calculus part 3 kinematics, Exercises of Mathematics

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17 A particle P moves along a straight line.
The fixed point O lies on this line.
The displacement of P from O at time t seconds, t 1, is s metres where
s = 4t2 + 125
t
The velocity of P at time t seconds, t 1, is v m / s
Work out the distance of P from O at the instant when v = 0
...................................................... m
(Total for Question 17 is 5 marks)
1) June 2022 1H # 17
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17 A particle P moves along a straight line. The fixed point O lies on this line.

The displacement of P from O at time t seconds, t  1, is s metres where

s = 4 t^2 +

t

The velocity of P at time t seconds, t  1, is v m / s

Work out the distance of P from O at the instant when v = 0

...................................................... m

(Total for Question 17 is 5 marks)

  1. June 2022 1H # 17

24 A particle P moves along a straight line that passes through the fixed point O

The displacement, x metres, of P from O at time t seconds, where t  0 , is given by

x = 4 t^3 − 27 t + 8

The direction of motion of P reverses when P is at the point A on the line.

The acceleration of P at the instant when P is at A is a m / s^2

Find the value of a

a = .......................................................

(Total for Question 24 is 5 marks)

  1. January 2022 2H # 24

..................................................................................

(Total for Question 23 is 6 marks)

19 A particle P is moving along a straight line. The fixed point O lies on this line.

At time t seconds where t  0, the displacement, s metres, of P from O is given by

s = t ³ + 5 t ² – 8 t + 10

Find the displacement of P from O when P is instantaneously at rest.

Give your answer in the form

a b

where a and b are integers.

...................................................... metres

(Total for Question 19 is 5 marks)

  1. January 2021 2H # 19

23 A particle moves along a straight line. The fixed point O lies on this line. The displacement of the particle from O at time t seconds, t  0, is s metres where

s = t^3 + 4 t^2 − 5 t + 7

At time T seconds the velocity of P is V m/s where V  −

Find an expression for T in terms of V.

Give your expression in the form

k mV where k and m are integers to be found.

T = ..................................................................................

(Total for Question 23 is 6 marks)

  1. Janaury 2020 1HR #

18 A particle is moving along a straight line that passes through the fixed point O The displacement, s metres, of the particle from O at time t seconds is given by

s  2 t^3  5 t^2  6 t  5

Find the value of t when the acceleration of the particle is 5 m/s²

t = ..............................................................

(Total for Question 18 is 4 marks)

  1. November 2023 2H

18 A particle P moves along a straight line. O is a fixed point on the line. The displacement, s metres, of P from O at time t seconds is given by

s = t +

t

  • 4 for t > 1

The velocity of P at time t seconds is v m/s.

(a) By differentiation, find an expression for v in terms of t for t > 1

v = (2)

(b) Find the value of t for which v = 0

t = (2)

The acceleration of P at time t seconds is a m/s^2

(c) Find the value of a when t = 2

a = (2)

(Total for Question 18 is 6 marks)

10 ) (^) Jan 2019 4HR # 18