Linear Motion

Practice Questions

AP Physics C Electricity & Magnetism › Linear Motion

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A particle traveling in a straight line accelerates uniformly from rest to in and then continues at constant speed for an additional for an additional . What is the total distance traveled by the particle during the ?

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A ball is thrown horizontally from the top of a high building. It has an initial velocity of and lands on the ground away from the base of the building. Assuming air resistance is negligible, which of the following changes would cause the range of this projectile to increase?

I. Increasing the initial horizontal velocity

II. Decreasing the mass of the ball

III. Throwing the ball from an identical building on the moon

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A particle traveling in a straight line accelerates uniformly from rest to in and then continues at constant speed for an additional for an additional . What is the total distance traveled by the particle during the ?

4

A ball is thrown horizontally from the top of a high building. It has an initial velocity of and lands on the ground away from the base of the building. Assuming air resistance is negligible, which of the following changes would cause the range of this projectile to increase?

I. Increasing the initial horizontal velocity

II. Decreasing the mass of the ball

III. Throwing the ball from an identical building on the moon

5

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?

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You drive your car from your house all the way to your school which is 50km away. After you are done with classes you drive back through the same route and park exactly where you had your car at the beginning of the day. By the end of the day, what were the distance and displacement of your motion?

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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?

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You drive your car from your house all the way to your school which is 50km away. After you are done with classes you drive back through the same route and park exactly where you had your car at the beginning of the day. By the end of the day, what were the distance and displacement of your motion?

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A car undergoes acceleration according to the given function. If the threshold for serious injury or fatality for a human undergoing horizontal acceleration is 60 g ees (1 gee = 10 meters per second per second), how long would a human be able to withstand riding in this car?

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A car undergoes acceleration according to the given function. If the threshold for serious injury or fatality for a human undergoing horizontal acceleration is 60 g ees (1 gee = 10 meters per second per second), how long would a human be able to withstand riding in this car?

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