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 14 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 5 seconds?

12.00 m/sec14.40 m/sec10.00 m/seccannot be determined

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Question 2 What was the cart's average speed during the first 8.7 seconds?

6.00 m/sec16.00 m/sec12.87 m/sec9.66 m/sec

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Question 3 Where was the cart located at exactly 13 seconds?

26.5 m28.0 m60.7 m25.7 mcannot be determined

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

9.66 m/sec12.00 m/seccannot be determined0 m/sec

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Question 5 What was the cart's average velocity between 7 and 13 seconds?

-51.3 m/sec-8.6 m/sec-5.70 m/sec-3.9 m/sec

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

14.0 m/sec18.83 m/sec-5.4 m/sec-4.12 m/sec18.3 m/sec