REVIEW CPP – KM-I

1. A body is projected with velocity 5 3 m/s at an angle of 600 with the horizontal. Find the angle
between the initial velocity vector and the velocity vector at a height of 2.5 m.

2. A particle moves in a circle of radius 20 cm at a speed given by v = 1 + t + t2 m/s where t is time in s.

Find (a) the initial tangential and normal acceleration. (b) the angle covered by the radius in first 2 s.

3. A particle of mass m is projected at angle  with the horizontal. The speed of a particle, when it is at
the greatest height is (2/5)1/2 times its speed when it is at half of its greatest height. Determine its angle
of projection.

4. A projectile is projected with a unknown velocity at an unknown angle . If time of flight is

4 sec. What will be the maximum height reach by the projectile.

5. A particle is projected up with a speed of 25 m/s from the ground. What is the maximum height
attained by the stone ? What is the distance travelled by the stone during 3rd second?
6. A car starts moving from rest with an acceleration whose value linearly increases with time from zero to
6 m/s2 in 6 sec after which it moves with constant velocity. Find the time taken by the car to travel first
72 m from starting point.

7. The velocity of a particle, when it is at the greatest height is (2/5)1/2 times its velocity when it is at half of
its greatest height. Determine its angle of projection.

8. A man can row a boat in still water at 3 km/h He can walk at a speed of 5 km/h on the shore. The
water in the river flows at 2 km/h. If the man rows across the river and walks along the shore to reach
the opposite point on the river bank find the direction in which he should row the boat so that he could
reach the opposite shore in the least possible time. The width of the river is 500 m.

9. There are two parallel planes each inclined to the horizontal at an angle . A particle is projected from
a point mid-way between the two planes so that it grazes one of the planes and strikes the other at
right angle. Find the angle of projection.

10. A particle is moving along positive x-direction andx(m)

its position coordinate varies with time as shown in
the figure below. Plot the corresponding v-t curve. 54
What is the average velocity between t = 3 to
t = 12 sec and also find the average acceleration
0 t(sec)
3 5 9 12
from t = 0 to t = 12 sec.

11. A particle starts at t = 0 from x = -540 m and moves along x-axis such that its velocity varies with time as
given in the graph. (a) draw a-t and x-t curves, (b) find total distance and displacement from t= 0 to t = 50
sec, (c) find the time when position x = 0, (d) find the maximum value of position co-ordinate of the particle
and (e) for what value of t, x = 100m.
v (m/s)

60

26 41 46 50
t (sec)
10
-5
-20

12. A particle starts at t = 0 from x = 0 with initial velocity v 0 = -2 m/s. Its acceleration varies with time as given in
the figure. (a) Draw the v-t and x-t curves, (b) determine the velocity, position and distance traveled when t =
18 sec, (c) the minimum value of the velocity of the particle and (d) the minimum value of its position
coordinate.
 a (m/s2)

2
8 12 18
0 t (sec)

-0.75

13. A particle starts at t = 0 from x = 0. Its velocity varies with its position coordinate ‘x’ as shown in the figure.
(a) Draw a-x and x-t and v-t curve, (b) find the acceleration of particle when x = 5 m.
v (m/s)

20

10 12
0 x(m)

-4

14. A particle starts from x = 0 with initial velocity v = 4 m/s. Its acceleration varies with its position co-ordinate as
shown in the graph. Find the position when particle has traveled a total distance of 1 meter and at that
position what is the velocity of the particle.
a(m/s2)

0 x (m)
14/6

-14

ANSWERS SUBJECTIVE
75 75

1. cos2 = 4 4 0   2  90
300 100
4 4
2.  = 33.3 rad
3.  = 600
4. 20 m
5. 2.5 m
6. Total time = 6+2 = 8 sec.
7.  = 600
7 sin   
8. =0   = sin-1 (3/7)
3 cos 
9.  =  + tan1 {cot  (2 – 1)}.

