Kinematics Standard Level Paper 2 Practice

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10. A car starts by moving from a fixed point A. Its velocity, v ms −1 after t seconds is given by
v = 4t + 5 − 5e − t . Let d be the displacement from A when t = 4 .

(a) Write down an integral which represents d.

(b) Calculate the value of d.

Working:

Answers:
(a)
(b)

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7. The displacement, s metres, of a car t seconds after it starts from a fixed point A is given by
s = 4t + 5 5e t .

(a) Find an expression for its velocity (in ms 1 ) after t seconds.

(b) Find the acceleration (in ms 2 ) at A.

Working:

Answers:
(a)
(b)

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12. The velocity, v m s 1, of a moving object at time t seconds is given by v 4t 3 2t .

When t 2 , the displacement, s, of the object is 8 metres.

Find an expression for s in terms of t.

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9. The velocity v of a particle at time t is given by v e 2t 12t . The displacement of the

particle at time t is s . Given that s 2 when t 0 , express s in terms of t .

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14. The displacement s metres at time t seconds is given by

s 5 cos 3t t 2 10 , for t 0.

(a) Write down the minimum value of s.

(b) Find the acceleration, a, at time t.

(c) Find the value of t when the maximum value of a first occurs.

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6. [Maximum mark: 8]

Ramiro and Lautaro are travelling from Buenos Aires to El Moro.

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Ramiro travels in a vehicle whose velocity in ms is given by VR 40 t 2 , where t is
in seconds.

Lautaro travels in a vehicle whose displacement from Buenos Aires in metres is given
by S L 2t 2 60 .

When t 0 , both vehicles are at the same point.

Find Ramiro’s displacement from Buenos Aires when t 10 .

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9. [Maximum mark: 14]

A particle P moves along a straight line so that its velocity, v ms−1, after t seconds, is given
by v = cos 3t − 2 sin t − 0.5 , for 0 ≤ t ≤ 5 . The initial displacement of P from a fixed point O
is 4 metres.

(a) Find the displacement of P from O after 5 seconds. [5]

The following sketch shows the graph of v .

v
3

0 t
5
–1

–2

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–4

(b) Find when P is first at rest. [2]

(c) Write down the number of times P changes direction. [2]

(d) Find the acceleration of P after 3 seconds. [2]

(e) Find the maximum speed of P. [3]

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Section B

Answer all questions in the answer booklet provided. Please start each question on a new page.

8. [Maximum mark: 16]

In this question distance is in centimetres and time is in seconds.

Particle A is moving along a straight line such that its displacement from a point P, after t
seconds, is given by sA = 15 - t - 6t 3e -0.8t , 0 ≤ t ≤ 25 . This is shown in the following diagram.

(a) Find the initial displacement of particle A from point P. [2]

(b) Find the value of t when particle A first reaches point P. [2]

(c) Find the value of t when particle A first changes direction. [2]

(d) Find the total distance travelled by particle A in the first 3 seconds. [3]

Another particle, B, moves along the same line, starting at the same time as particle A.
The velocity of particle B is given by vB = 8 - 2t , 0 ≤ t ≤ 25 .

(e) (i) Given that particles A and B start at the same point, find the displacement
function sB for particle B.

(ii) Find the other value of t when particles A and B meet. [7]
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9. The displacement s metres of a car, t seconds after leaving a fixed point A, is given by
s = 10t − 0.5t 2 .

(a) Calculate the velocity when t = 0.

(b) Calculate the value of t when the velocity is zero.

(c) Calculate the displacement of the car from A when the velocity is zero.

Working:

Answers:
(a)
(b)
(c)

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10. The velocity v in m s 1 of a moving body at time t seconds is given by v e 2t 1 .

When t 0.5 the displacement of the body is 10 m. Find the displacement when t 1.

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7. [Maximum mark: 7]

A particle’s displacement, in metres, is given by s (t ) = 2t cos t , for 0 ≤ t ≤ 6 ,

where t is the time in seconds.

(a) On the grid below, sketch the graph of s . [4 marks]

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10

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 t
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(Question 7 continued)

(b) Find the maximum velocity of the particle. [3 marks]

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9. [Maximum mark: 14]

A particle P starts from a point A and moves along a horizontal straight line.
Its velocity v cm s−1 after t seconds is given by

−2t + 2, for 0 ≤ t ≤ 1
v (t ) = 4
3 t + 2 − 7, for 1 ≤ t ≤ 12
t

The following diagram shows the graph of v .

1 12 t

(a) Find the initial velocity of P. [2]

P is at rest when t = 1 and t = p .

(b) Find the value of p . [2]

When t = q , the acceleration of P is zero.

(c) (i) Find the value of q .

(ii) Hence, find the speed of P when t = q . [4]

(d) (i) Find the total distance travelled by P between t = 1 and t = p .

(ii) Hence or otherwise, find the displacement of P from A when t = p . [6]