Edexcel M1 2013 June — Question 4

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleM1 (Mechanics 1)
Year2013
SessionJune
TopicSUVAT & Travel Graphs

  1. A lorry is moving along a straight horizontal road with constant acceleration. The lorry passes a point \(A\) with speed \(u \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 } , ( u < 34 )\), and 10 seconds later passes a point \(B\) with speed \(34 \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 }\). Given that \(A B = 240 \mathrm {~m}\), find
    1. the value of \(u\),
    2. the time taken for the lorry to move from \(A\) to the mid-point of \(A B\).
    3. A car is travelling along a straight horizontal road. The car takes 120 s to travel between two sets of traffic lights which are 2145 m apart. The car starts from rest at the first set of traffic lights and moves with constant acceleration for 30 s until its speed is \(22 \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 }\). The car maintains this speed for \(T\) seconds. The car then moves with constant deceleration, coming to rest at the second set of traffic lights.
    4. Sketch, in the space below, a speed-time graph for the motion of the car between the two sets of traffic lights.
    5. Find the value of \(T\).
    A motorcycle leaves the first set of traffic lights 10 s after the car has left the first set of traffic lights. The motorcycle moves from rest with constant acceleration, a \(\mathrm { m } \mathrm { s } ^ { - 2 }\), and passes the car at the point \(A\) which is 990 m from the first set of traffic lights. When the motorcycle passes the car, the car is moving with speed \(22 \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 }\).
  2. Find the time it takes for the motorcycle to move from the first set of traffic lights to the point \(A\).
  3. Find the value of \(a\).