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Question
The diagram below shows the pattern of the oil on the road at a constant rate from a moving car. What information do you get from it about the motion of the car.
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Solution
Initially as the drops are equidistant, we can say that the car is moving with a constant speed but later as the distance between the drops starts decreasing, we can say that the car slows down.
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