Equations of Motion

Author:R P Goyal & S P Tripathi
9th ICSE
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Important Questions on Equations of Motion

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A car starting from rest accelerates uniformly to acquire a speed of 20 km h-1 in 30 min. The distance travelled by the car in this interval will be :

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Write an expression for the distance S covered in time t by a body which is initially at rest and starts moving with a constant acceleration a.

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Write three equations of uniformly accelerated motion relating the initial velocity u, final velocity v, time t, acceleration a and displacement s.

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A train starts from rest and accelerates uniformly at a rate of 2 ms2 for 10 s. It then maintains a constant speed for 200 s. The brakes are then applied and the train is uniformly retarded and comes to rest in 50 s. Find the average velocity of the train.

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A train starts from rest and accelerates uniformly at a rate of 2 ms2 for 10 s. It then maintains a constant speed for 200 s. The brakes are then applied and the train is uniformly retarded and comes to rest in 50 s. Find the total distance travelled by the train.

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A train starts from rest and accelerates uniformly at a rate of 2 ms2 for 10 s. It then maintains a constant speed for 200 s. The brakes are then applied and the train is uniformly retarded and comes to rest in 50 s. Find the retardation in the last 50 s.

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A train starts from rest and accelerates uniformly at a rate of 2 ms2 for 10 s. It then maintains a constant speed for 200 s. The brakes are then applied and the train is uniformly retarded and comes to rest in 50 s. Find the maximum velocity reached.

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A space craft flying in a straight course with a velocity of 75 kms fires its rocket motors for 6.0 s. At the end of this time, its speed is 120 kms in the same direction. Find the distance travelled by the space craft in the first 10 s after the rocket motors were started, the motors having been in action for only 6.0 s.

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A space craft flying in a straight course with a velocity of 75 kms fires its rocket motors for 6.0 s. At the end of this time, its speed is 120 kms in the same direction. Find the space craft's average acceleration while the motors were firing.

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A car travels with a uniform velocity of 25 ms for 5 s. The brakes are then applied and the car is uniformly retarded and comes to rest in further 10 s. Find the distance travelled by the car after applying the brakes.

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A car travels with a uniform velocity of 25 ms for 5 s. The brakes are then applied and the car is uniformly retarded and comes to rest in further 10 s. Find the retardation.

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A car travels with a uniform velocity of 25 ms for 5 s. The brakes are then applied and the car is uniformly retarded and comes to rest in further 10 s. Find the distance which the car travels before the brakes are applied.

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A body moving with a constant acceleration travels the distances 3 m and 8 m respectively in 1 s and 2 s. Calculate the acceleration of body.

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A body moving with a constant acceleration travels the distances 3 m and 8 m respectively in 1 s and 2 s. Calculate the initial velocity of body.

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A body moves from rest with a uniform acceleration and travels 270 m in 3 s. Find the velocity of the body at 10 s after the start.

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When brakes are applied to a bus, the retardation produced is 25 cms2 and the bus takes 20 s to stop. Calculate the distance travelled by bus during this time.

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When brakes are applied to a bus, the retardation produced is 25 cms2 and the bus takes 20 s to stop. Calculate the initial velocity of bus during this time.

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A car travels a distance 100 m with a constant acceleration and average velocity of 20 ms. The final velocity acquired by the car is 25 ms. Find the acceleration of car.

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A car travels a distance 100 m with a constant acceleration and average velocity of 20 ms. The final velocity acquired by the car is 25 ms. Find the initial velocity of car.