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Kinematics of motion in a straight line

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12 past-paper questions on Kinematics of motion in a straight line

  • 9709/41 · May/June 20257 marks

    A second particle Y moves along another straight track, starting from a point P at time t = 0. The acceleration of Y at time ts…

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  • 9709/41 · October/November 20247 marks

    A particle P moves in a straight line, passing through a point O with velocity 4.2 ms¯¹. At time t s after P passes O, the…

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  • 9709/41 · May/June 20246 marks

    When P reaches the ground it rebounds back directly upwards with half of the speed that it had immediately before hitting the…

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  • 9709/41 · May/June 20256 marks

    A particle X moves along a straight track, starting from a point O at time t = 0. The displacement of X from O at time ts is sm,…

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  • 9709/42 · October/November 20245 marks

    It is given that immediately after the collision the downward speed of Q is 3.5 ms⁻¹. Find the speed of P at the instant that it…

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  • 9709/41 · October/November 20245 marks

    Find the time from A being projected until C returns to O.

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  • 9709/42 · October/November 20244 marks

    Find the speed of each particle immediately before they collide.

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  • 9709/42 · October/November 20244 marks

    Given that the velocity of P is positive for t ≤ 4, find the total distance travelled between t = 0 and t = 4.

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  • 9709/42 · May/June 20244 marks

    (c) It is given that the distance XY is 36m and the distance YZ is 98 m. (i) Find the time between the two collisions.

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  • 9709/41 · May/June 20254 marks

    On the given axes, sketch a displacement-time graph for the cyclist's journey from O to P, showing on your graph the distances…

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  • 9709/42 · October/November 20244 marks

    When B reaches the ground, it comes to rest. Find the total distance that A travels down the plane from when it is released until…

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  • 9709/42 · May/June 20253 marks

    The car continues its journey from B, decelerating uniformly at 0.5 ms-2 until it comes to rest at a point C on the road. Find…

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