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ADVANCED MECHANICS M1
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1 A ball is released from rest at a point which is 10 m above a wooden floor. Each time the
ball strikes the floor, it rebounds with three-quarters of the speed with which it strikes the
floor. Find the greatest height above the floor reached by the ball:
a) The first time it rebounds from the floor. [4]
b) The second time it rebounds from the floor. [4]
2 A coastguard station O monitors the movement of ships in a channel. At noon, the
station’s radar records two ships moving with constant speed. Ship A is at the point with
position vector (-3i + 10j) km relative to O and has velocity (2i + 2j) km h -1. Ship B is at the
point with position vector (6i + j) km and has velocity (-i + 5j) km h -1.
a) Show that if the two ships maintain these velocities they will collide. [4]
The coastguard radios ship A and orders it to reduce its speed to move with velocity (i + j)
km h-1. Given that A obeys this order and maintains this new constant velocity:
b) Find an expression for the vector AB at time t hours after noon. [3]
c) Find to three significant figures, the distance between A and B at 1500 hours. [5]
d) Find the time at which B will be due north of A. [7]
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3 Two forces ( ) N and ( ) N, act on a particle P of mass m kg. The resultant of the two
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forces is R.
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a) Given that R acts in a direction which is parallel to the vector (
). [4]
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b) Given that p = 1 and that P moves with an acceleration of magnitude 15√ 5 ms-2, find
the value of m. [7]
4 A block of wood A of mass 0.5 kg rests on a rough horizontal table and is attached to one
end of a light inextensible string. The string passes over a small smooth pulley P fixed at the
edge of the table. The other end of the string is attached to the ball B of mass 0.8 kg which
hangs freely below the pulley. The resistance to motion of A from the rough table has a
constant magnitude F N. The system is released from rest with the string taut. After release,
B descends a distance of 0.4 m in 0.5 s. Modelling A and B as particles, calculate:
a) The acceleration of B [4]
b) The tension in the string. [4]
c) The value of F. [4]
d) State how in your calculations you have used the information that the string is
inextensible. [1]
5 A particle of mass m kg is sliding down a rough slope that is angled at α to the horizontal.
The coefficient of friction between the particle and the slope is μ. Show that the
acceleration of the particle is independent of its mass. [9]
6 A box of mass 3 kg lies on a rough plane inclined at 40˚ to the horizontal. The box is held in
equilibrium by means of a horizontal force of magnitude X N. The line of action of the force

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coefficient of friction between the box and the plane is 0.3 and the box is in limiting
equilibrium and is about to move up the plane.
a) Find X. [6]
b) Find the normal reaction between the box and the plane. [2]
7 A uniform beam AB of weight WB and length 14 m, hangs in equilibrium in a horizontal
position from two vertical cables attached at points C and D where AC = 4 m and BD = 6 m. a
weight of 180 N is hung from A and the beam is about to tilt. The weight is removed and a
different weight V N, is hung from B and the beam does not tilt. Find the maximum value of
V. [7]