MOTION ALONG A STRAIGHT LINE 1. A particle moves in a straight line.

Its displacement, s m, from a fixed point O, t seconds after passing through O, is given by . Find a) the initial acceleration of the particle, b) the values of t when the particle comes instantaneously to rest, c) the displacement of the particle for each moment when the particle comes instantaneously to rest, d) the total distance travelled by the particle from the instant of t = 0 to the instant the particle comes instantaneously to rest for the second time. 2. A particle starts to move from a fixed point O along a straight line. Its velocity, v ms-1, is given by where t is the time in seconds after the particle has left O and m and n are constants. The acceleration of the particle at time t = 2 is 6 ms-1 and the particle is at 14m to the left of O after 1 second. a) Find i) the value of m and n, ii) the range of values of t when the particle decelerates. b) Sketch the velocity-time graph of the motion of the particle for 0 t 3. P Q

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The diagram shows the positions of two fixed points, A and B, on a straight line where AB = 4m. At an instant, particle P passes through point A with a velocity of vp= 2t+ 3 while particle Q passes through point B with a velocity of vq= 4 t, where t is the time in seconds after particle P and particle Q passes through points A and B respectively. Taking the direction from A to B as the positive direction, find a) the displacement of particle P and particle Q from point A after t seconds, b) the distance between particles P and Q at the instant particle Q is instantaneously at rest, c) the range of values of t when both particles move to the right, d) the time when both particles P and Q meet. 4. A particle moves along a straight line which passes through a fixed point , O, with a velocity of 18 ms-1. Its acceleration, a ms-2, t seconds after leaving O is given by a = 3 2t. The particle stops instantaneously at time n s. a) Find i) the maximum velocity of the particle, ii) the value of n. b) Sketch a velocity-time graph for 0 t n. Hence, or otherwise, calculate the total distance travelled during that period.