1. 1 m is equivalent to 3.281 ft (feet). A cube with an edge of 1.

5 ft has a volume of:

A) 1.2  102 m3 B) 9.6  10–2 m3 C) 10.5 m3
D) 9.5  10 m–2 3
E) 0.21 m 3

2. A particle moves along the x axis from xi to x f . Of the following values of the initial and final
coordinates, which results in the displacement with the largest magnitude
A) xi = 4m, x f = 6m B) xi = –4m, x f = –8m C) xi = –4m, x f = 2m
D) xi = 4m, x f = –2m E) xi = –4m, x f = 4m

3. The acceleration of an object, starting from rest, is shown in the graph below. Other than
at t = 0, when is the velocity of the object equal to zero?

A) During the interval from 1.0 s to 3.0 S

B) At t = 3.5 s
C) At t = 4.0 s
D) At t = 5.0 s
E) At no other time on this graph

4. Which of the following five position-versus-time graphs represents the motion of an object
whose speed is increasing?

A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V

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5. The value of i∙(

A) 0 B) +1 C) -1 D) 3 E) ^j

6. Vectors ⃗
A and ⃗ B each have magnitude L. When drawn with their tails at the same point, the
angle between them is 30. The magnitude of ⃗
A×⃗B is:
2
A) L /2
B) L2
C) √ 3 L2 /2
D) 2L2
E) none of these

7. From your window you can see a high-rise building several blocks away. You check the map
and see that the building is 560 m away from you in a straight line, in a direction 30° south of
east. However, the roads are all east-west and north-south. If you want to walk from your house
to the building, how far in each direction do you have to walk?

A) 485 m east and 280 m south

B) 80 m east and 485 m south
C) 285 m east and 285 m south
D) 485 m east and 50 m south
E) cannot be determined without looking at the streets on the map

8. The coordinate of an object is given as a function of time by x = 2t + 3t2, where x is in meters

and t is in seconds. Its average velocity over the interval from t = 0 to t = 3 s is:
A) 11m/s B) –11 m/s C) 1 m/s D) –1 m/s E) –9 m/s

9. A girl jogs around a horizontal circle with a constant speed. She travels one fourth of a
revolution, a distance of 25 m along the circumference of the circle, in 5.0 s. The magnitude of
her acceleration is:

A) 0.31 m/s2 B) 1.3 m/s2 C) 1.6 m/s2 D) 3.9 m/s2 E) 6.3 m/s2

10. The airplane shown is in level flight at an altitude of 0.50 km and a speed of 150 km/h. At
what distance d should it release a heavy bomb to hit the target X? Take g = 10 m/s2.

A) 150 m B) 295 m C) 417 m D) 1500 m E) 15,000 m

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11. A girl wishes to swim across a river to a point directly opposite as shown. She can swim at 2
m/s in still water and the river is flowing at 1 m/s. At what angle  with respect to the line
joining the starting and finishing points should she swim

A) 30 B) 45 C) 60 D) 63 E) 90

12. A wheel has a diameter of 1.5 meter and travels 1000 km. How many revolutions
did it make?
A) More information is required (B) 106103.3
C) 11062031.1 (D) 1200123.2
E) 108987.8

1) By making use of integration, show that:

v ( t )=at + v 0

And
1 2
( x−x 0 ¿=v 0 t + a t
2
(Hint: make use of a = dv/dt and v = dx/dt) (8)

2) A pigeon flies at 36 km/h back and forth between two cars moving towards each other on
a straight road, starting from the first car when the car separation is 40 km. The first car
has a speed of 16 km/h and the second one has a speed of 25 km/h. By the time the cars
meet head on, what are the:

2.1. Total distance and (2)

2.2. Net displacement flown by the pigeon?
(2)
3) A key falls from a bridge that is 45 m above the water. It falls directly into a model boat,
moving with constant velocity, that is 12 m from the point of impact when the key is
released. What is the speed of the boat? (5)

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4) Given two vectors: a=3.0 i−4.0 ^j and b=−2.0 i−3.0
^ k^ . What is the angle between
vector a and b ? (4)

5) A boy whirls a stone in a horizontal circle of radius 1.5 m and at height 2.0 m above level
ground. The string breaks, and the stone flies off horizontally and strikes the ground after

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 traveling a horizontal distance of 10 m. What is the magnitude of the centripetal
acceleration of the stone while in circular motion? (5)
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2
v=v 0 + at x−x 0=( v 0 cos θ0 ) t v
a=
r
1 2 1 2 2 πr
x−x 0=v 0 t+ a t y− y 0=( v 0 sin θ 0 ) t− g t T=
2 2 v
2 2
v =v 0 +2 a( x−x 0) v y =v 0 sin θ 0 −¿
1 2 2
x−x 0= (v ¿¿ 0+ v )t ¿ v y =( v 0 sin θ0) −2 g( y− y 0 )
2
1 2
x−x 0=vt− a t y=¿
2
2
v0
R= sin 2 θ0
g

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