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Kinematics-Motion Graphs
APlusPhysics: Kinematics-Motion Graphs Page 13VEL.C1, ACC.B1
1. A cart travels with a constant nonzero acceleration along a straight line. Which graph best represents the rela-
tionship between the distance the cart travels and time of travel?
Base your answers to questions 2 through 4 on the infor-
mation below.
A car on a straight road starts from rest and accelerates
at 1.0 meter per second2 for 10 seconds. Then the car
continues to travel at constant speed for an additional 20
seconds.
2. Determine the speed of the car at the end of the first
10 seconds.
3. On the grid at below, use a ruler or straightedge to
construct a graph of the car’s speed as a function of
time for the entire 30-second interval.
4. Calculate the distance the car travels in the first 10
seconds. [Show all work, including the equation and
substitution with units.]
5. A student throws a baseball vertically upward and
then catches it. If vertically upward is considered to
be the positive direction, which graph best represents
the relationship between velocity and time for the
baseball? [Neglect friction.]
6. The graph below represents the displacement of an
object moving in a straight line as a function of time.
What was the total distance traveled by the object
during the 10-second time interval?
1. 0 m
2. 8 m
3. 16 m
4. 24 m
Speed = Distance/Time
1m/s^2 (10s) + 0 m/s = 10m/s
Distance = 1/2(1m/s^2)*10s + 0m/s(10s) +0m = 50m
0 - 4s —> 8m
4 - 6s —> 8m
6 - 10s —> 8m
The remaining 3
options are all in
one direction.
