A particle moves in a straight line. Its acceleration at time seconds is
At , its velocity is and its displacement from the origin is .
Find , the velocity of the particle at time .
Find the time at which the speed of the particle is least.
Find the displacement of the particle when .
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A particle moves in a straight line. Its displacement from a fixed origin at time seconds, , is given by
Here, is measured in metres.
Find the velocity of the particle and the times at which it is at rest.
State the intervals during which the particle is moving in the positive direction.
Find the total distance travelled by the particle in the first seconds.
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A particle moves along a straight line with acceleration
where is measured in seconds. Initially, the particle has velocity and displacement from the origin.
Find an expression for the velocity .
Find the times in the interval when the particle is at rest.
Determine whether the displacement has a local maximum or a local minimum at each of these times.
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Two particles, and , move along the same straight line. Their displacements from a fixed origin at time seconds are
Find the time at which the particles meet.
Find the velocity of each particle at the time they meet.
State whether the particles are moving in the same direction when they meet. Give a reason.
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A particle moves along a straight line. Its displacement from a fixed origin after seconds is
where and is measured in metres.
Find expressions for the velocity and acceleration of the particle at time .
Find the times when the particle is instantaneously at rest.
Find the total distance travelled by the particle during the first seconds.
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The acceleration of a particle moving along a straight line is
where . Initially, the particle is at the origin and has velocity .
Find an expression for the velocity .
Find the time in the interval when the particle is instantaneously at rest.
Find the total distance travelled by the particle from to .
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The velocity-time graph of a particle moving along a straight line consists of straight line segments joining five labelled points, as shown.

Determine the acceleration of the particle for .
Find the times after when the particle is instantaneously at rest.
Find the total distance travelled by the particle from to .
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A particle moves along a straight line with velocity
where and is measured in seconds.
Find the acceleration of the particle when .
Find the times when the particle is instantaneously at rest.
Find the total distance travelled by the particle from to .
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The velocity of a particle moving along a straight line is given by
for , where is measured in seconds and is measured in . The particle is initially at the origin.
Find the acceleration of the particle at .
Find the displacement of the particle from to .
Find the total distance travelled by the particle from to .
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The velocity of a particle moving in a straight line is defined by
Find the displacement of the particle from to .
Find the total distance travelled by the particle from to .
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A particle moves in the plane. Its position vector at time seconds, , is
The position is measured in metres.
Find the velocity vector of the particle at time .
Find the time at which the speed of the particle is least.
Find the least speed of the particle.
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A particle moves in the plane with acceleration
At , its velocity is and its position vector is .
Find the position vector of the particle.
Show that the path of the particle satisfies
Find the maximum value of .
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A particle moves in the plane with position vector
where .
Find the speed of the particle at time .
Determine the time at which the speed is least.
Show that, at this time, the velocity and acceleration vectors are perpendicular.
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A particle moves in a straight line with velocity
where , is measured in seconds and in .
Find the times in the interval when the particle is instantaneously at rest.
Find the displacement of the particle from to .
Find the total distance travelled by the particle from to .
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The displacement of a particle from a fixed origin is modelled by
where , is measured in seconds and in metres.
Find the velocity of the particle at time .
Find the time when the particle changes direction.
Find the total distance travelled by the particle from to .
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A particle moves along a straight line. Let be the numerical value of its displacement in metres and let be the numerical value of its velocity in . They are related by
The acceleration is expressed by its numerical value in .
Show that the acceleration is .
Find the displacement at which the acceleration is greatest.
Find the values of for which the acceleration is .
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The position vector of a particle at time seconds is
where and distances are measured in metres.
Find the velocity vector and the acceleration vector of the particle at time .
Find the speed of the particle when .
Determine the time at which the velocity vector is perpendicular to the acceleration vector.
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A particle moves along a straight line with velocity
where , is measured in seconds and in .
Find the times when the particle is instantaneously at rest.
Calculate the displacement of the particle from to .
Calculate the total distance travelled by the particle from to .
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A particle moves along a straight line. Its position coordinate at time seconds is
where and distances are measured in metres.
Find the velocity of the particle at time .
Find the speed and the magnitude of the acceleration of the particle when .
Find the times, with , when the particle is at the origin.
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A particle moves in a plane with position vector
where , is measured in seconds and distances are measured in metres. This question intentionally extends one-dimensional kinematics to planar motion; numerical integration may be used where necessary.
Find the velocity vector and acceleration vector of the particle at time .
Find the maximum speed of the particle and the time at which it occurs.
Calculate the total distance travelled by the particle from to .
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A particle moves in a straight line. Its displacement from a fixed origin at time seconds is given by
where and is measured in metres.
Find an expression for the velocity of particle at time .
Find the times at which particle is instantaneously at rest, and state the direction of motion in each of the intervals determined by these times.
Find the displacement of particle from the origin when , and .
Hence find the total distance travelled by particle during the first seconds.
second particle moves along the same line with velocity , for . Particle starts from the origin. Find the first time at which the distance travelled by particle is equal to the total distance travelled by particle during the first seconds. If you did not obtain an answer to part (b)(ii), use .
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A particle moves in a straight line with velocity
where . Initially, the particle is from the origin in the positive direction.
(a)
Find the acceleration of the particle at time .
Find the times at which the particle is instantaneously at rest.
(b)
Find an expression for the displacement of the particle from the origin.
Find the displacement of the particle from to .
Find the total distance travelled by the particle from to . If you did not obtain the rest times in part (a)(ii), use and .
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The velocity-time graph of a particle moving in a straight line consists of straight line segments joining the points shown. The displacement of the particle from the origin at is .

