IB skill practice

Interpret displacement, velocity, and acceleration in kinematics Free

Paper 1, Paper 2 5 marks Difficulty 5 Mixed calculator policy

Acceleration from logged velocity change

A sports biomechanics lab records velocity increasing uniformly from \(4\,\text{m s}^{-1}\) to \(12\,\text{m s}^{-1}\) in \(4.5\,\text{s}\). Calculate the acceleration. Enter the numerical result and choose the interpretation that matches the physics meaning.

Worked practice: physics data and result

Read the physical quantities first, then calculate the result and state what it means.