MATHEMATICS MECHANICS

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1. The non gravitational resistance to the motion of a car of mass 1000kg is K N where Vm/s is the speed of
the car and is a constant. When the engine of the car is working at 24KW, the maximum, speed of the car
up a slope of inclination to the horizontal ,where is .
a) Find the value of .
b) The car then descends the slope with the engine working at 16KW. Find the acceleration of the car when the
speed is .Show also that when the acceleration of the car is , its speed is given by

2.
i. An elastic spring AB, of natural length 1.6m, lies along a line of greatest slope of a smooth plane,
inclined at to the horizontal. The end A is fixed and the end B is attached to a particle of mass
2kg.When the system is in equilibrium, the length of the spring is 2m.Find the ;
a) The modulus of elasticity of the spring
b) Elastic potential energy stored in the spring
ii. Two light springs AB and BC each of natural length 0.1m and modulus of elasticity 50N and 40N
respectively are joined at B to form a spring ABC. The spring is suspended at A and a mass of 2kg
hangs freely at C so that the combined spring is vertical. Find the new length of the combined spring.

3. A particle is projected with speed at an angle of elevation from a point O on a horizontal plane. Show
that the equation of the trajectory referred to horizontal and vertical axes and respectively, is

Given that √ m/s and that the particle passes through a point which is 100m from O horizontally
and 50m vertically above the level O, show that there are two possible angles of projection. If the angles
are , show that For the smaller angle calculate
a) The horizontal range of the particle
b) The time of flight of the particle

4. Two small smooth spheres A and B of masses 3mkg and mkg respectively , are moving towards each other
on a smooth horizontal floor. A is moving with speed of 2u m/s in a direction perpendicular to a smooth
vertical wall and B is moving with speed of u m/s away from the wall. A strikes B directly and at a distance
of 6meters from the wall. Given that the coefficient of restitution between A and B and the wall is , find
a) The velocities of A and B after the first impact
b) The kinetic energy in terms of m and u lost in this impact
c) The distance, from the wall of the point at which the second impact of the spheres take place
d) The time in terms of u between the two impacts of the spheres.