IB Group Quiz 2.3 - Kinematics

1. A car going 11.0 m/s accelerates at 0.890 m/s/s for 15.0 s. How far does it go in this time? (265 m)

2. A runner accelerates from rest at 3.40 m/s/s to a final velocity of 9.40 m/s. What distance do they go? (13.0 m)

3. A tennis ball cannon rolls to a stop covering a distance of 3.80 m in 7.20 s. What was its initial velocity? (1.06 m/s)

4. A car covers 113 m accelerating at 0.640 m/s/s for 14.0 s. What was its initial velocity? (3.59 m/s)

5. A car covers 212 m in 13.0 seconds, and is going 14.0 m/s at the end. What is its acceleration during this time? (-0.355 m/s/s)

6. A car going 20.0 m/s accelerates at 0.920 m/s/s. What time does it take to cover 123 m? ( (v = 25.026...) 5.46 s)

7. An airplane reaches a speed of 52.0 m/s from rest on a runway that is 890. m long. What is its speed when it has gone only 100. m down the runway? ( (a = 1.5191...) 17.4 m/s)

8. A train decelerates from 32.0 m/s to 21.5 m/s in 41.0 seconds. What time did it take it to cover 500. meters from the beginning? ( (a = -0.256097..) (v = 27.711...) 16.7 s)