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Student Resources, Chapter 2

Multiple Choice

1 A racquetball strikes a wall with a speed of 30 m/s and rebounds with a speed of 26 m/s. The collision takes 20 ms.
What is the change in velocity of the ball during collision? Assume the ball is moving in the positive direction before
the collision.

4 m/s

26 m/s

30 m/s

+56 m/s

-56 m/s

2 A racquetball strikes a wall with a speed of 30 m/s and rebounds with a speed of 26 m/s. The collision takes 20 ms.
What is the average acceleration of the ball during collision?

2
-2800 m/s
2
200 m/s

Zero
2
1300 m/s
2
1500 m/s

3 Which of the following situations is impossible?

An object has constant nonzero acceleration and changing velocity.

An object has velocity directed east and acceleration directed west.

An object has constant velocity and changing acceleration.

An object has velocity directed east and acceleration directed east.

An object has zero velocity but nonzero acceleration.

4

Shown in this figure is a graph of position versus time for two moving objects. Which of the following best describes
what is depicted here?

A ball is thrown into the air and a moment later a second ball is thrown, but with a higher velocity than the first.

While accelerating in an attempt to pass, Mario Andretti plows into the back of a speeding A.J. Foyt on the back
straightaway at the Indy 500.
A rock and a crumpled piece of paper are dropped from rest at t = 0 in the presence of air (that is, friction is
present).
A speeder races past a parked police car. A moment later the police car starts and takes off in pursuit with high
acceleration and siren screaming. He ends up giving the violator a speeding ticket.
Leading the Indianapolis 500, with two laps to go, Bobby Rahal throws a wheel bearing and pulls in for a pit stop as
Tom Sneva zooms by and goes on to win.

5 A child standing on a bridge throws a rock straight down. The rock leaves the child's hand at t = 0. Which of the
graphs shown here best represents the velocity of the stone as a function of time?
6 Two people are walking side by side at a speed of 1.2 m/s in an airport. They come to a moving sidewalk 120 m
long, moving in their direction at 1.0 m/s. One person steps on the moving sidewalk and keeps walking at her
normal speed, while her friend continues walking along the stationary walkway. How much sooner does the person
on the moving sidewalk reach the end of the moving sidewalk than does her companion who is walking without this
aid?

47.5 s

44.6 s

45.5 s

55.6 s

62.2 s

3 2 3 2
7 The position of an object as a function of time is given by x(t) = at bt + ct d, where a = 1.0 m/s , b = 3.0 m/s ,
c = 6.0 m/s, and d = 7.0 m. Find the average velocity over the first 3.0 s.

10.5 m/s

12 m/s

6 m/s

15 m/s

-3 m/s

3 2 3 2
8 The position of an object as a function of time is given by x(t) = at bt + ct d, where a = 1.0 m/s , b = 3.0 m/s ,
c = 6.0 m/s, and d = 7.0 m. Find the instantaneous velocity at t = 3.0 s.

6 m/s

12 m/s

-3 m/s

11.5 m/s

15 m/s

3 2 3, 2
9 The position of an object as a function of time is given by x(t) = at bt + ct d, where a = 1.0 m/s b = 3.0 m/s ,
c = 6.0 m/s, and d = 7.0 m. Find the instantaneous acceleration at t = 3.0 s.

2
-18 m/s
2
3.0 m/s
2
12 m/s
2
-6 m/s
2
-18 m/s
 3 2 3 2
10 The position of an object as a function of time is given by x = at bt + ct d, where a = 1.0 m/s , b = 3.0 m/s , c
= 6.0 m/s, and d = 7.0 m. Find the average acceleration over the first 3.0 s.

2
-6 m/s
2
-18 m/s
2
3.0 m/s
2
12 m/s
2
-18 m/s

11 A runner completed the Grandma's Marathon (26.2 miles) in 3 hours 25 minutes and 58 seconds. (This marathon
is run each June from Two Harbors to Duluth, Minnesota.) Compute the runner's average speed in miles per hour
(mi/h) for the entire marathon.

15.3 mi/h

3.82 mi/h

7.63 mi/h

8.05 mi/h

12 You are standing in a hot-air balloon that, according to your friend on the ground, is traveling upward at 3.0 m/s.
You decide to drop a rock over the side of the balloon. The instant after you release the object, your friend
determines that the rock is moving with

2
a velocity of 0 m/s and an acceleration of 9.8 m/s downward.
2
a velocity of 3.0 m/s upward and an acceleration of 9.8 m/s downward.
2
a velocity of 3.0 m/s upward and an acceleration of 0 m/s
2
a velocity of 0 m/s and an acceleration of 9.8m/s upward.
2
a velocity of 3.0 m/s downward and an acceleration of 9.8 m/s upward.
13 An astronaut took the following data during a "free-fall" experiment designed to determine the acceleration due to
gravity on another planetary body in the solar system. What acceleration should the astronaut have obtained from
this data?
Time (s) Velocity (m/s)

0 0.00

0.1 0.39

0.2 1.10

0.4 1.48

0.5 1.90

0.6 2.23

0.7 2.65

0.8 3.00

2
1.64 m/s
2
10.02 m/s
2
9.81 m/s
2
3.75 m/s
2
0.38 m/s
14 What is the instantaneous velocity of the object depicted in this x-t graph at t = 10 s, just before its motion stops?

-30 m/s

30 m/s

0 m/s

15 m/s

-15 m/s
15 What is true about the average acceleration of this object over the entire 10-s time interval depicted in this figure?

The average acceleration is initially zero, then positive, then negative.

The average acceleration is greater than zero.

The average acceleration is initially negative, then zero, then positive.

The average acceleration is less than zero.

The average acceleration is zero.