CBSE-XI-Physics

03: Rest and Motion: Kinematics

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    A person travelling on a straight line moves with a uniform velocity v1 for some time and with uniform velocity v2 for the next equal time. The average velocity v is given by
    -(a)
    v=v1+v22
    (b)
    v=v1v2
    (c)
    2v=1v1+1v2
    (d)
    1v=1v1+1v2
    digAnsr:   a
    Ans : (a) `` v=\frac{{v}_{1}+{v}_{2}}{2}``
    Velocity is uniform in both cases; that is, acceleration is zero.
    We have:
    `` {d}_{1}={v}_{1}t`` and `` {d}_{2}={v}_{2}t``
    Total displacement, `` d={d}_{1}+{d}_{2}``
    Total time, `` t=t+t=2t``
    `` \therefore `` Average velocity, `` v=\frac{{d}_{1}+{d}_{2}}{2t}=\frac{{v}_{1}+{v}_{2}}{2}``