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1 A student determines the speed of three cars on a straight road.

The student measured the time for the cars to travel 50 m.

(a) The table shows the measurements.

car distance travelled / m time taken / s

A 50 3.2

B 50 4.0

C 50 3.6

(i) Without calculation, identify the fastest car and the slowest car.

Complete the table.

car

the fastest car

the slowest car

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(ii) Calculate the speed of car B.

speed = ............................................................. m / s [3]

(b) (i) Estimate the time, in minutes, for car C to travel 5000 m.

estimated time = ............................ minutes [2]

(ii) Explain why your answer in (b)(i) may not be the same as the actual time taken for the
car to travel 5000 m.

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................................................................................................................................ [1]

[Total: 8]

2 A woman drives a car from town A to town B. She stops at a garage during her journey.
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The distance-time graph for the journey is shown on the graph.

(a) (i) Determine the total time for the whole journey.

time = ................................................. h [1]

(ii) Determine the time for which the car is not moving.

time = ................................................. h [1]

(iii) Determine the distance between town A and town B.

distance = ........................................ km [1]

(iv) Calculate the average speed of the car between 0 and 0.75 h.

average speed = ..........................km / h [3]

(b) The speed of the car before stopping at the garage is different from its speed after stopping
at the garage.

Describe this difference in speed and explain how the graph shows it.

...........................................................................................................................................

...........................................................................................................................................

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

[Total: 8]

3 A student moves a model car along a bench.

The graph is the speed-time graph for the motion of the model car.
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(a) Describe the motion of the car in each of the sections A, B, C and D.

A .......................................................................................................................................

B .......................................................................................................................................

C .......................................................................................................................................

D ....................................................................................................................................... [4]

(b) Determine the distance moved by the model car in the first five seconds.

distance = .............................................. m [3]

[Total: 7]
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4 A car accelerates uniformly from rest at 2.2 m / s for 3.0 s.
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(a) Calculate the speed of the car at time t = 3.0 s.

speed = ....................................................... [2]

(b) At time t = 3.0 s, it has travelled a distance of 9.9 m.

Calculate the average speed of the car during the first 3.0 s of the journey.

speed = ........................................................ [1]

(c) On the diagram, sketch a distance-time graph for the first 3.0 s of the journey.

[3]

[Total: 6]