Acceleration

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Acceleration: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Instantaneous Acceleration and Average Acceleration etc.

Important Questions on Acceleration

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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 moves along a straight line such that its displacement at any time t is given by s=(t36t2+3t+4) metres. The velocity when the acceleration is zero 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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For a body moving on a straight line if x is position coordinate and t is time then acceleration of body is constant when -
(1) x and velocity is linear
(2) x and square of velocity is linear
(3) t and velocity is linear
(4) t and square of velocity is linear.

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A particle of mass 10 g moves in a straight line with retardation 2x, where x is the displacement in SI units. Its loss of kinetic energy for above displacement is 10x-nJ. The value of n will be ________.

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At any instant the velocity of a particle of mass 500 g is 2t i^ + 3t2 j^ m s-1 . If the force acting on the particle at t=1 s is (i^ + x j^) N . Then the value of x will be:

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If position vector of a particle is given by rt=8ti^+5t2j^+6k^, then the correct statement about the acceleration of the particle is

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A bock of mass 100 g is placed on smooth surface, moves with acceleration of a= 2x, then the change in kinetic energy can be given as xn10, find the value of n.

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Velocity of a particle moving along x-axis varies with time t as v= (5t2-7). Find the average acceleration of the particle from t = 2 s to t = 4 s.

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A particle moves in a straight line under an acceleration varying linearly with time. Its velocity-time graph is shown here. Tangent to point A and C makes an angle of 37° and 135° with positive x-axis respectively. Then

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At t=0, a particle at the origin has a velocity of 15 m s-1 at 37° above the horizontal X-axis. At t=5 s, it is at x=20 m and y=35 m and its velocity is 30 m s-1 at 53° above the horizontal. Find

(a) its average velocity :

(b) its average acceleration.

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A body moves with velocity v=sinx m s-1, where x is its position. Acceleration of body is zero at

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If v=2x2 m s-1 particle starts from rest at x=0. Find
(i) ax
(ii) a at x=1 m

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Displacement as function of time is given as s=3t2-8t+24. Find t at which its acceleration is 0.

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Assertion: The zero velocity of a particle at any instant always implies zero acceleration at that instant

Reason: A body is momentarily at rest when reverses its direction of motion.

The correct option among the following is

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Velocity of a particle moving along x-axis varies with time t as v=5t2-7ms-1 where t is in seconds. The average acceleration of the particle from t=2 s to t=4 s is

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A car moves with constant speed around a horseshoe-shaped path as shown with the arrows in the figure. Which one of the following choices best describes the direction of the average acceleration of the car in travelling from W to X?
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The displacement x of a particle at time t along a straight line is given by x=α-βt+γt2. Find the acceleration of the particle.

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The acceleration-time graph of a body starting from rest is shown below

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The average acceleration of the body from t= 0 s to t= 40 s is

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The acceleration a of a body starting from rest varies with time following the equation a= 8t+5. The velocity of of the body at time t= 2 s is