For \(\vec{v}(t)=5t\hat{\imath}-2t^2\hat{\jmath}\), find \(\vec{a}(t)\).
Question 2
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For \(\vec{r}(t)=t^3\hat{\imath}+2t^2\hat{\jmath}\), find \(\vec{a}(t)\).
Question 3
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If \(a_x=0\) but \(a_y\neq0\), can the path curve?
Question 4
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Find the magnitude of \(\vec{a}=3\hat{\imath}+4\hat{\jmath}\,\mathrm{m\,s^{-2}}\).
Question 5
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A particle's velocity changes from \(2\hat{\imath}+3\hat{\jmath}\) to \(10\hat{\imath}-1\hat{\jmath}\,\mathrm{m\,s^{-1}}\) in \(4\,\mathrm{s}\). Find average acceleration.
Question 6
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For \(\vec{v}=t^2\hat{\imath}+t^2\hat{\jmath}\), find \(\vec{a}\) and its direction at \(t=1\,\mathrm{s}\).
Question 7
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For \(\vec{r}(t)=4t\hat{\imath}+7\hat{\jmath}\), find \(\vec{a}\).
Question 8
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Can an object have acceleration when its speed is constant?
Question 9
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If \(\vec{a}=0\), what can be said about \(\vec{v}\)?
Question 10
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A particle has \(\vec{v}=4\hat{\imath}+3\hat{\jmath}\) and \(\vec{a}=3\hat{\imath}-4\hat{\jmath}\). Is its speed changing at that instant?
Question 11
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For \(\vec{v}=3\hat{\imath}+4t\hat{\jmath}+5t^2\hat{k}\), find \(\vec{a}\) at \(t=2\,\mathrm{s}\).
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For \(\vec{v}=6\hat{\imath}\) and \(\vec{a}=-2\hat{\imath}\), is speed increasing or decreasing?
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For \(\vec{r}(t)=t^2\hat{\imath}-4t\hat{\jmath}+9\hat{k}\), find \(\vec{a}\).
Question 14
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For \(\vec{a}=6t\hat{\imath}\) and \(\vec{v}(0)=2\hat{\imath}+3\hat{\jmath}\), find \(\vec{v}(t)\).
Question 15
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For \(\vec{v}=-6\hat{\imath}\) and \(\vec{a}=-2\hat{\imath}\), is speed increasing or decreasing? Justify with \(d|\vec v|/dt\).
Question 16
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For \(\vec{r}(t)=\cos t\,\hat{\imath}+\sin t\,\hat{\jmath}\), find \(\vec{a}(t)\).
Question 17
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A velocity vector rotates while keeping the same magnitude. Is acceleration zero?
Question 18
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A particle has \(\vec v=(2t)\hat{\imath}+(t^2-4)\hat{\jmath}\). Find all \(t\) for which speed is stationary \((d|\vec v|/dt=0)\).
Question 19
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A particle has constant \(\vec a=2\hat{\imath}-3\hat{\jmath}\,\mathrm{m\,s^{-2}}\) and \(\vec v(0)=4\hat{\imath}+\hat{\jmath}\,\mathrm{m\,s^{-1}}\). Find the first time when \(\vec v\) is perpendicular to \(\vec a\).
Question 20
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For \(\vec{v}=2t\hat{\imath}-t\hat{\jmath}+4\hat{k}\), find \(\vec{a}\), and compute tangential acceleration \(a_t\) at \(t=1\).
Question 21
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For \(\vec{r}(t)=R\cos(\omega t)\hat{\imath}+R\sin(\omega t)\hat{\jmath}\), derive \(a_t\), \(a_n\), and prove \(|\vec a|=\omega^2R\) even though \(\vec a\) changes direction.
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A particle moves in a plane with \(\vec a=-\lambda\vec v+\beta\,\hat{k}\times\vec v\), where \(\lambda,\beta>0\) constants. Derive \(d|\vec v|/dt\), then state and justify whether speed can increase at any time.