Acceleration, Time, and Velocity

Acceleration = Final Velocity - Initial Velocity Rearrangements:

Time
a = Vf - Vi = DV (Vf - Vi)
t Dt a t
Unit: m/s2
1) Find the unknown acceleration in each of the following problems:

a) Given: Vf = 25 m/s b) Given: Vf = 0 m/s

Vi = 10 m/s Vi = 30 m/s
t = 5.0 s t = 10 s
Find: a= m/s2 K Find: a=

c) In 1935, a French destroyer La Terrible, reached a velocity of 24 m/s just 120 seconds after starting from rest (0 m/s).
What was La Terrible's acceleration?

Find: a= m/s2 K
d) A US Navy F14 Tomcat lands on the deck of the USS Kennedy at an initial velocity of 40 m/s. The plane comes to a
full stop (0 m/s) just 2.0 seconds after catching the arresting wire. What was the plane's deceleration?

t = 2.0 s Vi = 40m/s
Vf = 0 m/s

Find: a= m/s2 K a=?

e) As the pace car leaves the track, Jeff Gordan accelerates from 22 m/s to 64 m/s in 6.0 seconds. What was his acceleratio

a =?
Vi = 22 m/s

Find: a= m/s2 K
2) Find the unknown final velocity in each of the following problems:

a) Given: Vi = 5.0 m/s b) Given: Vi = 12 m/s

a= 3.0 m/s 2 a = -3.0 m/s2
t= 6.0 s t= 3.0 s

Find: Vf = m/s K Find: Vf = m/s

c) As your ' 99 Mustang approaches the crest of a hill, your radar detector beeps. You glance at your speedometer -- 80 m
-- about 36 m/s. You slam on the brakes. If you decelerate at - 3.0 m/s2 for 4.0 seconds what is your final velocity when the
NC Highway Patrol car comes into view?

a = -3.0 m/s2 Vi = 36 m/s

Find: Vf = m/s K

d) Starting from rest, Jackie Joyner can accelerate at 7.00 m/s 2 . How fast is she running 1.50 seconds after leaving the
starting blocks?

Vi = 0 m/s
a = 7.00 m/s2

Find: Vf = m/s K
e) An Indy 500 race car can accelerate at 8.0 m/s 2. If its initial velocity is 4.0 m/s, what will its final velocity be if it
accelerates at this rate for 4.0 s?
Vi = 4.0 m/s
a = 8.0 m/s2

Find: Vf = m/s K

3) Find the unknown time in each of the following problems:

a) Given: Vi = 18 m/s b) Given: Vi = 5.0 m/s

a= 3.0 m/s2 a= 2.0 m/s2
Vf = 27 m/s Vf = 25 m/s

Find: t= s K Find: t= s
 c) A bus travels at 24 m/s. How long will it take to bring the bus to a full stop if it can decelerate at -4.0 m/s

Find: t= s K
d) An ostrich can run at speeds of up to 18 m/s. How long would it take the ostrich to reach this speed from rest if
it can accelerate at 6.0 m/s2?

Find: t= s K
e) A USAF C-130 airplane starts from rest and accelerates at a constant 1.5 m/s 2. How long does it take the airplane
to reach its take-off velocity of 45 m/s?

Vi = 0 m/s
a = 1.5 m/s2

Find: t= s K
locity
Rearrangements:
Vf = Vi + at

Vi = Vf - at
t = (Vf - Vi) / a

m/s2 K
after starting from rest (0 m/s).

40 m/s. The plane comes to a

Vi = 40m/s

seconds. What was his acceleration?

t = 6.0 s
vf = 64 m/s
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ance at your speedometer -- 80 mph

at is your final velocity when the

t = 4.0 s
Vf = ?

g 1.50 seconds after leaving the

t = 1.50 s
Vf = ?

its final velocity be if it

t = 4.0 s
Vf = ?

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t=?
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 Displacement, Initial Velocity, Acceleration, and Time
Displacment = Initial velocity x time + 1/2 acceleration x time 2 Rearrangements:
Dd = Vi Dt + 1/ 2 a (Dt)2 Vi - Initial velocity (m/s) Vi = Dd - 1/ 2 a (Dt
Dt - Elapsed time (s)
a - Acceleration (m/s2)
Dd - Displacement (m) a = 2( Dd - Vi Dt) / (

1) Find the unknown acceleration in each of the following problems:

a) Given: a= 2.5 m/s2 b) Given: a= 9.8 m/s2

Vi = 10 m/s Vi = 5.0 m/s
Dt = 5.0 s t = 2.0 s

Find: Dd = m K Find: Dd =

c) Delta flight 123 touches down at Fayettville airport with an initial velocity of 32 m/s. If it decelerates at
for 13.3 seconds, how much runway does it use to stop?

Find: Dd = m K

d) Angry at her boyfriend, Amber throws his ring downward from the Cape Fear River bridge with an initial velocity of 2.2 m/s
If the acceleration of gravity is 9.8 m/s2, how far does the ring fall in the first 1.2 seconds?

a = 9.8 m/s2
Vi = 2.2 m/s

Find: Dd = m K t = 1.2 s Dd = ?

e) Brad kicks a football straight upward with an initial velocity of 15.5 m/s. What is its height after 1.6 seconds if the
acceleration of gravity is - 9.8 m/s2?

t = 1.6 s Dd = ?

Vi = 15.5 m/s
 Find: Dd = m K
a = -9.8 m/s2

f) Starting from rest, Jackie Joyner can accelerate at 7.0 m/s 2 . How far will she have run in the first 2.0 seconds after
leaving the starting blocks?

Vi = 0 m/s
a = 7.00 m/s2

Find: Dd = m K
g) Justin drops a water balloon from a second floor window of CFHS. If its initial velocity is zero and the acceleration of
gravity is 9.8 m/s2, how far does the balloon fall in the first 0.75 seconds?

Vi = 0.0 m/s
a = 9.8 m/s2

Find: Dd = m K
t = 0.75 s
Dd = ?

2) Analyze the following graph of velocity vs time and answer the questions:

0 Velocity
4 of Motorcycle
50 1 5
2 8
40 3 13
Velocity (m/s)

4 20
30 5 29
6 40
20

10

0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Time (s)
Vi = m/s K What is the motorcycle's initial velocity?

Vi = m/s K What is the motorcycle's instantaneous velocity at 4.0 seconds?

Vf = m/s K What is the motorcycle's instantaneous velocity at 6.0 seconds?

 a= m/s2 K What is the motorcycles's average acceleration between 4.0 and
6.0 seconds? (find the slope of the line between 4 and 6 sec)

Dd = m K How far did the motorcycle travel during the interval from 4.0 s
to 6.0 s?
ration, and Time
Rearrangements:
Vi = Dd - 1/ 2 a (Dt)
Dt

a = 2( Dd - Vi Dt) / (Dt)2

m/s2

m/s
s

m K
decelerates at - 2.4 m/s2

e with an initial velocity of 2.2 m/s.

after 1.6 seconds if the

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t = 2.0 s
Dd = ?

s zero and the acceleration of

s velocity at 4.0 seconds?

s velocity at 6.0 seconds?

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