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24 A train travels between two stations, starting and finishing at rest.

For this journey it

• accelerates uniformly, from rest, for the first 30 seconds until it reaches a speed of 20 m/s
• travels at a constant speed of 20 m/s for the next 60 seconds
• slows down uniformly for the last 20 seconds until it stops.

(a) On the grid, draw the speed–time graph for this journey.

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Speed
(m/s)
10

0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120
Time (seconds)
[2]

(b) Calculate the distance between the stations.

Answer ...................................... m [2]

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8 A drink is made by mixing fruit juice and water in the ratio 3 : 5.

The drink is made using 2 litres of water.

Calculate the amount of fruit juice used.

Give your answer in millilitres.

................................................ ml [2]

9 A car starts a journey from rest.

It moves with constant acceleration for 20 seconds until it reaches a speed of 15 m/s.
It then moves at a constant speed of 15 m/s for 40 seconds.

(a) On the grid, draw the speed–time graph for the car’s journey.

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20

Speed (m / s)

10

0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Time (seconds)
[2]

(b) Calculate the acceleration of the car in the first 20 seconds of the journey.

............................................. m/s2 [1]

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12 (a) Lara goes for a cycle ride.

The distance–time graph shows her journey.

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Distance 15
(km)
10

0
10 00 10 30 11 00 11 30
Time of day

Calculate Lara’s average speed, in kilometres per hour, for the whole journey.

........................................ km/h [3]

(b) A car travels at a constant speed of 10 m/s for 80 seconds.

It then decelerates at a constant rate of 0.5 m/s2 until it stops.

On the grid, draw the speed–time graph for this journey.

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Speed
(m/s) 10

0
0 20 40 60 80 100 120
Time (s)
[2]
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14 The diagram shows the speed-time graph for the start of a cyclist’s journey.

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15
Speed
(m/s) 10

0
0 10 20 30 40 50 t
Time (t seconds)

(a) Find the acceleration during the first 20 seconds.

........................................ m/s 2 [1]

(b) Describe the motion of the cyclist between t = 20 and t = 30.

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(c) Find the total distance travelled in the 50 seconds.

............................................. m [3]

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