MEDIUM
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT
Earn 100

Two adjacent five-dot sections of a ticker-tape measure 10 cm and 16 cm, respectively. The interval between dots is 0.02 s. Deduce the acceleration of the trolley that produced the tape.

Important Questions on Accelerated Motion

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AS and A Level
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A car is initially stationary. It has a constant acceleration of 2.0 m s-2. Calculate the velocity of the car after 10 s.

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AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

A car is initially stationary. It has a constant acceleration of 2.0 m s-2. Calculate the distance travelled by the car at the end of 10 s.

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AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

A car is initially stationary. It has a constant acceleration of 2.0 m s-2.  Calculate the time taken by the car to reach a velocity of 24 m s-1.

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AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

A car is moving at 8.0 m s-1. The driver makes it accelerate at 1.0 m s-2 for a distance of 18 m. What is the final velocity of the car?

MEDIUM
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

Trials on the surface of a new road show that, when a car skids to a halt, its acceleration is -7.0 m s-2. Estimate the skid-to-stop distance of a car travelling at a speed limit of 30 m s-1(approximately 110 km h-1or 70 mph). 

MEDIUM
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

At the scene of an accident on a country road, police find skid marks stretching for 50 m. Tests on the road surface show that a skidding car decelerates at 6.5 m s-2. Was the car that skidded exceeding the speed limit of 25 m s-190 km h-1 on this road?

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AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

An egg falls off a table. The floor is 0.8 m from the table-top. Calculate the time taken to reach the ground. (Take g=10 m s-2)

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AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

An egg falls off a table. The floor is 0.8  m from the table-top. Calculate the velocity of impact with the ground. g=10 m s-2