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    Individual Pathways

    Activity 9.2
    Investigating movement doc-10664
    1. Over a 1-minute period of time, the position of a coach was plotted as she moved along the
    sideline during a netball game. Her position at 5-second intervals is shown in the table below.
    Assume that the coach started at the midline of the court.

    Time (s) Position (m)


    0 0
    5 3
    10 6
    15 6
    20 6
    25 7
    30 8
    35 9
    40 10
    45 10
    50 8
    55 4
    60 0

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    Activity 9.2

    (a) Use the values in the table to draw a position-time graph of the coach’s motion over the
    1-minute interval.

    (b) What distance had the coach walked after 60 seconds? ………………………
    (c) What was the coach’s displacement after 50 seconds? ………………………..
    (d) Calculate her average speed between t = 0 and t = 10 s. Show your working.
    .......................................................................................................................................................
    ......................................................................................................................................................
    (e) What was her average velocity over the 1-minute time interval? Explain your answer.
    .......................................................................................................................................................
    ......................................................................................................................................................

    2. A hamster can cover 9 metres in 38 seconds. What is the speed of the hamster in:
    (a) m/s? …………………….
    (b) km/h? ……………………

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    Activity 9.2

    3. The ticker tape below shows the motion of a dynamics cart during an experiment. A ticker timer
    places 50 dots every second on the tape.

    (a) What interval of time elapses between successive dots? …………………………………


    (b) What period of time elapsed between points A and D? ………………………………….
    (c) In which intervals (A to B, B to C, or C to D) did the dynamics trolley:
    (i) decelerate? Explain your answer.
    ………………………………………………………………………………………………
    ………………………………………………………………………………………………
    (ii) remain at a constant speed? Explain your answer.
    ……………………………………………………………………………............................
    ...............................................................................................................................................

    4. Complete the following table.

    Force Mass Acceleration

    100 N 20 m/s2

    300 g 4 m/s2

    1.2 N 2 kg

    5. A car is travelling down the highway at 90km/h (25 m/s) when a kangaroo bounces onto the road
    ahead. The driver takes his foot off the accelerator and brakes hard.
    (a) What deceleration is provided by the car’s brakes if the car takes 4 seconds to come to a
    complete stop? Show all working.
    …………………………………………………………………………………………………
    …………………………………………………………………………………………………
    (b) What force must be exerted by the brakes to stop the car if it has a mass of 1100 kg?
    …………………………………………………………………………………………………
    …………………………………………………………………………………………………

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    Activity 9.2

    (c) Describe the motion of an unbelted passenger in the car during the deceleration in terms of
    Newton’s First Law of Motion.
    …………………………………………………………………………………………………
    …………………………………………………………………………………………………
    …………………………………………………………………………………………………
    (d) Draw and label arrows on the diagram below to show the forces acting on the car during the
    deceleration.

    (e) Are the forces acting on the car balanced or unbalanced while the car decelerates? Explain
    your answer.
    …………………………………………………………………………………………………
    …………………………………………………………………………………………………
    …………………………………………………………………………………………………
    (f) Which two of the forces shown in your diagram are an example of an action–reaction pair?
    …………………………………………………………………………………………………

    6. Explain why the dieting group Weight Watchers should really be called Mass Watchers.
    ………………………………………………………………………………………………………
    ………………………………………………………………………………………………………
    ………………………………………………………………………………………………………

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