Interpreting Linear Motion Diagrams

Practice Questions

AP Physics C Electricity & Magnetism › Interpreting Linear Motion Diagrams

Questions
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1

A guillotine blade weighing is accelerated upward into position at a rate of .

What is the tension on the rope pulling the blade, while it is accelerating into position?

2

Atwood's machine consists of two blocks connected by a string connected over a
pulley as shown. What is the acceleration of the blocks if their masses are and .

Assume the pulley has negligible mass and friction.

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3

Two objects moving in one dimension created the following velocity vs. time graph:

Velocity time graph labeled

From the graph above, which object has traveled a greater distance from its starting position when ?

4

A guillotine blade weighing is accelerated upward into position at a rate of .

What is the the approximate mass of the guillotine blade?

5

An object is moving in two dimensions. Its vertical motion relative to the horizontal motion is described by the equation . Its motion in the horizontal direction is described by the equation . What is the object's velocity is the direction in terms of its horizontal position ?

6

Two objects moving in one dimension created the following velocity vs. time graph:

Velocity time graph labeled

From the graph above, what is true about the two objects at time ?

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