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Physics 20 Velocity, Speed, Displacement, Distance, and Time

1. With an average speed of 67m/s, how long does it take a falcon to dive to the ground
along a 150m path? 2.2s
2. A world record of 274m/s for the fastest jet engine car has the following measurements.
The driver makes two runs through the course, one in each direction. The car first travels
from left to right and covers a distance of 604m in 2.19s. The car then reverses direction
and covers the same distance in 2.22s. From these data, determine the average velocity
for each run. 276m/s right and 272m/s left
3. During a trip, a bus travels 11km with an average velocity of 21m/s, but then travels
1.0km at a smaller velocity of 4.2m/s, due to the presence of highway construction.
Determine the average velocity of the bus for the entire trip. 16m/s
4. Sound travels at a constant speed of 343m/s in air. Approximately how much time (in
seconds) does it take for the sound of thunder to travel 1609m (1 mile)? 4.69s
5. A car is travelling at a constant speed of 27m/s. The driver looks away from the road for
a 2.0s to tune in a station on the radio. How far does the car go during this time? 54m
6. A three toed sloth is the slowest moving land mammal. On the ground, the sloth moves
at an average speed of 0.037m/s, considerably slower than the giant tortoise, which walks
at 0.076m/s. After 12 minutes of walking, how much furthur would the tortoise have
gone relative to the sloth? 28m farther
7. A sky diver, with parachute unopened, falls 625m in 15.0s. Then she opens her
parachute and falls another 356m in 142s. Using a position time graph calculate what is
her average velocity (both magnitude and direction) for the entire fall? 6.2m/s down
8. A car makes a 60.0km trip with an average velocity of 40.0km/h in a direction due north.
The trip consists of three parts. The car moves with a constant velocity of 25km/h due
north for the first 15km, and 62km.h due north for the next 32km. a)draw a position time
graph of this situation and b) With what velocity does the car travel for the last 13km
segment of the trip.
9. A car moves along a straight road at a constant velocity of +75km/h for 4hours, stops for
2.0hours and then drives in the reverse direction at the original speed for 3.0h.
a) Plot a velocity time graph for the car. b) Find the area under the graph for the first 4
hours. What does this represent? 300m displacment c) Explain how to use the graph
to find the distance the car is from its starting point at the end of the 9 hours. 75km north
of start
10. A person drives a car at a constant +25m/s for 10.0min. The car runs out of gas, so the
driver, carrying an empty gasoline can walks at +1.5m/s for 10 minutes to the nearest gas
station. After filling the can, the driver walks back to the car at a slower –1.2m/s. The
car is then driven home at –25m/s.
a) Draw a velocity time graph for the driver using seconds as your time unit. You
will have to calculate the distance the driver walked to the station in order to find
the time needed to walk back to the car.
11. Draw a position time graph for the problem above from the areas under the curves of the
velocity-time graph.
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12. A bus makes a trip according to the position – time graph shown below. What is
the average velocity (magnitude and direction) of the bus during each of the
segments labeled A, B, C, and over the whole trip.

A = + 25km/h

B = + 6.4km/h

C = - 4.0km/hr

Total = + 8.0km/h

13. A snowmobile moves according to the velocity – time graph shown in the
drawing. What is the snowmobile’s average velocity during each of the segments
A, B, and C and overall.

A = +20m/s

B = +40 m/s

C = +60m/s

Overall = 36.7m/s

14. The velocity of an automobile changes over an 8.0s time period as shown in table 3-5.
a) Plot the velocity time graph of the motion.
b) Determine the distance the car travels during the first 2.0s.(6.0m)
c) What distance does the car travel during the first 4.0s? (24m)
d) What distance does the car travel during the entire 8.0s? (102m)
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15.In 11.2s an object is displaced 100m west. What is the average velocity of the
object? (8.93m/s West)
16. An object is traveling at a constant velocity of 10.0m/s west.
a) how far will this object travel in 4.5 seconds? (45m)
b) what is the position of this object at 4.5s? (45m west)
17. An object is traveling at a constant velocity of 9.8m/s west. How long will it take
this object to travel 2.5m? (0.26s)
18. A man runs at an average velocity of 1.30m/s south for 98.0s, and then walks at
an average velocity of .45m/s in the same direction for 90.0s. What is the average
velocity of the man during his total travel time? (0.893m/s south)
19. An object travels at a constant velocity of 8.0m/s north for 25 min, and then
5.0m/s in the opposite direction for 15 min. Calculate
a) the average velocity. (3.1m/s north)
b) average speed. (6.9m/s)
20. Object A travels at a constant velocity of 2.0m/s east, and object B travels in the
same direction at a constant velocity of 3.0m/s. If object B starts 1.0 min after
objectA , how long will it take object B to catch object A. (1.2x102s)