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4. A car travelling at 24 ms -1 slow down when the

1. A cow walked along a curved path from P to Q traffic light turned red. After undergoing
which is 70 m away from P. Q the distance travelled deceleration for 4 s, it stopped in front of the traffic
by the cow is 240 m and the time taken is 160 s. light. Calculate the acceleration (pecutan) of the
car.

a = v-u/t
a = 0-24/4
a = -6m/s²

Calculate from P to Q the

a. Average speed / Purata laju, 5. A trolley pulled a ticker tape through a tt cker timer
while moving down an inclined plane. Figure below
distance/time = 240/160 shows the ticker tape produce.
= 1.5 m/s

b. Average velocity / Purata halaju

displacement/time = 70/160 Determine the average velocity (purata halaju) of

= 0.44 m/s the trolley.

v = displacement/time
v = 12/10 x 0.02
v = 60cm/s²
2. The diagram below shows the path travelled by a
car from P to S.

6. Figure below shows ticker tapes produced from the

motion of a trolley.

What is the magnitude of the displacement /

sesaran of the car?

theorem pythagoras = c² = a² + b²
c = √a² + b²
c = √9 + 16
c = √25
c = 5km

Describe the type of motion of the trolley for each

3. A van accelerates uniformly from a velocity of 10 ticker tape.
ms-1 to 20 ms-1 in 2.5 s. what is the acceleration a. uniform velocity
(pecutan) of the van? b. increasing velocity
c. decreasing velocity
a = v-u/t
a = 20-10/2.5
a = 4m/s²
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7. A train travelling in a straight line at 30 ms -1 before lifting himself off the ground from the
accelerates uniformly to 54 ms-1 in 3.0 seconds. jumping board.
Calculate the distance travelled by the train during
that time.

s = ½(u+v) t
s = ½(30+54) 3.0
s = ½(84)3
s = ½(252)
s = 126
a. Calculate the required acceleration (pecutan)
for him to do so.

v² = u²+ 2as
10² = (5)² +2a (4.5)
10² - 5² = 2a (4.5)
8. A trolley travelled down an inclined plane pulling
10² - 5²/ 2(4.5) = a
along a ticker tape. Figure below shows a chart
a = 8.33m/s²
formed by cutting and arranging the ticker tape into
strips of ten ticks each.
b. Calculate the time taken for him to cover the
horizontal distance (jarak mendatar) 4.5 m.
v = u+at
10 = 5+8.33(t)
10-5 /8.33 = t
t = 0.6s

10. A car is travelling with a uniform velocity (halaju

Seragam) of 80 kmh-1 northward from Johor
Bahru. What is the displacement (sesaran) after
15 minutes?

v = s/t
Determine the acceleration (pecutan) of the trolley. 80km/hr = /15 (0.25)
80x0.25= 20km
a = v-u/t
v = 9.0/10x0.02
v = 45
u = 1.5/10x0.02
u = 7.5
t = (6-1)x(10x0.02)
t=1
a = 45-7.5/1
a = 37.5cm/s²

9. A long jumper was running at a velocity 5 m s -1

towards the long jump pit. He needed to achieve a
velocity 10 ms-1 after covering a distance of 4.5 m 11. Figure below shows a chart representing the
movement of a trolley with uniform acceleration.
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14. Diagram below show the path travelled by Linda

from J to M.

What is her displacement (sesaran)?

JM =√8²+6²
√64+36
JM =√100 =10cm
Determine its acceleration (pecutan).
a = v-u/t
v = 1.2/10x0.02 = 6cm/s 15. The figure below shows the path travelled by
u = 7.2/ 10x0.02 = 36cm/s Mansor from point A to C. He took 2 hours to
t = (6-1) x (10x0.02) = 1s travel from point A to point B and 3 hours from
a = 6-36/1 point B to point C.
a = -30cm/s²

12. A school bus accelerates with an acceleration of Find

4.0 ms-2 after picking up some students at a bus a. The velocity from A to B.
stop. v= 150/2 = 75km/h
Calculate the b. The velocity from B to C
a. Velocity (halaju) of the bus after 5 s. v= 250/3= 83.3km/h
v = u+at
= 0+4(5) c. The average velocity of the whole journey.
v = 20m/s average = 1502+250/5= 80km/h
b. Distance travelled by the bus after 5 s.
s = ½ (v+u)t 16. A car is moving with constant velocity of 50 ms -1
=½ (20+0)(5) increases its velocity to 80 ms-1 in 2 s.
= 50m

13. Figure below shows a strip of ticker tape depicting

the motion of a toy car with uniform acceleration.
What is the acceleration of the car?
acceleration: 80-50/2
= 30/2 = 15m/s²

Determine the acceleration (pecutan) of the toy

car. 17. A car starts off at 5 ms -1 and accelerates at 4 ms-2
a =v-u/t for 10 s. What is its final velocity?
v =1.6/0.02 =80cm/s v= u+at
u =(8-1)x0.02 = 5+4(10)
= 7x0.02= 0.14s = 5+40
a =80-10/0.14 = 500cm/s² v =45m/s
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18. The figure below shows two tapes depicting the

motion of two trolleys, A and B. 20. The ticker tape below shows the motion of a
trolley travelling from one point to another.

