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Date May 2019 Marks available 1 Reference code 19M.1.HL.TZ1.5
Level Higher level Paper Paper 1 Time zone 1
Command term Question number 5 Adapted from N/A

Question

A girl throws an object horizontally at time t = 0. Air resistance can be ignored. At t = 0.50 s the object travels horizontally a distance  x in metres while it falls vertically through a distance y  in metres.

What is the initial velocity of the object and the vertical distance fallen at t = 1.0 s?

Markscheme

D

Examiners report

The correct response (D) was the most common selection by a minority of candidates, with incorrect responses being roughly equally distributed among the remaining options. This question has one of the highest discrimination indexes.

Syllabus sections

Core » Topic 2: Mechanics » 2.1 – Motion
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