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Cambridge IGCSE Additional Mathematics

14.14-14.15Kinematics

Kinematics in Cambridge IGCSE Additional Mathematics: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Learning objectives

What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.

  1. 14.14Apply differentiation and integration to the displacement, velocity and acceleration of a particle moving in a straight line.
  2. 14.15Draw and use displacement–time, distance–time, velocity–time, speed–time and acceleration–time graphs.

Lessons

  • Kinematics with calculus

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Kinematics: sample question

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A particle moves in a straight line so that its displacement from OO after tt seconds is s=2t3−5ts = 2t^3 - 5t metres. Find its velocity when t=2t = 2.

Answer in m/s.

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