College Physics: A Strategic Approach (3rd Edition)
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780321879721
Author: Randall D. Knight (Professor Emeritus), Brian Jones, Stuart Field
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 3, Problem 20MCQ
The gas pedal in a car is sometimes referred to as “the accelerator.” Which other controls on the vehicle can be used to produce acceleration?
A. The brakes.
B. The steering wheel.
C. The gear shift.
D. All of the above.
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The gas pedal in a car is sometimes referred to as “the accelerator.” Which other controls on the vehicle can be used to produce acceleration? A. The brakes. B. The steering wheel. C. The gear shift. D. All of the above.
19. Consider the following controls of a car: gas pedal, brake, steering wheel. The control/s on the list that cause/s an acceleration of the car is/are
A. only the brake.
B. only the steering wheel.
C. the steering wheel and the brake.
D. all three controls.
20. A car increases its speed from 60 kph to 65 kph in the same time as a bicycle increases its speed to 5 kph from rest. Which is not true about their motion?
A. The car has a greater acceleration than the bicycle.
B. The car has the same acceleration as the bicycle.
C. The car has greater final velocity than the bicycle.
D. The car has travelled a greater distance than the bicycle.
15. Two balls are thrown vertically upward, one with an initial velocity twice as that of the other. The ball with faster initial velocity reaches a height
A. half that of the other.
B. the same as the other.
C. twice as that of the other.
D. four times as that of the other.
2. We often think of the brakes and the gas pedal on a car as the devices that accelerate
the car. Could a steering wheel also be considered an accelerator? Briefly explain.
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College Physics: A Strategic Approach (3rd Edition)
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