Capital University of Science and Technology

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Applied Physics: PHME 1012-, Fall 2019

Assignment 1
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Date of Submission: 21 October 2019

Question 1- Answer the following questions:

a. Under what conditions is average velocity equal to instantaneous velocity?
b. Is it possible for an object (a) to be slowing down while its acceleration is increasing
in magnitude; (b) to be speeding up while its acceleration is decreasing? In each case,
explain your reasoning.
c. Under what conditions does the magnitude of the average velocity equal the average
speed?
d. Can you have zero displacement and nonzero average velocity? Zero displacement and
nonzero velocity? Illustrate your answers on an x-t graph.
e. From the top of a tall building, you throw one ball straight up with speed v0 and one
ball straight down with speed v0. (a) Which ball has the greater speed when it reaches
the ground? (b) Which ball gets to the ground first? (c) Which ball has a greater
displacement when it reaches the ground? (d) Which ball has traveled the greater
distance when it hits the ground? Q2.19
f. You run due east at a constant speed of 3.00 m/s for a distance of 120.0 m and then
continue running east at a constant speed of 5.00 m/s for another 120.0 m. For the total
240.0-m run, is your average velocity 4.00 m/s, greater than 4.00 m/s, or less than 4.00
m/s? Explain Q2.20
g. Can you have zero acceleration and nonzero velocity? Use a vx-t graph to explain.
h. An object is thrown straight up into the air and feels no air resistance. How can the
object have an acceleration when it has stopped moving at its highest point? Q2.21
i. When you drop an object from a certain height, it takes time T to reach the ground
with no air resistance. If you dropped it from three times that height, how long (in
terms of T) would it take to reach the ground Q2.22
Question 2 – Solve following numerical, from University Physics, Volume 14
1) 2.14
2) 2.15
3) 2.33
4) 2.34
5) 2.38
6) 2.46
7) 2.50
8) 2.53
9) 2.65
10) 2.69