Find the acceleration of the particle for .
Find all times at which the particle is instantaneously at rest.
Find the displacement of the particle from to .
Find the displacement of the particle from the origin at .
Find the total distance travelled by the particle from to .
Find the first time at which the particle passes through the origin.
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A particle moves in a straight line with velocity
where . The particle starts at the origin. Here, is measured in seconds and in metres per second.
Find the times at which the particle is instantaneously at rest.
Find an expression for the displacement of the particle from the origin.
Show that the particle returns to the origin when .
State the intervals during which the particle moves in the positive direction.
Find the total distance travelled by the particle from to . If you did not obtain the displacement function in part (a)(ii), use .
Find the average velocity and the average speed of the particle over the interval .
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A particle moves in three-dimensional space with position vector
where is measured in seconds and distances are measured in metres. Here , , and are mutually perpendicular unit vectors along the positive -, -, and -axes, respectively.
Find the velocity vector and acceleration vector of the particle at time .
Show that the velocity and acceleration vectors are perpendicular for all in this interval.
Find the speed of the particle.
Find the total distance travelled by the particle for .
Find the angle between the velocity vector and the positive -axis.
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A particle moves in a straight line. Its velocity at time seconds satisfies
Initially, and the particle is at the origin.
By solving the differential equation, show that
Find the time at which the velocity is .
Find the displacement of the particle at the time found in part (b).
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A particle moves in a straight line. Its acceleration is related to its displacement from the origin by
When , the particle has velocity . The particle continues to move in the positive direction.
Show that
Find the velocity of the particle when .
Find the acceleration of the particle when .
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Two particles, and , move in three-dimensional space. Their position vectors at time seconds, , are
Find the position vector of relative to at time .
Find the time at which the distance between the particles is least.
Find the least distance between the particles.
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A lift moves vertically along a straight shaft. Its velocity, in , at time seconds is modelled by
Positive velocity is upwards. At , the lift is above the ground floor.

Find the times at which the lift is instantaneously at rest.
State the time interval during which the lift is moving upwards.
Find the height of the lift above the ground floor when it is at its maximum height.
Find the displacement of the lift from to .
Calculate the total distance travelled by the lift during the seconds.
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A particle moves along a straight line. Its displacement from a fixed origin at time seconds is
where is measured in metres.
Find an expression for the velocity of the particle.
Find the times at which the particle changes direction.
Find the acceleration of the particle at time .
Find the velocity of the particle when its acceleration is zero.
Calculate the total distance travelled by the particle during the interval .
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The velocity-time graph of a particle moving in a straight line consists of straight line segments joining the points shown. The velocity is measured in and time is measured in seconds.

The graph passes through , , , and . Find the acceleration for .
Find the times when the particle is instantaneously at rest.
Calculate the displacement of the particle from to .
Calculate the total distance travelled from to .
Given that the particle starts at the origin, find the greatest displacement of the particle from the origin during the interval .
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A projectile is launched from a point above horizontal ground. Its position vector at time seconds is
where distances are measured in metres and is vertically upwards.
Find the velocity vector of the projectile at time .
Find the acceleration vector of the projectile.
Find the maximum height reached by the projectile.
Find the horizontal distance travelled when the projectile first reaches the ground.
Determine the speed and the direction of motion of the projectile at the instant it reaches the ground. Give the direction as an angle below the horizontal.
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A particle moves in three-dimensional space. Use the HL vector methods for three-dimensional kinematics in this question. Its position vector at time seconds is
where and distances are measured in metres.
Find the speed of the particle when .
Find the minimum distance of the particle from the origin during the interval.
Determine whether the particle is moving towards or away from the origin when . Justify your answer.
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Two delivery carts and move along the same straight track. At time seconds, has velocity and starts from the origin. Cart starts ahead of and moves with constant velocity .

