Velocity Answers Name 1. An airplane llies 525 kilorneters north in 1.25 hours. what is lhe airplane's vetocit-v?

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Speed md velocrty do not ha!e the sme meaning to scientists. Spee,l ts a sutltr tluun /irf. wfilcll mcans it can be completely described
byitsmagnitude(orsize)'Ihlnagnitudeisgiuenbyanunrberandaunit Forcxample.anoblecr'sspeedmaybemeasuredasl5 l_\"f!uqitf . S25 Knr \()R t rr/ t.ZS h
meteLs pet second Given rl=525 Krn \OR l'll: t = 1,25 h I * 42t) Klt/h NOIII H
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Velocity is rcclor r/uqt1li\ ln arder lo measure a lecior quantity, you must know the both its rnagnitude and tiirection. I he velocity Reratioushif
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object is detetrnined by nrasuring both the speed and ditec'li(r? in which an object is traveling. r,__-..-,-_.-____:-.,-- I
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. tfthe speed ofm object chuges, thcn its relocity also chmges. 2. Asoccerplayerkicksaball 6.5meters. I{owmuchtinreisneededtbrtheballtotravel ihisclistanceif i ts
. tfthe direction in rthich m object is lraaelin!! changes, thcn its velocity changes velocity is 22 meters per second, south I 0.305
r A chmete in either speed, direction, or both causes a oharge in relocity
3. A cruise ship travels east across a river at 19.0 meters per minute. lfthe river is 4,250 tneters lvide, hoiv
You can use r r/ I to solte velocity problems in the same moner that you changed the fo.m ofthe equation to solve speed problems Iong does it take for the ship to reach rhe other side? 223.68 m in
in I'art A. The boldfaced v is rned to represant \elocity as a vector quantity. l he la'iables d and t re ured for distuce ad time. The
velocitJ- ofen object ir motion is equal to the dirtanc it tr&vels per unit oltine in e givetr dircction. 4 Joaquin mows the lawn at his grandmother's home duriog the summer months. Joaquin measured the
distance across his grandmother's lawn as I 1..5 meters
Iixample l: What is the velocity of a car that travels 100.0 meters. northeast it) 4.65 seconds?
a lf.Ioaquinmolvsonelengthacrosslhelawnt'romeasttowestinT.l0seconds,thenwhatislhevelocitv
of the lawnrnorver? 1.62 m/s WEST
b. Once he reaches the edge ofthe lawn, Joaquin turns the larvnmower around. [{e morvs in the opposite
direction but maintains the same speed. what is the velocity of the lawnmower'.) I .62 m/s EAST

A family drives 88 1 miles from floustoo. T ex&s to Santa Fe. Nerv Mexico for vacation. How Iong will it
take lhe farnily to reach their destiuation ifthey travel at a velocit-v of55.0 miles per hour, northwesl?

16.02 h
A shopping cart is pushed I 5.6 meters west across a parking lo1 in 5.2 seconds. What is the velocilv ofthe
shopping cart? 3 m/s WEST
7. Katie and her best friend l,iam play tennis every Saturday nrorning. When Katie serves the ball to Lialn, it
travels 9.5 lneters south in 2. I seconds.

Exnmple 2: A boat travels witb a velocity equal to I 4.0 meters per second, east in 5. I 5 seconds, What distance a. What is the vetocity of rhe tennis balt? 4.52rn/s SOUTH
in meters does the boat travel?
b. lfthe tennls ball travels at constant speed, what is its velocity when l.iam retums Katie's serve? 4.S2ru/s
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A driver realizes lhat she is traveling in the wrong direction on a one-rvay street. She has already driven 3.5
Distance the boat travels
14!m x5.15s=?31m meters at a velocity of I 6 meters per second. east before deoiding to make a lJ-turn. How long did it take fbr
distrmci = v x, -
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the driver to realize her error? 0.22 S

'l'he boat travels 72. I meters.

