Question

The velocity time graph of a car shown below a) Calculate the magnitude of displacement of the car in 40 seconds. b) During which part of the journey was the car accelerating? c) Calculate the magnitude of average velocity of the car.

Answer 1

a) 0 metres

b) From time 0 s to 10 s , the car was accelerated. Its velocity accelerated from 0m/s to 20 m/s

c) 20 m/s

Step-by-step explanation:

a) Formula of displacement= velocity x time

time=40 s

velocity =0 m/s

∴ displacement= 0 x 40 = 0 m

Magnitude of displacement is 0 m

b) The increase in velocity shows that there has been acceleration.

c) The average velocity of the car is =
`(0+40)/(2\\)` {initial velocity + final velocity}

=
`(40)/(2)`

=20

Therefore, the magnitude of the average velocity of the car is 20 m/s