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Edexcel GCE
Mechanics M1
Advanced Subsidiary
Tuesday 6 June 2006 Afternn
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1- 2i*ure 1
Fiure $ shows the spee!:time raph of a c"clist mo)in on a straiht roa! o)er a & s perio!'
2he sections of the raph from t + 9 to t + 6, an! from t + 6 to t + &, are straiht lines' 2he section
from t + 6 to t + & is parallel to the t:axis'
1tate what can be !e!uce! about the motion of the c"clist from the fact that
(a) the raph from t + 9 to t + 6 is a straiht line,
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(b) the raph from t + 6 to t + & is parallel to the t:axis'
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(c) Fin! the !istance tra)elle! b" the c"clist !urin this & s perio!'
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2- 2wo particles A an! B ha)e mass 9'; k an! 9'6 k respecti)el"' 2he" are mo)in in opposite
!irections on a smooth hori<ontal table an! colli!e !irectl"' Imme!iatel" before the collision, the
spee! of A is % m s
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an! the spee! of B is . m s
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' /s a result of the collision, the !irection of motion
of B is re)erse! an! its spee! imme!iatel" after the collision is 6 m s
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' Fin!
(a) the spee! of A imme!iatel" after the collision, statin clearl" whether the !irection of motion of A
is chane! b" the collision,
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(b) the manitu!e of the impulse exerte! on B in the collision, statin clearl" the units in which "our
answer is i)en'
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#- / train mo)es alon a straiht track with constant acceleration' 2hree teleraph poles are set at
e*ual inter)als besi!e the track at points A, B an! C, where AB + 49 m an! BC + 49 m' 2he front of
the train passes A with spee! ..'4 m s
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, an! . s later it passes B' Fin!
(a) the acceleration of the train,
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(b) the spee! of the front of the train when it passes C,
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(c) the time that elapses from the instant the front of the train passes B to the instant it passes C'
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5- 2i*ure 2
/ particle P of mass 9'4 k is on a rouh plane incline! at an anle to the hori<ontal, where tan +
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' 2he particle is hel! at rest on the plane b" the action of a force of manitu!e ; N actin up the
plane in a !irection parallel to a line of reatest slope of the plane, as shown in Fiure .' 2he particle
is on the point of slippin up the plane'
(a) Fin! the coefficient of friction between P an! the plane'
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2he force of manitu!e ; N is remo)e!'
(b) Fin! the acceleration of P !own the plane'
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/ steel ir!er AB has weiht .$9 N' It is hel! in e*uilibrium in a hori<ontal position b" two )ertical
cables' >ne cable is attache! to the en! A' 2he other able is attache! to the point C on the ir!er,
where AC + ,9 cm, as shown in Fiure 6' 2he ir!er is mo!elle! as a uniform ro!, an! the cables as
liht inextensible strins'
Gi)en that the tension in the cable at C is twice the tension in the cable at A, fin!
(a) the tension in the cable at A,
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(b) show that AB + $.9 cm'
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/ small loa! of weiht W newtons is attache! to the ir!er at B' 2he loa! is mo!elle! as a particle'
2he ir!er remains in e*uilibrium in a hori<ontal position' 2he tension in the cable at C is now three
times the tension in the cable at A'
(c) Fin! the )alue of W'
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6- / car is towin a trailer alon a straiht hori<ontal roa! b" means of a hori<ontal tow:rope' 2he
mass of the car is $;99 k' 2he mass of the trailer is &99 k' 2he car an! the trailer are mo!elle! as
particles an! the tow:rope as a liht inextensible strin' 2he resistances to motion of the car an! the
trailer are assume! to be constant an! of manitu!e %69 N an! .-9 N respecti)el"' 2he !ri)in force
on the car, !ue to its enine, is .6-9 N' Fin!
(a) the acceleration of the car,
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(b) the tension in the tow:rope'
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(hen the car an! trailer are mo)in at $. m s
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, the tow:rope breaks' /ssumin that the !ri)in force
on the car an! the resistances to motion are unchane!,
(c) fin! the !istance mo)e! b" the car in the first ; s after the tow:rope breaks'
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(d) 1tate how "ou ha)e use! the mo!ellin assumption that the tow:rope is inextensible'
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7- ?In this question the unit vectors i and 9 are due east and north respectively@
/ ship S is mo)in with constant )elocit" (=.'4i A %9) km h
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' /t time $.99, the position
)ector of S relati)e to a fixe! oriin O is ($%i A 49) km' Fin!
(a) the spee! of S,
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(b) the bearin on which S is mo)in'
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2he ship is hea!in !irectl" towar!s a submere! rock R' / ra!ar trackin station calculates
that, if S continues on the same course with the same spee!, it will hit R at the time $499'
(c) Fin! the position )ector of R'
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2he trackin station warns the ship3s captain of the situation' 2he captain maintains S on its
course with the same spee! until the time is $;99' Be then chanes course so that S mo)es
!ue north at a constant spee! of 4 km h
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' /ssumin that S continues to mo)e with this new
constant )elocit", fin!
(d) an expression for the position )ector of the ship t hours after $;99,
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(e) the time when S will be !ue east of R,
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(f) the !istance of S from R at the time $%99'
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