RAMJAS SCHOOL, ANAND PARBAT, NEW DELHI-5

CHAPTER – MOTION

CLASS – IX

Q1 An object has moved through a distance. Can it have zero displacement? If yes, support your
answer with an example.
Answer: An object can have zero displacement even when it has moved a distance and shown some
displacement. This takes place when the final position of an object coincides with its own initial position.
Let's say, if a person moves around circular area and comes back to the place from where he started
then the displacement will be zero.
Q2. A farmer moves along the boundary of a square field of side 10 m in 40 s. What will be the
magnitude of displacement of the farmer at the end of 2 minutes 20 seconds from his initial position?
Answer:

Here, Side of the given square field = 10m

so, perimeter of a square = 4*side = 10 m * 4 = 40 m
Farmer takes 40 s to move along the boundary.
Displacement after 2 minutes 20 s = 2 * 60 s + 20 s = 140 seconds
since in 40 s farmer moves 40 m
Therefore, in 1s the distance covered by farmer = 40 / 40 m = 1m
Therefore, in 140s distance covered by farmer = 1 � 140 m = 140 m. Now, number of rotation to cover
140 along the boundary= Total Distance / Perimeter
= 140 m / 40 m = 3.5 round
Q3.Distinguish between speed and velocity.
Answer:
Speed Velocity
Speed is the distance travelled by an object in a Velocity is the displacement shown by an object in a
given interval of time. given interval of time.
Speed = Distance / Time Velocity = Displacement / Time
Velocity is vector quantity and has both magnitude
Speed is scalar quantity and has only magnitude.
and direction.
Q4. Under what condition(s) is the magnitude of average velocity of an object equal to its
average speed?
Answer: The magnitude of average velocity of an object is equal to its average speed, only in one
condition when an object is moving in a straight line.
Q5. What does the odometer of an automobile measure?
Answer: The odometer of an automobile measures the distance covered by a vehicle or an automobile.
Q6. What does the path of an object look like when it is in uniform motion?
Answer: An object with uniform motion has a straight line path.
Q7. During an experiment, a signal from a spaceship reached the ground station in five minutes.
What was the distance of the spaceship from the ground station? The signal travels at the speed
of light, that is, 3 × 108 m s -1.
Answer
Speed= 3 × 108 m s -1
Time= 5 min = 5 *60 = 300 seconds.
Distance= Speed * Time
Distance= 3 * 10 8 m s -1 * 300 secs. = 9 x 10 10m
INTEXT QUESTIONS Pg 103
1. When will you say a body is in (i) uniform acceleration? (ii) Non-uniform acceleration?
Answer:
(i) A body is said to be in uniform acceleration if it travels in a straight line and its velocity
increases or decreases by equal amounts in equal time intervals.
(ii) A body is said to be in non-uniform acceleration if the rate of change of its velocity is not
constant, that is differs in different time intervals.
2. A bus decreases its speed from 80 km h -1 to 60 km h -1 in 5 s. Find the acceleration of the bus.
Answer:

3. A train starting from a railway station and moving with uniform acceleration attains a speed 40
km h -1 in 10 minutes. Find its acceleration.
Answer:

INTEXT QUESTIONS Pg 100

1. What is the nature of the distance - 'time graphs for uniform and non-uniform motion of an
object?
Answer: When the motion is uniform, the distance time graph is a straight line with a slope.
When the motion is non-uniform, the distance time graph is not a straight line. It can be any kind of
curve.
2. What can you say about the motion of an object whose distance - time graph is a straight line
parallel to the time axis?
Answer: If distance time graph is a straight line parallel to the time axis, the body is said to be at rest.
3. What can you say about the motion of an object if its speed - ‘time graph is a straight line
parallel to the time axis?
Answer: If speed time graph is a straight line parallel to the time axis, the object is said to be moving
uniformly.
4. What is the quantity which is measured by the area occupied below the velocity -time graph?
Answer: The area under the velocity-time graph gives the distance covered by an object.
INTEXT QUESTIONS Pg 109
1. A bus starting from rest moves with a uniform acceleration of 0.1 m s -2 for 2 minutes. Find (a)
the speed acquired, (b) the distance travelled.
Answer: Initial speed of the bus, u= 0 m/s
Acceleration, a = 0.1 m/s 2
Time taken, t = 2 minutes = 120 s
(a) v= u + at
v= 0 + 0×1 × 120
v= 12 ms -1
(b) According to the third equation of motion, v 2 - u2= 2as
s is the distance covered by the bus
(12)2 - (0) 2= 2(0.1) s
s = 720 m
Speed acquired finally by the bus is 12 m/s.
Distance travelled by the bus is 720 m.
INTEXT QUESTIONS Pg 110
2. A train is travelling at a speed of 90 km h -1. Brakes are applied so as to produce a uniform
acceleration of ?0.5 m s -2. Find how far the train will go before it is brought to rest.
Answer: Initial speed of the train, u= 90 km/h = 25 m/s (1km/hr = 5/18 m/s)
Final speed of the train, v = 0 (finally the train comes to rest and its velocity becomes 0)
Acceleration = - 0.5 m s -2
According to third equation of motion:
v2= u 2 + 2 as
(0)2= (25) 2 + 2 ( - 0.5) s
Where, s is the distance covered by the train

The train will cover a distance of 625 m before coming to rest.

