Kinematic Equations for Uniformly Accelerated Motion
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
A ball is dropped from a high rise platform at, starting from rest. After another ball is thrown downwards from the same platform with the speed . The two balls meet at, . What is the value of ? (Take, )

Two bodies, (of mass ) and (of mass ), are dropped from heights of and , respectively. The ratio of the times taken by them to reach the ground is

A particle has initial velocity and acceleration . The magnitude of velocity after will be

A mass takes 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 _____ . [Take ]

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

A particle is projected with velocity from the ground in the vertically upward direction. The speed of the particle becomes half at height of . The value of , is

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

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

Complete the following table.
Car Model | Driver X Reaction time |
Driver Y Reaction time 0.30 s |
A (deceleration on hard braking) |
Speed Braking distance, a = _____ distance b = _____ |
Speed Braking distance, c = _____ |
B (deceleration on hard braking ) |
Speed distance, f= _____ |
Speed
Braking distance, g = _____ |

Two cars A and B are at a position and from the origin at time . They start simultaneously with velocities and respectively. Determine the position and time at which they will overtake one another. Assume they are in same direction.

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

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

If a body starting from the rest travels with a uniform acceleration of for first and with uniform acceleration for next , then average acceleration of the body for is:

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

A particle moves in a straight line with constant Velocity of for . It then moves with a constant acceleration of for . Draw a velocity time graph for and find final velocity and displacement and total distance?

A bullet comes out of the barrel of gun of length with a speed . The average acceleration of the bullet in is

A man of mass is standing on a boat of mass , which is at rest in still water. The man is initially at from the shore. He starts walking on the boat for with constant speed towards the shore. The final distance of the man from the shore in meter is

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

A ball is thrown up, it reaches a maximum height and then comes down. If and 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

The speed and time for an object moving along straight line are related as , where must be
