Practice Problems
Uniformly Accelerated Motion
Directions:
On this worksheet you will practice solving problems by using the
five basic kinematics equations
for uniformly accelerated motion.
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Question 1
Scenario #1:
A car accelerates uniformly from rest to a final speed of 23 m/sec in 8 seconds. How far does it travel during this period of acceleration?
46 meters
92 meters
368 meters
184 meters
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Question 2
What acceleration did the car is
Question 1
experience?
11.50 m/sec
2
0.35 m/sec
2
2.88 m/sec
2
3.31 m/sec
2
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Question 3
Scenario #2:
A pickup truck moving at 29 m/sec must come to a stop in a distance of 218 meters to avoid hitting a boulder that has fallen onto the road. How much time does the driver have to avoid an accident?
3.8 seconds
21.8 seconds
14.5 seconds
15.0 seconds
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Question 4
What acceleration did the truck experience in
Question 2
?
-7.52 m/sec
2
-1.33 m/sec
2
-7.25 m/sec
2
-1.93 m/sec
2
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Question 5
Scenario #3:
A row boat, starting from rest, takes 8 seconds to travel 29 meters. If the boat maintains a uniform acceleration, what will be its instantaneous velocity at the end of this intial 8-second period?
7.62 m/sec
3.63 m/sec
2.83 m/sec
7.25 m/sec
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Question 6
At the point in the stream where the boat in
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is crossing, the stream is a total of 218 meters wide. If the boat continues maintaining the final velocity it achieves at the end of 8 seconds for the remainder of the trip, how much total time will it need to reach the opposite shore?
34.1 seconds
37.4 seconds
26.1 seconds
21.9 seconds
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Question 7
What acceleration did the row boat initially experience in
Question 5
?
0.91 m/sec
2
0.22 m/sec
2
1.21 m/sec
2
0.45 m/sec
2
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Question 8
Scenario #4:
A go-cart, accelerating down a hill at 2 m/sec
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can travel 54 meters in 7.25 seconds. What was the cart's initial velocity at the top of the hill after a subtle, not so official, push-start?
1.03 m/sec
0.22 m/sec
0.28 m/sec
0.18 m/sec
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Question 9
What was the cart's final velocity when it reached the bottom of the hill?
2.7 m/sec
14.7 m/sec
10.5 m/sec
7.4 m/sec
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