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Instructions: Answer ALL the questions in the test pad. For question 2, use a ruler and protractor to draw
the parallelogram.
1. Diagram 1(a) shows a trolley with a mass of 2kg is pushed by force, F, and Diagram 1(b) is pulled
by a force F.
Diagram 1
If the force is 10 N,
(a) What is the normal reaction acting on the trolley in Diagram (a) and in Diagram (b)?
[4 marks]
2. Diagram 2 below shows an archer pulling the elastic cord of a bow to shoot a target.
Diagram 2
1
The tension force in each elastic cord is 20 N and the two cords are at 60° to each other. Determine the
magnitude of the resultant force of these tension forces using the following methods.
3. Diagram 3 shows a spring with an original length of 10 cm is stretched to a length of 12cm when a
load of 2.0 N is suspended at the end of the spring.
(b) Find the extension of the spring when a load of mass 250 g is suspended from it.
[3 marks]
(c) The diagram below shows the arrangement of five identical spring.
Diagram 3