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® PROBLEMS FOR Practice
1, Acyclist moving on a circular track of radius 100 m
completes one revolution in 4 minutes. What is his
(i) average speed (ii) average velocity in one full
revolution ? [Ans. (i) 50 x metre/minute (ii) 0]
2. A body travels the first half of the total distance
with velocity , and the second half with velocity v,.
Calculate the average velocity. ea 2u, %
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3. A car covers the first half of the distance between
two places at a speed of 40 kmh”! and the second
half at 60 kmh~!, What is the average speed of the
car ? [Central Schools 07]
(Ans. 48 kmh~?)
4. A train moves with a speed of 30 kmh”! in the first
15 minutes, with another speed of 40.kmh™! the
next 15 minutes, and then with a speed of 60 kmh~!
in the last 30 minutes. Calculate the average speed
of the train for this journey. (Ans. 47.5 kmh™ 1)
5. A body travels a distance s, with velocity 9, and
distance s, with velocity’ v, in the same direction.
Calculate the average velocity of the body.
Ans, ore i a
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‘6. A car travels along a straight line for the first half
time with speed 50 kmh“! and the second half time
with speed 60 kmh”. Find the average speed of the
car. (Ans. 55 kmh" ’)
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% PROBLEMS FOR PRACTICE ?
1.
3.
. A bullet travelling with
A race car accelerates on a straight road from ee
a speed of 180 kmh™' in 25 8. Assuming um
distance
acceleration of the car throughout, find vs aa
this time. i
covered in this (Ans. 625 m)
a velocity of 16 ms"!
penetrates a tree trunk and comes to rest in 0.4 m.
‘ ime taken during the retardation.
Find the time ; 0.055)
A car moving along a straight highway eee a
speed of 72kmh7! is brought to a stop wi a
distance of 100 m. What is the retardation of the car
and how long does it take for the car to stop ?
[Delhi 95, 05C]
(Ans. 2 ms~?, 10s)
On turning a comer a car driver driving at 36 kmh“ 1,
finds a child on the road 55 m ahead. He imme-
diately applies brakes, so as to stop within 5 m of the
child. Calculate the retardation produced and the
time taken by the car to stop. (Ans. 1ms~?, 10s)
. The reaction time for an automobile driver is 0.6 s.
If the automobile can be decelerated at 5 ms~ 2
calculate the total distance travelled in coming to
stop from an initial velocity of 30 kmh™?, after a
signal is observed. (Ans. 11.94 m)
, Acar starts from rest and accelerates uniformly for
10s to a velocity of 8 ms~ '.Jt then runs at a constant
velocity and is finally brought to rest in 64 m with a
constant retardation. The total distance covered by
the car is 584 m. Find the value of acceleration,
retardation and total time taken.
(Ans. 0.8 ms" 2, 0.5 ms~?, 86s)10.
11.
Two trains—one travelling at 72 kmh-! and other at
90 kmh~! are heading towards one another along a
Straight level track. When they are 1.0 km apart,
both the drivers simultaneously see the other’,
train and apply brakes which retard each train at
the rate of 1.0 ms” ?. Determine whether the trains
would collide or not. (Ans. Noy
A burglar’s car had a start with an accel
eration of
2ms”
-A police vigilant party came after 5 seconds
and continued to chase the burglar’s car with a uni-
form velocity of 20 ms~ 1. Find the time in which the
police van overtakes the burglar’s car. (Ans. 5 s)
. A ball rolls down an inclined track 2m long in 4s.
Find (i) acceleration (ii) time taken to cover the
second metre of the track and (iii) speed of the ball
at the bottom of the track.
[Ans. (i) 0.25 ms”? (ii) 1.17 s (iii) 1ms~)
A bus starts from rest with a constant acceleration
of 5 ms”. At the same time a car travelling with a
constant velocity of 50 ms~! overtakes and Passes
the bus. (i) Find at what distance will the bus
overtake the car ? (ii) How fast will the bus be
travelling then? —[Ans. (i) 1000 m (ii) 100 ms~}]
A body starting from rest accelerates uniformly at
the rate of 10 cms”? and retards uniformly at the rate
of 20cms~?. Find the least time in which it can
complete the journey of 5 km if the maximum
velocity attained by the body is 72 kmh™!,
12.
