Friday, August 14, 2020 8:04 PM

That we studied two cases:

1. Zero acceleration - constant speed
2. Uniform acceleration

In our O-levels course, we are primarily dealing with linear/translational motion. (unidirectional),
so speed and velocity might be used interchangeably.

For zero acceleration/constant speed

Speed = distance/time

For constant acceleration:

We have the four equations of motion.
We have a total of 5 variables.
1. Acceleration
2. Initial velocity
3. Final velocity
4. Distance
5. Time
And each equation among the 4 equation has 4 variables.

So a car travels from rest to a speed of 10 m/s in 0.5 minutes. Then it moves another 20 meters
with the attained speed. Find the total time and the total distance covered in the journey.

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Show that a freely falling rock drops a distance of 20 m when it falls from rest for 2 seconds.

From <https://study.com/academy/answer/show-that-a-freely-falling-rock-drops-a-distance-of-20-m-when-it-falls-from-rest-
for-2-seconds.html>

Average Speed : total distance/ total time.

NOT NOT NOT averaging speeds. Velocity decreases.

Average Velocity: total displacement/ total time.

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 NOT NOT NOT averaging speeds. Velocity decreases.

Average Velocity: total displacement/ total time.

Velocity increases

So basically, deceleration is just acceleration but opposite to the direction of motion/ opposite to the
direction of velocity.

Qs. A body is moving at a constant speed of 10 m/s for 20 seconds. It then starts to decelerate until it
reaches a speed of 5 m/s. the amount of distance covered in this duration is 5 metres. Find the
deceleration for the second part and the total distance and time.

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