Student Book answers P9 Motion

P9.1 Speed and distance-time graphs

Question Answer Marks Guidance
number
1ai does not change 1
1 a ii constant gradient 1
1bi 30 000 m
1
1000 s
= 30 m/s 1
1 b ii 500 s 1
1 b iii 20 000 m
1
1500 s
= 13.3 m/s 1
2a 1800 m
1
60 s
= 30 m/s 1
2b 30 m/s × 3000 s 1
= 9000 m 1
2c 3300 m
1
30 m/s
= 110 s 1
3 distance = 7560 m, 1
speed = 18 m/s 1
4a 360 000 m
1
160 × 60 s
= 37.5 m/s 1
4b 180 000 m
1
40 m/s
= 4500 s = 75 minutes 1

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P9.2 Velocity and acceleration

Question Answer Marks Guidance
number
1a distance travelled
speed = regardless of direction, velocity is speed in a 1
time taken
given direction
1b distance apart = (30 m/s − 20 m/s) × 300 s 1
= 2400 m 1
2 28 m/s – 8 m/s
1
16 s
= 1.25 m/s2 1
3ai as it left motorway 1
3 a ii when travelling at constant velocity 1
3b v–u v–7
a= gives 2.0 = 1
t 10
v – 7 = 2.0 × 10 = 20 1
v = 27 m/s 1
4a 9.2 m/s – 0
1
3.1 s
= 2.97 m/s2 1
4b 100 m
1
10.4 s
= 9.6 m/s 1

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P9.3 More about velocity-time graphs

Question Answer Marks Guidance
number
1i B 2 award 1 mark if 3 correct
1 ii A
1 iii D
1 iv C
2ai A 1
2 a ii C 1
2b B 1
3a 8 × 20 = 160 m 1
3b 1 1
× 8 × 20 = 80 m
2
4a 1 1
× 4 m/s × 20 s
2
= 40 m 1
4b 1 1
× 6 m/s × 20 s
2
= 60 m 1
difference = 160 m – 60 m = 100 m 1

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P9.4 Analysing motion graphs

Question Answer Marks Guidance
number
1a 120 m 1
8 s
= 15 m/s 1
1b increases gradually 1
from 0 at start 1
2a constant acceleration from rest to 8 m/s for 40 s 1
then constant deceleration for last 20 s 1
2bi 8 m/s – 0 m/s 1
a=
40 s
= 0.20 m/s2 1
1 1
s = 2 × 8 m/s × 40 s
= 160 m 1
2 b ii 0 m/s – 8 m/s 1
a=
20 s
= −0.40 m/s2 1
1 1
s = × 8 m/s × 20 s
2
= 80 m 1
2c 120 m 1
8 s
= 15 m/s 1
3a suitable scales 1
correctly plotted 1
best fit line drawn 1

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Question Answer Marks Guidance

number
3b 40 m/s – 0 m/s 1
20 s
= 2.0 m/s2 1
3ci 1 1
2 × 40 m/s × 20 s
= 400 m 1
3 c ii 40 m/s × 10 s 1
= 400 m 1
4 v2 = 0 + (2 × 2.0 m/s2 × 1000 m) = 4000 m2/s2 1
v = 63 m/s 1

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