Find the displacement of from the origin at time .
Write down the displacement of from the origin at time .
Determine the time at which catches .
Justify that the carts meet only once for .
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A particle moves along a straight line. Its acceleration at time seconds is
where . Initially its velocity is and it is at the origin.
Find an expression for the velocity of the particle.
Find the times at which the particle is instantaneously at rest.
Find an expression for the displacement of the particle from the origin.
Find the displacement of the particle from to .
Find the total distance travelled by the particle from to . If you did not obtain the rest times in part (a)(ii), use and .
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A particle moves along a straight line with velocity
where . The particle starts at the origin.
Part (a)
Find the acceleration of the particle at time .
Find the time at which the particle is instantaneously at rest.
State whether this time gives a maximum or a minimum displacement. Give a reason.
Part (b)
Find an expression for the displacement of the particle from the origin.
Find the displacement of the particle from to .
Find the total distance travelled by the particle from to . If you did not obtain the time in part (a)(ii), use .
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Two particles and move along a straight line. Taking a fixed positive direction along the line, the signed relative displacement of from at time is
where is the numerical value of the time in seconds and .
Find the relative velocity and the relative acceleration .
Show that the square of the distance between the particles is , where .
Determine the time at which the distance between the particles is least.
Find the least distance between the particles.
Determine whether the particles are moving towards each other or away from each other when . Justify your answer.
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A particle moves in a straight line. Its velocity satisfies the differential equation
At , the particle is at the origin and has velocity .
Show that .
Find the acceleration of the particle at time .
Find the time at which the acceleration is .
Explain why the particle never changes direction.
Find the displacement of the particle from the origin at the time found in part (b)(i). If you did not obtain this time, use .
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Two small robots, and , move along the same straight track. At , robot is at the origin and robot is ahead of . Their velocities, in , are
for .
Find expressions for the displacement of each robot from the origin at time .
Find the time, after , when the robots meet.
At the instant when the robots meet, determine whether they are moving in the same direction. Give a reason.
Find the position of the robots when they meet.
Calculate the total distance travelled by robot before the robots meet.
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A particle moves along a straight line. Its acceleration at time seconds is
Initially, the particle is to the negative side of the origin and has velocity .
Find an expression for the velocity .
Find an expression for the displacement from the origin.
Find the times at which the particle is instantaneously at rest.
Determine the minimum velocity of the particle during the interval.
Find the times in when the particle is at the origin.
Calculate the total distance travelled by the particle from to .
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The displacement, in metres, of a sliding door from its closed position is modelled by
where is measured in seconds. Positive displacement means that the door is opening.
Find the velocity of the door at time .
Find the acceleration of the door at time .
Find the time at which the door is furthest from the closed position.
Find the maximum displacement of the door from the closed position.
Find the times when the speed of the door is .
Calculate the total distance travelled by the door from to .
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A particle moves along a straight line. Its velocity satisfies the differential equation
At , and the displacement from the origin is .
Show that .
Find the time when the particle first comes to rest.
Find an expression for the displacement from the origin.
Find the displacement of the particle at .
Calculate the total distance travelled by the particle during the first seconds.
Find the time at which the particle is from the origin in the positive direction.
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Two drones, and , move in three-dimensional space. Their position vectors, in metres, at time seconds are
Find the position vector of drone relative to drone at time .
Find the relative velocity of drone with respect to drone .
Find the time at which the drones are closest together.
Find the minimum distance between the drones.
Find the times when the drones are exactly apart.
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A particle moves along a straight line with velocity , for , where is measured in seconds and in .

Find the times at which the particle is instantaneously at rest.
State the intervals on which the particle is moving in the positive direction.
Find the displacement of the particle from to .
Find the total distance travelled by the particle from to .
The model is generalized by defining the numerical value of the velocity (in ) as for , where denotes the numerical value of time in seconds and is a dimensionless parameter. Show that the total distance travelled is .
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A particle moves along a straight line. Its acceleration is , for . Initially the particle has velocity and displacement .

Find , the velocity at time .
Find , the displacement at time .
Find the time after at which the particle changes direction.
Find the total distance travelled from to .
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Two drones move in three-dimensional space. Their position vectors, in metres, are and , where is measured in seconds.

Find the position vector of relative to at time .
Write down the relative velocity of with respect to .
Find the time at which the distance between the drones is least.
Find the least distance between the drones.
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A train starts from rest at a station and travels for seconds before stopping at the next signal. Its velocity is modelled by , , where . The distance between the station and the signal is .

