Physics

Physics

Problem

An automobile travels along a straight road in three stages: 1. It accelerates uniformly from rest to 25 m s−125\,\text{m\,s}^{-1} in 5 s5\,\text{s}. 2. It maintains this speed for the next 10 s10\,\text{s}. 3. It then decelerates uniformly to rest in a further 5 s5\,\text{s}. Taking the starting point as the origin and time t=0t = 0 at the instant the automobile begins to move, answer the following: a. (i) Draw the velocity–time graph for the complete 20 s20\,\text{s} journey. b. (ii) Using the graph drawn in part (i), sketch the corresponding displacement–time graph for the same interval, marking key points and slopes.

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