Part 1: Analyzing Linear Motion 7.

In a car test, the velocity of a car increases uniformly from rest to

30ms-1 in 15s. What is the acceleration of the car?
1. A student walks to the south for 30m, then to the east for 40m and
8. A car is moving with a constant velocity of 20ms-1. When the
finally to the north for 30m before he stops to rest. The total time
driver steps on the brake, the car stops in 5s. What is the
taken by the student for the whole journey is 40 second.
deceleration of the car?
a) What is the total distance travelled?
9. A mass is moving with a velocity of 2ms-1 and it is under a
b) What is the displacement of the student?
constant acceleration of 3ms-2. Calculate the velocity of the mass
c) What is the average speed of the student and his velocity?
after 1/4 minute.
2. A boy is riding a bicycle travels 300m to the east in 10s and then
10. Consider the tape shown below. The frequency of the ticker-timer
400m to the south in 15s.
is 50Hz. Find the average speed of the trolley.
a) What is the total distance he has travelled?
b) What is his displacement?
c) What is his average speed and velocity?
3. A car can accelerate from rest to 100kmh-1 in 6.0s. What it is
average acceleration in ms-2? 11. The tape in the following diagram below is produced by a trolley
4. A car travels 600m due west in 30s, and then travels 800m due with uniform acceleration. Assume ticker-time makes 50 ticks per
north in 1 minute 20 seconds. Calculate: second. Calculate the acceleration of the trolley using the first and
a) the total distance travelled, the sixth ticks.

b) its displacement,
c) the total time taken for the journey,
d) the average speed,
e) the average velocity.
5. An airplane is moving with a velocity of 600kmh-1 due south.
Calculate its displacement after 20 minutes
6. In a 400m race a student runs with an average speed of 8.0ms-1.
How long does the student take to finish the race?
12. The diagram below shows a tape-chart consisting of 10 ticks 14. Following tape charts below describe different types of motion.
strips. Assume that the ticker-timer makes 20 dots per second. Charts are made of 10-tick strips which are put together side by
Calculate: side. The ticker-timer makes 100 ticks per second. For each chart
a) the average velocity from the first strip, determine
b) the average velocity from the sixth strip, a) the total displacement
c) change in velocity from the first strip to the sixth strip, b) the total time taken
d) time taken for the above change in velocity, c) the average speed
e) the acceleration.

13. The diagram shows a photo picture of a ball moving with constant
acceleration. The picture taken at a rate of 10Hz. Calculate:
a) the time interval between two consecutive balls,
b) the acceleration of the ball.
15. For each case, calculate the average speed of the trolley. The
ticker-timer makes 50Hz per second.
16. The following ticker tapes are obtained when a trolley is being
pulled by different magnitude of force. Ticker-timer makes 50
ticks per second. In each case, calculate the acceleration of the
trolley in ms-2.
17. Diagram below shows a tape chart which represents linear motion
of a trolley when it is moving down a slope. Each strip has 10
ticks and ticker-timer makes 20 ticks per second. Determine:
a) the average velocity of the first tape,
b) the average velocity of the third tape,
c) the corresponding change in velocity,
d) time taken for the change of velocity,
e) the acceleration of the trolley.
18. The tape chart shown represents the motion of a trolley on a 20. Calculate distance travelled by a car moving with a constant
rough surface when the trolley is given an initial velocity. Each velocity 25ms-1 for 12s.
strip of the tape has 10 ticks interval and the ticker-timer makes 21. A car increases its speed from 15ms-1 to 35ms-1 in 5 seconds.
50 ticks per second. The tape chart shows that the trolley is Calculate:
undergoing uniform deceleration. Calculate the deceleration a) its average speed,
b) its acceleration,
c) distance covered in 5 second.
22. A student riding his bicycle from rest. The bicycle accelerates
uniformly and reaches a velocity of 36kmh-1 in 10 seconds.
Calculate its acceleration and displacement.
23. A mass is moving with constant acceleration of 3ms-2. If its initial
velocity is 2ms-1, calculate its final velocity after the mass has
travelled 10m
24. A car is having an initial velocity of 10ms-1, is being accelerated
uniformly until it reaches a final velocity of 20ms-1 in 10 seconds.
Calculate the distance travelled by the car.
19. Using suitable equation of motions, complete the table below:
25. A rocket is moving with an initial velocity 2000ms-1 and
undergoes a constant acceleration of
10ms-2. What is the velocity of the rocket after 5 minutes?
26. A car is moving from rest and it is experiencing a constant
acceleration of 2ms-2.
a) What is the velocity of the car after it has travelled 100m?
b) What is the time taken for it to reach the final velocity?
27. A car initially at rest undergoes a constant acceleration of 4ms-2
for 10 seconds.
a) What is the velocity of the car after 10 seconds?
 b) How far does it travel in 10 seconds?
28. A car which moves with an initial velocity of 5ms-1 is being
retarded to rest in 5 seconds. Calculate the deceleration of the car
and the distance travelled by the car.
29. A lorry is moving with a velocity of 20kmh-1 and it is being
accelerated uniformly. One minute later, its velocity increases to
40kmh-1. What is the distance travelled by the lorry in 1 minute?
30. A bus is moving in constant velocity of 20ms-1. The driver steps
on the brake to slow down the bus with uniform deceleration. The
bus stops at a distance of 100m after the brake have been applied.
a) Determine the deceleration of the bus when the brake is
applied.
b) How long does the bus take to stop?