Position Vector, Displacement, Velocity and Acceleration

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Position Vector, Displacement, Velocity and Acceleration: Overview

This topic consists of various concepts like Acceleration Vector of an Object in 2D Motion,Components of Acceleration Vector of an Object in 2D Motion,Velocity Vector of an Object in 2D Motion, etc.

Important Questions on Position Vector, Displacement, Velocity and Acceleration

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A body of 3 kg moves in the XY plane under the action of a force given by  6ti^+4tj^. Assuming that the body is at rest at time  t=0, the velocity of the body at t= 3 s  is:

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The position vector of a particle is  r=(acosωt)i^+(asinωt)j^.  The velocity of the particle is:

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A football player is moving southward and suddenly turns eastward with the same speed to avoid an opponent. The force that acts on the player while turning is :

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 If tangential acceleration vector of a speeding up particle at P is 3i^+4j m s-2 find the angle θ
 

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A particle is moving in a straight line such that its velocity is increasing at 5 ms-1 per meter. The acceleration of the particle is _____  ms-2 at a point where its velocity is 20 ms-1.

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A particle attached to a light wire of length is projected horizontally with a velocity of 5gl. Calculate its net acceleration when wire becomes horizontal.
 

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Displacement of a particle in periodic motion is expressed as x(t)=20 cos ωt. If the time period of particle motion is 4 s, then displacement of the particle in 1 s will be

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Displacement of a particle is given r=3t i^+6 j^. Find its velocity vector.

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The position vector of a particle is given by r = 2ti^-5t2j^. What is the angle between initial velocity and initial acceleration?

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A particle moves in the X-Y plane with a constant acceleration of  1.5 m/s2 in the direction making an angle of 37° with the X-axis. At t=0 the particle is at the origin and its velocity is 8 m/s along the X-axis. Find the velocity and the position of the particle at t= 4 s

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A particle moves along a straight line such that its velocity (v) at any time (t) is given by v=(2t  1) m/s, where t is in seconds. Total distance travelled by the particle in first second is

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The position of an object changes from r=(2 i^+j^) m  to r1=4 i^+3 j^ m in 2 s. Find its average velocity.

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If the position of the particle is given by x=3t2-5t+7 then find the velocity and the acceleration at t=2 s.

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On an open ground, a boy follows a track that turns to his left by an angle of 72° after every 10 m. Starting from a given turn, the displacement of the boy at the fourth turn will be

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A ring of radius 10cm is initially at the coordinate plane such that it touches the positive sides of the x and y axes at P and Q respectively. The ring starts rolling at a speed of 1rev/min along the positive x-axis. The coordinates of the point Q after 2 minutes and 45 seconds are

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A particle moves in the X-Y plane with a constant acceleration of 1.5 m s-2 in the direction making an angle of 37° with the X-axis. At t=0 the particle is at the origin and its velocity is 8.0 m s-1 along the X-axis. Find the velocity and the position of the particle at t=4·0 s.

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A particle is moving on a circular path of radius r with uniform, speed v. What is the displacement of the particle after it has described an angle of 60°?

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A particle moves in a straight line so that distance s=t where t is time, then the acceleration is proportional to

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Three particles A,B and C are situated at the vertices of an equilateral triangle. They start moving with equal speeds (remains constant during the whole motion) such that A always heads towards B,B towards C & C towards  A. Finally they meet at a point. Find out the angle by which the line connecting A and B rotates with respect to initial orientation in space by the time distance between A and B reduces to half of the initial distance between A and B.

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In x-y plane a particle is displaced from a point A1,2,3 m to a point B-1,0,1 m in 2sec. Find the displacement of the particle and its average velocity in vector form in the given time interval.