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Motion and time

Suppose the two photographs, shown in Fig. 13.1 and Fig. 13.2, had been taken at an interval of 10 seconds. If a distance of 100 metres is shown by 1 cm in these photographs, calculate the speed of the fastest car.

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Motion and time

A car moves with a speed of 40 km/h for 15 minutes and then with a speed of 60 km/h for the next 15 minutes. The total distance covered by the car is:

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Motion and time

The basic unit of speed is:

(i) km/min

(ii) m/min

(iii) km/h

(iv) m/s

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Motion and time

Which of the following relations is correct?

(i) Speed = Distance × Time

(ii) Speed = Distance/Time

(iii) Speed = Time/Distance

(iv) Speed = 1/Distance x Time

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Motion and time

Show the shape of the distance-time graph for the motion in the following cases:

(i) A car moving with a constant speed.

(ii) A car parked on a side road

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Motion and time

Salma takes 15 minutes from her house to reach her school on a bicycle. If the bicycle has a speed of 2 m/s, calculate the distance between her house and the school.

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Motion and time

The odometer of a car reads 57321.0 km when the clock shows the time 08:30 AM. What is the distance moved by the car, if at 08:50 AM, the odometer reading has changed to 57336.0 km? Calculate the speed of the car in km/min during this time. Express the speed in km/h also.

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Motion and time

The distance between two stations is 240 km. A train takes 4 hours to cover this distance. Calculate the speed of the train.

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Motion and time

A simple pendulum takes 32 s to complete 20 oscillations. What is the time period of the pendulum?

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Motion and time

Which of the following are not correct?

(i) The basic unit of time is second.

(ii) Every object moves with a constant speed.

(iii) Distances between two cities are measured in kilometres.

(iv) The time period of a given pendulum is constant.

(v) The speed of a train is expressed in m/h.

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