Edexcel M1 2019 January — Question 6

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleM1 (Mechanics 1)
Year2019
SessionJanuary
TopicSUVAT & Travel Graphs

6. A train travels for a total of 270 s along a straight horizontal track between two stations \(A\) and \(B\). The train starts from rest at \(A\) and moves with constant acceleration for 60 s until it reaches a speed of \(V \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 }\). The train then travels at this constant speed \(V \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 }\) before it moves with constant deceleration for 30 s , coming to rest at \(B\).
  1. Sketch below a speed-time graph for the journey of the train between the two stations \(A\) and \(B\). Given that the distance between the two stations is 4.5 km ,
  2. find the value of \(V\),
  3. find how long it takes the train to travel from station \(A\) to the point that is exactly halfway between the two stations. The train is travelling at speed \(\frac { 1 } { 4 } V \mathrm {~ms} ^ { - 1 }\) at times \(T _ { 1 }\) seconds and \(T _ { 2 }\) seconds after leaving station \(A\).
  4. Find the value of \(T _ { 1 }\) and the value of \(T _ { 2 }\)