ECZ 2018 · GCE Paper 1 — Travel Graphs

The speed-time graph shows a particle which started from rest and accelerated uniformly for 10 seconds to a speed V. It then travelled at constant speed for 20 seconds and then decelerated to rest at time t. Find the speed V the particle reached if its acceleration was 2 m/s2 in the first 10 seconds.

Diagram for ECZ 2018 · GCE Paper 1
  • A. 5 m/s
  • B. 20 m/s
  • C. 2 m/s
  • D. 40 m/s

Verified working — step 1

Accelerating from REST, the speed reached is just acceleration times time - the rise of the first sloped section.

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