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State the formula of retardation.

Important Questions on Motion

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A body starts from rest is accelerated uniformly for 30s. If x1, x2, x3 are the distances travelled in first 10s; next 10s and last 10s respectively, then x1 : x2 : x3 is

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In the above graph what is the value of acceleration? 

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A car accelerates uniformly from 18 km/h to 36 kmh in 5 sec. Calculate the acceleration.
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A train starting from rest attains velocity of 72 km h-1 in 5 min, then find the acceleration.
(Assuming that the acceleration is uniform)
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What do you mean by 5 m s-2?

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State which of the following situations are possible and give an example for each of these:

An object with a constant acceleration but with zero velocity.

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A ball hits a wall horizontally at 6.0 ms-1. It rebounds horizontally at 4.4 ms-1. The ball is in contact with the wall for 0.040 s. What is the acceleration of the ball?
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A motorcyclist starts from rest and reaches a speed of 6 m s-1 after travelling with uniform acceleration for 3 s. What is his acceleration?
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State whether the following situation is possible or not and give an example for the case.

An object with a constant acceleration but with zero velocity.

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An object is thrown vertically upwards and rises to a height of 20 m. Calculate the velocity with which the object was thrown upwards. (g=10 ms2).

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Can be a body be accelerated, if it is moving with constant speed?

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A ball is gently dropped from a height of 20 m. If its velocity increases uniformly at the rate of 10 m s-2. With what velocity will it strike the ground? After what time will it strike the ground?
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What do we mean by saying that the acceleration of a body is 3 m s-2?
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What is the acceleration of a body moving with uniform velocity?
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What does negative slope of velocity-time graph represent?
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The direction of acceleration is same as that of _____.

(force/torque)

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What is the SI unit of acceleration?

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Give an example of each.

(i) acceleration is in the direction of motion.

(ii) acceleration is against the direction of motion.

(iii) acceleration is uniform.

(iv) acceleration is non-uniform.

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Equations of motion are used for uniformly accelerated motion only. Comment​