If Mars orbits the Sun at less than of the speed of Earth, which of the following best describes the relationship between the orbital velocities of Mars and Earth?
4. 2D Kinematics
Velocity in 2D
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In two-dimensional motion, can the of an object be considered negative?
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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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