
A parachutist, after bailing out, falls without friction. When the parachute opens, it decelerates at . He reaches the ground with a speed of . At what height did he bailout?

Important Questions on Kinematics I

You are on the roof of the physics building, above the ground. Your physics professor, who is tall, is walking alongside the building at a constant speed of . If you wish to drop a flower on your professor's head, where should the professor be when you release the flower? Assume that the flower is in free fall. (Take g = )

Two particles are simultaneously released from points and as shown in figure. How should the value of be adjusted in order that the two particles collide? Neglect dissipative forces.



At time , a student throws a set of keys vertically upward to her sorority sister, who is in a window at distance above. The second student catches the keys at time .
(a) With what initial velocity was the keys thrown?
(b) What was the velocity of the keys just before they were caught?

A railroad flatcar is travelling to the right at a speed of relative to an observer sitting on the ground. Someone is riding a scooter on the flatcar (as shown in the figure). The velocity of a scooter with respect to a car is . What is the velocity of the scooter relative to the observer on the ground in case and case as shown in the figure?

Two parallel rail tracks run north to south. The train moves north with a speed of and the train moves south with a speed of . A monkey running on the roof of the train against its motion (with its velocity of with respect to the train ). What is the velocity of the monkey, as observed by an observer on the ground? as observed by an observer moving in train ?
