PPP Exercise 1C

1.         Find the missing values in the following table .


2. A car, starting from rest, reaches a speed of 15 metres per second in a time of
30 seconds. Calculate the acceleration of the car.

3. A sprinter in a race crossed the finishing line with a speed of 14 m/s. If her sprint time was 16 seconds, what was her average acceleration?

4. A ball is dropped from the roof of a building. What is the acceleration of the ball if its speed is 30 m/s after 3 seconds?

5. What is the acceleration of a lorry which increases its speed from 5 m/s to 15 m/s in
40 seconds?

6. A train increases its speed from 15 m/s to 25 m/s in a time of 8 seconds. Calculate the acceleration of the train.

7. A train, which had been travelling at 18 ms-1 , took 12 seconds to stop from the moment the brakes were applied. What was the deceleration of the train?

8. A bus, travelling at 16 ms-1 , takes 32 seconds to come to rest. Calculate the deceleration of the bus.

9. What is the deceleration of a car which slows down from 10 ms-1 to 4 ms-1 in 8 seconds?

10.  It takes 20 seconds for an ice skater to come to rest after skating with a velocity of 8 ms-1 . What is her deceleration?

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