Name__________________________________________________________Period__________Date_______

Distance Time Graphs

Practice Problems
Examine the graphs below:

Runner 1= Runner 2 =

Graph A Graph B

40 40
35 35
Distance (yards)

Distance (yards)
30 30
25 25
20 20
15 15
10 10
5 5
0 0
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Time (seconds) Time (seconds)

Graph C Graph D

40 40
35 35
Distance (yards)

Distance (yards)

30 30
25 25
20 20
15 15
10 10
5 5
0 0
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Time (seconds) Time (seconds)

1. Which of the graphs show that one of the runners started 10 yards further ahead of the other?______
A
2. Explain your answer. because the displacement is 10
3. In graph D, which of the runners is faster?__________________________________________________
runner 1
4. Calculate the speed of Runner 1 and Runner 2 for Graph D.

Runner 1 Runner 2
20/4 = 5 yards/sec 10/4 = 2 1/2 yards/sec

5. Which graph had the fastest runner? How do you know?

runner 1 because more yards

Graph A Graph B

40 40
35 35
Distance (yards)

Distance (yards)
30 30
25 25
20 20
15 15
10 10
5 5
0 0
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Time (seconds) Time (seconds)

Graph C Graph D

40 40
35 35
Distance (yards)

Distance (yards)
30 30
25 25
20 20
15 15
10 10
5 5
0 0
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Time (seconds) Time (seconds)

1. c
In which of the graphs are both runners moving at the same speed?______________________________

2. Calculate the average speed for Runner 2 in graph B. 20/4 runner 1

10/4 runner 2

3. What is the total distance for Runner 2 in Graph A?____________________________________________

15 yards

4. 2 seconds
In Graph B, about how long did it take for Runner 1 to travel between 10 and 20 yards?______________

5. Which runner traveled the farthest in Graph D?_______________________________________________

runner 1 goign 30 yards
The distance –time graphs below represent the motion of a car. Match the descriptions with the graphs.
Explain your answers.

Descriptions:

1. The car stopped. speed is 0 distance isnt changing, c

2. The car is traveling at constant speed. constant speed, a
3. The speed of the car is decreasing. d because overtime the rise gets lower
4. The car is coming back. b

A. B.
Distance

Distance
Time Time

C. D.
Distance

Distance

Time Time
 A B C
120

100
DISTANCE (meters)

80

60 Albert
Bob
40
Charlie

20

0
2 2 4 4 6 6 8 8 10 10 12 1214 14 16 16 18 18
TIME (seconds)

Look at the graph above. It shows how three runners ran a 100-meter race.

1. Which runner won the race?_________________________________________________________

A
2. Explain your answer. Albert won the race because he made it to 100 meters first looking at the TIME

3. Which runner stopped for a rest?______________________________________________________

C
4. Explain your answer. because looking at the graph charlies graph just stopped gaining distance

5. How long was the stop?_______________________________________________________________

5.5 seconds
6. Explain your answer.
because looking at the time he stopped for that long

7. How long did Bob take to complete the race?_____________________________________________

14 seconds
8. Explain your answer. because looking at the graph thats how long it took

9. Calculate each runner’s average speed.

100/12 =
a. Albert____________________________
b. Bob______________________________
c. Charlie____________________________