Calculate the acceleration of the trolley.

a = v-u/t
u = 2/0.02= 20cm/s
v = 4/0.02x5= 40cm/s
t = (5-1) x (0.02x5)
= 4x0.1 = 0.4s
a= 40-20/0.4 = 20/0.4 = 50cm/s²
Determine which trolley is faster.
Trolley A.
21. The figure below shows the chart of the motion of
a trolley.

19. The figure below shows two tapes for the motion
of two trolleys, P and Q.

Find the acceleration of

a. Trolley P
a = v-u/t What is the acceleration of the trolley?
u = 1/0.02= 50cm/s a = v-u/t
v = 2/0.02 =100cm/s v = 5/10x0.02 = 5/0.2 = 25cm/s²
t= (6-1) x 0.02 u = 2.5/10x0.02 = 2.5/0.2 = 12.5cm/s
= 5x0.02= 0.15 t = (6-1)x(0.02x10) = 5x0.2 = 1.0s
a = 100-50/0.1 =500cm/s² a = 25-12.5/1 = 12.5cm/s²

b. Trolley Q
a = v-u/t
v =0.5/0.2 =25cm/s
u =1.5/0.2 =75cm/s
t = (7-1) x0.02
=6x0.02= 0.12s
a= 25-75/0.12
= -416.67m/s²
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22. A car travelling at 20 ms -1 stops after a distance of d. What is the final velocity of the trolley?
30 m. What is its deceleration? v = 28/10x0.02
v² = u² + 2as = 28/0.2
o = (20)² + 2 (a)(3u) = 140cm/s
-20²/2(30) = a
a = -6.67m/s² e. What is the average velocity for the whole
motion of the trolley?
23. The figure below shows a car slowing down from average = 8+12+16+20+24+28/6x(10x0.02)
60 ms-1 in 9 s. = 108/1.2 = 90cm/s

f. Calculate the acceleration of the trolley.

a = v-u/t
= 140-40/5x(10x0.02)
= 100/1 = 100cm/s²

25. During class activity, Hasim walks 20 m to the

east. He reverse his direction and walks 12 m.
What is the deceleration of the car? after that he reverses his direction again to walk
v = u + at another 10 m. if the total time taken is 30 s,
o = 60 + a(a) calculate
-60/9 = a = -6.67m/s² a. His speed

24. Diagram 1 shows a chart of ticker tape obtained

from a trolley moving on a plane. Each strip ticker b. His velocity
tape contains 10 ticks. The frequency of the ticker
tape is 50 Hz.

26. A speedboat moves due north for 12 km before

turning to the east for 8 km. later, the speedboat
moves to the south for another 6 km.
a. What is the displacement of the speedboat
from its original position?

a. Describe the motion of the trolley.

i. uniform acceleration
ii. increasing velocity
b. Find its average velocity if the time taken is
b. What is the time taken for the whole 6 strips
30 minutes.
of 10 ticks on the ticker tape?
t= (6-1) x (10x0.021)
= 5x0.2 = 1.0s

c. What is the initial velocity of the trolley?

u = 8/10x0.02
= 8/0.2
27. Find the acceleration or deceleration for the tape
= 40cm/s
charts below. The ticker tape in use vibrates at
frequency 50 Hz.
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a.

d.

b. 28.

If the frequency used is 50 Hz and the

acceleration is 30 cms-2, calculate the length of
the sixth strip.

c.

29. A sport car accelerates from rest and covers a

distance of 90 m in 6 s. what is its acceleration?
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30. A cyclist starts from rest and reaches a velocity of

20 ms-1 in 8 s. Calculates his acceleration.
If the plane can accelerate at 3 ms-1, calculate the
minimum length of the run away.

31. A dart leaves the barrel of a blow pipe of length

1.2 m at a speed of 15 ms-1. Find the time taken
for the dart to travel in the barrel.

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32. Daniel is driving his car at a constant velocity of
20 ms-1. He steps on his brakes to reduce the
velocity to 10 ms-1 after travelling 30 m. Calculate
the deceleration and the distance travelled before
the car stops.

Find the acceleration before the baseball is

released.
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