Problem Set (Dynamics)

1. What is the acceleration of a body that increases in velocity from 20 m/s to 40 m/s in 3 seconds?

a. 5.00 m/s2 b. 6.67 m/s2 c. 7.00 m/s2 d. 8.00 m/s2

2. How far does an automobile move while its speed increases uniformly from 15 kph to 45 kph in 20
seconds?

a. 185 m b. 167 m c. 200 m d. 172 m

3. A train passing point A at a speed of 72 kph accelerates at 0.75 m/s2 for one minute along a straight
path then decelerates at 1.0 m/s2. How far in km from point A will it be 2 minutes after passing point A?

a. 3.60 km b. 4.65 km c. 6.59 km d. 7.30 km.

4. From a speed of 75 kph, a car decelerates at the rate of 500 m/min2 along a straight path. How far in
meters will it travel in 45 seconds?

a. 790.293 m b. 791.357 m c. 793.238 m d. 796.875 m

5. A train starting at initial velocity of 30 kph travels a distance of 21 km in 18 minutes. Determine the
acceleration of the train at this instant.

a. 0.0043 m/s2 b. 0.0206 m/s2 c. 0.0865 m/s2 d. 0.3820 m/s2

6. An automobile moving at a constant velocity of a 15 m/sec passes a gasoline station. Two seconds
later, another automobile leaves the gasoline station and accelerates at a constant rate of 2 m/sec2.
How soon will the second automobile overtake the first?

a. 15.3 sec b. 16.8 sec c. 13.5 sec d. 18.6 sec

7. If a particle position is given by the expression x(t) = 3.4t3 – 5.4t meters, what is the acceleration of
the particle after t = 5 seconds?

a. 1.02 m/s2 b. 102 m/s2 c. 3.4 m/s2 d. 18.1 m/s2

8. The distance a body travels is a function of time and is given by x(t) = 18t +9t2. Find its velocity at t = 2.

a. 36 b. 54 c. 24 d. 20

9. Determine the velocity of progress with the given equation: D = 20t + 5/(t+1) when t = 4 seconds.

a. 18.6 m/s b. 19.8 m/s c. 21.2 m/s d. 22.4 m/s

10. A ball is dropped from a building 100 m high. If the mass of the ball is 10 g after what time will the
ball strike the earth?

a. 4.52 s b. 4.42 s c. 5.61 s d. 2.45 s

11. A ball is dropped from the roof of a building 40 meters tall will hit the ground with a velocity of:

a. 50 m/sec b. 28 m/sec c. 19.8 m/sec d. 30 m/sec

12. Using a powerful air gun, a steel ball is shot vertically upward with a velocity of 80 m/sec, followed
by another shot after 5 seconds. Find the initial velocity of the second ball in order to meet the first ball
150 m from the ground.

a. 65.3 m/sec b. 45.1 m/sec c. 56.2 m/sec d. 61.3 m/sec

13. A ball is thrown vertically upward from the ground and a student gazing out of the window sees it
moving upward pass him at 5 m/sec. The window is 10 m above the ground. How high does the ball go
above the ground?

a. 15.25 m b. 14.87 m c. 9.97 m d. 11.30 m

14. A ball is dropped from a height of 60 meters above the ground. How long does it take to hit the
ground?

a. 2.1 sec b. 3.5 sec c. 5.5 sec d. 1.3 sec

15. A baseball is thrown from a horizontal plane following a parabolic path with an initial velocity of 100
m/s at an angel of 30⁰ above the horizontal. How far from the throwing point will the ball attain its
original level?

a. 890 m b. 883 m c. 880 m d. 875 m

16. A plane dropped a bomb at an elevation of 1000 meters from the ground intended to hit the target
at an elevation of 200 meters from the ground. If the plane was flying at a velocity of 300 km/hr, at what
distance from the target must the bomb be dropped to hit the target. Wind velocity and atmospheric
pressure to be disregarded.