3. A trolley, while going down an inclined plane, has an acceleration of 2 cm s -2. What will be its
velocity 3 s after the start?
Answer: Initial Velocity of the trolley, u= 0 cms -1
Acceleration, a= 2 cm s -2
Time, t= 3 s
It is known that final velocity, v= u + at = 0 + 2*3 cms -1
Therefore, the velocity of train after 3 seconds is 6 cms -1
4. A racing car has a uniform acceleration of 4 m s - ′2. What distance will it cover in 10 s after
start?
Answer: Initial Velocity of the car, u=0 ms -1
Acceleration, a= 4 m s -2
Time, t= 10 s
We know Distance, s= ut + (1/2)at 2
Therefore, Distance covered by car in 10 second= 0 × 10 + (1/2) × 4 × 102
= 0 + (1/2) × 4× 10 × 10 m
= (1/2)× 400 m
= 200 m
5. A stone is thrown in a vertically upward direction with a velocity of 5 m s -1. If the acceleration
of the stone during its motion is 10 m s -2 in the downward direction, what will be the height
attained by the stone and how much time will it take to reach there?
Answer: Given Initial velocity of stone, u=5 m s -1
Downward of negative Acceleration, a= 10 m s -2
we know that 2 as= v 2 - u2

EXERCISE QUESTIONS Pg 110

1. An athlete completes one round of a circular track of diameter 200 m in 40 s. What will be the
distance covered and the displacement at the end of 2 minutes 20 s?
Answer:
Diameter of circular track (D) = 200 m
Radius of circular track (r) = 200 / 2=100 m
Time taken by the athlete for one round (t) = 40 s
Distance covered by athlete in one round (s) = 2π r
= 2 * ( 22 / 7 ) * 100
Speed of the athlete (v) = Distance / Time
= (2 x 2200) / (7 x 40)
= 4400 / 7 × 40
So, Distance covered in 140 s = Speed (s) × Time(t)
= 4400 / (7 x 40) x (2 x 60 + 20)
= 4400 / ( 7 x 40) x 140
= 4400 x 140 /7 x 40
= 2200 m
Number of rounds in 40 s =1 round
Number of rounds in 140 s =140/40
=3 ½
After taking start from position X, the athlete will be at Y after 3 ½ rounds as shown in figure
Therefore, Displacement of the athlete with respect to initial position at x= xy
= Diameter of circular track
= 200 m
2. Joseph jogs from one end A to the other end B of a straight 300 m road in 2 minutes 30
seconds and then turns around and jogs 100 m back to point C in another 1 minute. What are
Joseph's average speeds and velocities in jogging (a) from A to B and (b) from A to C?
Answer: Total Distance covered from AB = 300 m
Total time taken = 2 x 60 + 30 s
=150 s

Therefore, Average Speed from AB = Total Distance / Total Time

=300 / 150 m s -1
=2 m s -1
Therefore, Velocity from AB =Displacement AB / Time = 300 / 150 m s -1
=2 m s -1
Total Distance covered from AC = AB + BC
= 300 + 200 m
Total time taken from A to C = Time taken for AB + Time taken for BC
= (2 x 60+30) + 60 s
= 210 s
Therefore, Average Speed from AC = Total Distance /Total Time
= 400 /210 m s -1
= 1.904 m s -1
Displacement (S) from A to C = AB - BC
= 300-100 m
= 200 m
Time (t) taken for displacement from AC = 210 s
Therefore, Velocity from AC = Displacement (s) / Time(t)
= 200 / 210 m s -1
= 0.952 m s -1
3. Abdul, while driving to school, computes the average speed for his trip to be 20 km h -1. On his
return trip along the same route, there is less traffic and the average speed is 40 km h -1. What is
the average speed for Abdul’s trip?
Answer: The distance while driving from Home to School = S
Assume time taken by Abdul to cover this distance = t 1
Distance Abdul covers while driving from School to Home = S
Assume time taken by Abdul to cover this distance = t 2
Average speed from home to school v1av = 20 km h -1
Average speed from school to home v2av = 30 km h -1
Also Time taken from Home to School t1 =S / v 1av
Similarly, Time taken from School to Home t2 =S/v 2av
Total distance from home to school and backward = 2 S
Total time taken from home to school and backward (T) = S/20+ S/30
Therefore, Average speed (Vav) for covering total distance (2S) = Total Dostance/Total Time
= 2S / (S/20 +S/30)
= 2S / [(30S+20S)/600]
= 1200S / 50S
= 24 kmh -1
4. A motorboat starting from rest on a lake accelerates in a straight line at a constant rate of 3.0
m s-2 for 8.0 s. How far does the boat travel during this time?
Answer: Given Initial velocity of motorboat, u = 0
Acceleration of motorboat, a = 3.0 m s -2
Time under consideration, t = 8.0 s
Distance, s = ut + (1/2)at 2
Therefore, distance travel by motorboat = 0 x 8 + (1/2)3.0 x 8 2
= (1/2) x 3 x 8 x 8 m
= 96 m
5. A driver of a car travelling at 52 km h -1 applies the brakes and accelerates uniformly in the
opposite direction. The car stops in 5 s. Another driver going at 3 km h -1 in another car applies
his brakes slowly and stops in 10 s. On the same graph paper, plot the speed versus time graphs
for the two cars. Which of the two cars travelled farther after the brakes were applied?
Answer: As given in the figure below PR and SQ is the Speed-time graph for given two cars with initial
speeds 52 km/hr and 3 km/hr respectively.

