A hockey player is standing on his skates on a frozen pond when an opposing player, moving with a uniform speed of 12 m/s, skates by with the puck. After 3.0s, the first player makes up his mind to chase his opponent. If he accelerates uniformly at 4.0 m/s, how long does it take him to catch his opponent?

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A: Find how far has the thunderbird fallen behind the Mercedes Benz.Given information:The Mercedes Benz…

Q: My sable-colored Siberian husky, Samba, loves to run after huge objects (for instance, tree…

A: According to the Newton's laws of motion , the distance travelled is calculated by using the formula…

Q: A playful cat sees a mouse run past him with a constant velocity of 2 m/s. One second after the…

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Q: At the beginning of a basketball game, a referee tosses the ball straight up with a speed of 4.44…

A: The player should wait until ball reaches maximum height.The time to reach maximum height of the…

Q: A boy stands daydreaming as his friend runs by at the constant speed of 3.68 m/s. After 1.39 s, the…

A: Given: The constant speed of the boy's friend is 3.68 m/s. The initial speed of the boy is 0 m/s.…

Q: In the Daytona 500 auto race, a Ford Thunderbird and a Mercedes Benz are moving side by side down a…

A: Let AB is first interval and after the pit BC is second interval.

Q: A Ford passes a Toyota on the road (both vehicles are traveling in the same direction). The Ford…

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Q: A speeder travelling at a constant velocity of 40 m/s passes by a police car that is initially at…

A: Given:  The  velocity of the speeder is v = 40 m/s  The police car is initially on the rest.  The…

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Q: In the Daytona 500 auto race, a Ford Thunderbird and a Mercedes Benz are moving side by side down a…

A: Use the kinematic equation to solve for the acceleration of the Thunderbird to stop over a distance…

Q: A Boeing 747 "Jumbo Jet" has a length of 59.7 m. The runway on which the plane lands intersects…

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Q: A jeepney and a train are moving together along parallel paths at 30.0 m/s, with the jeepney…

A: Solution:→Case 1     For the jeepney     Initial speed, u = 30 m/s     Acceleration, a = -2.5 m/s2…

Q: Two cars are heading towards one another. Car A is moving with an acceleration of aA = 14 m/s2. Car…

A: Take the initial position of car A to be x=0. Let the two cars meet when the car A is at a distance…

Q: Jenny and Alyssa are members of the cross-country team. On a training run, Jenny starts off and runs…

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Q: A cement block accidentally falls from rest from the ledge of a 50.6-m-high building. When the block…

A: Newton's equations of motion in the vertical direction is v=u-gth=ut-12gt2v2=u2-2gh Here h is…

Q: A baseball is hit from the ground straight up into the air with a speed of 11 m/s. How long is the…

A: Initial speed of the ball u = 11 m/s Acceleration due to gravity g = 9.8 m/s2

Q: As a science project, you drop a watermelon off the top of the Empire State Building, 320 m above…

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Q: Two kids are racing towards a toy somewhere between them. Albert is to the West of the toy and Betty…

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Q: In a location where the train tracks run parallel to a road, a high-speed train traveling at 100 m/s…

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Q: My sable-colored Siberian husky, Samba, loves to run after huge objects (for instance, tree…

A: Given The speed by which the chunk is thrown is s = 1.45 ft/s. The time taken by the chunk is t =…

Q: In an action movie, the villain is rescued from the ocean by grabbing onto the ladder hanging from a…

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Q: bus is travelling with a uniform velocity of 20 m/s. At the instant it passes a car at rest, the car…

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Q: Sophie is a football player. Her teammate passes the ball to her with a speed of 15.0m/s. Sophie…

A: Given:         v1= 15 m/s         v2= 30 m/s        ∆t = 9 ms= 9×10-3s

Q: passenger train starts from a station just as freight train on a parallel track passes in the same…

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Q: A person falls from the top of a tall building.  To save the person, Spiderman launches himself…

A: Let Spiderman take t second time to catch up to the falling person after his launch. We know that…

Q: A rocket ship is initially stationary on the launchpad. It accelerates at a rate of 3m/s/s for a…

A: Given data The initial velocity of the rocket is u = 0. The acceleration of the rocket is a = 3…

Q: A Ford passes a Toyota on the road (both vehicles are traveling in the same direction). The Ford…

A: Answer Ford speed = 35.4 m/s Toyota speed = 12.2 m/s Distance = 114.8 m

Q: How much time, at most, does the man have to get out of the way?

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Q: How long did the ball take to return to the juggler’s hand?

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Q: A book slides off a horizontal tabletop with a constant speed of 2.25m/s. It strikes the floor in…

A: Given Data:- Initial horizontal velocity of the book is vix=2.25 m/s The book strikes the floor…

Q: Ben and Holly were playing with a flash drive in the computer room. Ben slid the flash drive on top…

A: Given information: The Initial velocity of the flash drive (u) =  2.5 m/s The height from which it…

Q: A soccer player is standing on the midfield when an opposing player, moving with a uniform speed of…

A: Part-a Given: The speed of the opposing player v = 5 m/s. The time taken after which first player…

Q: the ball during 40 (d) Question 6. Suppose a car is traveling at +22.5 m/s, and the driver sees a…

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Q: Nerve impulses in the human body travel at a speed of about 100 m/s. A 2.0 m tall man accidentally…

A: Given: The velocity of nerve impulse (v) = 100 m/s. Height of man (h) = 2.0 m.

Q: A rabbit is hopping along at an approximately constant speed of 5.1 m/s. The rabbit passes a…

A: Given data:  Constant Speed of the rabbit (v) = 5.1 m/s Initial velocity of cat (u) = 0 m/s…

Q: As a science project, you drop a watermelon off the top of the Empire State Building, 320m above the…

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Q: A hockey player is standing on his skates on a frozen pond when an opposing player, moving with a…

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Q: How high above the ground did the ball land?

A: The horizontal distance covered by the ball can be represented as, Here, ux, ax, and t represent…

Q: runner and a cyclist compete in a race over a straight course 20 km long. The runner runs at a…

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Q: He spots a juicy one in the grass and takes off from our porch at 5.22 m/s. When he reaches the…

A: The speed of Boomer v =5.22 m/s The distance moved by Boomer d=8.16 m The time taken by Boomer is…

Distance and Speed

The speed, distance and time relation forms the basis of study of motion. You will need these concepts in the study of Mechanics. This concept is applicable for students who are studying the following courses –