Introduction to Physics Primer 

Lesson 6 - Answers to Suggested Problems

by Jason Harlow


After you have had a chance to try the suggested end-of-chapter conceptual questions, problems and exercises, you can check your answers against mine below. (Please alert Jason Harlow jharlow@physics.utoronto.ca if you notice any errors in the answers.)


Conceptual Questions
20. 9.80 m/s2, down. 9.80 m/s2, down. 9.80 m/s2, down.
23. It would be slower, since energy was lost pushing away the air. It would not go as high, since it encounters resistance on the way up.
25. 6 times higher
26. (a) the slope at each point is the velocity (b) ta (c) td (d) te
28. (a) Average acceleration is change in velocity divided by elapsed time: a = (v2 - v1)/(t2 - t1). The acceleration is increasing from t1 to t2.

Problems and Exercises
43. 4.95 m/s
45. (a) Knowns: v0 = 13.0 m/s, a = -9.80 m/s2, vf = 0 (b) 8.62 m This seems pretty high but I looked it up on the internet and it said that dolphins can be trained to jump between 15 and 30 feet.  This is 28 feet so yes it's reasonable. (c) 2.65 s
49. 1.91 s
52. (a) 4.9 m (b) 38.3 m/s (c) 33.4 m
55. (a) 19.6 m (b) 18.5 m
58. (a) 5.42 m/s, down (b) 4.64 m/s, up (c) 2880 m/s2 (d) 5.11 mm
65. (a) 6 m/s (b) 12 m/s (c) 3 m/s2 (d) 10.3 s