Question

A worker with a wheelbarrow filled with bricks starts at a point 50 m from the

entrance to a construction site. The worker pushes the wheelbarrow away from the
entrance at a speed of 1 m/s for 10 s, stops for 5 s to unload, and then moves back
toward the entrance at a speed of 2 m/s for 20 s. Draw a distance-time graph.

Answer 1

Explanation:

initial distance, d = 50 m at t = 0 s

t = 10 s , speed, v = 1 m/s

distance, d' = 1 x 10 = 10 m at t = 10 s

Now t = 10 s to t = 15 s it is at rest

speed, v' = 20 m/s , t' = 20 s

distance, d'' = 2 x 20 = 40 m at t = 15 s to 35 second

The graph is given below: