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Practice 2.1 (p.57) (b) Take the initial moving direction of the
1 A cat as positive.
s/m
2 A
3 B 5

4 D 0 t/
1 6 26
5 C s
5
6 Car A

(c) Take the direction towards the left as

positive.
s/m

30
Car B
0 t/
30 60 s
15

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

direction during 06 s.
Car C
(ii) It moves at 1 m s1 towards the
positive direction during 02 s.
It is stationary during 25 s.
It moves at 3 m s1 towards the
distance travelled / m positive direction during 56 s.
7
5.6 (iii) It moves towards the positive
direction and slows down during
03 s.
0.8
It is momentarily at rest at t = 3 s.
time / s
0 1 2 4 It moves towards the negative
direction and speeds up during
8 (a) Take the direction towards the east as
36 s.
positive.
s/m (iv) It moves uniformly at 3 m s1

30
towards the negative direction
during 06 s.
(b) (i) Total displacement = 20 m
10
(ii) Total displacement = 7  2 = 5 m
0 t/ (iii) Total displacement = 0
8 13 33 s
(iv) Total displacement = 5  12
= 17 m

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= 30 m
(c) (i) Average velocity = (ii) Total displacement

=  1  2 + (3  1)  2 + 
= 3.33 m s1
(ii) Average velocity = (6  3)(2 + 3)
= 12.5 m
= 0.833 m s1 (iii) Total displacement
(iii) Average velocity = 0
= 34+  (6  3)(4)
(iv) Average velocity =
=0
= 2.83 m s1 (iv) Total displacement
10 (a) (i) It accelerates from rest at
= 2  (3) +  (4  2)  (3) +
3.33 m s2 during 03 s.
It accelerates at 3.33 m s2 during  (6  4)  3
36 s and stops moving at t = 6 s.
(ii) It accelerates from rest at 2 m s2 = 6 m
during 01 s. (c) (i) Average velocity =
It moves at 2 m s1 during 13 s.
= 5 m s1
It accelerates at 0.333 m s2 during
36 s. (ii) Average velocity =
(iii) It moves towards the positive
= 2.08 m s1
direction initially slows down
(iii) Average velocity = 0
during 03 s.
(iv) Average velocity =
It is momentarily at rest at t = 3 s.
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
3 6
(iv) It moves at 3 m s1 during 02 s. 3.33

It slows down during 24 s.

(ii) a / m s2
It is momentarily at rest at t = 4 s.
2
It speeds up towards the positive
direction during 46 s.
0.333
Its acceleration remains constantly 0 t/s
1 3 6
2
at 1.5 m s during 26 s.
(b) (i) Total displacement
=  6  10

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(iii) a / m s2 Average velocity during 0t

3 6
0 t/s
=
1.33

(iv) a / m s2 =
1.5
13 (a) Take upwards as positive.
v / m s1
0 t/s
2 6
1
11 (a) t = 10 s
0 t/s
3 9 11
(b) Average velocity of X
1.5
= = 0.5 m s1

Average velocity of Y (b) Take forwards as positive.

1
= = 0.5 m s v / m s1

20
(c) At t = 5 s,
instantaneous velocity of X
0 t/s
= 0.5 m s1 10 20 25

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

0 time
t
300
(b) Displacement during 0t 0 t/s
30 90 110
= (u + v)  t

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a / m s2

0.667

0 t/s
30 90 110

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