Find the value of .
Using the velocity-time graph, determine the time at which the maximum velocity occurs and the maximum velocity of the train.
Find the distance travelled in the first seconds.
similar journey of length metres over time seconds is modelled by , . Show that the maximum velocity is .
For a journey of length , determine the least possible value of if the maximum velocity must not exceed .
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For , the velocity of a particle moving along a straight line is .

Find the acceleration of the particle at time .
Find the times at which the particle is at rest.
Find the displacement from to .
Find the total distance travelled from to .
The model is changed to on the same interval. Find the value of for which the displacement from to is zero.
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A particle moves in the plane with position vector , for , where is measured in seconds and distances are measured in metres. This question assesses the planar extension of one-dimensional motion; use vector differentiation for velocity and acceleration, and calculate distance travelled by integrating speed.

Find the velocity vector at time .
Find the speed at time .
Show that the speed is decreasing for .
Calculate the total distance travelled by the particle from to .
Find the magnitude of the acceleration when .
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A particle moves along a straight line with velocity for all . Initially, its displacement from the origin is .

Find the time at which the particle changes direction.
Find the acceleration at time .
Find the displacement of the particle from to .
Find the total distance travelled from to .
State the limiting displacement as .
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A particle moves in the plane with position vector
where and distances are measured in metres.
Find the velocity vector and acceleration vector of the particle at time .
Find the time at which the velocity is parallel to the -axis.
Show that the square of the speed is .
Determine the time at which the speed is least.
Find the least speed of the particle.
Show that, at the time when the speed is least, the velocity and acceleration vectors are perpendicular. If you did not obtain the time in part (b)(ii), use .
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A particle moves in a straight line. Its acceleration is related to its displacement from the origin by
When , the particle is at the origin and has velocity . Initially the particle moves in the positive direction.
Using , show that .
Find the maximum displacement of the particle from the origin.
For the initial motion in the positive direction, show that .
Find the time at which the particle first reaches its maximum displacement.
The motion continues according to for . Find the total distance travelled by the particle during this interval.
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A particle moves in a straight line. Its displacement from a fixed origin at time seconds is
where and is measured in metres.
Write as a piecewise-defined function without using the modulus sign.
Show that is continuous but not differentiable at .
Find the velocity of the particle for and for .
Explain why the particle changes direction at even though it is not instantaneously at rest at that time.
Find the displacement of the particle from to .
Find the total distance travelled by the particle from to .
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A particle moves in a straight line in the positive direction. Its acceleration is related to its displacement from a fixed origin by
When , the particle has velocity .
Show that .
Find the velocity of the particle when .
Find the displacement at which the speed is greatest.
Find the greatest speed of the particle.
Find the time taken for the particle to move from to .
Find the time taken for the particle to reach its greatest speed.
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A particle moves in the plane with position vector
where distances are measured in metres and is measured in seconds.

Find the velocity vector .
Show that the speed of the particle is .
Find the distance travelled by the particle from to .
Find the time at which the particle is from the origin.
Show that the angle between the position vector and the velocity vector is constant.
Find this angle in degrees.
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A particle moves along a straight line. Its velocity, in , is given by
At , the particle is at the origin.

Write as a piecewise function without using the absolute value sign.
Find the times at which the particle is instantaneously at rest.
Find the displacement of the particle from to .
Calculate the total distance travelled from to .
Find the acceleration of the particle for and for .
Discuss whether the acceleration is defined at .
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A particle moves along a straight line with velocity , for .

Show that the particle is instantaneously at rest at and , where .
State the interval on which the particle moves in the positive direction.
Find the displacement of the particle from to .
Show that the total distance travelled is metres.
Hence find the average speed of the particle over the interval .
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A particle moves along a straight line so that its acceleration is related to its displacement from the origin by . At , and . The particle initially moves towards the origin.

Show that .
Find the velocity of the particle when .
Show that the displacement may be written as .
Find the first time at which the particle passes through the origin.
Find the total distance travelled in one complete oscillation.
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A test vehicle starts and finishes at rest during a journey of length . Its velocity is modelled by , for , where .

Find the value of .
Find the maximum velocity of the vehicle.
similar journey of length metres in seconds is modelled by . Show that .
For a journey of length , find the least journey time if the maximum velocity must not exceed .
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A particle moves in the plane with position vector , for , where the coordinates are measured in metres and is measured in seconds. Use planar vector kinematics for this question.

Find the velocity vector of the particle.
Show that the speed is .
Find the total distance travelled during the first complete revolution.
Find the total distance travelled as .
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