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CAPE Physics Unit 1 · 2016 · Paper 2 · Question 1(b)(iii)

A car is travelling along a level road at a speed of 15 m s⁻¹ towards a set of traffic lights when the light turns red. In 0.5 seconds after seeing the light, the driver applies the brakes and brings the car to a stop at the traffic lights. Table 1 shows how the speed of the car changes from the time the driver sees that the traffic lights turn red.

What feature of the graph shows that the car's deceleration was uniform?

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  1. 1(a)(i)Define the term 'acceleration' and state its units.[1 mark]
  2. 1(a)(ii)State Newton's second law of motion in words AND the associated equation.[3 marks]
  3. 1(b)(i)On the grid provided in Figure 1 (page 7), plot a graph of speed against time.[5 marks]
  4. 1(b)(ii)Suggest a reason why the velocity remains unchanged for the first 0.5 seconds after the light turns red.[1 mark]
  5. 1(b)(iv)Use your graph to determine the distance that the car travelled after the lights turned red to when the car stopped.[4 marks]

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