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O-LevelPhysicsKinematics5054/11 · May/June 2024 · Q61 Mark

A car, travelling on a straight road, brakes and comes to a stop. Which row gives the expression for calculating the thinking distance and gives a variable that affects thinking distance?

Aexpression for calculating thinking distance: braking distance + stopping distance, variable that affects thinking distance: load carried
Bexpression for calculating thinking distance: braking distance + stopping distance, variable that affects thinking distance: speed of car
Cexpression for calculating thinking distance: stopping distance – braking distance, variable that affects thinking distance: load carried
Dexpression for calculating thinking distance: stopping distance – braking distance, variable that affects thinking distance: speed of car

✓ Correct answer

D: expression for calculating thinking distance: stopping distance – braking distance, variable that affects thinking distance: speed of car

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Kinematics, O-Level Physics (syllabus 5054). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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O-Level Physics, May/June 2024 Paper 1 Variant 1, question 6.

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