Question

If the caterpillar keeps moving at the same speed, how long will it take to travel 6cm?

Answer 1

It will take 15 s to travel 6 cm

Further explanation

Given

distance versus time graph

Required

time travel

Solution

Caterpillar motion is a straight motion with a constant speed, so that the graph between distance and time forms a diagonal line

If we look at the graph, we can determine the time taken when the distance reaches 6 cm (y axis) by drawing a line to the diagonal line and cutting the x-axis as time, and we get 15 s

Or we can also use the formula for motion at constant speed:

d = v x t

With v at point 2,5 of 2/5 m / s, so the time taken:

$\tt t=\dfrac{d}{v}=\dfrac{6}{2/5}=15~s$