a. 1024.2 m b. 1055.6 m c. 1075.5 m d. 1064.2 m

17. The muzzle velocity of a projectile is 1500 fps and the distance of the target is 10 miles. The angle of
elevation of the gun must be:

a. 21⁰59’ b. 22⁰41’ c. 24⁰33’ d. 25⁰18’

18. A shot fired at an angle of 45⁰ with the horizontal and a velocity of 300 fps. Calculate to the nearest
value, the range of the projectile.

a. 932 yards b. 1200 yards c. 3500 yards d. 4000 yards

19. A projectile leaves a velocity of 50 m/s at an angle of 30⁰ with the horizontal. Find the maximum
height that it could reach.

a. 31.86 m b. 31.28 m c. 30.63 m d. 30.12 m

20. A shot is fired an angle of 45⁰ with the horizontal with a velocity of 300 ft/s. Find the maximum
height and range that the projectile can cover, respectively.

a. 800 ft, 1600 ft b. 923 ft, 3500 ft c. 700 ft, 2800 ft d. 1800 ft, 3000 ft

21. A ball is thrown from a tower 30 m high above the ground with a velocity of 300 m/s directed at 20⁰
from the horizontal. How long will the ball hit the ground?

a. 21.2 s b. 22.2 s c. 23.2 s d. 24.2 s

22. In the last 2 seconds of NBA finals featuring Chicago Bulls vs Utah Jazz, with the latter ahead by two
points with the former at 94-92 count. Bulls Michael Jordan decides to shoot from a certain point on the
rainbow territory which counts 3 points if converted. During the play, if Jordan releases the ball at 7m
from the basket and 2.15 m above the ground and an inclination of 40⁰ with the horizontal and
assuming no block was made by the opponents, at what velocity will the ball be given to cast the
winning basket? The basket is 10 feet from the ground.

a. 8.57 m/s b. 8.86 m/s c. 9.03 m/s d. 9.27 m/s

23. A projectile is fired with a muzzle velocity of 300 m/s from a gun aimed upward at an angle of 20⁰
with the horizontal from the top of a building 30 m high above a level ground. With what velocity will it
hit the ground in m/s?

a. 298 b. 299 c. 300 d. 301

24. A stone is thrown upward at an angle of 30⁰ with the horizontal. It lands 60 m measured horizontally
and 2 m below measured vertically from its point of release. Determine the initial velocity of the stone
in m/s.

a. 22.35 m/s b. 23.35 m/s c. 24.35 m/s d. 25.35 m/s

25. A wooden block having a weight of 50 N is placed at a distance of 1.5 m from the center of a circular
platform rotating at a speed of 2 radians per second. Determine the minimum coefficient of friction of
blocks so that it will not slide. Radius of the circular platform is 3m.

a. 0.55 b. 0.58 c. 0.61 d. 0.65

26. The flywheel of a puncher is to be brought to a complete stop in 8 seconds from a speed of 60 rev
per minute. Compute the number of turns the flywheel will still make if its deceleration is uniform.

a. 5 turns b. 3 turns c. 4 turns d. 6 turns

27. What is the speed of synchronous earth’s satellite situated 4.5 x 107 m from the earth?

a. 11,070 kph b. 12,000.0 kph c. 11,777.4 kph d. 12,070.2 kph

28. A rotating wheel has a radius of 2 feet and 6 inches. A point on the rim of the wheel moves 30 feet in
2 sec. Find the angular velocity of the wheel.

a. 2 rad/s b. 4 rad/s c. 5 rad/s d. 6 rad/s

29. A turbine started from rest to 180 rpm in 6 minutes at a constant acceleration. Find the number of
revolutions that it makes within the elapsed time.

a. 500 b. 540 c. 550 d. 630

30. A flywheel is 15 cm in diameter accelerates uniformly from rest to 500 rpm in 20 seconds. What is
the angular acceleration?

