Kinematic Equation Practice Solving

Horizontal Problems

1. An airplane accelerates down a runway at 3.20 m/s2 for 32.8 s until is finally lifts off the ground. Determine the
distance traveled before takeoff. d = 1720 m

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. a = 8.10 m/s2

3. 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. a = 11.2 m/s2 and d = 79.8 m

4. Rocket-powered sleds are used to test the human response to acceleration. If a rocket-powered 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? a = 243 m/s/s and d = 406 m

5. 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. a = 0.712 m/s2

6. 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/s2. The takeoff speed for this plane will be 65 m/s. Assuming this minimum acceleration,
what is the minimum allowed length for the runway? d = 704 m

7. 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). d = 28.6 m

8. 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).
a = 1.62 x 105 m/s2

9. A bullet is moving at a speed of 367 m/s when it embeds into a lump of moist clay. The bullet penetrates for a
distance of 0.0621 m. Determine the acceleration of the bullet while moving into the clay. (Assume a uniform
acceleration.) a = -1.08 x 106 m/s2

10. It was once recorded that a Jaguar left skid marks that were 290 m in length. Assuming that the Jaguar skidded to
a stop with a constant acceleration of -3.90 m/s2, determine the speed of the Jaguar before it began to skid.
vi = 47.6 m/s

11. 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. a = 2.86 m/s2 and t = 30. 8 s

12. A dragster accelerates to a speed of 112 m/s over a distance of 398 m. Determine the acceleration (assume
uniform) of the dragster. a = 15.8 m/s2
Free Fall (Vertical Problems)

1. 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? d = 33.1 m and vf = 25.5 m/s

2. 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. t = 1.29 s

3. A kangaroo is capable of jumping to a height of 2.62 m. Determine the takeoff speed of the kangaroo.
vi = 7.17 m/s
4. If Michael Jordan has a vertical leap of 1.29 m, then what is his takeoff speed and his hang time (total time to
move upwards to the peak and then return to the ground)?
vi = 5.03 m/s and hang time = 1.03 s (except for in sports commercials)

5. A baseball is popped straight up into the air and has a hang-time of 6.25 s. Determine the height to which the ball
rises before it reaches its peak. (Hint: the time to rise to the peak is one-half the total hang-time.)
d = 48.0 m

6. 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. t = 8.69 s

7. 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. d = -57.0 m (57.0 meters deep)

8. With what speed in miles/hr (1 m/s = 2.23 mi/hr) must an object be thrown to reach a height of 91.5 m (equivalent
to one football field)? Assume negligible air resistance. vi = 94.4 mi/hr