$A$ body of mass $m$ moving along a straight line covers half the distance with a speed of $2 \,ms^{-1}$. The remaining half of the distance is covered in two equal time intervals with a speed of $3 \,ms^{-1}$ and $5 \,ms^{-1}$ respectively. The average speed of the particle for the entire journey is

  • A
    $\frac{3}{8} \,ms^{-1}$
  • B
    $\frac{8}{3} \,ms^{-1}$
  • C
    $\frac{4}{3} \,ms^{-1}$
  • D
    $\frac{16}{3} \,ms^{-1}$

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Match the following columns.
Column $I$ Column $II$
$(A)$ Constant positive acceleration $(p)$ Speed may increase
$(B)$ Constant negative acceleration $(q)$ Speed may decrease
$(C)$ Constant displacement $(r)$ Speed is zero
$(D)$ Constant slope of $a-t$ graph $(s)$ Speed must increase

$Assertion$: $A$ body with constant acceleration always moves along a straight line.
$Reason$: $A$ body with constant acceleration may not speed up.

Which of the following statements are correct?
$(a)$ Average speed of a particle in a given time interval is never less than the magnitude of average velocity.
$(b)$ It is possible to have a situation in which $|d\vec{v}/dt| \neq 0$ but $d/dt|\vec{v}| = 0$.
$(c)$ The average velocity of a particle is zero in a time interval. It is possible that the instantaneous velocity is never zero in the interval.
$(d)$ The average velocity of a particle moving on a straight line is zero in a time interval. It is possible that the velocity is never zero in the interval. (Infinite accelerations are not allowed).

State whether the following statements are true or false:
$(a)$ If the motion is not along a straight line,then path length = magnitude of displacement.
$(b)$ Stopping distance is directly proportional to the initial velocity.
$(c)$ The average speed of an object moving with different speeds is the average of those speeds.
$(d)$ The area under the position-time graph represents the displacement of the moving object.

$A$ horse rider covers half the distance with $5\,m/s$ speed. The remaining part of the distance was travelled with speed $10\,m/s$ for half the time and with speed $15\,m/s$ for the other half of the time. The mean speed of the rider averaged over the whole time of motion is $\frac{x}{7}\,m/s$. The value of $x$ is

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