ECZ 2016 · GCE Paper 1 — Travel Graphs

In the same journey (constant 30 m/suntil 80 s, then uniform deceleration to rest at 100 s), find the speed of the car at the ninety fifth second.

Diagram for ECZ 2016 · GCE Paper 1
  • A. 22.5 m/s
  • B. 7.5 m/s
  • C. 15 m/s
  • D. 12 m/s

Verified working — step 1

At 95 s the car has 100 − 95 = 5 seconds of deceleration left. Losing speed at 1.5 m/s², it must still be doing 1.5 × 5 = …

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