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June 2016 p43 q2
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Alan starts walking from a point O, at a constant speed of 4 m s-1, along a horizontal path. Ben walks along the same path, also starting from O. Ben starts from rest 5 s after Alan and accelerates at 1.2 m s-2 for 5 s. Ben then continues to walk at a constant speed until he is at the same point, P, as Alan.
(i) Find how far Ben has travelled when he has been walking for 5 s and find his speed at this instant.
(ii) Find the distance OP.
Solution
(i) To find how far Ben has travelled in 5 seconds, we use the formula for distance under constant acceleration:
\(s_B = \frac{1}{2} a t^2\)
where \(a = 1.2 \text{ m s}^{-2}\) and \(t = 5 \text{ s}\). Substituting these values, we get: