a) A car moving with a constant velocity travels 360 meters in 9 seconds. What was the average velocity of the car in m/s? b) A second car starts from rest, speeds up with constant acceleration, and travels 360 meters in 9 seconds. What was the average velocity of the second car in m/s? c) What was the final velocity of the second car (in m/s)?

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Q: The velocity time graph of runner is given in the graph. (a) What is the total distance covered by…

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Q: 2) An object starts from rest and travels at a speed of 5m/s for the first 5 seconds. It then rests…

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Q: A car traveled at a rate of 50 km/hr for 8 minutes and then at 25 km/hr for 7 min and finally at 20…

A: Given Data: Speed in first journey s1=50 km/hr Time in first journey t1 = 8 minutes= 8/60 hours…

Q: A cheetah accelerates from rest to a maximum velocity of 22.0 i m/s in 2.00 seconds, whilst running…

A: Initial velocity (u) = 0 m/s Final velocity (v) = 22 m/s time taken (t) = 2 seconds

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Q: If you drive from Santa Cruz to San Jose, and back to the same place you started in 1.5 hours. What…

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A: The expression for find time taken by the runner to complete the race is t=dv

Q: An automobile moving at a constant velocity of 30 m/s passes gasoline station. Two seconds later,…

A: Constant velocity of automobile-1 v=30 m/s Acceleration of automobile-2 a=2 m/s2

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Q: A person drove a car in a straight line, cutting 8.4 km at a time of 0.12 h, then he ran out of fuel…

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A: Speed of cart =  v = 104m/sTime t = 1second

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Q: A car moved past a radar speed gun at 19 m/s. It passed a second radar gun 59 m from the first one…

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Q: A jogger accelerates from rest to 3.0 m/s in 2.0 seconds.  A car accelerates from 38 to 41 m/sec…

A: For Jogger  V=3m/s in 2 sec For Car Vi=38m/s Vf=41 m/s in 2sec.

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Q: A car is driving at a constant speed of 25 m/s. How much time does it take this car to travel 500m?…

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Q: A motor bike moves in a straight line,accelerating uniformly at 3.0m/s² for 10s,moving at a constant…

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Q: A motorcycle speed increases from 15 kilometres per hour to 60 kilometres per hour in 20 seconds.…

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Q: A car starts at rest, and in 30 seconds accelerates up to 50m/s. Then, over 200 meters, it slows to…

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Q: An athlete wants to run a 1500m race with an average velocity of 6.00 m/s. After running the first…

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Distance and Speed

The speed, distance and time relation forms the basis of study of motion. You will need these concepts in the study of Mechanics. This concept is applicable for students who are studying the following courses –