SCFormative/PHYSICS-SL-HL/P2/ENG

Physics
Standard Level
Paper 2

Wednesday 30 August 2023

24 minutes
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Instruction to candidates

• Do not open this examination paper until instructed to do so.

• Answer all the questions.
• For each question, answer the questions on the exam paper.
• A clean copy of the physics data booklet is required for this paper.
• Calculator is allowed for this paper.
• The maximum mark for this examination paper is [16 marks].

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1.
[Maximum mark: 3]
A ball of mass 0.250 kg is released from rest at time t = 0, from a height H above a
horizontal floor.

The graph shows the variation with time t of the velocity v of the ball. Air resistance
is negligible. Take g = −9.80 m s−2. The ball reaches the floor after 1.0 s.

(a)
Determine H.
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(b.i)
Label the time and velocity graph, using the letter M, the point where the ball reaches
the maximum rebound height.
[1]
(b.ii)
State the acceleration of the ball at the maximum rebound height.
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2.
[Maximum mark: 6]
Two players are playing table tennis. Player A hits the ball at a height of 0.24 m above
the edge of the table, measured from the top of the table to the bottom of the ball. The
initial speed of the ball is 12.0 m s−1 horizontally. Assume that air resistance is
negligible.

The ball bounces and then reaches a peak height of 0.18 m above the table with
a horizontal speed of 10.5 m s−1. The mass of the ball is 2.7 g.
(a)
Show that the time taken for the ball to reach the surface of the table is about 0.2 s.
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(b)
Sketch, on the axes, a graph showing the variation with time of the vertical
component of velocity vv of the ball until it reaches the table surface. Take g to be
+10 m s−2.

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(c)
The net is stretched across the middle of the table. The table has a length of 2.74 m and
the net has a height of 15.0 cm.
Show that the ball will go over the net.
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3.
[Maximum mark: 7]
A football player kicks a stationary ball of mass 0.45 kg towards a wall. The initial speed
of the ball after the kick is 19 m s−1 and the ball does not rotate. Air resistance is
negligible and there is no wind.

(a.i)
The ball leaves the ground at an angle of 22°. The horizontal distance from the initial
position of the edge of the ball to the wall is 11 m. Calculate the time taken for the ball to
reach the wall.
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(a.ii)
The top of the wall is 2.4 m above the ground. Deduce whether the ball will hit the wall.
[3]

(b)
In practice, air resistance affects the ball. Outline the effect that air resistance has on the
vertical acceleration of the ball. Take the direction of the acceleration due to gravity to
be positive.
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