Figure 1 shows the velocity-time graph of a person moving along one straight path called the x-axis. When a timer starts to click (t = 0), the person is at x = 0. The whole journey lasts 20 seconds. V (m/s) 2 0 0 4 8 12 2 16 20 Figure 1: The velocity-time graph to go with Q1.6 (a) Consider the first half of the journey from t = 0 to t = 10 seconds. Find the position of the person at t = 10 s and the average velocity between t= 0 and 10 seconds. (b) Identify the time windows during which the person has an non-zero acceleration and find the accelerations in those time windows. (c) For the whole journey from t = 0 to t = 20 s, find the position of the person at t = 20 s and the average

Figure 1 shows the velocity-time graph of a person moving along one straight path called the x-axis. When a timer starts to click (t = 0), the person is at x = 0. The whole journey lasts 20 seconds. V (m/s) 2 0 0 4 8 12 2 16 20 Figure 1: The velocity-time graph to go with Q1.6 (a) Consider the first half of the journey from t = 0 to t = 10 seconds. Find the position of the person at t = 10 s and the average velocity between t= 0 and 10 seconds. (b) Identify the time windows during which the person has an non-zero acceleration and find the accelerations in those time windows. (c) For the whole journey from t = 0 to t = 20 s, find the position of the person at t = 20 s and the average

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