Distance and Displacement

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Distance and Displacement: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Average Speed, Average Velocity, Instantaneous Velocity, Instantaneous Speed, Displacement of Body and, Distance as Path Length

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A car moves a distance of 200 m. It covers the first half of the distance at speed   40 km hr  and the second half of distance at speed v. The average speed is   48 km hr . Find the value of v

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A bus travelling the first one third distance at a speed of  10 km h-1, the next one third at  20 km h-1 and the last one – third at  60 km h-1. The average speed of the bus is

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A particle covers half of its total distance with speed  v 1 and the rest half distance with speed v 2. Its average speed during the complete journey is

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A car covers the first half of the distance between two places at  40kmh  and other half at  60kmh . The average speed of the car is

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A particle shows distance–time curve as given in this figure. The maximum instantaneous velocity of the particle is around the point:

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A car moves from X to Y with a uniform speed  v u and returns to X with a uniform speed v d . The average speed for this round trip is

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A particle moves along a straight line such that its displacement at any time t is given by

  s=( t 3 6 t 2 +3t+4) metres

The velocity when the acceleration is zero is

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The displacement x of particle moving in one dimension, under the action of a constant force is related to the time t by the equation t=x+3 where x is in meters and t in seconds. Find the displacement of the particle when its velocity is zero.

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The displacement x of particle moving in one dimension, under the action of a constant force is related to the time t by the equation  t=x+3 where x is in meters and t in seconds. Find the displacement of the particle when its velocity is zero.

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The coordinates of a moving particles at any time t are given by   x=α t 3 and y=β t 3 . The speed of the particle at time t is given by –

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The coordinates of a moving particles at any time t are given by   x=α t 3 and y=β t 3 . The speed of the particle at time t is given by –

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In 1.0 s, a particle goes from point A to point B, moving in a semicircle of radius 1.0 m (see figure). The magnitude of the average velocity is

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A particle moves in a circle of radius R. Find its displacement and the distance covered for half the period of its revolution.

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A boy moves from A to B through 5 cm, B to C through 12 cm and again from C to D through 5 cm. Find his displacement.

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A particle moving along the path y=x2, from x=0 m to x=2 m. Then the distance travelled by the particle is

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A vehicle travels half the distance with speed v and the remaining distance with speed 2v. Its average speed is:

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The distance travelled by an object in time t is given by s=2.5t2 . The instantaneous speed of the object at t=5 s will be :

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A disc is rolling without slipping on a surface. The radius of the disc is R. At t=0, the top most point on the disc is A as shown in figure. When the disc completes half of its rotation, the displacement of point A from its initial position is

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As shown in the figure, a particle is moving with constant speed π m s-1. Considering its motion from A to B, the magnitude of the average velocity is:

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Two particles move from A to C and A to D on a circle of radius R and diameter AB. If the time taken by both particles are the same, then the ratio of magnitudes of their average velocities is

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