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Free Fall Problem

This document contains 11 physics problems involving free fall and projectile motion. The problems ask the reader to calculate velocities, displacements, times and distances using equations for constant acceleration due to gravity. Key concepts covered include changes in velocity and acceleration over time for objects in free fall or thrown vertically or horizontally.

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Free Fall Problem

This document contains 11 physics problems involving free fall and projectile motion. The problems ask the reader to calculate velocities, displacements, times and distances using equations for constant acceleration due to gravity. Key concepts covered include changes in velocity and acceleration over time for objects in free fall or thrown vertically or horizontally.

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Free Fall

A construction worker accidentally drops a brick from a high scaffold.

a. What is the velocity of the brick after 4.0 s?


b. How far does the brick fall during this time?
2. A tennis ball is thrown straight up with an initial speed of 22.5 m/s. It is caught at the same
distance above the
ground.

a. How high does the ball rise?


b. How long does the ball remain in the air? Hint: The time it takes the ball to rise equals the time
it takes to fall.

3. You decide to flip a coin to determine whether to do your physics or English homework first. The
coin is flipped straight up.

c. What is the velocity of the coin at the top of its trajectory?


d. If the coin reaches a high point of 0.25 m above where you released it, what was its initial
speed?
e.If you catch it at the same height as you released it, how much time did it spend in the air?
4. Suppose you hold a book in one hand and a flat sheet of paper in another hand. You drop them
both, and they fall to the ground. Explain why the falling book is a good example of free fall, but
the paper is not.
5. Suppose a free-fall ride at an amusement park starts at rest and is in free fall. What is the velocity
of the ride after 2.3 s? How far do people on the ride fall during the 2.3-s time period?
6. Suppose you throw a ball straight up into the air. Describe the changes in the velocity of the ball.
Describe the changes in the acceleration of the ball.
7. A stone that starts at rest is in free fall for 8.0 s.

a. Calculate the stone’s velocity after 8.0 s.


b. What is the stone’s displacement during this time?

8. You throw a ball downward from a window at a speed of 2.0 m/s. How fast will it be moving when
it hits the sidewalk 2.5 m below?

9. You throw a beanbag in the air and catch it 2.2 s later at the same place at which you threw it.
(Level a. How high did it go?
b. What was its initial velocity?
10. A bicycle accelerates from 0.0 m/s to 4.0 m/s in 4.0 s. What distance does it travel?
11. A weather balloon is floating at a constant height above Earth when it releases a pack of
instruments.
a. If the pack hits the ground with a downward velocity of −73.5 m/s, how far did the pack fall?
b. Calculate the distance the ball has rolled at the end of 2.2 s.

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