Chapter 07 Motion Exercise

Exercises

1. An athlete completes one round of a circular track of diameter 200m in 40s. What will be the distance covered and the displacement at the end of 2 minutes 20s ?

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Diameter of circular track (D) =200m

Radius of circular track (r)=200/2=100m

Time taken by the athlete for one round (t)=40s

Distance covered by athlete in one round (s)=2πr

=2×(22/7)×100

Speed of the athlete (v)= Distance / Time

=(2×2200)/(7×40)

=4400/7×40

Therefore, Distance covered in 140s= Speed (s)× Time (t)

=4400/(7×40)×(2×60+20)

=4400/(7×40)×140 =4400×140/7×40

=2200m

Number of round in 40s=1 round

Number of round in 140s=140/40

=31/2

After taking start from position X, the athlete will be at postion Y after 312 rounds as shown in figure

Hence, Displacement of the athlete with respect to initial position at x= xy = Diameter of circular track

=200m

2. Joseph jogs from one end A to the other end B of a straight 300m road in 2 minutes 30 seconds and then turns around and jogs 100m back to point C in another 1 minute. What are Joseph’s average speeds and velocities in jogging (a) from A to B and (b) from A to C ?

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Total Distance covered from AB=300m

Total time taken =2×60+30s

=150s

Therefore, Average Speed from AB = Total Distance / Total Time =300/150ms1

=2ms1

Therefore, Velocity from AB =Displacement AB / Time =300/150ms1

=2ms1

Total Distance covered from AC=AB+BC

=300+200m

Total time taken from A to C = Time taken for AB + Time taken for BC =(2×60+30)+60s

=210s

Therefore, Average Speed from AC = Total Distance /Total Time

=400/210ms1

=1.904ms1

Displacement (S) from A to C=ABBC

=300100m

=200m

Time (t) taken for displacement from AC =210s

Therefore, Velocity from AC = Displacement (s) / Time (t)

=200/210ms1

=0.952ms1

3. Abdul, while driving to school, computes the average speed for his trip to be 20kmh1. On his return trip along the same route, there is less traffic and the average speed is 30kmh1. What is the average speed for Abdul’s trip?

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The distance Abdul commutes while driving from Home to School =S Let us assume time taken by Abdul to commutes this distance =t1 Distance Abdul commutes while driving from School to Home =S Let us assume time taken by Abdul to commutes this distance =t2 Average speed from home to school v1av=20kmh Average speed from school to home v2av=30kmh1 Also we know Time taken form Home to School t1=S/v1av Similarly Time taken form School to Home t2=S/V2av Total distance from home to school and backward =2S Total time taken from home to school and backward (T)=S/20+S/30 Therefore, Average speed (Vav) for covering total distance (2S)= Total Dostance/Total Time

=2S/(S/20+S/30)

=2S/[(30S+20S)/600]

=1200S/50S

=24kmh1

4. A motorboat starting from rest on a lake accelerates in a straight line at a constant rate of 3.0ms2 for 8.0s. How far does the boat travel during this time?

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Given Initial velocity of motorboat, u=0

Acceleration of motorboat, a=3.0ms2

Time under consideration, t=8.0s

We know that Distance, s=ut+(1/2)at2

Therefore, The distance travel by motorboat =0×8+(1/2)3.0×82

=(1/2)×3×8×8m

=96m

5. A driver of a car travelling at 52kmh1 applies the brakes Shade the area on the graph that represents the distance travelled by the car during the period. (b) Which part of the graph represents uniform motion of the car?

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6. Fig 7.10 shows the distance-time graph of three objects A,B and C. Study the graph and answer the following questions:

Fig. 7.10

(a) Which of the three is travelling the fastest?

(b) Are all three ever at the same point on the road?

(c) How far has C travelled when B passes A?

(d) How far has B travelled by the time it passes C?

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(a) Object B

(b) No

(c) 5.71km

(d) 5.14km

(a) Speed = Distance  Time 

Slope of graph =y-axis x axis = Distance  Time 

Therefore, Speed = slope of the graph

Since slope of object B is greater than objects A and C, it is travelling the fastest.

(b) All three objects A, B and C never meet at a single point. Thus, they were never at the same point on road.

(c)

Since there are 7 unit areas of the graph between 0 and 4 on the Y axis, 1 graph unit equals 4/7km.

Since the initial point of an object C is 4 graph units away from the origin, Its initial distance from the origin is 4×(4/7)km=16/7km

When B passes A, the distance between the origin and C is 8km

Therefore, total distance travelled by C in this time = 8(16/7)km=5.71km

(d) The distance that object B has covered at the point where it passes C is equal to 9 graph units. Therefore, total distance travelled by B when it crosses C = 9×(4/7)=5.14km

7. A ball is gently dropped from a height of 20m. If its velocity increases uniformly at the rate of 10ms2, with what velocity will it strike the ground? After what time will it strike the ground?

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Let us assume, the final velocity with which ball will strike the ground be ’ v ’ and time it takes to strike the ground be ’ t ’ Initial Velocity of ball, u=0

Distance or height of fall, s=20m

Downward acceleration, a=10ms2

As we know, 2as=v2u2

v2=2as+u2

=2×10×20+0

=400

Final velocity of ball, v=20ms1

t=(vu)/a

Time taken by the ball to strike =(200)/10

=20/10

=2 seconds

8. The speed-time graph for a car is shown is Fig. 7.11.

Fig. 7.11

(a) Find how far does the car travel in the first 4 seconds. Shade the area on the graph that represents the distance travelled by the car during the period.

(b) Which part of the graph represents uniform motion of the car?

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(a)

The shaded area which is equal to 1/2×4×6=12m represents the distance travelled by the car in the first 4s.

(b)

The part of the graph in red colour between time 6s to 10s represents uniform motion of the car.

9. State which of the following situations are possible and give an example for each of these:

(a) an object with a constant acceleration but with zero velocity

(b) an object moving with an acceleration but with uniform speed.

(c) an object moving in a certain direction with an acceleration in the perpendicular direction.

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(a) It is possible; an object thrown up into the air has a constant acceleration due to gravity acting on it. However, when it reaches its maximum height, its velocity is zero.

(b) It is possible; acceleration implies an increase or decrease in speed, and uniform speed implies that the speed does not change over time

Circular motion is an example of an object moving with acceleration but with uniform speed.

An object moving in a circular path with uniform speed is still under acceleration because the velocity changes due to continuous changes in the direction of motion.

(c) It is possible; for an object accelerating in a circular trajectory, the acceleration is perpendicular to the direction followed by the object.

10. An artificial satellite is moving in a circular orbit of radius 42250km. Calculate its speed if it takes 24 hours to revolve around the earth.

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Radius of the circular orbit, r=42250km

Time taken to revolve around the earth, t=24h

Speed of a circular moving object, v=(2πr)/t

=[2×(22/7)×42250×1000]/(24×60×60)

=(2×22×42250×1000)/(7×24×60×60)ms1

=3073.74ms1



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