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.
See Answer Answer: d = 1720 m
See solution below.
2.A car starts from rest and accelerates uniformly over a time of 5.21 seconds f
or a distance of 110 m. Determine the acceleration of the car.
See Answer Answer: a = 8.10 m/s/s
See solution below.

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?
See Answer Answers: d = 33.1 m and vf = 25.5 m/s
See solution below.

4.A race car accelerates uniformly from 18.5 m/s to 46.1 m/s in 2.47 seconds. De
termine the acceleration of the car and the distance traveled.
See Answer Answers: a = 11.2 m/s/s and d = 79.8 m
See solution below.

5.A feather is dropped on the moon from a height of 1.40 meters. The acceleratio
n of gravity on the moon is 1.67 m/s2. Determine the time for the feather to fal
l to the surface of the moon.
See Answer Answer: t = 1.29 s
See solution below.

6.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?
See Answer Answers: a = 243 m/s/s
d = 406 m
See solution below.

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.
See Answer Answer: a = 0.712 m/s/s
See solution below.

8.An engineer is designing the runway for an airport. Of the planes that will us

e 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?
See Answer Answer: d = 704 m
See solution below.

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).
See Answer Answer: d = 28.6 m
See solution below.

10.A kangaroo is capable of jumping to a height of 2.62 m. Determine the takeoff

speed of the kangaroo.
See Answer Answer: vi = 7.17 m/s
See solution below.

11.If Michael Jordan has a vertical leap of 1.29 m, then what is his takeoff spe
ed and his hang time (total time to move upwards to the peak and then return to
the ground)?
See Answer Answer: vi = 5.03 m/s and hang time = 1.03 s (except for in sports c
ommericals)
See solution below.

12.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. Determ
ine the acceleration of the bullet (assume a uniform acceleration).
See Answer Answer: a = 1.62*105 m/s/s
See solution below.

13.A baseball is popped

Determine the height to
the time to rise to the
See Answer Answer: d =
{^cosymantecnisbfw^}
See solution below.

straight up into the air and has a hang-time of 6.25 s.

which the ball rises before it reaches its peak. (Hint:
peak is one-half the total hang-time.)
48.0 m

14.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.
See Answer Answer: t = 8.69 s
See solution below.

15.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 accelerati
on of the bullet while moving into the clay. (Assume a uniform acceleration.)
See Answer Answer: a = -1.08*10^6 m/s/s
See solution below.

16.A stone is dropped into a deep well and is heard to hit the water 3.41 s afte
r being dropped. Determine the depth of the well.
See Answer Answer: d = -57.0 m (57.0 meters deep)
See solution below.

17.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 -3.9
0 m/s2, determine the speed of the Jaguar before it began to skid.
See Answer Answer: vi = 47.6 m/s
See solution below.

18.A plane has a takeoff speed of 88.3 m/s and requires 1365 m to reach that spe
ed. Determine the acceleration of the plane and the time required to reach this
speed.
See Answer Answer: a = 2.86 m/s/s and t = 30. 8 s
See solution below.

19.A dragster accelerates to a speed of 112 m/s over a distance of 398 m. Determ
ine the acceleration (assume uniform) of the dragster.
See Answer Answer: a = 15.8 m/s/s
See solution below.

20.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 a
ir resistance.
See Answer Answer: vi = 94.4 mi/hr
See solution below.

Solutions to Above Problems

1.Given:
a = +3.2 m/s2
t = 32.8 s
vi = 0 m/s

Find:
d = ??
d = vi*t + 0.5*a*t2
d = (0 m/s)*(32.8 s)+ 0.5*(3.20 m/s2)*(32.8 s)2
d = 1720 m
Return to Problem 1

2.Given:
d = 110 m
t = 5.21 s
vi = 0 m/s
Find:
a = ??
d = vi*t + 0.5*a*t2
110 m = (0 m/s)*(5.21 s)+ 0.5*(a)*(5.21 s)2
110 m = (13.57 s2)*a
a = (110 m)/(13.57 s2)
a = 8.10 m/ s2
Return to Problem 2

3.Given:
a = -9.8 m
t = 2.6 s
vi = 0 m/s
Find:
d = ??
vf = ??
d = vi*t + 0.5*a*t2
d = (0 m/s)*(2.60 s)+ 0.5*(-9.8 m/s2)*(2.60 s)2
d = -33.1 m (- indicates direction)
vf = vi + a*t
vf = 0 + (-9.8 m/s2)*(2.60 s)
vf = -25.5 m/s (- indicates direction)

