Acceleration

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Acceleration: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Average Acceleration, Instantaneous Acceleration, Acceleration - Time Graphs & Constant Acceleration etc.

Important Questions on Acceleration

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The velocity-time graph of the particle moving along a straight line is shown. The rate of acceleration and deceleration is constant and it is equal to 5 m s-2. If average velocity during the motion is 20 m s-1, then find the value of t
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A body is moving with velocity   30 m s  towards east. After 10 seconds its velocity becomes   40 m s  towards north. The average acceleration of the body is

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A particle is moving eastwards with a velocity of  5ms1. In 10 s, the velocity changes to  5ms1 northwards. The average acceleration in this time is

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The velocity displacement graph of a particle moving along a straight line is -

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The most suitable acceleration-displacement graph will be

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A body starts from rest at time t=0, refer to the acceleration-time graph shown in the figure. The maximum velocity attained by the body will be

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Acceleration time graph of a particle moving in a straight line is shown. Velocity of particle at t=0 is 5 m s-1. The velocity (in m s-1 )of the particle at the end of fourth second is

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Position - time curve of a particle is shown. Which is correct :-

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The acceleration of the particle is :

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Velocity (v) of a particle varies with position (x) according to v(x)=2x+5x2. The acceleration of the particle as a function of x will be

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The graph below shows the variation with time t of the velocity v of an object moving on a straight line.

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Which of the graphs below best represents the variation with time t of the acceleration a of the object?

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An object is moving along x-axis. If its position x t (in meter) at any time t (in s) is given by the following graph, then the object is at rest about

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The velocity-time graph of a body moving in a straight line is given below. The displacement of the body in 10 s is

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A batsman hits a sixer and the ball touches the ground outside the cricket ground. Among the following graph, the one that describes the variation of the cricket ball's vertical velocity v with time between the time t1 as it hits the bat and time t2 when it touches the ground is

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What is the acceleration of a particle whose velocity is given by v=(180-16x)12  m s-1?

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A particle starts moving from position x=5 m with a constant velocity v=2 m s-1. The position-time graph is represented by

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Which of the following  best represents a velocity time graph corresponding to the position time graph shown ?

θ1=θ2=120°

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If the height can be expressed as h=(12t2+4t) m, the value of h after t=1 s is

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In projectile motion, the height of the object varies with respect to time.

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The speed of a train increases at a constant rate α from zero to v and then remains constant for an interval and finally decreases to zero at a constant rate β. The total distance travelled by the train is l. The time taken to complete the journey is t. Then, 

 

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The figure shown the velocity (v) of a particle plotted against time (t).

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An object moves with constant acceleration a. Which of the following expressions are also constant.