9709 P42 - Nov 2016 - Q7
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A car starts from rest and moves in a straight line from point A with constant acceleration 3 m/s2 for 10 s. The car then travels at constant speed for 30 s before decelerating uniformly, coming to rest at point B. The distance AB is 1.5 km.
- Find the total distance travelled in the first 40 s of motion.
- When the car has been moving for 20 s, a motorcycle starts from rest and accelerates uniformly in a straight line from point A to a speed V m/s. It then maintains this speed for 30 s before decelerating uniformly to rest at point B. The motorcycle comes to rest at the same time as the car.
- Given that the magnitude of the acceleration a m/s2 of the motorcycle is three times the magnitude of its deceleration, find the value of a.
- Sketch the displacement-time graph for the motion of the car.
