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Practice 2.1 (p.57) s/m

1 A 5
2 A
0 t/s
3 B 1 6 26

4 D 5

5 C (c) Take the direction towards the left as

6 Car A positive.
s/m

30

0 t/s
30 60
Car B 15

9 (a) (i) It accelerates towards the positive

direction during 06 s.
(ii) It moves at 1 m s1 towards the
positive direction during 02 s.
Car C
It is stationary during 25 s.
It moves at 3 m s1 towards the
positive direction during 56 s.
(iii) It moves towards the positive

7 distance travelled / m direction and slows down during

03 s.
5.6
It is momentarily at rest at t = 3 s.
It moves towards the negative
0.8 direction and speeds up during
time / s 36 s.
0 1 2 4
(iv) It moves uniformly at 3 m s1
8 (a) Take the direction towards the east as
towards the negative direction
positive.
during 06 s.
s/m
(b) (i) Total displacement = 20 m
30
(ii) Total displacement = 7  2 = 5 m
(iii) Total displacement = 0
10 (iv) Total displacement = 5  12

0 t/s = 17 m
8 13 33

(b) Take the initial moving direction of the 20

(c) (i) Average velocity =
cat as positive. 6

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= 3.33 m s1 1 1
=  1  2 + (3  1)  2 + 
5 2 2
(ii) Average velocity =
6 (6  3)(2 + 3)
= 0.833 m s1 = 12.5 m
(iii) Average velocity = 0 (iii) Total displacement
17 1 1
(iv) Average velocity = =  3  4 +  (6  3)(4)
6 2 2
= 2.83 m s1 =0
10 (a) (i) It accelerates from rest at (iv) Total displacement
1
3.33 m s2 during 03 s. = 2  (3) +  (4  2)  (3) +
2
It accelerates at 3.33 m s2 during
1
36 s and stops moving at t = 6 s.  (6  4)  3
2
(ii) It accelerates from rest at 2 m s2 = 6 m
during 01 s. 30
(c) (i) Average velocity =
It moves at 2 m s1 during 13 s. 6
It accelerates at 0.333 m s2 during = 5 m s1
36 s. 12.5
(ii) Average velocity =
(iii) It moves towards the positive 6

direction initially slows down = 2.08 m s1

during 03 s. (iii) Average velocity = 0
6
It is momentarily at rest at t = 3 s. (iv) Average velocity =
6
It speeds up towards the negative
= 1 m s1
direction during 36 s.
(d) (i) a / m s2
Its acceleration remains constantly
3.33
at 1.33 m s2 during 06 s.
0 t/s
(iv) It moves at 3 m s1 during 02 s. 3 6
3.33
It slows down during 24 s.
It is momentarily at rest at t = 4 s. (ii) a / m s2
It speeds up towards the positive 2
direction during 46 s.
Its acceleration remains constantly 0.333
0 t/s
at 1.5 m s2 during 26 s. 1 3 6
(b) (i) Total displacement
(iii) a / m s2
1
=  6  10 0
3 6
t/s
2
= 30 m
1.33
(ii) Total displacement

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(iv) a / m s2 13 (a) Take upwards as positive.
1.5 v / m s1

1
0 t/s
2 6
0 t/s
3 9 11
11 (a) t = 10 s
(b) Average velocity of X 1.5
10  0
= = 0.5 m s1
20 (b) Take forwards as positive.
Average velocity of Y v / m s1
0  (10)
= = 0.5 m s1 20
20
(c) At t = 5 s,
0 t/s
instantaneous velocity of X 10 20 25
= 0.5 m s1
14 (a) Distance = area under graph
instantaneous velocity of Y 1
20  (10) =  [(90  30) + 110]  20
= 2
10
= 1700 m
= 1 m s1
(b) Distance travelled between 090 s
At t = 15 s, 1
=  [90 + (90  30)  20
instantaneous velocity of X 2
= 0.5 m s1 = 1500 m
instantaneous velocity of Y  The train passes P at t = 90 s.
0  (20) 1700
= (c) Average velocity = = 15.5 m s1
10 110
= 2 m s1 (d) s/m
12 (a) velocity 1700
v 1500

time 300
0 t
0 t/s
30 90 110
(b) Displacement during 0t
1 a / m s2
= (u + v)  t
2
0.667
Average velocity during 0t
1
(u  v)  t 0 t/s
=2 30 90 110
t
uv
=
2

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