Question

Study the speed-time graph of a car given alongside and answer the following questions :

(i) What type of motion is represented by OA ?
(ii) What type of motion is represented by AB ?
(iii) What type of motion is represented by BC ?
(iv) What is the acceleration of car from O to A ?
(v) What is the acceleration of car from A to B ?
(vi) What is the retardation of car from B to C ?

Answer 1

(i) Uniform acceleration (ii) Constant speed (iii) Uniform retardation (or Uniform deceleration) (iv) 4 m/`s^(2)` (v) Zero (vi) 2 m/`s^(2)`