Chapter 2 Kinematics
Chapter 2 Kinematics
Chapter 2 Kinematics
Physics Assignment
Assignment 2
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Topic 2: Kinematics
You may assume he transits between his house and shop in a straight
line.
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Physics Practice Assignments Prepared by: Mr. Fong Choo Wah
For classes 23S01, 23S08 and 23S11
Displacement/ m
E
D F
C
B
A
Time/ s
G
A
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Physics Practice Assignments Prepared by: Mr. Fong Choo Wah
For classes 23S01, 23S08 and 23S11
6. A sports car moves from rest with uniform acceleration to reach a velocity
of 25ms −1 in 6.0s. It then maintains this velocity for a further 12.0s after
which it is uniformly retarded until it comes to rest 38s after the start of the
motion. Sketch a velocity-time graph of the whole journey and calculate:
7. A car is travelling along a straight road. The graph shows the variation
with time of its acceleration during part of the journey.
At which point on the graph does the car have its greatest
(i) Acceleration
(ii) Velocity
(iii) Displacement
acceleration
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Physics Practice Assignments Prepared by: Mr. Fong Choo Wah
For classes 23S01, 23S08 and 23S11
(a) How long does it take for the police car to draw level with the
speeding car?
(b) How far does the police car travel before this happens?
(c) Sketch a graph of distance against time, showing the positions of
both cars
9. (a) The ‘Thinking Distance’ is the distance the car moves while the driver
is reacting before the brakes are applied. Explain how and why the
thinking distance varies with speed.
(b) The ‘braking distance’ is the distance the car travels while decelerating
once the brakes have been applied. Given that the speed the car is
traveling in is 22.4 m/s, and the braking distance is 38m, find the
deceleration of the car.
10. 2 similar tennis balls are released from a 30 m tower at the same time.
One falls from the top, the other from half way up. Which of the following
is (are) the same for both balls: acceleration, final speed, increase in
velocity, time of travel?
(b) Donald Duck thinks that he can reduce the time the stone reaches the
bottom of the well. He takes another stone, which is twice as heavy as that
of Mickey’s and predicts, “This stone will takes only 1.5s to hit the water.”
Discuss whether he is right. State any assumption(s) you made.
12. A stone is thrown vertically upwards from the ground with an initial velocity
of 30ms −1 . Calculate:
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Physics Practice Assignments Prepared by: Mr. Fong Choo Wah
For classes 23S01, 23S08 and 23S11
13. A long jumper leaves the ground with an initial velocity of 12 m/s at an
angle of 28-degrees above the horizontal. Determine the time of flight, the
horizontal distance, and the peak height of the long-jumper.
14. A man of height 1.80m fires a plastic bullet from a toy gun with an initial
velocity of 120m/s at his head level. If he fires the bullet at 45° to the
horizontal,
(a) Determine the component velocities in the vertical and
horizontal directions
(b) Calculate the time taken for the bullet to rise to the top of
its trajectory and fall to the ground
(c) Find the horizontal distance traveled while the shell goes
up and down the time calculated in (b) and hence find
where it lands
(d) State the direction in which the shell is traveling at the top
of its trajectory
15. How will the range of a projectile fired at 20 degrees above the horizontal
on a flat ground compare to the range of a projectile fired at 70 degrees?
Explain.
17. Cliff divers of Acapulco, Mexico, take off horizontally from a rocky cliff face
26.5m above the surface of water. In the course of their flight, of which all
but the last 1.5m of their horizontal distance is above rock, they travel
8.0m forward.
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