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1. Two identical objects A and B fall from rest from different 6. A car and a truck are both travelling at the speed limit of

heights. If B takes twice as long as A to reach the ground, 60 km h but in opposite directions as shown. The truck has

what is the ratio of the heights from which A and B fell? twice the mass of the car.

Neglect air resistance.

A. 1: √2 B. 1:2 C. 1:4 D. 1:8

2. A trolley is given an initial push along a horizontal oor to

get it moving. The trolley then travels forward along the oor,

The vehicles collide head-on and become entangled together.

gradually slowing. What is true of the horizontal force(s) on

the trolley while it is slowing? a) During the collision, how does the force exerted by

the car on the truck compare with the force exerted

A. There is a forward force and a backward force, but the

by the truck on the car? Explain. [2]

forward force is larger.

b) In what direction will the entangled vehicles move after

B. There is a forward force and a backward force, but the

collision, or will they be stationary? Support

backward force is larger.

your answer, referring to a physics principle. [2]

C. There is only a forward force, which diminishes with time.

c) Determine the speed (in km h ) of the combined

D. There is only a backward force.

wreck immediately after the collision. [3]

3. A mass is suspended by

d) How does the acceleration of the car compare with the

cord from a ring which

acceleration of the truck during the collision? Explain. [2]

is attached by two further S

e) Both the car and truck drivers are wearing seat belts.
cords to the ceiling and T

Which driver is likely to be more severely jolted in the

the wall as shown.

collision? Explain. [2]

The cord from the ceiling

makes an angle of less f) The total kinetic energy of the system decreases as a result

than 45° with the vertical

R of the collision. Is the principle of conservation of energy

as shown. The tensions in violated? Explain. [1]

the three cords are labelled

7. a) A net force of magnitude F acts on a body. Dene the

R, S and T in the diagram.

impulse I of the force. [1]

How do the tensions R, S

b) A ball of mass 0.0750 kg is travelling horizontally with a

and T in the three cords 1

speed of 2.20 m s . It strikes a vertical wall and rebounds

compare in magnitude?
horizontally.

A. R > T > S B. S > R > T

C. R = S = T D. R = S > T ball mass

2
0.0750 kg
4. A 24 N force causes a 2.0 kg mass to accelerate at 8.0 m s along

a horizontal surface. The coefcient of dynamic friction is:

1
A. 0.0 B. 0.4
2.20 ms

C. 0.6 D. 0.8

5. An athlete trains by dragging a heavy load across a rough

horizontal surface.

Due to the collision with the wall, 20 % of the ball’s initial

kinetic energy is dissipated.

(i) Show that the ball rebounds from the wall with a

speed of 1.97 m s . [2]

(ii) Show that the impulse given to the ball by the

wall is 0.313 N s. [2]

25°

c) The ball strikes the wall at time t = 0 and leaves the

wall at time t = T

The athlete exerts a force of magnitude F on the load at an

The sketch graph shows how the force F that the wall

angle of 25° to the horizontal.

exerts on the ball is assumed to vary with time t

a) Once the load is moving at a steady speed, the average

F
horizontal frictional force acting on the load is 470 N.

Calculate the average value of F that will enable the

load to move at constant speed. [2]

b) The load is moved a horizontal distance of 2.5 km in 1.2 hours.

Calculate
0

T t

(i) the work done on the load by the force F. [2]

The time T is measured electronically to equal 0.0894 s.

(ii) the minimum average power required to move

Use the impulse given in (b)(ii) to estimate the average

the load. [2]

value of F. [4]

c) The athlete pulls the load uphill at the same speed as in

part (a).

Explain, in terms of energy changes, why the minimum

average power required is greater than in (b)(ii). [2]

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