In two-dimensional motion, can the of an object be considered negative?
4. 2D Kinematics
Velocity in 2D
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A blue dot is projected upward at an angle from the ground and follows a parabolic trajectory. If the blue dot is above the road at a certain instant, what is its speed at that height?
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A golf ball is struck with an initial velocity of at an angle of above the horizontal. What is the vertical component of the initial velocity?
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A plane accelerates along a runway and takes off at an angle above the horizontal with velocity components and . What is the speed of the plane as it takes off?
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Which information is necessary to determine the of a vehicle in a two-dimensional accident scenario?
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A projectile is launched at an angle above the horizontal with an initial speed of . What is its velocity s before it reaches its highest point?
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Two cars are moving along different paths in a plane. At which of the following time intervals do the two cars have the same velocity at a single instant?
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In the context of fluid flow, (velocity) and turbulence are _____ at the __________.
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A rock is thrown horizontally from the edge of a cliff with an initial speed of . If the height of the cliff is , what is the rock's speed as it hits the bottom of the hole? (Neglect air resistance.)
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A rocket moves in two dimensions with its velocity given by , where and are the initial velocity components in the x and y directions, respectively. If the rocket's velocity components vary such that ranges from to m/s and ranges from to m/s, what are the corresponding minimum and maximum velocities that the rocket experiences?
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According to the graph of Hubble's law, galaxies with high speeds as measured from Earth are:
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Given a particle moving in two dimensions, if at instant 1 its position vector is meters and at instant 2 its position vector is meters, and the time interval between the two instants is seconds, the velocity at instant 1 is _________ and the velocity at instant 2 is _________.
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If the air in a wind tunnel test section flows at a speed of in the positive x-direction, what is the velocity vector of the air in the test section?
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Suppose two planes are flying in the -plane. Plane A moves with velocity km/h and Plane B moves with velocity km/h. Which plane's velocity magnitude is greatest?
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A ball is being whirled in a horizontal circle at constant speed on a frictionless table, attached to a string that passes through a hole in the center. If the string breaks suddenly, how fast will the ball move immediately after the string breaks?
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