10. -6 m/s and 1/3 m/s2

11. (b) 1383 m, (c) 9 sec and 49.5 sec, (d) 420 m, (e) 10.69 sec, 40 sec
12. (b) x = 52 m, v = 36 m/s and 164 meter, (c) – 8 m/s, (d) – 56 m/s
13. -20 m/s2
14. 1/3 meter and 2.71 m/s
 OBJECTIVE
1. The slopes of the windscreens of two motorcars are  1  30 0 and  2  15 0 respectively. At what
v1
ratio of the velocities of the cars will their drivers see the hailstones bounced by the windscreen
v2
of their cars in the vertical direction? Assume that hailstones fall vertically and collisions are elastic.
(a) 2 (b) 1 / 2 (c) 3 (d) 1 / 3

2. Two rings O and O’ are put on two vertical stationary rods AB and A’B’ respectively. An inextensible
thread is fixed at points A’ and on ring O and is passed through ring O’. Assuming that ring O’ moves
downwards at a constant velocity v , what will be velocity u of ring O if  AOO’ =  .
v v
(a) v (b) v A A’
cos  cos 
v v
(c) v  (d) v  O’
cos  cos 
O

B B’
3. A weightless inextensible rope rests on a stationary wedge forming an angle  with horizontal. One
end of the rope is fixed to the wall at point A. A small load is attached to the rope at point B. The
wedge starts moving to right with a constant velocity v . Then velocity of load will be
A
(a) 2v sin (b) 2v sin( / 2) B v
(c) 2v cos (d) 2v cos( / 2) 

4. A person is standing at a distance r1 from the axis of rotating horizontal turntable. Rain is vertically
with velocity v . At this moment person holds his umbrella at angle  from vertical. Now person
moves by some distance and it is now at distance r2 from axis of rotation. This time he holds his
umbrella at angle  from vertical. If     90 0 , then angular velocity of turntable is
v v v v
(a) (b) (c) (d)
r1  r2 r1  r2 r1r2 r1r2

5. A particle is projected at an angle  from horizontal with speed u m/s. At the time of projection of
particle, a vertical wall was at a distance d from point of projection and was moving towards this point
with speed v . The minimum value of d which will avoid hitting of particle with wall is (neglect any
bounce)
2uv sin  u 2 sin 2 u 2 sin 2  2uv sin  u 2 sin 2  2uv sin 
(a) (b) (c) (d)
g g g g
6. Two straight rods AB and CD intersect each other at point P. The rods move with velocities v1 and
v 2 in perpendicular directions of rods as shown in figure. The speed with which point of intersection
moves is v1
2 2
v1  v 2  2v1 v2 cos
(a) v2
sin 
2 2
v1  v 2  2v1 v2 cos
(b) P 
cos 
2 2
(c) v1  v 2
(d) None of these

7. A man walking with a uniform velocity v passes under a lantern hanging at a height H above the
ground. Find the velocity with which the edge of the shadow of man’s head moves over the ground, if
height of man is h .
 H h H H
(a) v (b) v (c) v (d) v
h H H h H h

8. A bullet is fired from a gun, fixed to a horizontally moving platform. The ranges of the shot on ground
are observed to be r and R when the platform is moving forward and backward respectively with
same velocity v . The angle of projection with respect to platform is
1
 g r  R 2   g r  R 2 
1  g r  R    g (r  R) 
(a) tan   (b) Sin   (c) tan 1   (d) cot 1  
 4v r  R    4v r  R  
2 2
 rR   rR 

9. A swimmer crosses a flowing steam of width ‘b’ to and fro in time T1. The time taken to cover the
same distance up and down the stream is T2. If T3 is the time the swimmer would take to swim a
distance ‘2b’ in still water, then
(a) T1 = T2T3 (b) T12 = T2T3 (c) T22 =T1T3 (d) T32 = T1T2

10. A particle is projected with initial speed u at an angle  from horizontal. What will be velocity of
particle at the moment when radius of curvature of path followed by particle is n times the maximum
radius of curvature of path.
(a) n 3 u (b) n1 / 3u (c) n 3 u cos (d) n1 / 3 u cos

11. A particle is moving on a circular track with constant angular acceleration  . If the particle starts from
1
rest then what is the angle between total acceleration and normal acceleration at t  is

(a) 300 (b) 600 (c) 450 (d) 750
12. A particle is projected at some angle from horizontal such that it passes two points a, b  and b, a  in
the vertical plane. If  is the angle of projection then
(a) tan   2 (b) tan   3 (c) tan   2 (d) tan   3

