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 6 seconds?

cannot be determined8.57 m/sec8.57 m/sec10.33 m/sec

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Question 2 What was the cart's average speed during the first 9.3 seconds?

8.60 m/sec11.43 m/sec4.29 m/sec6.45 m/sec

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

cannot be determined18.9 m18.3 m20.0 m43.3 m

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

6.45 m/seccannot be determined0 m/sec8.57 m/sec

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

-4.07 m/sec-6.1 m/sec-2.8 m/sec-36.7 m/sec

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

-2.94 m/sec13.1 m/sec13.45 m/sec-3.8 m/sec10.0 m/sec