.= 'luan's ntother drives I 2.5 miles southwest 10 her favorite shopping mall. What is the velocity ol her
Velocity 14.0 meters per second. east
automobile if she anives at lhe mall in 7.25 minutes? 1.72 mil rnin SW
'I'ime '. 5. l5 seconds
l0Abusistravelingat79.7kilonrelersperhoureast,howt'ardoesthebustravel L4.5hours? I15.57Km
distance = vx! 1 l. A girl scout troop hiked 5.8 kilometers southeast in l.-i hours. What ivas the troop's velocity'l J,87Km/h SIi
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I 2. A volcanologisl noted that a lahar rushed dorvn a mountain at 32.2 kilometers per hour, south. IIow far did
the mud l]ow in 17.5 minutes? 9.39 Km
Acceleration Worksheet. Name: \Vhile traveling alouga highway a driver slorvs liom ?4 m/s to 15 m/s in l2 seconds. \\'hat is tlle automohile's
acceleration? (Reurembcr that a negative value indicates a slowing down tr deceleration.)
Date:
-0.75m/s/s
14.2 Acceleration
A parachute o1l fl raciilg dragster opens and changes tlre speed ofthe car frorn 85 m,/s tal 45 m/s in a period 0f4.5
Acceleration is the rate ofchange in the speed ofan object.'l'o detennine the rale oFacceleration, you use the
seconds. What is the acceleratiorl ofthe dragster? -tt.9 m/slS
formula below. 'Ihe units lirr acceleration are metels per second pet secontl or m,/s2.
The table belo\ry includes data lbr a ball rolling down a trill, Fill in the lnissing data values in the tablc aud delentrire
Final speed-Beginning speed the acceleratioo ofthe rolling ball.
Arcel':ration -
Time
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A positive value for acceleration sltorvs speeding up, and negalive value fbr acceleration shorvs slowing down
Slowing down is also called deceleration.
I'he acceleration tbnnula oan be rearranged to solve for other variables such as linal speed (v:) and time (/).
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EXAMPLf,S A car traveling ai a speed o{'30.0 l,r/s encouilters an energencv and oonres to a complete stop. l{ow much time will it
L Askaterincreaseshervelocityfiom2.0misto10.0m/sin3.0seconds.Whatistheskater'sacceleration? take for the car to stop ifil decelerates at -4.0 trl/s';? 7.5$

Solution l lf'a car can go fronl 0 t0 60 mi/lu ir 8.0 seconds, what tvould be its final speed afrer 5.0 seconds ilits starting speed
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l were 50 rni/lrr? {i7.5 milh
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Arcetefallon 100m,'s-20rn./s
= 2!n'.is. A cart rolling dowr an incline for 5.0 secr:nds has an acceleration of4.0 nr/s2. Ifthe cart has a beginning speeii of2.0
?s
m/s, what is its t'inal speedt 22 m/s
'fhe acceleration ofthe I

l!!llc9-'r-]:ll.. :ls"ggltgj skater is 2.7 meters pel second I

A helicoptel"s speed increases lronr 25 m1s to 60 n/s in 5 seconds. What is the acceleration ofthis helicopter? 7
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per second.
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Assheciimbsahill.aLJ,clistslowsdownfronr25ni/hrto6miflrrinl0seconds.Whatisherdeceleration? *1.9
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mi/h/s
2. A car accelerates itt a rate o[3.0 m/s2. lfits original speed is 8.0 m/s, how many secorrtls will it tale the car A motorcycle traveling at 25 rn,is accelerates at a rate of7.0 m/s: Iix 6.0 seconds. what is the final speetl ofthe
to reach a final speed oi25.0 rnJs?
nrotorcycle? 67 m/s
Solution
l0 A car starting from rest accelerates at a rate of8.0 m,/s/s. Whot is its tlnal speed at the end of4.0 seconds? 32
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-l'he II After traveling for 6.0 seconds, a nrnner reaches a speed of l0 m/s. What is the runner's acceleration? 1.61
time lor the car to reach its tinal speed is 5.7
m/s/s
seconds
t2. A cvclist accelerates at a rate of7.0 rn,/s2. How long will it teke the cyclist kr reach a speetl of 18 mis? 2.57
13. A skateboarder traveling at 7.0 lneters per second rolls to a stop at the top ofa raulp in 3.0 seconds. Whal ,s tl)e
skateboardor'sacceleration? -2.33 m/s/s