AMath 1B Additional Problems 1 2023 8.
The rocket sled starts from rest and accelerates
at a = 30 + 2t m/s2 until its velocity is 400 m/s.
It then hits a water brake and its acceleration is
1. The velocity of a particle which moves along the
a = −0.003v 2 m/s2 until its velocity decreases to
s-axis is given by v = 2 − 4t + 5t3/2 , where t is in
100 m/s. (a) What total distance does the sled
seconds and v is in meters per second. Evaluate
travel? (b) What is the sled’s total time of travel?
the position s, velocity v, and acceleration a when
t = 3 s. The particle is at the position s = 3 m
when t = 0.
2. The Porsche starts from rest at time t = 0. Dur-
ing the first 10 seconds of its motion, its veloc-
ity in m/s is given as a function of time by v =
6.35t − 0.25t2 , where t is in seconds. (a) What is
9. The mass is released from rest with
the car’s maximum acceleration in m/s2 , and when
the springs unstretched. Its down-
does it occur? (b) What distance in km does the
ward acceleration is a = 32.2 − 50s
car travel during the 10 seconds?
m/s2 where s is the position of the
3. The position of a car moving on a straight highway mass measured from the position in
t3 which it is released. (a) How far
is given by s = t2 − 90 m, where t is the time in
seconds. Determine (a) the initial velocity, and does the mass fall? (b) What is the
the direction that moves initially; (b) the distance maximum velocity of the mass as it
traveled by the car before it comes to a stop; and falls?
(c) the maximum velocity reached by the car. 10. A van travels over the hill described by the path
y = (5 − 0.0005x2 ) m. If it has a constant speed
4. The main elevator A of the CN Tower in Toronto
of 20 m/s, determine the x and y components of
rises about 350 m and for most of its run has a
the particle’s velocity and acceleration when the
constant speed of 22 km/h. Assume that both
particle is at x = 50 m.
the acceleration and deceleration have a constant
magnitude of 2 m/s2 and determine the duration 11. A volleyball player serves the ball with an initial
t of the elevator run. velocity v0 of magnitude 13.40 m/s at an angle of
20◦ with the horizontal. Determine (a) if the ball
5. Small steel balls fall from rest
will clear the top of the net, (b) how far from the
through the opening at A at the
net the ball will land.
steady rate of two per second. Find
the vertical separation h of two con-
secutive balls when the lower one
has dropped 3 m. (neglect air re-
sistance).
6. The car is traveling at 48 km/h when the traffic
light 90 m ahead turns orange. The driver takes
1 s to react before he applies the accelerator. If 12. A projectile is launched at 10 m/s from a sloping
the car has a constant acceleration of 2 m/s2 and surface. The angle α = 80◦ . Determine the range
the light remains orange for 5 s, will the car reach R.
the light before it turns red? How fast is the car
moving when it reaches the light?
7. The acceleration of a regional airliner during its
takeoff run is a = 14 − 0.0003v 2 m/s2 , where v is
its velocity in m/s. How long does it take the air-
liner to reach its takeoff speed of 200 m/s? What
distance does the airliner require to take off?