13. A particle is projected from a point O, in vertical plane at an angle  from horizontal. The angular
velocity of the particle at its maximum height, w.r.t. Point of projection is
g g g g
(a) (b) (c) (d)

u 4  tan 2   u cos  
u cos 4  tan 2   
u cos 2  tan 2  
14. A particle is projected from a point on the level of the ground and its height is h when it is at
horizontal distances a and 2 a from its point of projection. Then the velocity of projection is given by
g  4a 2  g  4a 2 
(a) 2   9h  (b)   9h 
4 h  4 h 
g  9a 2  g  9a 2 
(c) 2   4h  (d)   4h 
4 h  4 h 

15. The angular elevation of any enemy’s position on a hill h feet high, is  . In order to shell it, the
minimum velocity of projection should be
(a) gh1  sec   (b) gh1  cos   (c) gh1  sin   (d) gh1  cos ec 

16. A particle is projected in a vertical plane at an angle  from horizontal. The angle between velocity at
maximum height and average velocity from initial to maximum height position, is
   tan      cot  
(a) tan 1  tan  (b) tan 1   (c) tan 1  cot  (d) tan 1  
 2  2   2  2 

17. The ratio of minimum to maximum radius of curvature of a projectile is 1: 8. Then the angle of
projection is
(a) 300 (b) 600 (c) 450 (d) 750
 SOLUTIONS-KM-1

1. For vertical component of motion

vy2 = uy2 + 2gh v1

 v2sin21 = u2 sin21  2gh

2
 v2sin22 = (5 3 ) 2 sin260  2 10 (2.5) 2
v2
 v sin 2 =  5/2 2.5m
1
5 3 15 
Initially velocity vector u =  î  ĵ
 2 2  O

5 3 5  5 3 5 
Velocities vector at height 2.5 m v 1 =  î  ĵ  and v 2 =  î  ĵ 
 2 2   
  2 2 
Now the angle between initial velocity and velocities at height 2.5 m is
75 75 75
 2
u.v 1 4 4 4 3
cos1 = = = 
| u || v 1 | 75 225 75 25 300 10 2 3
  
4 4 4 4 2 2
3
cos1 =  cos 30  1  30
2
75 75

cos2 = 4 4 0   2  90
300 100
4 4

dv
2. Tangent acceleration at = = 2t +1
dt
v2
normal acceleration an =  (at )t=0 = 1 m/s2
R
2
v 1
(an)t=0 = 0  = 5 m/s2
R 0.2
d
(b) v = R
dt
' 2
R d = (1+t+t2 )dt  1  t  t dt
2
 R d 

0 0
 = 33.3 rad

3. Let u and  are projection speed and angle of projection respectively.

v x = u cos  and vy = u sin 
u 2 sin2 
At greatest height h =
2g
vertical velocity at half the greatest height
v 2 = v 2y  2gh / 2
gu 2 sin2  u2 sin2 
v 2 = u2 sin2 - 
2g 2
u sin 
v=
2
Resultant velocity at half the greatest height
u 2 sin2 
vR = v 2  (u cos )2   u2 cos2 
2
2 u2 sin2 
 u cos  =  u2 cos 2 
5 2
tan  = 3,  = 600
 2v 0 sin 
4. Time of flight T = … (i)
g
v 20 sin2 
Maximum height H = … (ii)
2g
eliminating v 0 sin 
2
 Tg 
 
2 T 2 g2 gT 2
H=    f =
2g 8g 8
At T = 4 sec.,
gT 2 10  4  4
H=  = 20 m
8 8
u2 625
5. Maximum height h =  = 31.25 m
2g 2  10
25
time after which v = 0, t = = 2.5 second.
10
Distance travelled in 3rd second = |y1| + |y2|
where,
y1 = y(2.5) - y(2)
y2 = y(3) - y(2.5)
1
y(2) = 25  2 -  10  22  50  20  30m
2
1
y(3) = 25  3 -  10  32  75  45  30m
2
y(2.5) = 31.25 m
thus distance during 3rds = 1.25 + 1.25 = 2.5 m

6. Since acceleration varies linearly so

a  t m/s2 by given condition
6 6
 a = kt   da  k dt  k = 1

0 0

dv t2
then, t  v= m/s
dt 2
ds t 2 t3
then,  or, s =
dt 2 6
at the end of t = 6 sec. Acceleration becomes zero.
Distance moved by car at t = 6 sec is
666
S1 = = 36 m
6
66
Speed of the car = = 18 m/s
2
Remaining distance = 72 – 36 = 36 m.
36
so time taken to cover this distance = t2 = sec .  2 sec .
18
Total time = 6+2 = 8 sec.

