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Question 1 A train starts from rest at a station and travels with a constant acceleration of Determine the velocity of the train when and the distance travelled during this time. .

Question 2

A particle moves in a straight line with a constant acceleration of -4 m/s2 for 6s, zero acceleration for the next 4s and a constant acceleration +4 m/s2 for the next 4s. Knowing that the particle starts from the origin (t=0 when s=0), and that its velocity is -8 m/s during the zero acceleration time interval: (a) Determine the position and the velocity of the particle when t=14 s (b) Determine the total distance traveled by the particle when t=14 s

Question 3

The airplane travels along a straight runway with an acceleration described by the graph. If it starts from rest and requires a velocity of to take off: for take off.

(a) Determine the minimum length of runway required and the time (b) Construct the and s graphs.

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Question 4

A basketball player shoots when she is 5 m from the backboard. Knowing that the ball has an initial velocity vo at an angle of 30 with the horizontal, determine the value of vo when d is equal to 228 mm.

Question 5

It is observed that the time for the ball to strike the ground at B is and angle at which the ball was thrown.

. Determine the speed

Question 6

VA 25 A A golfer hits a golf ball from point A with an initial velocity of 50 m/s at an angle of 25 with the horizontal. Determine the radius of curvature, r of the trajectory described by the ball:

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(a) at point A (b) at the highest point of trajectory

Question 7

The car race travels around the circular track with a speed of A it increases its speed at (

. When it reaches point .

, where

is in

(a) Determine the magnitudes of the velocity and acceleration of the car when it reaches point B. (b) How much time is required for it to travel from A to B.

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Question 8

Determine the speed of B if A is moving downwards with a speed of shown.

at the instant

Question 9

Block B moves downward with initial velocity of 610 mm/s and constant acceleration of 200 mm/s2. Knowing that block A and C and point D start from rest when t = 0 s, determine:

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(a) the accelerations of A, C, and D (b) the velocity of block A, C and D after 10 s (c) the relative velocity of portion D of the cable with respect to block B after 10 s

Question 10

At an intersection car A is traveling south with a velocity of 40 km/h when it is struck by car B traveling 30 north of east with a velocity of 50 km/h. Determine the relative velocity of car B with respect to car A.

Question 11

A man can row a boat at point B,

is still water. He wishes to cross a :

wide river to

downstream. If the river flows with a velocity of

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(a) Determine the speed of the boat needed to make the crossing. (b) Determine the time of the boat needed to make the crossing.