Velocity and Acceleration Problems

While traveling along a highway a driver slows from 24 m/s to 15 m/s in 12 seconds. What is the automobile's acceleration?

-0.75 m/s/s

A parachute on a racing dragster opens and changes the speed of the car from 85 m/s to 45 m/s in a period of 4.5 seconds. What is the acceleration of the dragster?

-8.9 m/s/s

After an impact involving a non-functioning satellite a paint chip leaves the surface of the satellite at a speed of 96 m/s. After 17 seconds how far has the chip landed?

1.6 km

How much time does it take a person to walk 12 km north at a velocity of 6.5 km/h?

1.8 hrs

It took Shawn 6 hours to walk to Susan's house at 2 kilometers per hour. How far is it between Shawn's house and Susan's house?

12 km

Suppose you ride your bicycle to the library traveling at 0.5 km/min. It takes you 25 minutes to get to the library. How far did you travel?

12.5 km

A baseball is thrown a distance of 60 feet. What is its speed if it takes 0.5 seconds to cover the distance?

120 ft/s

What distance will a car traveling 65 km/hr travel in 180 min?

195 km

Jose wandered 4 kilometers at 2 kilometers per hour. How long did Jose wander?

2 hours

The space shuttle Endeavor is launched to altitude of 500 km above the surface of the earth. The shuttle travels at an average rate of 700 m/s. How long will it take for Endeavor to reach its orbit?

2 hours

A cyclist accelerates from 0 m/s to 8 m/s in 3 seconds. What is his acceleration? Is this acceleration higher than that of a car which accelerates from 0 to 30 m/s in 8 seconds?

2.67 m/s/s

A skater increases her velocity from 2.0 m/s to 10.0 m/s in 3.0 seconds. What is the skater's acceleration?

2.7 m/s/s

A cart rolling down an incline for 5.0 seconds has an acceleration of 4.0 m/s/s. If the cart has a beginning speed of 2.0 m/s, what is its final speed?

22 m/s

The cheetah which is the fastest land mammal can accelerate from 0.0 mph to 70 mph in 3.0 seconds. What is the acceleration of the cheetah? Give answer in mph/s.

23 mph/s

The Lamborghini Diablo sports car can accelerate from 0.0 km/h to 99.2 km/h in 4.0 seconds. What is the acceleration of this car? Give answer in units of kph/s.

25 km/s

A baseball is thrown a distance of 18m. What is its speed if it takes 0.5 seconds to cover the distance?

36 m/s

How far can a person run in 15 minutes if he or she runs at an average speed of 16 km/h?

4.0 km

A snail can move approximately 0.30 meters per minute. How man meters can the snail cover in 15 minutes?

4.5 m

How much time would it take for the sound of thunder to travel 1500 meters if sound travels at a speed of 330 m/s?

4.5s

How much time does it take for a bird flying at a speed of 45 miles per hour to travel a distance of 1, 800 miles?

40 hrs

You ride your bike for a distance of 30 km. You travel at a speed of 0.75 km/minute. How many minutes does this take?

40 min

How long will it take to travel 200 km traveling 10 m/s?

5.55 hours

How much time would it take for an airplane to reach its destination if it traveled at an average speed of 790 km/h for a distance of 4700 km?

5.9h

What is the average speed of car that traveled 300.0 miles in 5.5 hours?

55 mph

Evelyn rode her bicycle to Kathleen's house. It is 36 kilometers from Evelyn's house to Kathleen's house. It took Evelyn 6 hours to get there. How fast did Evelyn ride?

6 km/hr

A roller coaster car rapidly picks up speed as it rolls down a slope. As it starts down the slope, its speed is 4 m/s. But 3 seconds later, at the bottom of the slope, its speed is 22 m/s. What is its average acceleration?

6 m/s/s

What distance will be traveled if you are going 120km/hr for 30 min?

60 km

A helicopter's speed increases from 25 m/s to 60 m/s in 5 seconds. What is the acceleration of this helicopter?

7 m/s/s

A vehicle travels 2345 m in 315 s toward the evening sun. What is its speed?

7.44 m/s

A car traveling at a speed of 30.0 m/sec encounters an emergency and comes to a complete stop. How much time will it take for the car to stop if its rate of deceleration is -4.0 m/s2?

7.5s

If Benjamin skated 80 kilometers at 10 kilometers per hour how long was Benjamin skating?

8 hours

An airplane travels 3,260 km in 4 hours. What is the airplane's average speed?

815 km/h

If a car can go from 0.0 to 60 mph in 8.0 seconds, what would be its final speed after 5.0 seconds if its starting speed were 50 mph?

88 mph

A train travels 225 kilometers in 2.5 hours. What is the train's average speed?

90 km/h

You drive a car from Milwaukee to Chicago which is a distance of 150km and it takes you 95 min. What is its velocity in km/hr?

95 km/hr

A car travels 240 km in 2.0 hrs and a sprinter travels a 100 m in 9.5 s. Which is traveling faster the car or the sprinter?

Car