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Velocity-Time Graphs

GCSE Mark Grade

Edexcel __
Mathematics 89
Grade 8/9
Materials
For this paper  you must have:
Ruler
Pencil and Rubber
Scientific calculator, which you are expected to use when appropriate

Instructions
Answer all questions
Answer questions in the space provided
All working must be shown

Information
The marks for the questions are shown in brackets

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1 Below is a velocity-time graph blank

(a) Find the area under the graph between 𝑡 = 0 and 𝑡 = 50

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(b) What is the meaning (interpretation) of the value found in part (a)

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(Total for question 1 is 4 marks)

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2 Below is a velocity time graph. blank

(a) Find the area under the graph between 𝑡 = 0 and 𝑡 = 5.

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(b) What is the meaning (interpretation) of the value found in part (a).

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(Total for question 2 is 4 marks)
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3 Below is a velocity time graph.

Find the total distance travelled in the first 40 seconds.

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(Total for question 3 is 3 marks)
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4 The speed of both cyclist C1 and cyclist C2 are displayed on the graph below.

Which cyclist travelled the furthest?

Show all your working out.

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(Total for question 4 is 4 marks)
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5 The speed of both cyclist C1 and cyclist C2 are displayed on the graph below.
C2

C1

Which cyclist travelled the furthest?

Show all your working out.

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(Total for question 5 is 4 marks)

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6 Jane runs a race.
Her speed in m/s, t seconds after the start of the race is shown on the figure below.

(a) Give an estimate for the gradient of the graph for 𝑡 = 3.

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(b) Explain what the answer in part (a) represents.

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(Total for question 6 is 3 marks)

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7 The speed-time graph of a car is drawn as following. blank

Work out an estimate the acceleration when 𝑡 = 3.

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8 The speed-time graph of a car for 40 seconds is drawn as following:

(a) Find the average acceleration during 40 seconds.

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(b) Estimate the time during 40 seconds when the instantaneous acceleration is equal to the
average acceleration.
Show your working out on the figure.

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(Total for question 8 is 4 marks)

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9 The figure below shows a sketch of a speed time graph for a cyclist on a straight blank
road for 9 seconds.

(a) Find the value of the acceleration for the first 4 seconds.

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(b) Work out the total distance covered by the cyclist.

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(Total for question 9 is 4 marks)

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The figure below shows a sketch of a speed time graph for a cyclist on a straight
road for 9 seconds.

(a) Find the value of the acceleration for the 3 and 6 seconds

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(b) Work out the total distance covered by the cyclist during 9 seconds

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(Total for question 10 is 4 marks)
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11 A vehicle runs a race for 300 m. The total of time for running the race is 18.16 seconds. blank

The speed time of the motion of the vehicle is shown on the following figure

(a) Find the value of the maximum speed of the vehicle during the race.

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(b) Compute the distance covered by the vehicle in the first 4 seconds of the race.

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12 The speed-time graph of a bus motion between 2 stations is drawn as following: blank

If the bus travelled 3km in T seconds.

Find the value of T

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(Total for question 12 is 4 marks)
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13 Here is a speed-time graph for a car journey.
The journey took 100 seconds.

The car travelled 1.75 km in the 100 seconds.

Work out the value of V.

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(Total for question 13 is 4 marks)
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14 A speed time of a car journey is shown on the figure below:

The car travelled 0.6 km in the 120 seconds.

Work out the value of V.

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(Total for question 14 is 4 marks)

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15 The information about the velocity of a ski jumper is shown below: blank

(a) Find out the distance travelled in the first 6 seconds, by using 3 equal strips on the figure.

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(b) Is your answer to part (a) an under-estimate or an over-estimate of the actual distance?
Give a reason for your answer.

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(Total for question 15 is 5 marks)

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16 The information about the velocity of a ski jumper is shown below:

Find out the distance travelled in the first 18 seconds, by using 3 equal strips on the figure.

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(b) Is your answer to part (a) an under-estimate or an over-estimate of the actual distance?
Give a reason for your answer.

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(Total for question 16 is 5 marks)
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17 Berry runs a race. blank
His speed is shown on the figure below, during the first 8 seconds of the race.

(a) Find out the distance travelled in the first 8 seconds, by using 4 equal strips on the figure.

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(b) Is your answer to part (a) an under-estimate or an over-estimate of the actual distance?
Give a reason for your answer.

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(Total for question 17 is 5 marks)
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18 The graph shows information about the velocity, v m/s, of a parachutist t seconds after blank

leaving a plane.

(a) Use 3 equal strips on the graph to estimate the total distance travelled in the
first 9 seconds.

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(b) Is your answer to part (a) an under-estimate or an over-estimate of the actual distance?
Give a reason for your answer.

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(Total for question 18 is 5 marks)

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19 A car accelerates uniformly from rest for 20 seconds.
It moves at constant speed v m s−1 for the next 40 seconds and then decelerates uniformly
for 10 seconds until it comes to rest.
(a) For the motion of the car, sketch a speed-time graph,

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Given that the total distance moved by the car is 880 metres,
(b) find the value of v.

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(Total for question 19 is 5 marks)
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An athlete runs along a straight road. blank
She starts from rest and moves with constant acceleration for 5 seconds, reaching a speed of 8
m/s This speed is then maintained for 50 seconds. She then decelerates at a constant rate until
she stops. She has run for a total of 75 seconds.
(a) Sketch a speed-time graph to illustrate the motion of the athlete.

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(b) Work out the total distance, in m, run by the athlete. (3)

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(Total for question 20 is 5 marks)
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21 A car is travelling along a straight horizontal road.
The car takes 120 s to travel between two sets of traffic lights which are 2145 m apart.
The car starts from rest at the first set of traffic lights and moves with constant acceleration
for 30 s until its speed is 22 m s−1.
The car maintains this speed for T seconds.
The car then moves with constant deceleration, coming to rest at the second set of traffic
lights.

(a) Sketch a speed-time graph for the motion of the car between the two sets of traffic lights.

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(b) Find the value of T.

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(Total for question 21 is 4 marks)
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