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A-LevelPhysicsKinematics9702/12 · Feb/Mar 2020 · Q71 Mark

A car moves with uniform acceleration along a straight road. Oil leaks from the car at the rate of one drop every two seconds. The diagram shows the distances between three successive oil drops on the road. [Figure showing three successive oil drops with distances 9.0 m and 12.0 m between them] What is the acceleration of the car?

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A0.75 ms-2
B1.5 ms-2
C3.0 ms-2
D6.0 ms-2

✓ Correct answer

A: 0.75 ms-2

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Kinematics, A-Level Physics (syllabus 9702). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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A-Level Physics, Feb/Mar 2020 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 7.

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