a. 2.62 rad/s2 b. 3.45 rad/s2 c. 3.95 rad/s2 d. 4.42 rad/s2

31. A boy tied a 80 grams stone to a string which he rotated to from a circular motion with a diameter of
1000 mm. Compute for the pull exerted on the string by the stone if it got loose leaving at a velocity of
25 m/s.

a. 120 N b. 100 N c. 150 N d. 135 N

32. A man keeps a 1 kg toy airplane flying horizontally in a circle by holding onto a 1.5 m long string
attached to its wing tip. The string is always in the plane of the circular path. If the plane flies at 10 m/s,
find the tension in the string.

a. 28 N b. 15 N c. 67 N d. 18 N

33. An automobile travels on a perfectly horizontal, unbanked circular track of radius R. The coefficient
of friction between the tires and track is 0.3. If the car’s velocity is 15 m/s, what is the smallest radius it
may travel without skidding?

a. 68.4 m b. 69.4 m c. 71.6 m d. 76.5 m

34. A highway curve has a super elevation of 7⁰. What is the radius of the curve such that there will be
no lateral pressure between the tires and the roadway at a speed of 40 mph?

a. 265.71 m b. 438.34 m c. 345.34 m d. 330.78 m

35. Car travels at 65 mi/hr around a banked highway curve with a radius of 3000 feet. What banking
angle is necessary such that friction will not be required to resist the centrifugal force?

a. 3.2⁰ b. 2.5⁰ c. 5.4⁰ d. 18⁰

36. Determine the angle if the super elevation for a 200 m highway curve so that there will be no side
thrust at a speed of 90 kph.

a. 19.17⁰ b. 17.67⁰ c. 18.32⁰ d. 20.11⁰

37. The inclination of ascend of a road having a 8.25% grade is

a. 4.72⁰ b. 4.27⁰ c. 5.12⁰ d. 1.86⁰

38. A cyclist on a circular track of radius r = 800 feet is traveling at 27 fps. His speed in the tangential
direction increases at the rate of 3 fps2. What is the cyclist’s total acceleration?

a. 2.8 fps2 b. 3.1 fps2 c. 3.8 fps2 d. 4.2 fps2

39. A concrete hi-way curve with a radius of 500 ft is banked to give lateral pressure equivalent to f
=0.15. For what coefficient of friction will skidding impend for a speed of 60 mph?

a. µ > 0.360 b. µ < 0.310 c. µ > 0.310 d. µ < 0.360

40. What force is necessary to accelerate a 30,000 pounds railway electric car at the rate of 1.25 ft/sec2,
if the force required to overcome frictional resistance is 400 pounds?

a. 1565 pounds b. 1585 pounds c. 1595 pounds d. 1575 pounds

41. A car weighing 40 tons is switched to a 2 percent upgrade with velocity of 30 mph. If the train
resistance is 10 lb/ton, how far up the grade it will go?

a. 1124 ft on slope b. 2014 ft on slope c. 1204 ft on slope d. 1402 ft on slope

42. A car moving at 70 km/hr has a mass of 1700 kg. What force is necessary to decelerate it at a rate of
50 cm/s2?

a. 4250 N b. 0.68 N c. 680 N d. 42.5 N

43. An elevator weighing 2000 lb attains an upward velocity of 16 fps in 4 sec. with uniform acceleration.
What is tension in the supporting cables?

a. 2150 lb b. 2495 lb c. 1950 lb d. 2250 lb

44. A body weighing 40 lb starts from rest and slides down a plane at an angle of 30⁰ with the horizontal
for which the coefficient of friction µ = 0.30. How far will it move during the third second?

a. 19.63 ft b. 19.33 ft c. 18.33 ft d. 19.99 ft

45. A pick-up truck is traveling forward at 25 m/s. The bed is loaded with boxes whose coefficient of
friction with the bed is 0.4. What is the shortest time that the truck can be brought to a stop such that
the boxes do not shift?

a. 2.35 s b. 4.75 s c. 5.45 s d. 6.37 s