WORKSHEET 3

GRADE XI
SOLUTION
MOTION IN A STRAIGHT LINE
1. Are rest and motion absolute or relative terms?
Yes both are relative terms
An object at rest in one frame of reference can be in motion in another frame of
reference.

2. Can an object be at rest as well as in motion at the same time?

Yes. A body may be at rest relative to one object and at the same time it may be in
motion relative to another object.

3. What do you get from area under (v-t) graph?

Displacement

4. A ball is thrown straight up. What is its velocity and acceleration at the top?
At the highest point, the velocity of the ball is zero and its acceleration is equal to
acceleration due to gravity acting in the downward direction.

5. Can a body moving with a uniform velocity be in equilibrium?

Yes, since the net force acting on it is zero.

6. Establish the three equations of uniformly accelerated motion graphically.

Pg 47

7. Establish the three equations of uniformly accelerated motion by calculus method.

Pg 48

8. Explain the importance of position time graph.

Fig 3.4, Fig 3.5, Fig 3.6 explain in detail with values what we can calculate from graph
i.e. formula
9. On a 60 km track, a train travels the first 30 km at a uniform speed of 30 km h –1. How
fast the train travels the next 30 km so as to have an average speed of 40 km h –1 for the
entire trip?

10. A balloon is rising up with a velocity of 9.8 ms–1 and a bag is dropped from it when its
height from the ground is 39.2 m. Calculate the time taken by the bag to reach the
ground.
V = -9.8m/s at t=0 so this is u, S = 39.2m, g = 9.8m/s2
S = ut + 1/2gt2
Ans: t =4s
11. What can you say about the nature of acceleration, associated with a mass whose v-t
graph is shown?

The slope is same. So acceleration is constant.

12. The velocity-time graph of a particle moving along a straight line is as shown in the
following graph. Calculate the distance covered between t = 0 to 10 s. Also find
displacement in that time.
 Distance = area triangle + Area of triangle + area of rectangle =100m

Triangle= ½ b h

Rectangle = lb
Displacement = area triangle - Area of triangle + area of rectangle =60m

13. Figure given below shows the variation of velocity of a particle with time.

Find the following:

(i) Displacement during the time intervals (a) 0 to 2 sec, (b) 2 to 4 sec. and (c) 4 to 7 sec.
(ii) Accelerations at (a) t = 1 sec, (b) t = 3 sec. and (c) t = 6 sec.

Displacement = area
Acceleration = slope
1. 8, 16, 12m
2. 8, 0, -8/3 m/s2 Y2-Y1/X2-X1

14. Figure shows the acceleration-time graph for a particle moving along a straight line. Find
the following: (Assume the particle starts from rest.)
 (i) Velocity at the end of (a) 3 sec. (b) 6sec.
(ii) Displacement at the end of (a) 4 sec. ii…10s
(iii) Does the direction of motion change during the motion?

15. A body falling from rest was observed to fall through 78.4 m in 2s. Find how much time
had it been falling before it was observed?

16. The displacement of a particle along x-axis is given by x = 4 + 8t + 14t 2. Obtain its
velocity and acceleration at t = 2s.