Kinematics of 2D straight line motion:

P1. A car is moving at the speed vc = 10.9 m/s up the road perpendicular to a narrow river. The
bridge across the river is approached by a boat floating at vb = 5.9 m/s. At the time t=0 s the car
is at the bridge and the boat is at a distance of 830 m from the car. Find the time when the boat
will be closest to the car. (31.9 s)

P2. A car is moving at the speed vc = 14.6 m/s up the road perpendicular to a narrow river. The
bridge across the river is approached by a boat floating at vb = 9.1 m/s. At the time t=0 s the car
is at the bridge and the boat is at a distance of 620 m from the car. Find the minimal distance
between the car and the boat. (526 m)

P3. A river flows due south with a speed of 1.8 m/s. A man steers a motorboat across the river;
his velocity relative to the water is 3.8 m/s due east. What is the magnitude of the velocity of
man relative to the earth? (4.2047592083257 m/s)

P4. A river flows due south with a speed of 1.8 m/s. A man steers a motorboat across the river;
his velocity relative to the water is 4 m/s due east. The river is 970 m wide. How much time is
required to cross the river? (242.5 s)

Kinematics of projectile motion:

P5. To start an avalanche on a mountain slope, an artillery shell is fired with an initial velocity of
291 m/s at 57° above the horizontal. It explodes on the mountainside 46 s after firing. What is
the horizontal coordinate of the shell where it explodes relative to its firing point?
(7290.5381227112 m)

P6. To start an avalanche on a mountain slope, an artillery shell is fired with an initial velocity of
301 m/s at 61° above the horizontal. It explodes on the mountainside 41 s after firing. What is
the vertical distance of the shell where it explodes relative to its firing point? (2556.7818058073
m)
P7. A ball is tossed from an upper-story window of a building. The ball is given an initial velocity
of 5.5 m/s at an angle of 16° below the horizontal. It strikes the ground 5 s later. How far
horizontally from the base of the building does the ball strike the ground? The gravitational
acceleration is g = 9.8 m/s2. (26.435095919879 m)

P8. A ball is tossed from an upper-story window of a building. The ball is given an initial velocity
of 6 m/s at an angle of 22° below the horizontal. It strikes the ground 5 s later. Find the height
from which the ball was thrown. The gravitational acceleration is g = 9.8 m/s2. (187.6381978 m)

P9. During a fireworks display, a shell is shot into the air with an initial speed of 69 m/s at an
angle of 60° above the horizontal. The fuse is timed to ignite the shell just as it reaches its
highest point above the ground. Calculate the height at which the shell explodes. The
gravitational acceleration is g = 9.8 m/s2. (182.18112244898 m)

P10. During a fireworks display, a shell is shot into the air with an initial speed of 87 m/s at an
angle of 80° above the horizontal. The fuse is timed to ignite the shell just as it reaches its
highest point above the ground. How much time passes between the launch of the shell and the
explosion? The gravitational acceleration is g = 9.8 m/s2. (8.7422747172345 s)

P11. In a local café, a customer slides an empty mug down the counter for a refill. The mug
slides off the counter and strikes the floor xf = 1.49 m from the base of the counter. If the height
of the counter is yi = 85 cm, what is the magnitude of the velocity with which the mug left the
counter? The gravitational acceleration is g = 9.8 m/s2. (3.5774604860727 m/s)
Kinematics of 2D and 3D motion in vectors form:

P12. A rocket moves in the xy- plane. The rocket's acceleration has components ax(t) = αt2 and
ay(t) = β - γt, where α = 2.4 m/s4, β = 9 m/s2, and γ = 1.6 m/s3. At t = 0 the rocket is at the origin
and has velocity v0=v0xi +v0yj, with v0x = 1.3 m/s and v0y = 5 m/s. Calculate the position of the
rocket along the vertical axis at t = 7 s. (164.03333333333 m)

P13. A rocket moves in the xy- plane. The rocket's acceleration has components ax(t) = αt2 and
ay(t) = β - γt, where α = 2 m/s4, β = 7.5 m/s2, and γ = 1.4 m/s3. At t = 0 the rocket is at the origin
and has velocity v0=v0xi +v0yj, with v0x = 1.3 m/s and v0y = 8 m/s. Calculate the position of the
rocket along horizontal axis at t = 4 s. (47.866666666667 m)

P14. A rocket moves in the xy- plane. The rocket's acceleration has components ax(t) = αt2 and
ay(t) = β - γt, where α = 2.5 m/s4, β = 8.5 m/s2, and γ = 1.6 m/s3. At t = 0 the rocket is at the
origin and has velocity v0=v0xi +v0yj, with v0x = 1.2 m/s and v0y = 6 m/s. Find how long it takes to
return to the level of the ground (y = 0). (17.242421148068 s)