Return to Problem 3

4.Given:
vi = 18.5 m/s
vf = 46.1 m/s
t = 2.47 s
Find:
d = ??
a = ??
a = (Delta v)/t
a = (46.1 m/s - 18.5 m/s)/(2.47 s)
a = 11.2 m/s2
d = vi*t + 0.5*a*t2
d = (18.5 m/s)*(2.47 s)+ 0.5*(11.2 m/s2)*(2.47 s)2
d = 45.7 m + 34.1 m
d = 79.8 m
(Note: the d can also be calculated using the equation vf2 = vi2 + 2*a*d)
Return to Problem 4

5.Given:
vi = 0 m/s
d = -1.40 m
a = -1.67 m/s2
Find:
t = ??
d = vi*t + 0.5*a*t2
-1.40 m = (0 m/s)*(t)+ 0.5*(-1.67 m/s2)*(t)2
-1.40 m = 0+ (-0.835 m/s2)*(t)2
(-1.40 m)/(-0.835 m/s2) = t2
1.68 s2 = t2
t = 1.29 s
Return to Problem 5

6.Given:
vi = 0 m/s
vf = 44 m/s
t = 1.80 s
Find:
a = ??
d = ??
a = (Delta v)/t
a = (444 m/s - 0 m/s)/(1.83 s)
a = 243 m/s2
d = vi*t + 0.5*a*t2
d = (0 m/s)*(1.83 s)+ 0.5*(243 m/s2)*(1.83 s)2
d = 0 m + 406 m
d = 406 m
(Note: the d can also be calculated using the equation vf2 = vi2 + 2*a*d)
Return to Problem 6

7.Given:
vi = 0 m/s
vf = 7.10 m/s
d = 35.4 m
Find:
a = ??
vf2 = vi2 + 2*a*d
(7.10 m/s)2 = (0 m/s)2 + 2*(a)*(35.4 m)
50.4 m2/s2 = (0 m/s)2 + (70.8 m)*a
(50.4 m2/s2)/(70.8 m) = a
a = 0.712 m/s2
Return to Problem 7

8.Given:
vi = 0 m/s
vf = 65 m/s
a = 3 m/s2

Find:
d = ??
vf2 = vi2 + 2*a*d
(65 m/s)2 = (0 m/s)2 + 2*(3 m/s2)*d
4225 m2/s2 = (0 m/s)2 + (6 m/s2)*d
(4225 m2/s2)/(6 m/s2) = d
d = 704 m
Return to Problem 8

9.Given:
vi = 22.4 m/s
vf = 0 m/s
t = 2.55 s
Find:
d = ??
d = (vi + vf)/2 *t
d = (22.4 m/s + 0 m/s)/2 *2.55 s
d = (11.2 m/s)*2.55 s
d = 28.6 m
Return to Problem 9

10.Given:
a = -9.8 m/s2
vf = 0 m/s
d = 2.62 m
Find:
vi = ??
vf2 = vi2 + 2*a*d
(0 m/s)2 = vi2 + 2*(-9.8 m/s2)*(2.62 m)
0 m2/s2 = vi2 - 51.35 m2/s2
51.35 m2/s2 = vi2
vi = 7.17 m/s
Return to Problem 10

11.Given:
a = -9.8 m/s2
vf = 0 m/s
d = 1.29 m
Find:
vi = ??
t = ??
vf2 = vi2 + 2*a*d
(0 m/s)2 = vi2 + 2*(-9.8 m/s2)*(1.29 m)
0 m2/s2 = vi2 - 25.28 m2/s2
25.28 m2/s2 = vi2
vi = 5.03 m/s
To find hang time, find the time to the peak and then double it.
vf = vi + a*t
0 m/s = 5.03 m/s + (-9.8 m/s2)*tup
-5.03 m/s = (-9.8 m/s2)*tup
(-5.03 m/s)/(-9.8 m/s2) = tup
tup = 0.513 s
hang time = 1.03 s
Return to Problem 11

12.Given:
vi = 0 m/s
vf = 521 m/s
d = 0.840 m
Find:
a = ??
vf2 = vi2 + 2*a*d
(521 m/s)2 = (0 m/s)2 + 2*(a)*(0.840 m)
271441 m2/s2 = (0 m/s)2 + (1.68 m)*a
(271441 m2/s2)/(1.68 m) = a
a = 1.62*105 m /s2
Return to Problem 12

