400 m/s. (c) What is the momentum of the 90.0kg hunter running at 6.5 m/s after missing
the elephant?

34. A 4 kg object is moving at 3 m/s î, and collides with a 3 kg object traveling at -10
m/s î. If the collision is inelastic. What is the velocity of the combined mass immediately
after the collisions?

35. A 19 kg mass is moving at 10 m/s î, and collides elastically with a 8 kg mass at

rest. What is the velocity of the 8 kg mass immediately after the collision?

36. A 70.0-kg ice hockey goalie, originally at rest, catches a 0.150-kg hockey puck slapped at him at a
velocity of 35.0 m/s. Suppose the goalie and the ice puck have an elastic collision and the puck is reflected
back in the direction from which it came. What would their final velocities be in this case?

37. A 0.240-kg billiard ball that is moving at 3.00 m/s strikes the bumper of a pool table and
bounces straight back at 2.40 m/s (80% of its original speed). The collision lasts 0.0150 s. (a)
Calculate the average force exerted on the ball by the bumper. (b) How much kinetic energy in
joules is lost during the collision? (c) What percent of the original energy is left?

38. What is the velocity of a 900-kg car initially moving at 30.0 m/s, just after it hits a 150-kg deer
initially running at 12.0 m/s in the same direction? Assume the deer remains on the car.

39. A 1.80-kg falcon catches a 0.650-kg dove from behind in midair. What is their velocity after
impact if the falcon’s velocity is initially 28.0 m/s and the dove’s velocity is 7.00 m/s in the same
direction?
40. What is the acceleration of a 5000-kg rocket taking off from the Moon, where the acceleration due to
gravity is only 106 m/s2, if the rocket expels 8.00 kg of gas per second at an exhaust velocity of 22000 m/s.

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45. Steve is driving in his car to take care of some errands. The first errand has him driving to a
location 2 km East and 6 km North of his starting location. Once he completes that errand, he
drives to the second one which is 4 km East and 2 km South of the first errand. What is the
magnitude of the vector that describes how far the car has traveled from its starting point, rounded
to the nearest km?
A. 6 km B. 7 km C. 8 km D. 10 km

46. A Physics teacher, Susan, drove to her high school, which is located 15km East from her house.
After school, she drove to her children's elementary school, which is 10 km South from her high
school. Then, she drove to a grocery store, located 15km West from the elementary school. Finally,
she drove back to home with her kids and several grocery bags. Choose a true statement from the
following:
A. The total distance she traveled from her house to elementary school is 18 km.
B. The magnitude of the displacement vector from the high school to the grocery store is 25 km.
C. The magnitude of the displacement vector for the whole trip is 50 km.
D. The magnitude of the displacement vector from her house to the grocery store is 10 km.

47. Two forces = 3𝑖 + 4𝑗 − 2𝑘 and = 𝑎𝑖 − 𝑗 + 𝑘 in Newton are perpendicular to each other

find the value of a

48. Given that

→ = 6𝑖 + 3𝑗 − 2𝑘 → = 2𝑖 − 5𝑗 + 𝑘 and → = 𝑖 + 𝑗 + 𝑘
Find (i) → .(→×→) (ii) −→+→