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A-LevelPhysicsKinematicsMay/June 2011Paper 1 Q81 Mark

A tennis ball falls freely, in air, from the top of a tall building. Which graph best represents the variation of distance s fallen with time t?

As-t graph showing s increasing non-linearly then linearly, concave up
Bs-t graph showing s increasing non-linearly then becoming constant, concave up
Cs-t graph showing s increasing non-linearly with ever-increasing slope, concave up
Ds-t graph showing s increasing linearly

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About This A-Level Physics Question

This multiple-choice question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Physics (9702) May/June 2011 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Kinematics and is worth 1 mark.

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