Constant Velocity: Position-Time Graphs

Practice Problems
Constant Velocity: Position-Time Graphs

Directions: On this worksheet you will review some of the properties of position-time graphs when the object is moving at a "constant velocity."

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Question 1 The y-axis, representing position, is scaled so that each square (vertical division) represents 10 meters. The x-axis is scaled so that each square represents 1 second.

7,11,17 seconds

What was the cart's instantaneous speed at 4 seconds?

cannot be determined5.71 m/sec10.50 m/sec8.57 m/sec

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Question 2 What was the cart's average speed during the first 10.4 seconds?

7.69 m/sec5.77 m/sec11.43 m/sec4.29 m/sec

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Question 3 Where was the cart located at exactly 12 seconds?

10.0 m18.3 mcannot be determined17.3 m61.7 m

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Question 4 What was the magnitude of the cart's instantaneous velocity at 7 seconds?

cannot be determined5.77 m/sec8.57 m/sec0 m/sec

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Question 5 What was the cart's average velocity between 7 and 12 seconds?

-18.3 m/sec-3.7 m/sec-1.5 m/sec-2.29 m/sec

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Question 6 What was the cart's average speed for the entire 17 seconds?

10.0 m/sec-3.8 m/sec-2.94 m/sec13.1 m/sec13.45 m/sec