Variable Acceleration

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Variable Acceleration: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Motion with Position Dependent Acceleration, Motion with Velocity Dependent Acceleration, Displacement Function in Velocity Dependent Acceleration, Position 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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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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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:

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The acceleration experienced by a moving boat after is engine is cut-off, is given by a=-kv3, where k is a constant. If v0 is the magnitude of velocity at cut-off, then the magnitude of the velocity at time t after the cut off is

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The acceleration experienced by a moving boat after its engine is cut-off, is given by a=-kv3, where k is a constant. If v0 is the magnitude of velocity at cut-off, then the magnitude of the velocity at a time t after the cut off is

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For a particle moving along x-axis, which of the velocity versus position graphs given in options below is/are possible (position is represented by x-coordinate of the particle)