1.2 Problems
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Fig. 1.4
1.12 A ball is dropped into a lake from a diving board 4.9 m above the water. It
hits the water with velocity v and then sinks to the bottom with the constant
velocity v. It reaches the bottom of the lake 5.0 s after it is dropped. Find
(a) the average velocity of the ball and
(b) the depth of the lake.
1.13 A stone is dropped into the water from a tower 44.1 m above the ground.
Another stone is thrown vertically down 1.0 s after the first one is dropped.
Both the stones strike the ground at the same time. What was the initial velocity of the second stone?
1.14 A boy observes a cricket ball move up and down past a window 2 m high. If
the total time the ball is in sight is 1.0 s, find the height above the window that
the ball rises.
1.15 In the last second of a free fall, a body covered three-fourth of its total path:
(a) For what time did the body fall?
(b) From what height did the body fall?
1.16 A man travelling west at 4 km/h finds that the wind appears to blow from
the south. On doubling his speed he finds that it appears to blow from the
southwest. Find the magnitude and direction of the wind’s velocity.
1.17 An elevator of height h ascends with constant acceleration a. When it crosses
a platform, it has acquired a velocity u. At this instant a bolt drops from the
top of the elevator. Find the time for the bolt to hit the floor of the elevator.
1.18 A car and a truck are both travelling with a constant speed of 20 m/s. The
car is 10 m behind the truck. The truck driver suddenly applies his brakes,
causing the truck to decelerate at the constant rate of 2 m/s 2 . Two seconds later
the driver of the car applies his brakes and just manages to avoid a rear-end
collision. Determine the constant rate at which the car decelerated.
1.19 Ship A is 10 km due west of ship B. Ship A is heading directly north at a speed
of 30 km/h, while ship B is heading in a direction 60 ◦ west of north at a speed
of 20 km/h.
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Fig. 1.4
1.12 A ball is dropped into a lake from a diving board 4.9 m above the water. It
hits the water with velocity v and then sinks to the bottom with the constant
velocity v. It reaches the bottom of the lake 5.0 s after it is dropped. Find
(a) the average velocity of the ball and
(b) the depth of the lake.
1.13 A stone is dropped into the water from a tower 44.1 m above the ground.
Another stone is thrown vertically down 1.0 s after the first one is dropped.
Both the stones strike the ground at the same time. What was the initial velocity of the second stone?
1.14 A boy observes a cricket ball move up and down past a window 2 m high. If
the total time the ball is in sight is 1.0 s, find the height above the window that
the ball rises.
1.15 In the last second of a free fall, a body covered three-fourth of its total path:
(a) For what time did the body fall?
(b) From what height did the body fall?
1.16 A man travelling west at 4 km/h finds that the wind appears to blow from
the south. On doubling his speed he finds that it appears to blow from the
southwest. Find the magnitude and direction of the wind’s velocity.
1.17 An elevator of height h ascends with constant acceleration a. When it crosses
a platform, it has acquired a velocity u. At this instant a bolt drops from the
top of the elevator. Find the time for the bolt to hit the floor of the elevator.
1.18 A car and a truck are both travelling with a constant speed of 20 m/s. The
car is 10 m behind the truck. The truck driver suddenly applies his brakes,
causing the truck to decelerate at the constant rate of 2 m/s 2 . Two seconds later
the driver of the car applies his brakes and just manages to avoid a rear-end
collision. Determine the constant rate at which the car decelerated.
1.19 Ship A is 10 km due west of ship B. Ship A is heading directly north at a speed
of 30 km/h, while ship B is heading in a direction 60 ◦ west of north at a speed
of 20 km/h.