A man tosses a pencil vertically upward and catches it in the same spot where it was released. At what point does the pencil experience zero velocity and non-zero acceleration at the same time? 1. The instant before it returns to the person's hand. 2. Midway on the way up 3. At the top of its trajectory. 4. The instant it leaves the person's hand.

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A: Here, we use the definition of instantaneous velocity to get its value at the given moments.

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Q: 15. A rock on the ground was kicked with initial velocity of 30 m/s at an angle of 80° above the…

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Q: 7. A daredevil on a motorbike wants to jump over a river that is 25 m across using a ramp at the…

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Q: A ball is launched from the ground at a speed of 35 m/s and an angle of 37 degrees above the…

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Q: 3. A stuntman runs off the top of a roof horizontally at a speed of 7.5 m/s, hoping to land on the…

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Q: 5. A soccer ball is kicked from the ground with an initial speed of 17.5 m/s at an upward angle of…

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Q: 5. A ball is launched from the ground toward a cliff with a speed of vo = 30 m/sec and at an angle…

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Q: A person on the top of a roof of a building (100 m) drops a ball. After 2s passed, a person who…

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Q: An archer shoots an arrow horizontally and his friend drops a marble from the same height when the…

A: Here the option is (c)  i.e  Both hit the ground at the same time.

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Distance and Speed

The speed, distance and time relation forms the basis of study of motion. You will need these concepts in the study of Mechanics. This concept is applicable for students who are studying the following courses –