IB skill practice

Use constant-acceleration equations

Paper 1, Paper 2 5 marks Difficulty 3

Displacement without time

A collision track investigation records speed changing from \(14\,\text{m s}^{-1}\) to \(31\,\text{m s}^{-1}\) under acceleration \(4\,\text{m s}^{-2}\). Calculate the displacement. 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.