4th Form

Velocity Time

1. Given that a car has a velocity of 20 kmh-1 and it travelled for 2 hours, find the acceleration of
the car.
2. The acceleration of a car is 25 m/s2. Calculate the velocity if the journey took 35 seconds.
Velocity Time Graph
1. A man starts from rest at one stop, accelerates to a constant speed, and then retards to rest at
the next stop. The velocity time graph for the train is shown below:

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

For how long was it travelling at constant speed?

Find the acceleration, in m/s2, during the first part of the journey
Find the retardation, in m/s2, during the last part of the journey
Find the distance travelled
Find the average speed for the entire journey.

2. A body starts from rest and accelerates for 10 seconds until it reaches a velocity of 40 ms-1, it
then travels at this uniform velocity of 40 ms-1, for a further 20 s, it then decelerates to rest in
another 15 s.
a)
b)
c)
d)

Represent the above on a velocity time graph

Find the acceleration in the first 10 seconds
Find the deceleration in the last 15 seconds of the journey
Find the total distance travelled.

3.

During the first stage of the journey, the car increased its speed from 0 m/s to 40 m/s in x
seconds accelerating at 4 m/s2. Calculate the value of x.

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3.

A motorist starting from rest accelerates uniformly to a speed of 50 kmh-1 in 30 minutes. He

continues at this speed for another 2 hours. He then accelerates uniformly for another 90
minutes until he reaches a speed of 80 kmh-1.
i) Using a scale of 2 cm to represent 1 hour on the horizontal axis and 2 cm to represent
10 kmh-1 on the vertical axis, draw a velocity time graph to show the journey of the motorist.
Using the graph, determine:
i) the acceleration, in kmh -2, during the last 90 minutes
ii) the distance travelled in the first two and a half hours.