Edexcel M1 2016 June — Question 1

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleM1 (Mechanics 1)
Year2016
SessionJune
TopicSUVAT & Travel Graphs

  1. A car is moving along a straight horizontal road with constant acceleration \(a \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 2 } ( a > 0 )\). At time \(t = 0\) the car passes the point \(P\) moving with speed \(u \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 }\). In the next 4 s , the car travels 76 m and then in the following 6 s it travels a further 219 m .
Find
  1. the value of \(u\),
  2. the value of \(a\).