Acceleration + velocity - math problems

Number of problems found: 43

  • Acceleration 2
    car_14 if a car traveling at a velocity of 80 m/s/south accelerated to a velocity of 100 m/s east in 5 seconds, what is the cars acceleration? using Pythagorean theorem
  • Constant Angular Acceleration
    angle_velocity The particle began to move from rest along a circle with a constant angular acceleration. After five cycles (n = 5), its angular velocity reached the value ω = 12 rad/s. Calculate the magnitude of the angular acceleration ε of this motion and the time int
  • Acceleration
    infinity-512 Describe how the cyclist's acceleration changes on individual sections (sections AB plane, BC turn, CD plane, DA turn), which describes the trajectory in the shape of an eight at a constant speed. The speed on the cyclist's tachometer is constant
  • The position
    motion2_3 The position of a body at any time T is given by the displacement function S=t3-2t2-4t-8. Find its acceleration at each instant time when the velocity is zero.
  • Circular motion
    mass_point_circle Mass point moves moves uniformly in a circle with radius r = 3.4 m angular velocity ω = 3.6 rad/s. Calculate the period, frequency, and the centripetal acceleration of this movement.
  • An acceleration
    car_28 The car goes on a straight road at a speed of 72 km/h. At some point, the driver starts to brake and stops the car in 5 seconds. Find: (a) the acceleration during braking (b) the distance traveled during braking.
  • Overload
    banking_glider Calculate how many g's (gravity accelerations) feel glider pilot when turning the horizontal circles of radius 148 m flying at 95 km/h. Centripetal acceleration is proportional to the square of the speed and inversely proportional to the radius of rotatio
  • Acceleration
    caR The car accelerates at rate 0.5m/s2. How long travels 400 meters and what will be its speed?
  • Flywheel
    zotrvacnik Flywheel turns 450 rev/min (RPM). Determine the magnitude of the normal acceleration of the flywheel point which are at a distance of 10 cm from the rotation axis.
  • Free fall
    volny_pad Lloyd fall from height 7 m. Calculate the speed he hit the ground when falling with acceleration g = 9.81 m/s2
  • Collision
    motion2_4 The two bodies, whose initial distance is 240 m, move evenly against each other consistently. The first body has an initial velocity of 4 m/s and an acceleration of 3 m/s2, the second body has an initial speed of 6 m/s and an acceleration of 2 m/s2. Fin
  • Brakes
    pneu The braking efficiency of a passenger car is required to stop at 12.5 m at an initial speed of 40 km/h. What is the acceleration braking by brakes?
  • Abyss
    Mountain Stone was pushed into the abyss: 2 seconds after we heard hitting the bottom. How deep is the abyss (neglecting air resistance)? (gravitational acceleration g = 9.81 m/s2 and the speed of sound in air v = 343 m/s)
  • Train speed
    train_freight_7 The train speed is decreased during 50 sec from 72 km/h to 36 km/h. Assuming that the train movement is equally slowing, find the the acceleration and the distance that it travels at.
  • G forces
    car_crash Calculate deceleration of car (as multiple of gravitational acceleration g = 9.81 m/s2) which occurs when a car in a frontal collision slows down uniformly from a speed 111 km/h to 0 km/h in 1.2 meters trajectory.
  • Accelerated motion - mechanics
    dodavka The delivery truck with a total weight of 3.6 t accelerates from 76km/h to 130km/h in the 0.286 km long way. How much was the force needed to achieve this acceleration?
  • The tram
    elektricky_1 The tram is moving with acceleration a = 0.3m/s2. How long it will pass the first meter of track? How long does it take 10 meters. What is its speed at the end of the 10 meters track?
  • Ball
    balicstic The Ball was fired at an angle of 35° at an initial velocity of 292 m/s. Determine the length of the litter. (g = 9.81 m/s2).
  • Car overtaking
    crash_2 A passenger car travels at a speed of 30 m/s, and before it travels freight truck that drives at a constant speed of 10 m/s. Within 30 meters of the truck, the driver of the car finds out that the truck can not overtake. That's why it starts braking with
  • Free fall
    volny pad How long does the stone fall freely into a depth of 80m? What speed will it hit the bottom of the abyss?

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