Edexcel M1 2023 June — Question 5

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleM1 (Mechanics 1)
Year2023
SessionJune
TopicSUVAT & Travel Graphs

5. \begin{figure}[h]
\includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{f2737a11-4a15-41e9-9f87-31a705a8948b-12_629_1251_244_406} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Figure 2}
\end{figure} The speed-time graph in Figure 2 illustrates the motion of a car travelling along a straight horizontal road.
At time \(t = 0\), the car starts from rest and accelerates uniformly for 30 s until it reaches a speed of \(V \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 }\)
The car then travels at a constant speed of \(V \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 }\) until time \(t = T\) seconds.
  1. Show that the distance travelled by the car between \(t = 0\) and \(t = T\) seconds is \(V ( T - 15 )\) metres. A motorbike also travels along the same road.
    • The motorbike starts from rest at time \(\boldsymbol { t } = \mathbf { 1 0 } \mathbf { s }\) and accelerates uniformly for 40 s
    • The acceleration of the motorbike is the same as the acceleration of the car
    • The motorbike then travels at a constant speed for a further 10 s before decelerating uniformly until it reaches a speed of \(V \mathrm {~ms} ^ { - 1 }\) at time \(T\) seconds
    • On Figure 2, sketch a speed-time graph for the motion of the motorbike.
      [0pt] [If you need to redraw your sketch, there is a copy of Figure 2 on page 15.]
    • Show that the constant speed of the motorbike is \(\frac { 4 V } { 3 } \mathrm {~ms} ^ { - 1 }\)
    At time \(t = T\) seconds, the distance travelled by each vehicle is the same.
  2. Find the value of \(T\) \begin{figure}[h]
    \includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{f2737a11-4a15-41e9-9f87-31a705a8948b-15_643_1266_1882_402} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Figure 2}
    \end{figure}