ECZ 2025 · GCE Paper 1 — Travel Graphs

The diagram below shows the speed graph of a particle. The particle starts from rest and accelerates uniformly to a speed of 10 m/s in 5 seconds. It then moved at this constant speed for 5 seconds and then accelerates at 2 m/s2 for 5 seconds to reach a speed of v m/s. Find the value of v.

Diagram for ECZ 2025 · GCE Paper 1
  • A. 12 m/s
  • B. 20 m/s
  • C. 10 m/s
  • D. 25 m/s

Verified working — step 1

In the final stage the speed grows steadily: 2 m/s of extra speed for each of the 5 seconds, starting from 10 m/s.

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