Equations of Motion
Physics ⇒ Mechanics
Equations of Motion starts at 8 and continues till grade 12.
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A ball is dropped from a height of 45 meters. How long will it take to reach the ground? (Take g = 10 m/s2)
A ball is thrown upwards with an initial velocity of 20 m/s. If acceleration due to gravity is -10 m/s2, how long will it take to reach the highest point?
A ball is thrown vertically upwards with a velocity of 15 m/s. How high will it rise? (Take g = 10 m/s2)
A bus starts from rest and covers 100 meters in 10 seconds with uniform acceleration. What is its acceleration?
A car accelerates from 5 m/s to 25 m/s over a distance of 60 meters. What is its acceleration?
A car moves with a velocity of 12 m/s and comes to rest in 3 seconds. What is its acceleration?
A car moving at 20 m/s comes to rest in 5 seconds with uniform deceleration. What is its acceleration?
A car starts from rest and accelerates uniformly at 2 m/s2 for 5 seconds. What is its final velocity?
A car travels with an initial velocity of 15 m/s and accelerates at 3 m/s2 for 4 seconds. What is the distance covered?
A cyclist starts from rest and accelerates at 1 m/s2 for 8 seconds. What distance does the cyclist cover?
A runner increases his speed from 4 m/s to 8 m/s in 2 seconds. What is his acceleration?
A stone is dropped from a height and falls freely under gravity. What is its initial velocity?
A train moving at 10 m/s accelerates at 2 m/s2 for 6 seconds. What is its final velocity?
A train slows down from 30 m/s to 10 m/s in 10 seconds. What is its acceleration?
Explain the meaning of each symbol in the equation s = ut + 0.5at2.
Explain why the equations of motion cannot be used for objects moving with variable acceleration.
If an object moves with a constant velocity, what is its acceleration?
State the three equations of motion for uniformly accelerated motion.
Which equation of motion is most suitable to find the time taken to reach a certain velocity when initial velocity and acceleration are known?
Which equation of motion would you use to find the displacement when initial and final velocities and acceleration are known, but time is not?