7. Let u and  are projection velocity and angle of projection respectively.

v x = u cos  and vy = u sin 
u 2 sin2 
At greatest height h =
2g
vertical velocity at half the greatest height
v 2 = v 2y  2gh / 2
gu 2 sin 2  u 2 sin 2 
v 2 = u2 sin2 - 
2g 2
 u sin 
v=
2
Resultant velocity at half the greatest height
u2 sin2 
vR = v 2  (u cos )2   u2 cos2 
2
2 u 2 sin2 
given, u cos  =  u 2 cos 2 
5 2
tan  = 3,  = 600

8. Let the points towards B and reches at C C

B D
t1 : the time taken by the boat to reach C
AD
t1 = CD = (v - u sin )t1 v
u cos 
500  103 1
t1 = hr = u
3 cos  6 cos 

1
CD = (-3 sin  + 2)
6 cos  A
1
= - 0.5 tan  +
3 cos 
t2 : time taken by the man from C to D
CD 0.5 tan  1 1 1
t2 = =-  = tan  +
vs 5 3 cos   5 10 15 cos 
sin  1
=- 
10 cos  15 cos 
( 3 sin   2)
=
30 cos 
1  3 sin    7  3 sin 
total time t = t1 + t2 =  =
6 cos  30 cos  30 cos 
7 1
= sec  - tan
30 10
for minimum t
dt 7 1
0  sec tan  - sec2 = 0
d 30 10
1 7 
 sec   tan   sec   = 0
10 3 
7
 tan  - sec  = 0
3
7 sin   
=0   = sin-1 (3/7)
3 cos 

9. Let the angle of projection be  and velocity (i) (ii)

be u. The velocity parallel and
perpendicular to the planes are u cos( -
) and u sin ( - ). The component u sin  -
( - ) becomes zero at the first plane 
  
where as the component ucos ( - ) at the
second plane.
If the time required in the first case is t1 and the second is t2.
u sin(   )
Then 0 = u sin ( - ) – g cos t1  t1 = . . . (i)
g cos 
u cos(   
and 0 = u cos ( - ) - g sin t2  t2 = . . . . (ii)
g sin 
As the particle is mid way between the planes
 1 1
u sin ( - )t1 - g cos  t12 = - {(u sin ( - ) t2 - g cos  t 22 }
2 2
1
 u sin ( - ) (t1 + t2) = g cos  ( t12  t 22 ) . . . (iii)
2
putting (i) and (ii) in (iii) we obtain
 u sin(    u cos(    
u sin ( - )   
 g cos  g sin  
1  u2 sin2 (      u2 cos 2 (     
= g cos    
 g cos    g sin   
2 2 2 2
2
canceling u2/g from both the sides and rearranging we get
sin2 (    sin(    cos(    sin2 (    cos2 (    cos 
   =0
cos  sin  2 cos  2 sin2 
 sin2 ( - ) sin2 + 2 sin ( - ) cos ( - ) sin  cos  - cos2 ( - ) cos2  = 0
dividing each side by cos2 ( - ) sin2
tan2 ( - ) + 2 tan ( - ) cot  - cot2  = 0
 2 cot   4 cot 2   4 cot 2 
tan ( - ) = =  cot   2 cot 
2
since ( - ) is an acute angle tan ( - ) is + ve
  -  = tan1(cot  (2 – 1))
 =  + tan1 {cot  (2 – 1)}.

10. -6 m/s and 1/3 m/s2

11. (b) 1383 m, (c) 9 sec and 49.5 sec, (d) 420 m, (e) 10.69 sec, 40 sec
12. (b) x = 52 m, v = 36 m/s and 164 meter, (c) – 8 m/s, (d) – 56 m/s
13. -20 m/s2
14. 1/3 meter and 2.71 m/s