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19 Variables s and t are such that s = 4t + 3e -t .

(i) Find the value of s when t = 0 . [1]

ds
(ii) Find the exact value of t when = 2. [4]
dt

(iii) Find the approximate increase in s when t increases from ln 5 to ln 5 + h , where h is small. [3]

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30 (a)

v ms–1

30

20

10

O 10 20 30 40 50 60 ts

The diagram shows the velocity-time graph of a particle P moving in a straight line with velocity
v ms–1 at time t s after leaving a fixed point.

(i) Find the distance travelled by the particle P. [2]

(ii) Write down the deceleration of the particle when t = 30. [1]

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(b) The diagram shows a velocity-time graph of a particle Q moving in a straight line with velocity
v ms–1, at time t s after leaving a fixed point.

v ms–1
6

O 5 10 15 20 t s

The displacement of Q at time t s is s m. On the axes below, draw the corresponding

displacement-time graph for Q. [2]

sm

90

60

30

O 5 10 15 20 t s

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(c) The velocity, v ms–1, of a particle R moving in a straight line, t s after passing through a fixed
point O, is given by v = 4e 2t + 6 .

(i) Explain why the particle is never at rest. [1]

(ii) Find the exact value of t for which the acceleration of R is 12 ms–2. [2]

(iii) Showing all your working, find the distance travelled by R in the interval between t = 0.4
and t = 0.5. [4]

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32 A particle P moves in a straight line, such that its displacement, x m, from a fixed point O, t s after
passing O, is given by x = 4 cos (3t) - 4 .

(i) Find the velocity of P at time t. [1]

(ii) Hence write down the maximum speed of P. [1]

(iii) Find the smallest value of t for which the acceleration of P is zero. [3]

(iv) For the value of t found in part (iii), find the distance of P from O. [1]

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34 A particle P moves so that its displacement, x metres from a fixed point O, at time t seconds, is given by
x = ln (5t + 3) .

(i) Find the value of t when the displacement of P is 3m. [2]

(ii) Find the velocity of P when t = 0. [2]

(iii) Explain why, after passing through O, the velocity of P is never negative. [1]

(iv) Find the acceleration of P when t = 0. [2]

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43 (a) A particle P moves in a straight line such that its displacement, x m, from a fixed point O at time t s
is given by x = 10 sin 2t - 5.

(i) Find the speed of P when t = r . [1]

(ii) Find the value of t for which P is first at rest. [2]

(iii) Find the acceleration of P when it is first at rest. [2]

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(b)
v ms–1
V

0 5 10 15 20 25 ts

The diagram shows the velocity–time graph for a particle Q travelling in a straight line with
velocity v ms-1 at time t s. The particle accelerates at 3.5 ms-2 for the first 10 s of its motion and
then travels at constant velocity, V ms-1, for 10 s. The particle then decelerates at a constant rate
and comes to rest. The distance travelled during the interval 20 G t G 25 is 112.5 m.

(i) Find the value of V. [1]

(ii) Find the velocity of Q when t = 25. [3]

(iii) Find the value of t when Q comes to rest. [3]

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46 (a)

v ms–1

U
2

0 20 30 ts

The diagram shows part of the velocity-time graph for a particle, moving at v ms -1 in a straight
line, t s after passing through a fixed point. The particle travels at U ms -1 for 20 s and then
U
decelerates uniformly for 10 s to a velocity of ms -1 . In this 30 s interval, the particle travels
2
165 m.

(i) Find the value of U. [3]

(ii) Find the acceleration of the particle between t = 20 and t = 30. [2]

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(b) A particle P travels in a straight line such that, t s after passing through a fixed point O, its
J t2 N3
-1
velocity, v ms , is given by v = e - 4O .
K 8

L P
(i) Find the speed of P at O. [1]

(ii) Find the value of t for which P is instantaneously at rest. [2]

(iii) Find the acceleration of P when t = 1. [4]

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48 (a)

xm

60

40

20

0 10 20 30 ts

The diagram shows the displacement-time graph of a particle P which moves in a straight line
such that, t s after leaving a fixed point O, its displacement from O is x m. On the axes below, draw
the velocity-time graph of P.

velocity
ms–1
6

0 10 20 30 ts

[3]

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(b) A particle Q moves in a straight line such that its velocity, v ms–1, t s after passing through a fixed
3t
point O, is given by v = 3e -5t + , for t H 0.
2
(i) Find the velocity of Q when t = 0. [1]

(ii) Find the value of t when the acceleration of Q is zero. [3]

(iii) Find the distance of Q from O when t = 0.5. [4]

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57 (a)
v ms–1
V

30

0 20 60 90 ts

The diagram shows the velocity–time graph of a particle P that travels 2775 m in 90 s, reaching a
final velocity of V ms -1 .

(i) Find the value of V. [3]

(ii) Write down the acceleration of P when t = 40 . [1]

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(b) The acceleration, a ms -2 , of a particle Q travelling in a straight line, is given by a = 6 cos 2t at

time t s. When t = 0 the particle is at point O and is travelling with a velocity of 10 ms -1 .

(i) Find the velocity of Q at time t. [3]

(ii) Find the displacement of Q from O at time t. [3]

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64 A particle moves in a straight line, such that its velocity, v ms -1 , t s after passing a fixed point O, is
given by v = 2 + 6t + 3 sin 2t .

(i) Find the acceleration of the particle at time t. [2]

(ii) Hence find the smallest value of t for which the acceleration of the particle is zero. [2]

(iii) Find the displacement, x m from O, of the particle at time t. [5]

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73 A particle moving in a straight line has a velocity of v ms–1 such that, t s after leaving a fixed point,
v = 4t 2 - 8t + 3.

(i) Find the acceleration of the particle when t = 3. [2]

(ii) Find the values of t for which the particle is momentarily at rest. [2]

(iii) Find the total distance the particle has travelled when t = 1.5. [5]

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78 A particle P is moving in a straight line such that its displacement, s m, from a fixed point O at time t s, is
given by s = 12e -0.5t + 4t - 12 .

(i) Find the value of t when P is instantaneously at rest. [3]

(ii) Find an expression for the acceleration of P at time t s. [2]

(iii) Find the value of s when the acceleration of P is 0.3 ms−2. [3]

(iv) Explain why the acceleration of the particle will always be positive. [1]

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83 (a)
v ms-1

20

0
5 10 ts

-20

The velocity-time graph for a particle P is shown by the two straight lines in the diagram.

(i) Find the deceleration of P for 5 G t G 10. [2]

(ii) Write down the value of t when the speed of P is zero. [1]

(iii) Find the distance P has travelled for 0 G t G 10. [2]

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(b) A particle Q has a displacement of x m from a fixed point O, t s after leaving O. The velocity, v ms-1, of
Q at time t s is given by v = 6e 2t + 1.

(i) Find an expression for x in terms of t. [3]

(ii) Find the value of t when the acceleration of Q is 24 ms-2. [3]

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85 (a)

xm
150

100

50

0 50 65 85 125 ts

The diagram shows the x–t graph for a runner, where displacement, x, is measured in metres and
time, t, is measured in seconds.

(i) On the axes below, draw the v–t graph for the runner. [3]

v ms–1

4
3
2
1

0 50 65 85 125 ts
-1
-2
-3
-4

(ii) Find the total distance covered by the runner in 125 s. [1]

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(b) The displacement, x m, of a particle from a fixed point at time t s is given by x = 6 cos b3t + l.
r
3
2r
Find the acceleration of the particle when t = . [3]
3

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