Variable Acceleration

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Variable Acceleration: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Velocity Dependent Acceleration, Velocity Function in Velocity Dependent Acceleration, Motion with Position Dependent Acceleration & Motion with Velocity Dependent Acceleration etc.

Important Questions on Variable Acceleration

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The displacement x of a particle varies with time t as  x = aeαt+beβt  , where a, b,  αandβ  are positive constants. The velocity of the particle will

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The displacement of a particle is represented by the following equation : s=3 t 3 +7 t 2 +5t+8 where s is in metres and t is seconds. The acceleration of the particle at t=1 s is

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A Particle located at x = 0 at time t = 0, starts moving along the positive x-direction with a velocity   'v'  that varies as   v=a x . The displacement of the particle varies with time as –

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The x- coordinate of a particle moving on x-axis is given by x=3 sin100t+8 cos250t, where x is in cm and t is time in seconds. Find the maximum distance the particle can move from the origin (in cm).

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A particle starts from point A with zero initial velocity, moves along a straight line path with an acceleration given by a=p-qx where p, q are constants and x is distance from point A. The particle stops at point B. Find the maximum velocity of the particle when p=6 and q=9.

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A particle moves in a straight line with a retardation proportional to its displacement. Its loss of kinetic energy for any displacement x is proportional to,

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A cart is moving horizontally along a straight line with constant speed 30 m s-1. A projectile is to be fired from the moving cart in such a way that it will return to the cart after the cart has moved 80 m. At what speed (relative to the cart) must the projectile be fired (take g=10  m s-2)?

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A particle is moving along a straight line whose velocity-displacement graph is as shown in the figure. What is the magnitude of acceleration when displacement is 3m?

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Under the influence of a force of attraction towards the origin O, a particle of mass m moves. The force is given by expression F= -kx2i. If the particle starts from rest at x=a, find the speed it will attain to reach when it is at a distance x from the origin.

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The magnitude of displacement vector of a particle moving in a circle of radius a with constant angular velocity ω as a function of time is

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A particle starts from point A and moves along a straight line path with an acceleration given by a = p – qx where p, q are constants and x is distance from point A. The particle stops at point B. The maximum velocity of the particle is

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The velocity of a particle v at any instant is  v=yi^+xj^ . The equation of trajectory of the particle is:

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If the velocity of a particle is υ=At+Bt2, where A and B are constants, then the distance travelled by it between 1s and 2s is:

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The position (x) of a particle varies with time as t=αx2+βx, then acceleration of particle is

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A point moves with uniform acceleration and its initial speed and final speed are 1 m s-1 and 2 m s-1 respectively then, the space average of velocity over the distance moved is. (in m s-1) :-

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The distance r from the origin of a particle moving in x-y plane varies with time as r=2t and the angle made by the radius vector with positive x-axis is θ=4t. Here, t is in second, r in metre and θ in radian. The speed of the particle at t=1 sec is

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Acceleration velocity graph of a particle moving in a straight line is as shown in figure. The slope of velocity-displacement graph

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A bee files a line from a point A to another point B in 4 s with a velocity of t-2ms-1. The distance between A and B in metre is

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Acceleration of a body for displacement equation, s=9t+5t23 is

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The acceleration of a particle moving in straight line is defined by the relation a=-4x-1+14x2, where a is acceleration in m s-2 and x is the position in meter. If velocity v=17 m s-1 when x = 0, then the velocity of the particle when x = 4 meter is: