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June 2019 p43 q1
3810

A bus moves in a straight line between two bus stops. The bus starts from rest and accelerates at 2.1 \(\text{m/s}^2\) for 5 s. The bus then travels for 24 s at constant speed and finally slows down, with a constant deceleration, stopping in a further 6 s. Sketch a velocity-time graph for the motion and hence find the distance between the two bus stops.

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Nov 2018 p43 q4
3811

A runner sets off from a point P at time t = 0, where t is in seconds. The runner starts from rest and accelerates at 1.2 m/s2 for 5 s. For the next 12 s the runner moves at constant speed before decelerating uniformly over a period of 3 s, coming to rest at Q. A cyclist sets off from P at time t = 10 and accelerates uniformly for 10 s, before immediately decelerating uniformly to rest at Q at time t = 30.

  1. Sketch the velocity-time graph for the runner and show that the distance PQ is 96 m.
  2. Find the magnitude of the acceleration of the cyclist.
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June 2018 p41 q5
3812

A sprinter runs a race of 200 m. His total time for running the race is 20 s. He starts from rest and accelerates uniformly for 6 s, reaching a speed of 12 m/s. He maintains this speed for the next 10 s, before decelerating uniformly to cross the finishing line with speed \(V\) m/s.

(i) Find the distance travelled by the sprinter in the first 16 s of the race. Hence sketch a displacement-time graph for the 20 s of the sprinter’s race.

(ii) Find the value of \(V\).

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June 2017 p43 q3
3813

A train travels between two stations, A and B. The train starts from rest at A and accelerates at a constant rate for T seconds until it reaches a speed of 25 m s-1. It then travels at this constant speed before decelerating at a constant rate, coming to rest at B. The magnitude of the train’s deceleration is twice the magnitude of its acceleration. The total time taken for the journey is 180 s.

(i) Sketch the velocity-time graph for the train’s journey from A to B.

(ii) Find an expression, in terms of T, for the length of time for which the train is travelling with constant speed.

(iii) The distance from A to B is 3300 m. Find how far the train travels while it is decelerating.

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Nov 2016 p42 q7
3814

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.

  1. Find the total distance travelled in the first 40 s of motion.
  2. 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.
  3. Sketch the displacement-time graph for the motion of the car.
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