Distance Travelled by first car before coming to rest =Area of Δ OPR

= (1/2) x OR x OP
= (1/2) x 5 s x 52 kmh -1
= (1/2) x 5 x (52 x 1000) / 3600) m
= (1/2) x 5x (130 / 9) m
= 325 / 9 m
= 36.11 m
Distance Travelled by second car before coming to rest =Area of Δ OSQ
= (1/2) x OQ x OS
= (1/2) x 10 s x 3 kmh -1
= (1/2) x 10 x (3 x 1000) / 3600) m
= (1/2) x 10 x (5/6) m
= 5 x (5/6) m
= 25/6 m
= 4.16 m
6. Fig 8.11 shows the distance-time graph of three objects A, B and C. Study the graph and
answers the following questions:

(a) Which of the three is travelling the fastest?

(b) Are all three ever at the same point on the road?
(c) How far has C travelled when B passes A?
(d)How far has B travelled by the time it passes C?
Answer:
(a) Object B
(b) No
(c) 5.714 km
(d) 5.143 km

Therefore, Speed = slope of the graph

as slope of object B is greater than objects A and C, it is travelling the fastest.
(b) All three objects A, B and C never meet at a single point. Thus, they were never at the same point on
road.

On the distance axis:

7 small boxes = 4 km
Therefore,1 small box = 4 / 7 Km
Initially, object C is 4 blocks away from the origin.
Therefore, Initial distance of object C from origin = 16 / 7 Km
Distance of object C from origin when B passes A = 8 km
7. A ball is gently dropped from a height of 20 m. If its velocity increases uniformly at the rate of
10 m s -2, with what velocity will it strike the ground? After what time will it strike the ground?
Answer
Assume, the final velocity with which the ball will strike the ground be ‘v’and time it takes to strike the
ground be ‘t&Rsquo;
Initial Velocity of ball, u =0
Distance or height of fall, s =20 m
Downward acceleration, a =10 m s -2
As we know, 2as =v 2-u2
v2 = 2as+ u 2
= 2 x 10 x 20 + 0

∴ Final velocity of ball, v = 20 ms -1

= 400

∴Time taken by the ball to strike = (20-0)/10

t = (v-u)/a

= 20/10
= 2 seconds
8. The speed-time graph for a car is shown is Fig. 8.12.
(a) Find out how far the car travels in the first 4 seconds. Shade the area on the graph that represents
the distance travelled by the car during the period.
(b) Which part of the graph represents uniform motion of the car?
Answer:
(a)

The shaded area which is equal to 1 / 2 x 4 x 6 = 12 m represents the distance travelled by the car in the
first 4 s.
(b)

The part of the graph in red color between time 6 s to 10 s represents uniform motion of the car.
10. State which of the following situations are possible and give an example for each of these:
(a) an object with a constant acceleration but with zero velocity.
(b) An object moving in a certain direction with acceleration in the perpendicular direction.
Answer:
(a) Possible
when a ball is thrown up at maximum height, it has zero velocity, although it will have constant
acceleration due to gravity, which is equal to 9.8 m/s2.
(b) Possible
When a car is moving in a circular track, its acceleration is perpendicular to its direction.
11. An artificial satellite is moving in a circular orbit of radius 42250 km. Calculate its speed if it
takes 24 hours to revolve around the earth.
Answer:
Radius of circular orbit, r= 42250 km
Time taken to revolve around the earth, t= 24 h
Speed of a circular moving object, v= (2π r)/t
=[2× (22/7)×42250 × 1000] / (24 × 60 × 60)
=(2×22×42250×1000) / (7 ×24 × 60 × 60) m s -1
=3073.74 m s -1