Homework 1
Homework 1
1. Tia lives on a long straight road 250m from the shops and 400 from her friend James, who lives in
the opposite direction. Tia walks to the shops, and then goes to see James.
a. Before she goes out, what is Tia’s position relative to:
i. The shops?
ii. James?
b. After the walk:
i. What distance did Tia travel?
ii. What was Tia’s displacement relative to home?
3. What does the value of the gradient of a distance versus time graph for an object represent?
4. A battery-operated car travels 6.0m north in 2.4s and then 6.0m south in 1.8s
a. What is the displacement of the car?
b. What is the velocity of the car?
c. What is the distance travelled by the car?
d. What is the speed of the car?
5. A hospital has 125 deciliter bags of blood plasma. What is the volume of plasma expressed in
milliliters?