ECZ 2012 · O-Level Paper 1 — Travel Graphs
The car starts from the same place as the van but 4 seconds later, and accelerates uniformly until it overtakes the van. Given that overtaking occurs when the van has been travelling for 20 seconds, calculate the speed of the car at this instant.
- A. 6 m/s
- B. 9.6 m/s
- C. 24 m/s
- D. 12 m/s
Verified working — step 1
At overtaking the car has covered the same 96 m, in 20 - 4 = 16 seconds, from rest under uniform acceleration. That distance is the area of a triangle: 96 = (12)(16)v, so v = …The full step-by-step working and final answer are included with Premium — checked against ECZ marking standards.
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