Calculating Motion in Two Dimensions

Practice Questions

AP Physics B › Calculating Motion in Two Dimensions

Questions
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1

An object is shot from the ground at 75m/s at an angle of 45⁰ above the horizontal. How high does the object get before beginning its descent?

2

An object is shot from the ground at 125m/s at an angle of 30o above the horizontal. How far away does the object land?

3

A 2kg box is at the top of a frictionless ramp at an angle of 60o. The top of the ramp is 30m above the ground. The box is sitting still while at the top of the ramp, and is then released.

What is the velocity of the box just before it hits the ground?

4

A ball gets pushed off a high table with a horizontal speed of . How far does the ball travel horizontally before hitting the ground?

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5

A 2kg box is at the top of a frictionless ramp at an angle of . The top of the ramp is 30m above the ground. The box is sitting still while at the top of the ramp, and is then released.

When the box is released, how long will it take the box to reach the ground?

6

A ball is launched at an angle of above the horizontal with an initial velocity of . At what time is its vertical velocity ?

7

A car drives north at for , then turns east and drives at for . What is the magnitude and direction of the average velocity for the trip?

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