One-dimensional Motion
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Free Fall


A stone is thrown, at an initial speed of 15 m/s from the top of a 20 m high cliff, while another stone is thrown vertically from the bottom of the cliff upwards also at a speed of 15 m/s. Determine:
a) After how long and at what height do the stones intersect?
b) Does the stone throw from below reach the top of the cliff?

A rocket is launched vertically from the ground at an initial speed of 200 m/s, after 10 seconds it explodes. A ground observer is located at a distance of 2000 meters in the same horizontal as the launch point. After how long he will hear the blast noise? The speed of sound in the air is 340 m/s.

On the Moon, a stone is released, at rest from a height of 20 meters. It falls, under the action of the lunar acceleration due to gravity, until reaching the ground with a speed v. Find how high the stone should be dropped on Earth, so that it hits the ground at the same speed v. The acceleration due to gravity on Earth gE = 9.8 m/s2, acceleration due to gravity on the Moon gM = 1.6 m/s2.

Graphs


The motion of a particle is described by the velocity-time graph, as shown in the figure. Find:
a) The acceleration of the particle;
b) Write the equation of the speed as a function of time;
c) What is the displacement between 3 s and 7 s?

The velocity-time graph v = f(t) describes the motion of a body:

Find:
a) The displacement between 1 s and 9 s;
b) The average speed between 1 s and 9 s;
c) The average acceleration between 1 s and 9 s.
Solution by area calculation

Solution by direct counting

A particle starts a straight motion with an initial speed of 1 m/s. Given the acceleration-time graph from the start of the movement. Find:

a) The velocity at t=8 s;
b) The velocity at t=12 s;
c) The velocity at t=14 s;
d) Between, which time interval the speed decreases.

The equation of motion is

S = 21 − 10 t + t2

where position (S) is measured in meters and time (t) is measured in seconds:
a) Make a table with values for t from 0 to 8 s, and from the table plot the graph of the function;
b) When does the particle pass through the origin of the coordinate system?
c) When does the particle change its direction?
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