Motion and distance problems

Multiple Choice

Sally was wanting to find the _______. She took the total distance traveled divided by the total time of travel.

• Speed

• Average speed

• Relative speed

• Instantaneous speed

Multiple Choice

• position
• acceleration
• total distance
• speed

Multiple Choice

What does this calculate?

• Average Rate of Change of f over [a,b]

• Average Value of f

• Intermediate Value Theorem

• L'Hopital's Rule for limits

Multiple Choice

What is the total displacement of the object represented in this position/time graph?

• 0 meters

• 100 meters

• 140 meters

• 200 meters

Multiple Choice

What is the total distance of the object represented in this motion graph?

• 0 meters
• 100 meters
• 140 meters
• 200 meters

Multiple Choice

What is the total displacement of the object represented in this position/time graph?

• 0 meters

• 300 meters

• 450 meters

• 600 meters

Multiple Choice

Acceleration is defined as the CHANGE in 

• time it takes for one place to move to another place. 
• velocity of an object.
• distance divided by the time interval 
• velocity divided by the time interval 

Multiple Choice

• A only
• A and B
• A and C
• D

Multiple Choice

• 0.333
• 0.667
• 0.889
• 2.667

Multiple Choice

A particle's speed is decreasing if

• it's acceleration is positive
• it's velocity is positive
• it's velocity and acceleration have the same sign
• it's velocity and acceleration have different signs

Multiple Choice

An objects distance from its starting point at time t is given by the equation
s(t) = t³ - 6t²  - 4. 
What is the speed of the object when its acceleration is 0? 

• 12

• -24
• 22
• 44