ASSIGNMENT#1 (Must be submitted before 27-11-2014)

Q#1 An object starts from rest with a constant acceleration of 8m/s2 along a straight line . Find (a) the speed at the
end of 5 s (b) the average speed for 5s and (c) the distance traveled in the 5 sec { 40m/s, 20m/s, 100m}
Q#2 a truck speed increase uniformly from 15km/h(4.16m/s) to 60km/h (16.66m/s) in 20s. Determine (a) the average
speed, (b) the acceleration and (c) the distance traveled, all in units in meters and seconds. {10m/s,0.63m/s2,210m}
Q#3 a ball is dropped from rest at a height of 50 m above the ground. (a) What is its speed just before it hit the
ground? (b) how long does it take to reach the ground ? { 31.3m/s, 3.19s}
Q#4 a bus moving at a speed of 20m/s begins to slow at a constant rate of 3m/s each second. Find how far it goes
before stopping. { 67m}
Q#5 a car moving at 30m/s slows uniformly to a speed of 10m/s in a time of 5s. determine (a) the acceleration of the
car and (b) the distance it moves in third second { -4m/s2; 2m}
Q#6 the speed of a train is reduced uniformly from 15m/s to 7m/s while traveling a distance of 90m .(a) compute the
acceleration .(b) how much farther will the train travel before coming to rest, provided the acceleration remains
constant? {-9.8m/s2; 25m}
Q#7 a stone is thrown straight upward and it rises to a height of 20m. with what speed was it thrown ? { 20m/s}
Q#8 a stone is thrown straight upward with a speed of 20m/s. it is caught on its way down at a point 5m above where
it was throw. (a) how fast was it going when it was caught (b) how long did the trip take ? {17m/s;3.8s}
Q#9 a ball that is thrown vertically upward on the Moon returns to its starting point in 4s. the acceleration due to
gravity there is 1.6m/s2 downward. Find the balls original speed? {3.2m/s}
Q#10 a baseball is thrown straight upward on Moon with initial speed of 35m/s. compute (a) the maximum height
reached by ball, (b) the time taken to reach that height ,(c) its velocity 30s after it is thrown. {380m; 22s; -13m/s}
Q#11 a ballast bag is dropped from a balloon that is 300m above the ground and rising at 13m/s. for the bag, find (a)
the maximum height reached, (b) its position and velocity 5s after it is released {8.6m; -36m/s }
Q#12 an auto travels at the rate of 25km/h for 4 minutes, then at 50km/h for 8 minutes, and finally at 20km/h for 2
minutes. Find (a) the total distance covered in km and (b) the average speed for the complete trip in m/s. { 9km; 10.7}
Q#13 A runner travels 1.5 laps (rounds) around a circular track in time of 50s. The diameter of track is 40m and its
circumference is 126m. Find (a) the average speed of runner and (b) the magnitude of runners average velocity .
[Hint: be careful here in terms speed and velocity] {3.8m/s;0.8m/s}
Q#14 a body with initial velocity 8 m/s moves along a straight line with constant acceleration and travels 640m in 40s.
for the 40s interval, find (a) the average velocity (b) the final velocity and (c) acceleration {16m/s; 24m/s; 0.4m/s}
Q#15 a truck starts from rest and moves with constant acceleration of 5m/s2. Find speed and distance traveled after
4s has elapsed. { 20m/s; 40m}
Q#16 a box slides down an incline with uniform acceleration. It starts from rest and attains a speed of 2.7m/s in 3s
find (a) the acceleration and (b) distance moved in the first 60s. {0.9m/s2;16m}

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ASSIGNMENT#1 (Must be submitted before 27-11-2014)

Q#17 a car is accelerating uniformly as it passes two checkpoints that are 30m apart. The time taken between
checkpoints is 4s , and the cars speed at the first checkpoint is 5m/s find the cars acceleration and its speed at
second checkpoint. { 1.3/s2; 10m/s}
Q#18 a train running along a straight track at 30m/s is slowed uniformly to stop in 44s. find the acceleration and
stopping distance. {-0.68m/s2; 660m}
Q#19 a body falls freely from rest. Find (a) its acceleration (b) the distance it falls in 3s (c) its speed after falling 70m
(d) the time required to reach a speed of 25m/s and (e) the time taken to fall 300m. {9.8m/s2;44m; 37m/s;2.6;7.8s}
Q#20 a stone is thrown straight downward with initial speed 8m/s from a height of 25m . find (a) the time it takes to
reach the ground and (b) the speed with it strikes , {1.6s; 24m/s}
Q#21 a baseball is thrown straight upward with a speed of 30m/s.(a) how long will it rise? (b) how high will it rise
(c)how long after it leaves the hand will it return to the starting point? {3.1s;46m;6.2s;}
Q#22 two balls are dropped to the ground from different heights.one is dropped 1.5 s after the other, but they both
strike the ground at same time, 5s after the first was dropped. (a) What is difference in the heights from which they
were dropped? (b) From what height was the first ball dropped { 63m; 120m}
Q#23 A nut comes loose from a bolt on the bottom of an elevator is moving up the shaft at 3m/s . the nut strikes the
bottom of shaft in 2s . (a) How far from the bottom of the shaft was the elevator when the nut fell off? (b) how far
above the bottom was the nut 0.306s after it fell off? {13.6m; 14m}
Q#24 considers below graph what is the average velocity from 0 to 10 seconds? (b) What is the average velocity from
10 to 20 seconds?
(c) What is the average velocity from 0 to 20 seconds? { 50m/s;150m/s;100m/s}

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Q#25 consider above graph find the average acceleration during (a) 2sec (b) b/w 2 and 3 (c) b/w 4 to 6 (d) find the
distance covered by body in 6 second [hint: find distance in portion and then add] . { 5m/s2; -10m/s2;
0m/s2;28.75m}

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ASSIGNMENT#1 (Must be submitted before 27-11-2014)

ENGR: KAMRAN ALI SOOMRO