Kinematic Equations for Uniformly Accelerated Motion

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Kinematic Equations for Uniformly Accelerated Motion: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Motion under Gravity, Uniformly Accelerated Motion, Equations of Motion with Constant Acceleration, Final Velocity in Free Fall, Acceleration - Retardation Calculation and, Body Projected Upwards

Important Questions on Kinematic Equations for Uniformly Accelerated Motion

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A ball is dropped from a high rise platform at, t=0 starting from rest. After 6 s another ball is thrown downwards from the same platform with the speed v. The two balls meet at, t=18 s. What is the value of v(Take, g=10 m s-2 )

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Two bodies, A (of mass 1 kg) and B (of mass 3 kg), are dropped from heights of 16 m and 25 m, respectively. The ratio of the times taken by them to reach the ground is

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A particle has initial velocity 2i^+3j^ and acceleration 0.3i^+0.2j^. The magnitude of velocity after 10 s will be

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A 0.4 kg mass takes 8 s to reach ground when dropped from a certain height 'P' above surface of earth. The loss of potential energy in the last second of fall is _____ J. [Take g=10 ms-2]

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Two body of masses 1 kg and 2 kg moving with same velocities are stopped by the same  force. Then the ratio of their stopping distance is

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A particle is projected with velocity v0 from the ground in the vertically upward direction. The speed of the particle becomes half at height of 60 m. The value of v0, is (g=10 ms-2) 

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Determine speed v acquired by block as it covers distance 6 m starting from rest.

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A body is projected from ground, vertically upwards travels a distance h in the last second of its total journey. If it is projected with twice the previous velocity, the distance travelled in last second of its journey, is 

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Complete the following table.

Car Model  Driver X 
Reaction time=0.20 s 
Driver Y 
Reaction time 0.30 s 
A (deceleration on hard braking=6.0 m/s2)

Speed=54 km/h 

Braking distance, a = _____
Total stopping 

distance b = _____

Speed=72 km/h

Braking distance, c = _____
Total stopping 
distance, d = _____

 B (deceleration on hard braking 
=7.5 m/s2

Speed=54 km/h 
Braking distance, e = _____
Total stopping 

distance, f= _____

Speed=72 km/h

Braking distance, g = _____
Total stopping 
distance, h = _____

 

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Two cars A and B are at a position 100 m and 200 m from the origin at time t=0. They start simultaneously with velocities 10 m/s and 5 m/s respectively. Determine the position and time at which they will overtake one another. Assume they are in same direction.

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A stone starts falling freely under gravity. The time taken by the stone to fall through the initial height h is 4 s. The further time taken to fall through the next 2h height will be closest to

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A train accelerating uniformly from rest attains a maximum speed of 40 ms-1 in 20 s. It travels at this speed for 20 s and is brought to rest with uniform retardation in further 40 s. What is the average velocity during this period?

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If a body starting from the rest travels with a uniform acceleration of 10 m s-2 for first 10 seconds and with uniform acceleration 5 m s-2 for next 20 seconds, then average acceleration of the body for 30 s is:

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A bus is running on a highway at a speed of 20 m/s. A man is at a distance of 100 m from the highway and 400 m from the bus at an  instant. Find the minimum speed of running of man (in m/s) so that he could catch the bus.

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A particle moves in a straight line with constant Velocity of 5 m/s for 2 s. It then moves with a constant acceleration of-2 m/s2 for 8 s. Draw a velocity time graph for 10 s and find final velocity and displacement and total distance?

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A bullet comes out of the barrel of gun of length 23 m with a speed 27 km/hr. The average acceleration of the bullet in m/s2 is

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A man of mass 60 kg is standing on a boat of mass 140 kg, which is at rest in still water. The man is initially at 20 m from the shore. He starts walking on the boat for 4 s with constant speed 1.5 m/s towards the shore. The final distance of the man from the shore in meter is

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Three stations A, B and C are spaced at equal distance along the track. A train at 160 km h-1 passes the station A, driver applies brakes  and reduce its speed uniformly to 40 km h-1 at station C. At which part of the track, the train has instantaneous speed of 100 km h-1? (Neglect the size of train)

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A ball is thrown up, it reaches a maximum height and then comes down. If t1and t2 are the times that the ball takes to be at a particular height, then the time taken by the ball to reach the highest point is

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The speed v and time t for an object moving along straight line are related as t2+100=2vt, where v must be