14,
(Ans. 400 s) .
A body covers a distance of 20 m in the 7th second
and 24 m in the 9th second. How much shall it
cover in 15th s ? (Ans. 36 m)
. A body covers a distance of 4 m is 3rd second and
12 m in 5th second. If the motion is uniformly
accelerated, how far will it travel in the next 3
seconds ? (Ans. 60 m)
An object is moving with uniform acceleration. Its
velocity after 5 seconds is 25ms~! and after
8 seconds, it is 34 ms~!. Find the distance travelled
by the object in 12th second. (Ans, 44.5 m)TL , -
% PROBLEMS FOR PRACTICE %
1, A stone is thrown vertically upwards with a
velocity of 4.9ms~?. Calculate (i) the maximum
height reached (ii) the time taken to reach the
maximum height (iii) the velocity with which it
returns to the ground and (iv) the time taken to
reach the ground. f
[Ans. (i) 1.225 m (ii) 0.5 s (iii) 4.9 ms” * (iv) 1s]
2. Astone thrown upwards from the top of a tower
85 m high, reaches the ground in 5 s. Find (i) theSreatest height above the round (ji) the velocity 5
with which it reaches the round and (iii) the time
taken to Feach the maximum height. Take
&=10 ms"? fans. (i) 88.2 m (ii) 42 ms”! (iii) 0.8 5]
3. From the top of a multi-storeyed building, 39.2 m
tall, a boy projects a stone rl cine with
9.8 ms"! such that it finally
. (i) When will the stone reach
fo Vhen will it pass through the point
Of Projection ? (iii) What will be its velocity before
striking the ground 2 Take g = 9.8 ms” 2,
it continues to move up.
What is the maximum height reached ? 3
(Ans, 36.4
5. A balloon is a: ' Pe
(Ans. 6.125, 45.98 ms~1)
6. A stone is dropped from a balloon rising upwards
with a velocity of 16 ms-!, The stone reaches the
ground in 4s, Calculate the height of the balloon
when the stone was dropped. (Ans. 14.4 m)
7. From the top of a tower 100 m in height a ball is
dropped and at the same time another ball is
Projected vertically upwards from the ground with
velocity of 25 ms. Find when and where the two
balls will meet. Take g = 9.8 ms~ 2. [Delhi 05]
(Ans. 78.4 from top, 4s)
8. A body is dropped from rest at a height of 150 m,
and simultaneously, another body is dropped from
Test from a point 100 m above the ground. What is
their difference in height after they have fallen
(i) 2 s (ii) 3s ? How does the difference in height
vary with time ? Take g = 10 ms~?,
(Ans. 50 m, difference in height
remains constant at 50 m)
9. A body falling freely under gravity passes two
points 30 m apart in 1s. Find from what point above
the upper point it began to fall ? Take g = 9.8 ms" “.
(Ans, 32.1 m)
10. Four balls are dropped from the top of a tower at
intervals of one-one second. The first ball reaches
the ground after 4s of dropping, What are the
distances between first and second, second and
third, third and fourth balls at this instant ?
(Ans. 34.3 m, 24.5 m, 14.7 m)6. The velocity-time graph of an object moving along,
a straight line is as shown in Fig. 3.65. Find the net
distance covered by the object in time interval
between t = Otot = 10s. Also find the displacement
in time 0 to 10s. (Ans. 100 m, 60 m)
Ss
ity (ms"*) >
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1
Time (s) >
Ss
x
Velocit
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Fig. 3.65
7. As soon as a car just starts from rest in a certain
direction, a scooter moving with a uniform speed
overtakes the car. Their velocity-time graphs are
shown in Fig. 3.66. Calculate (i) the difference
60
t
45
&
30
g ;
S15 '
t
a '
o- 5 0 8- 0° 2
Time (s) >
oncom
Fig. 3.66
between the distances travelled by the car and the
scooter in 15 s (ii) the time when the car will catch
up the scooter arid (iii) the distance of car and
scooter from the starting point at that instant.
{Ans. (i) 112.5 m (ii) 22.5 s (iii) 675 m)
8. The velocity-time graph of an object moving along
a straight line is as shown below :
20 A B
t
as
ps
&
3
5 c
gi 0's 2 5 Time(s) > 10
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