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A-LevelPhysicsKinematicsFeb/Mar 2020Paper 1 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?

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

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About This A-Level Physics Question

This multiple-choice question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Physics (9702) Feb/Mar 2020 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Kinematics and is worth 1 mark.

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