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A car's speed is graphed over 12 seconds. It travels 40m in the first 4 seconds. Find max speed and average speed for the whole journey.
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22. (a) The graph shows the speed of a car during an interval of 12 seconds. The distance travelled in the first 4 seconds is 40m.
(i) Find the maximum speed reached.
Use the given distance to find the maximum speed.
The distance travelled is the area under the speed-time graph. For the first 4 seconds, the graph forms a triangle.
Let the maximum speed be (which is the height of the triangle).
The base of the triangle is 4 seconds.
The area of a triangle is given by .Solve for .
(ii) Find the average speed for the whole journey.
Calculate the total distance travelled for the whole journey.
The total distance is the total area under the speed-time graph from to seconds. This shape is a trapezium, which can be divided into three parts:
- Triangle (0 to 4 s): Area = 40 m (given).
- Rectangle (4 to 10 s): Base = s = 6 s, Height = m/s. Area = .
- Triangle (10 to 12 s): Base = s = 2 s, Height = m/s. Area = . Total distance = .
Calculate the average speed.
Average speed is given by .
Total time = 12 seconds.22. (b) Wafwila left Webuye at 8:00 am towards Mumias at an average speed of 90 km/hr. Nekesa also left Webuye at 8:21 am towards Mumias along the same road at an average speed of 97 km/hr.
(i) Determine the time Nekesa caught up with Wafwila.
Set up equations for the distance travelled by Wafwila and Nekesa.
Let be the time in hours that Wafwila has been travelling since 8:00 am.
Distance covered by Wafwila () = Speed Time = .Nekesa started 21 minutes later. Convert 21 minutes to hours:
Nekesa's travel time = hours.
Distance covered by Nekesa () = Speed Time = .Equate the distances to find the time .
When Nekesa catches up with Wafwila, their distances from Webuye are equal:
Convert the time into hours and minutes and add to the starting time.
hours = 4 hours and minutes.
minutes.
So, Nekesa caught up 4 hours and 51 minutes after 8:00 am.
Time = 8:00 am + 4 hours 51 minutes =(ii) Determine the distance from Webuye when Nekesa caught up with Wafwila.
Substitute the value of into either distance equation.
Using Wafwila's distance equation:
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