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Velocity and Acceleration Calculation Worksheet

This document contains a worksheet with 12 problems involving calculating velocity and acceleration. The problems include calculating the speed of rockets, planes, paint chips, space shuttles and satellites traveling various distances over periods of time. It also includes calculations to find travel times, distances, speeds and accelerations.
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Velocity and Acceleration Calculation Worksheet

This document contains a worksheet with 12 problems involving calculating velocity and acceleration. The problems include calculating the speed of rockets, planes, paint chips, space shuttles and satellites traveling various distances over periods of time. It also includes calculations to find travel times, distances, speeds and accelerations.
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VelocityandAccelerationCalculationWorksheet

DIRECTIONS:Solvethefollowingsituationproblemsusingequationsforvelocityandacceleration.
1 Whatisthespeedofarocketthattravels9000metersin12.12seconds?

2 Whatisthespeedofajetplanethattravels528metersin4seconds?

3 Afteranimpactinvolvinganonfunctioningsatellite,apaintchipleavesthesurfaceofthesatelliteata
speedof96m/s.After17seconds,howfarhasthechiplanded?

4 ThespaceshuttleEndeavorislaunchedtoaltitudeof500,000mabovethesurfaceoftheearth.Theshuttle
travelsatanaveragerateof700m/s.HowlongwillittakeforEndeavortoreachitsorbit?

5 Howlongwillyourtriptake(inhours)ifyoutravel350kmatanaveragespeedof80km/hr?

6 Howmanysecondswillittakeforasatellitetotravel450kmatarateof120m/s?

7 Whatisthespeedofawalkingpersoninm/sifthepersontravels1000min20minutes?

8 Howfar(inmeters)willyoutravelin3minutesrunningatarateof6m/s?

10In0.5seconds,aprojectilegoesfrom0to300m/s.Whatistheaccelerationoftheprojectile?

11Ameteoroidchangedvelocityfrom1.0km/sto1.8km/sin0.03seconds.Whatistheaccelerationofthe
meteoroid?

12Thespaceshuttlereleasesaspacetelescopeintoorbitaroundtheearth.Thetelescopegoesfrombeing
stationarytotravelingataspeedof1700m/sin25seconds.Whatistheaccelerationofthesatellite?

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