OCR PURE — Question 11

Exam BoardOCR
ModulePURE
TopicSUVAT & Travel Graphs

11 A car starts from rest at a set of traffic lights and moves along a straight road with constant acceleration \(4 \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 2 }\). A motorcycle, travelling parallel to the car with constant speed \(16 \mathrm {~ms} ^ { - 1 }\), passes the same traffic lights exactly 1.5 seconds after the car starts to move. The time after the car starts to move is denoted by \(t\) seconds.
  1. Determine the two values of \(t\) at which the car and motorcycle are the same distance from the traffic lights. These two values of \(t\) are denoted by \(t _ { 1 }\) and \(t _ { 2 }\), where \(t _ { 1 } < t _ { 2 }\).
  2. Describe the relative positions of the car and the motorcycle when \(t _ { 1 } < t < t _ { 2 }\).
  3. Determine the maximum distance between the car and the motorcycle when \(t _ { 1 } < t < t _ { 2 }\). \section*{END OF QUESTION PAPER}