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Physics 1 - Lab

This document contains 15 physics problems involving uniformly accelerated motion and free fall. The problems cover concepts such as determining acceleration, distance, time, velocity and speed given various starting conditions and rates of change. Specific examples include calculating the acceleration and distance for a car accelerating over a set time and distance, determining the final velocity and distance fallen for an object in free fall, and finding the time for an object to fall on the moon or down a well given the acceleration of gravity.

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Physics 1 - Lab

This document contains 15 physics problems involving uniformly accelerated motion and free fall. The problems cover concepts such as determining acceleration, distance, time, velocity and speed given various starting conditions and rates of change. Specific examples include calculating the acceleration and distance for a car accelerating over a set time and distance, determining the final velocity and distance fallen for an object in free fall, and finding the time for an object to fall on the moon or down a well given the acceleration of gravity.

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PHYSICS 1 UNIFORMLY ACCELERATED MOTION & FREE FALL

1. An airplane accelerates down a runway at 3.20 m/s 2 for 32.8 s until is finally lifts off the
ground. Determine the distance traveled before takeoff.
2. A car starts from rest and accelerates uniformly over a time of 5.21 seconds for a distance
of 110 m. Determine the acceleration of the car.
3. Upton Chuck is riding the Giant Drop at Great America. If Upton free falls for 2.60 seconds,
what will be his final velocity and how far will he fall?
4. A race car accelerates uniformly from 18.5 m/s to 46.1 m/s in 2.47 seconds. Determine the
acceleration of the car and the distance traveled.
5. A feather is dropped on the moon from a height of 1.40 meters. The acceleration of gravity
on the moon is 1.67 m/s2. Determine the time for the feather to fall to the surface of the
moon.
6. Rocket-powered sleds are used to test the human response to acceleration. If a rocketpowered sled is accelerated to a speed of 444 m/s in 1.83 seconds, then what is the
acceleration and what is the distance that the sled travels?
7. A bike accelerates uniformly from rest to a speed of 7.10 m/s over a distance of 35.4 m.
Determine the acceleration of the bike.
8. An engineer is designing the runway for an airport. Of the planes that will use the airport,
the lowest acceleration rate is likely to be 3 m/s 2. The takeoff speed for this plane will be
65 m/s. Assuming this minimum acceleration, what is the minimum allowed length for the
runway?
9. A car traveling at 22.4 m/s skids to a stop in 2.55 s. Determine the skidding distance of the
car (assume uniform acceleration).
10.A kangaroo is capable of jumping to a height of 2.62 m. Determine the takeoff speed of
the kangaroo.

11.A bullet leaves a rifle with a muzzle velocity of 521 m/s. While accelerating through the
barrel of the rifle, the bullet moves a distance of 0.840 m. Determine the acceleration of
the bullet (assume a uniform acceleration)
12.The observation deck of tall skyscraper 370 m above the street. Determine the time
required for a penny to free fall from the deck to the street below.
13.A stone is dropped into a deep well and is heard to hit the water 3.41 s after being
dropped. Determine the depth of the well
14.A plane has a takeoff speed of 88.3 m/s and requires 1365 m to reach that speed.
Determine the acceleration of the plane and the time required to reach this speed.
15.A dragster accelerates to a speed of 112 m/s over a distance of 398 m. Determine the
acceleration (assume uniform) of the dragster.

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