13.Given:
a = -9.8 m/s2
vf = 0 m/s
t = 3.13 s
Find:
d = ??
a.(NOTE: the time required to move to the peak of the trajectory is one-half the
total hang time - 3.125 s.)
First use: vf = vi + a*t
0 m/s = vi + (-9.8 m/s2)*(3.13 s)
0 m/s = vi - 30.7 m/s
vi = 30.7 m/s (30.674 m/s)
Now use: vf2 = vi2 + 2*a*d
(0 m/s)2 = (30.7 m/s)2 + 2*(-9.8 m/s2)*(d)
0 m2/s2 = (940 m2/s2) + (-19.6 m/s2)*d
-940 m2/s2 = (-19.6 m/s2)*d
(-940 m2/s2)/(-19.6 m/s2) = d
d = 48.0 m
Return to Problem 13

14.Given:
vi = 0 m/s
d = -370 m
a = -9.8 m/s2
Find:
t = ??
d = vi*t + 0.5*a*t2
-370 m = (0 m/s)*(t)+ 0.5*(-9.8 m/s2)*(t)2
-370 m = 0+ (-4.9 m/s2)*(t)2
(-370 m)/(-4.9 m/s2) = t2
75.5 s2 = t2

t = 8.69 s
Return to Problem 14

15.Given:
vi = 367 m/s
vf = 0 m/s
d = 0.0621 m
Find:
a = ??
vf2 = vi2 + 2*a*d
(0 m/s)2 = (367 m/s)2 + 2*(a)*(0.0621 m)
0 m2/s2 = (134689 m2/s2) + (0.1242 m)*a
-134689 m2/s2 = (0.1242 m)*a
(-134689 m2/s2)/(0.1242 m) = a
a = -1.08*106 m /s2
(The - sign indicates that the bullet slowed down.)
Return to Problem 15

16.Given:
a = -9.8 m/s2
t = 3.41 s
vi = 0 m/s
Find:
d = ??
d = vi*t + 0.5*a*t2
d = (0 m/s)*(3.41 s)+ 0.5*(-9.8 m/s2)*(3.41 s)2
d = 0 m+ 0.5*(-9.8 m/s2)*(11.63 s2)
d = -57.0 m
(NOTE: the - sign indicates direction)
Return to Problem 16

17.Given:
a = -3.90 m/s2
vf = 0 m/s

d = 290 m
Find:
vi = ??
vf2 = vi2 + 2*a*d
(0 m/s)2 = vi2 + 2*(-3.90 m/s2)*(290 m)
0 m2/s2 = vi2 - 2262 m2/s2
2262 m2/s2 = vi2
vi = 47.6 m /s
Return to Problem 17

18.Given:
vi = 0 m/s
vf = 88.3 m/s
d = 1365 m
Find:
a = ??
t = ??
vf2 = vi2 + 2*a*d
(88.3 m/s)2 = (0 m/s)2 + 2*(a)*(1365 m)
7797 m2/s2 = (0 m2/s2) + (2730 m)*a
7797 m2/s2 = (2730 m)*a
(7797 m2/s2)/(2730 m) = a
a = 2.86 m/s2
vf = vi + a*t
88.3 m/s = 0 m/s + (2.86 m/s2)*t
(88.3 m/s)/(2.86 m/s2) = t
t = 30. 8 s
Return to Problem 18

19.Given:
vi = 0 m/s
vf = 112 m/s
d = 398 m

Find:
a = ??
vf2 = vi2 + 2*a*d
(112 m/s)2 = (0 m/s)2 + 2*(a)*(398 m)
12544 m2/s2 = 0 m2/s2 + (796 m)*a
12544 m2/s2 = (796 m)*a
(12544 m2/s2)/(796 m) = a
a = 15.8 m/s2
Return to Problem 19

20.Given:
a = -9.8 m/s2
vf = 0 m/s
d = 91.5 m
Find:
vi = ??
t = ??
First, find speed in units of m/s:
vf2 = vi2 + 2*a*d
(0 m/s)2 = vi2 + 2*(-9.8 m/s2)*(91.5 m)
0 m2/s2 = vi2 - 1793 m2/s2
1793 m2/s2 = vi2
vi = 42.3 m/s
Now convert from m/s to mi/hr:
vi = 42.3 m/s * (2.23 mi/hr)/(1 m/s)
vi = 94.4 mi/hr
Return to Problem 20