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Solutionbank M1
Edexcel AS and A Level Modular Mathematics
Kinematics of a particle moving in a straight line
Exercise A, Question 14

Question:
A particle moves in a straight line from A to B with constant acceleration 1.5 m s 2. It then moves, along the same straight line, from B to C with a different acceleration. The speed of the particle at A is 1 m s 1 and the speed of the particle at C is 43 m s 1. The particle takes 12 s to move from A to B and 10 s to move from B to C. Find a the speed of the particle at B, b the acceleration of the particle as it moves from B to C, c the distance from A to C.

Solution:
a From A to B

a = 1.5 , u = 1 , t = 12 , v = ? v = u + at = 1 + 1.5 12 = 1 + 18 = 19
The speed of the particle at B is 19 m s 1. b From B to C

u = 19 , v = 43 , t = 10 , a = ? v = u + at 43 = 19 + 10a a =
43 19 10

= 2.4

The acceleration from B to C is 2.4 m s 2. c The distance from A to B

u = 1 , v = 19 , t = 12 , s = ? s = ( = (
u+v 2 1 + 19 2

) t ) 12 = 10 12 = 120

The distance from B to C

u = 19 , v = 43 , t = 10 , s = ? s = ( = (
u+v 2

) t ) 10 = 31 10 = 310

19 + 43 2

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The distance from A to C is ( 120 + 310 ) m = 430 m.

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