Motion in a Plane
Motion in a Plane: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as 2D Motion, Position Vector of an Object in 2D Motion, Displacement Vector of an Object in 2D Motion, Velocity Vector of an Object in 2D Motion, Magnitude of Velocity Vector of an Object in 2D Motion, etc.
Important Questions on Motion in a Plane
A body of moves in the plane under the action of a force given by Assuming that the body is at rest at time the velocity of the body at is:

The position vector of a particle is The velocity of the particle is:

The trajectory of a projectile in a vertical plane is where are constants, and and are respectively the horizontal and vertical distances of the projectile from the point of projection. Find the maximum height attained by the projectile and the angle of projection from the horizontal.

A person moves north, then east and finally south west. What is the displacement from original position ?

A body is simultaneously given two velocities, one due east and other due north-west. Calculate the resultant velocity.

A train is moving eastward at . A waiter is walking eastward at and a fly is charging towards the north across the waiter's tray at . What is the velocity of the fly relative to Earth.

The position of a particle is given by . Find the magnitude of velocity and acceleration of particle at .

The vector joining the points and and pointing from to is

At which point of a projectile motion, acceleration and velocity are perpendicular to each other?

A particle has an initial velocity of and an acceleration of . Its speed after is

Which of the formula is magnitude of the acceleration vector?


Three balls, and are released and all reach the point (shown in the figure). Balls and are released from two identical structures, one kept on the ground and the other at height from the ground as shown in the figure. They take time and respectively to reach (time starts after they leave the end of the horizontal portion of the structure). The ball is released from a point at height vertically above and reaches in time . Choose the correct statement.

A particle starts from the origin with an initial velocity and a constant acceleration . The velocity of the particle when it reaches its maximum y coordinate is

An object is moving in a plane and its trajectory (in meter) is given by, , where t is time (in second). The angle that the velocity vector makes with the -axis at .

A particle is moving along a circular path of radius with a uniform speed of .What will be the average accelaration when the particle completes half revolution ?

Direction of which of the following vector changes, when a tennis ball falls to the ground and bounces back.
i) Acceleration
ii) Velocity
iii) Displacement

The equations of motion of a projectile are given by and . The angle of projection is –

The resultant of two vectors is perpendicular to first vector of magnitude . If the resultant has magnitude , then magnitude of second vector is

Aeroplane is coming from north at some height from ground when aeroplane is just above the person; person hears the second coming from north making angle with horizontal. Find speed of aeroplane
