Graphical Analysis of Motion Practice Problems
1. Use the graph shown to answer the questions
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b.
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How far does the object travel between 5 and 10 seconds?
How far does the object travel between 15 and 20 seconds?
During what time interval is the velocity zero?
What is the velocity between 10 and 15 seconds?
Is the object accelerating during this trip?
2. Use the graph shown to answer the questions
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b.
c.
d.
e.
At what time was the car stopped?
At what time did the car have the greatest velocity?
How fast was the car going at 1.0 h?
At what time(s) was the car accelerating?
What was the acceleration at 0.9 h?
3. Use the graph below to answer the following questions
Vel oci ty (km /h, S) vs. Time (x 0.00 1 h)
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Tim e (0.001 hours )
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At what time are the cars going at the same velocity?
How far has car A traveled when they reach the same velocity?
At what time does car A reach car B?
How far have each of the cars traveled when they are side by
e. Which car is ahead at 0.008 h?
4. On a separate sheet of graph paper, draw the corresponding DT and AT
graphs.
Velocity (m/s) vs. Time (s)
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Answers
1. a. 10 m; b. 0 m; c. 15 - 25 s; d. 2.0 m/s; e. no
2. a. 0.7 - 0.8 h; b. 0.2 - 0.4 h; c. 40 km/h; d. 0 - .2 h, 0.4-0.7, 0.8-1.0; e.
200 km/h
3. a. 0.003 h; b. 0.13 km; c. 0.00625 h; 0.5625 km; e. car A