Physics 101 – Homework: Week #5 Due Tuesday, February 10th
3.6: Graphical Analysis of Non-Uniform Motion
1. Plot an accurate velocity-time graph for the motion in problem #13 in Homework #5
2. Consider the velocity-time graph below which represents the motion of an impatient Physics teacher
walking back and forth along the length of the classroom during a test.
a) Over what time interval (s) is the teacher decelerating? (E.g. slowing down) Over what time interval(s)
is the teacher accelerating? Over what time intervals is the teacher moving with constant speed?
b) At what time(s) does the teacher turn around and change directions?
c) What is the teacher’s total displacement and total distance travelled for this motion?
d) What is the teacher’s average speed and velocity?
3.7: Equations of Uniform Acceleration
3. The maximum deceleration upon landing for a large aircraft is 2.2 m/s2. If the aircraft is to land on a
runway which is 1.0 km long, what is the maximum speed with which the aircraft can land and come to a
full stop?
4. A car initially travelling at 15 km/h accelerates at 1.75 m/s2 for 8.0 seconds.
a) What distance does the car travel during this time?
b) How fast is the car going at the end of the time interval
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5. A car with an initial velocity of 20.0 m/s accelerates uniformly down a long hill. If it travels a distance
of 675 m in 0.50 min, determine the car’s final velocity.
6. A child coasting on a bicycle slowly decelerates from 5.5 m/s to 2.4 m/s in 42 s.
a) Determine the child’s displacement in this time interval.
b) What was the child’s acceleration?
The next two problems involve motion where there are different intervals of constant acceleration. The
approach here is to split the problem into separate intervals of constant acceleration and note that the final
velocity at the end of one interval is the same as the initial velocity at the start of the next interval.
7. A hungry man spots a Tim Horton’s just as he passes it. He is initially travelling at 50 km/h and he
slams on the brakes just as he passes it, decelerating at 4 m/s2. He slows to a stop, pauses for 1.0 second
while he checks his mirrors and then begins to back up, accelerating in reverse at 1 m/s2.
a)How long does it take the man from when he started to slow until he is once again next to the Tim
Horton’s?
b) Plot an accurate velocity-time graph for this motion.
(Hint: Split this problem into three separate intervals of motion and figure out how long each time interval
takes. You may also find that it’s useful to figure out how far the man ends up from the Tim Horton’s)
8. A light-rail train going from one station to the next on a straight section of track accelerates from rest
at 1.1 m/s2 for 20 s. It then proceeds at a constant speed for 1100 m before slowing down at
2.2 m/s2 until it stops at the station.
a) What is the distance between stations?
b) How much time does it take the train to go between stations?
3.8: Falling Objects
9. A ballplayer catches a ball 3.0 s after throwing it vertically upward. With what speed did he throw it
and what height did it reach? Assume that the player catches the ball at the same height from which he
threw it.
10. A stone falls from a balloon that is ascending at a uniform rate of 12.0 m/s. Calculate the velocity and
distance traveled by the stone after 10.0s. (Note that you are asked about a distance here… not a
displacement!)
11. A pea rolls off the edge of your plate, which is 1.5 cm above the table. How long does it take to hit the
table?
12. A ball is fired upward from the edge of a cliff at 15.0 m/s and strikes the ground below the cliff after
6.50 s. (Hint: Draw a sketch of the problem and label your displacement carefully!)
a) How high above the cliff does the ball rise?
b) How high is the cliff?
13. An object is thrown upwards with a speed of 14 m/s on the surface of planet X where the acceleration
due to gravity is 3.5 m/s2. What is its speed after 6.0 s?
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14. A dive-bomber in a vertical dive at 80.0 m/s releases a bomb that strikes the ground 20.0 s later.
a) With what velocity does it strike the ground?
b) A what height above the ground was the bomb released?
Numerical Solutions
2. a) The teacher is decelerating from 4.0 s to 5.0 s
b) The teacher changes direction at 5.0 s
c) total displacement = -2.25 m; total distance = 12.25 m
d) Average speed = 1.53 m/s; average velocity = -0.28 m/s
3. 66.3 m/s or 239 km/h
4. a) 89.4 m b)18.2 m/s
5. 25 m/s
6. 0.074 m/s2
7. a) 11.4 s
8. a) 1430 m
b) 80 s
9. 14.7 m/s, 11.0 m
10. Distance = 385 m; final velocity = -86.0 m/s
11. 0.055 s
12. a) 11.5 m b) 110 m
13. -7 m/s
14. -276 m/s; 3.56 km above surface