
A particle moves on a straight line, starting from rest at a point of the line. The time after starts to move is , and the particle moves along the line with constant acceleration until it passes through a point at time . After passing through the velocity of is .
Find the distance moved by from to .

Important Questions on General Motion in a Straight Line
A hockey ball is hit so that it moves in a horizontal straight line with acceleration , along the direction of travel; , where is the time from when the ball was hit, in seconds. The initial speed of the ball is . Find the speed of the ball when it has travelled .
(Note: you will need an equation solver for this question)

A hockey ball is hit so that it moves in a horizontal straight line with acceleration , along the direction of travel; , where is the time from when the ball was hit, in seconds. The initial speed of the ball is . Find the distance that the ball has travelled when the ball is first momentarily stationary.

A hockey ball is hit so that it moves in a horizontal straight line with acceleration , along the direction of travel; , where is the time from when the ball was hit, in seconds. The initial speed of the ball is . Find the value of when the ball has travelled .
(Note: you will need an equation solver for this question)

Two particles and start to move at the same instant from a point . The particles move in the same direction along the same straight line. The acceleration of at time after starting to move is , where . Find velocity when and when .

Two particles and start to move at the same instant from a point . The particles move in the same direction along the same straight line. The acceleration of at time after starting to move is , where . moves with constant acceleration for the first and has the same velocity as when . moves with constant retardation from to and has the same velocity as when . Find the distance between and when .

A vehicle is moving in a straight line. The velocity at time after the vehicle starts is given by for and for , where and are constants. The distance travelled by the vehicle between and is .
Find the value of and show that .

A vehicle is moving in a straight line. The velocity at time after the vehicle starts is given by for and for , where and are constants. The distance travelled by the vehicle between and is . Find an expression in terms of for the total distance travelled by the vehicle when .

A vehicle is moving in a straight line. The velocity at time after the vehicle starts is given by for and for , where and are constants. The distance travelled by the vehicle between and is .
Find the speed of the vehicle when it has travelled a total distance of .