P15. A rocket moves in the xy- plane. The rocket's acceleration has components ax(t) = αt2 and
ay(t) = β - γt, where α = 2.3 m/s4, β = 9 m/s2, and γ = 1.1 m/s3. At t = 0 the rocket is at the origin
and has velocity v0=v0xi +v0yj, with v0x = 1.2 m/s and v0y = 7 m/s. Calculate the magnitude of the
velocity at t = 4 s. (60.797843529008 m/s)

P16. A fish swimming in a horizontal plane has velocity vi = -3i + 3j m/s at a point in the ocean.
After the fish swims with constant acceleration for 26 s, its velocity is v =-2i + 8j m/s. What is the
magnitude of the acceleration? (0.19611613513818 m/s^2)

P17. A fish swimming in a horizontal plane has velocity vi = 2i + 6j m/s at a point in the ocean
where the position relative to a certain rock is ri = -6i + 4j m. After the fish swims with constant
acceleration for 13 s, its velocity is v = -2i + 2j m/s. If the fish maintains constant acceleration,
what is its horizontal position at t = 33 s? (-107.53846153846 m)
P18. A fish swimming in a horizontal plane has velocity vi = 3i + 8j m/s at a point in the ocean
where the position relative to a certain rock is ri = 6i + 5j m. After the fish swims with constant
acceleration for 10 s, its velocity is v = 7i + 5j m/s. If the fish maintains constant acceleration,
what is its vertical position at t = 37 s? (95.65 m)

P19. A particle starts from the origin at t = 0 with an initial velocity having an x component of -3
m/s and a y component of -5 m/s. The particle moves in the xy plane with an x component of
acceleration only, given by ax = 5.2 m/s2. Determine the distance from the origin at t = 6 s.
(81.334863373587 m)

P20. An object of mass 1.55 kg begins its motion in 3D described by the position vector r = -5ti
+ 4t2j + 3t3k, where i, j, and k are unit vectors along the x-, y-, and z-axis, respectively, r is in
meters, and t is in seconds. Find the speed of the object when the magnitude of the net force
acting on it reaches the value of 23.7 N? (8.9880426982997 m/s)

P21. A spaceship is traveling at a constant velocity of v =255i m/s when its engines fire up,
giving it constant acceleration a =−2i +12k m/s2. What is the magnitude of the spaceship's
velocity 3 s after the engines fired? (251.58895047279 m/s)

Circular motion:

P22. The car passes over a rise in the roadway such that the top of the rise is shaped like a
circle of radius 530 m. At the moment the car is at the top of the rise, its velocity is 24 km/h and
constant acceleration parallel to the roadway is 0.34 m/s2. What is the magnitude of the total
acceleration vector for the car at this instant? (0.3501886215 m/s2)

P23. A car of mass 1430 kg starts from rest on a horizontal circular track of radius 61 m. Its
speed is increased uniformly and in 49 seconds it makes it a full circle. What was the net force
acting on the car at the moment when it completed the first semicircle? (2905 N)

P24. A bucket of water whirls around a vertical circle of radius 79.3 cm. What is the minimum
speed that the bucket must have at the top of its circular motion if the water is not to spill out of
the upside-down bucket? Take the gravitational acceleration g = 9.8 m/s2. (2.788 m/s)
P25. A ball of 0.45 kg is attached at the end of a cord and revolves in a circle of radius 1.3 m on
a frictionless horizontal surface. The cord will break if the tension in it exceeds 75 N. What is the
maximum speed the ball can have without breaking the cord? (14.7 m/s)

P26. A bicycle accelerates uniformly along a circular path at a flat horizontal surface. Bicycle is
initially at rest and the tangential acceleration is 1.2 m/s2. The bicycle makes one half of the
circle before it skids off the circular path. Calculate coefficient of static friction between the
bicycle and the surface taking gravitational acceleration g = 9.8 m/s2. (0.769)

P27. A bicycle initially at rest accelerates uniformly along a circular path at a flat horizontal
surface. The bicycle makes one third of the circle before it skids off the circular path. If the
coefficient of static friction between the bicycle and the surface is known and equals 0.72, find
the tangential acceleration taking gravitational acceleration g = 9.8 m/s2. (1.6845 m/s2)

P28. A block of mass m= 1 kg is moving with constant speed in a circle with radius r=0.18
m on a frictionless table. The block is attached to 1.5 kg mass, M, by a cord through a hole in
the table. Find the speed with which m must move for M to stay at rest. Take gravitational
acceleration g = 9.8 m/s2. (1.627 m/s)

P29. A ball suspended from a pivot on a string of length L = 88 cm revolves in a horizontal plane
with constant speed v. The string maintains an angle of θ = 14º with respect to the vertical. Find
v taking gravitational acceleration g = 9.8 m/s2. (0.721 m/s)