SO I have an Exam Tomorrow. Review Questions

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Velocity, Acceleration, Displacement, Headache

I have an exam tomorrow. Can you help me out with these physics questions? They are review questions that I am stuck on.

1) Distance is 45 km and it took 3 seconds what is the speed. If the displacement is 7 km north what is the velocity?

*I know the speed is 15km/s, but I don't get the velocity. (I know velocity = displacement over time).

2) Draw a scale vector diagram to find the resultant displacement of the following scenario. A football is thrown 30 m north 85 degrees west. Then run 3 m north 10 degrees east. Finally kick 21 m east 80 degrees south.

* I don't understand the degree part.

3) A cart is accelerating at a rate of 0.6m/s(squared). After 7 seconds it is moving at 4.7m/s(sq). What was it's initial velocity.

*I got 32.9, is that correct?

4) A ball is rolling down a ramp from rest. How long will it take to reach a velocity of 6.0 m/s, if its acceleration is 1.5 m/s(sq)?

* Really don't know where to start. Acceleration is velocity over time. So do I move it aaournd, so I have t=va? In which my answer should be 9?

5) Instantaneous velocity at 65 m/s? (From question 4)

I'd like to know how to do each of these questions, as in my science teacher cared more about his baby than his own class (they had a baby).
 
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Mykester said:
I have an exam tomorrow. Can you help me out with these physics questions? They are review questions that I am stuck on.

1) Distance is 45 km and it took 3 seconds what is the speed. If the displacement is 7 km north what is the velocity?

*I know the speed is 15km/s, but I don't get the velocity. (I know velocity = displacement over time).
How did you calculate the speed? What is the difference between speed and velocity?

Mykester said:
2) Draw a scale vector diagram to find the resultant displacement of the following scenario. A football is thrown 30 m north 85 degrees west. Then run 3 m north 10 degrees east. Finally kick 21 m east 80 degrees south.

* I don't understand the degree part.
What do you mean? A degree is a measure of angle.

Mykester said:
3) A cart is accelerating at a rate of 0.6m/s(squared). After the seconds it is moving at 4.7m/s(sq). What was it's initial velocity.

*I got 32.9, is that correct?
How did you get this? You need to show your working, or we can't help you.

Mykester said:
4) A ball is rolling down a ramp from rest. How long will it take to reach a velocity of 6.0 m/s, if its acceleration is 1.5 m/s(sq)?

* Really don't know where to start. Acceleration is velocity over time. So do I move it aaournd, so I have t=va? In which my answer should be 9?
That looks fine to me.
Mykester said:
5) Instantaneous velocity at 65 m/s? (From question 4)
What do you think?
Mykester said:
I'd like to know how to do each of these questions, as in my science teacher cared more about his baby than his own class (they had a baby).
Well.. that seems quite normal to me! You must have some notes from class, or some text that you are working from, to attempt these problems with.
 
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1) Speed = distance over time. So 45/3 = 15 km/s. Velocity is change in position. But I do not know where to go from there.

2) I don't know how to draw it.

3) It got cut off. It was in 7 seconds it is moving 4.7 m/s^2. Acceleration = velocity over time, so I did 4.7 = v/7, moved the 7 over and multiplied the two to get the answer.

5) No clue :(
 
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3) u can start from origin on a graph. the scale on both axis should be same

30 m north 80 degrees west --- draw a line of 30m at an angle of 80 degrees from y-axis towards west(left)

3m north 10 degrees east ----from the end point of first line, draw a line of 3m at an angle of 10 degrees from y-axis towards east(right)

so on...
 

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