LESSON 2 Solution

ANALYSING MOTION
GRAPHS
Introduction
Velocity – Time graphs
The motion graphs is a useful method
of summarising the motion of an
object. In the graph the nature of the Gradient = acceleration
motion can be seen quite clearly. Area under the graph =
displacement

Displacement – time graphs

Example 2

The following is the velocity-time

graph of a car.
Gradient =
Velocity

Example 1

The following figure shows

displacement – time graph of an
object.

Based on the graph,

(a) Calculate the acceleration of the

car between
(i) JK (ii) KL
Based on the graph (iii) LM (iv) MN
(a) calculate the velocity of the
object between (b) State the type of motion of the car
between
(i) AB (ii) BC (i) JK (ii) KL
(iii) CD (iii) LM (iv) MN

(b) describe the motion of the (c) Calculate the total displacement
object between travelled of the car during
(i) AB (ii) BC (i) the first 10 s of motion
(iii) CD (ii) the car moves with uniform
velocity

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 (iii) the last 10 s of motion

(d) Calculate
(i) the total displacement for the
whole journey.
(ii) the total distance for the whole
journey.
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(e) Calculate 2
(i) the average velocity 1 An object moves with an uniform
(ii) the average speed acceleration.
With of the following shows the
Solution motion of the object. ?

2 Which graph correctly describes

the object moving with an
increasing acceleration.

The conclusion of the motion

graphs Graph

3 The figure shows a ball is

released from rest and rolls

down on a frictionless track.

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 Which of the following graphs
correctly 6 The graph shows how the
describes the motion of the displacement,s of an object
ball? changes with time,t.

4 The graph shows how the

velocity,v of an object changes
with time,t.

Which section of the graph shows

the object moving with a 7 The following figure shows the
decreasing acceleration ? velocity,v against time, t.
A PQ B QR
C RS D ST

5 The graph shows how the

velocity,v of an object changes
with time,t.
Which of the following graphs is its
corresponding acceleration,a
against time , t graph?

If the motion of the object is

illusterated by displacement,s
against time,t graph ,which of the
following is true.

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 D The car first decelerates and
then moves
with a steady velocity

10 Based on the velocity –time graph

above calculate the deceleration.

A 60 ms-2 B 30 ms-
8 Which of the following cases 2
represents a uniformly accelerated
motion? C 2.5 ms-2 D 1.25
-2
ms
A A straight line with constant E 0.5 ms-2
slope in a velocity-time graph
B A straight line with constant 11 A skier is traveling downhill. The
slope in an acceleration-time acceleration on hard snow is 4 ms-2
graph and on soft snow is 2 ms-2.
C A straight line with constant Which graph shows the motion of
slope in a displacement -time the skier when moving from hard
graph snow to soft snow?

9 The graph shows how the velocity

of a car changes with time

Which of the following can be

deduced from the
graph?

A The car accelerates uniformly

B The car decelerates until it
stops
C The car first accelerates and
then moves with a steady
velocity

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 14 Based on the velocity –time graph
above calculate the average
12 Based on the displacement – time velocity.
graph above ,
what is the total displacement.,
A 10 ms-1 B 9 ms-1
A 0m B 5m C 6 ms-1 D 4 ms-1
C 10 m D 20 m E 2 ms-1
E 50 m

15 Based on the velocity –time graph

above calculate the average
velocity.
13 Based on the graph velocity –
time above , A 3.0 ms-1 B 4.6 ms-
1
calculate the total distance
travelled during C 5.8 ms-1 D 6.2 ms-
1
the first 80 s of motion.
E 8.4 ms-1
A 550 m B 640 m
C 700 m D 900 m
E 1800 m

16 If the average velocity from the

graph velocity-time above is15 ms-
1
, find the value of v ?

A 10 B 15

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 C 20 D 30 ………………………………………
E 45 …………
(d) What was the cat’s time for
the race?

………………………………………
…………
(e) Calculate the average speed of
the man.

(f) What is the speed of the cat

17 Based on the v against t above, after 16 seconds.
which region of the graph shows
the maximum average velocity

18 A man runs a race against a cat.

Below is a graph showing how they
moved during the race.

(a) What was the distance for the

race?

………………………………………
…………
(b) After how many seconds did
the cat overtake the man?
19 Figure (a) shows a track of a toy
……………………………………… car .
……….... It takes 3 s to travel from P to Q ,
(c) How far from the start did the 5 s from Q to R and another 11 s
cat overtake the man? from R to S.

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 Figure B shows distance – time the brakes again more strongly
graph represents the motion of the until it stops before the road block.
toy car. The following graph shows the
motion of the car.
(a) (i) Which region of the graph
shows the maximum speed
of the car.

…………………………………
………
(ii) Give the reason for your
answer in (a)(i)

…………………………………
………
(a) How long the driver takes the
(b) What is the total displacement time during he starts see the
of the car road block until the brakes are
for the whole journey. effective.

(c) What is the total distance of

the car
for the whole journey.
(b) Calculate the distance between
the car and the road block
(d) Calculate the average velocity when the car stop.
for the whole journey.

(e) Calculate the average speed
for the whole journey.
(f) Plot graph speed – time for
the whole journey of the car.
(c) Based on the graph velocity-
time above , sketch the graph
acceleration- time.

20 While traveling along the road at

20 ms-1 , a car driver suddenly
sees the road ahead blocked at
the distance 62 m from the car. He
applies the brakes as fast as he
can.
Once the brakes are applied , the
car still moves fastly. He applies

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