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3.3 Further Forces & Newton's Laws (A Level only)

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Course Edexcel A Level Maths

Section 3. Forces & Newton's Laws
Topic 3.3 Further Forces & Newton's Laws (A Level only)
Difficulty Very Hard
Time Allowed 90
Score /69
Percentage /100
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Question 1
The following force diagram shows three forces acting on a particle:
Given that the resultant force on the particle in the vertical direction is 44.8 N downwards, find the size of the angle θ . Give
your answer in degrees correct to 3 significant figures.
[5 marks]
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Question 2a
In a warehouse, a lifting device is used to lift a load of weight W by means of two lifting cables as shown in the diagram
below:
The tension, T , is the same in each of the lifting cables, and the angle that each of the cables makes with the vertical, θ , is
also the same. For purposes of this question any influences on the motion of the load other than the weight of the load
and the tension in the two cables may be ignored.
Given that the load is initially motionless, find an inequality in terms of T and θ that the weight W must satisfy if it is to be
lifted by the cables.
[3 marks]
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Question 2b
Given that the load must still be accelerating in the upwards direction when θ = 45° , find an inequality in terms of W
that the tension T must satisfy.
[3 marks]
Question 3
A smooth bead B with a mass of m grams has been threaded onto a light inextensible string. The ends of the string are
fixed to two points A and C , where A is vertically above C . The bead is held in equilibrium by a horizontal force of 3 N,
with sections A B and BC of the string making angles of 35° and 55° respectively with the vertical as shown in the
diagram below:
Find the value of m.

[6 marks]
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Question 4a
A particle is being pulled up a smooth slope by a force of 60 N that acts at an angle of 15° to the slope. The slope is
inclined at 25° to the horizontal, as shown in the diagram below:
The particle experiences an acceleration of 0.3 ms−2 parallel to the slope in the upwards direction.
Use the information provided above to calculate the mass of the particle.
[3 marks]
Question 4b
Calculate the normal reaction force of the slope on the particle.
[3 marks]
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Question 5
A laboratory apparatus contains a rough inclined plane that may be inclined at different angles to the horizontal. When the
plane is at an angle of θ1 to the horizontal, where 0 < θ1 < 90° , a small mass is released from rest on the plane and
remains motionless. After the angle is increased to θ2 , where θ2 < 90° , the same small mass is released from rest on
the plane and begins to slide down the slope of the plane.
Show that
tanθ1 ≤ μ < tanθ2
where μ is the coefficient of friction between the small mass and the plane.
[6 marks]
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Question 6
A particle of mass 0.5 kg is at rest on a rough plane which is inclined at 35° to the horizontal. The particle is being acted
upon by a force of 6 N, directed at an angle of θ ° to the plane. The line of action of the force is in the same vertical plane as
the line of greatest slope of the inclined plane.
Given that the coefficient of friction between the particle and the plane is 0.4, and that the particle is on the point of
slipping up the plane, find the value of θ .
[9 marks]
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Question 7
2
A particle of mass 0.8 kg is released from rest on a rough slope that is angled at θ ° to the horizontal, wheretanθ = .
7
After 4 seconds the speed of the particle is 1.35ms−1. Find the value of the coefficient of friction μ between the
particle and the slope.
[7 marks]
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Question 8a
A particle of mass m kg is projected up a rough plane which is inclined at an angle of θ ° to the horizontal. It is projected
up the line of greatest slope with an initial velocity of u metres per second, and it comes to instantaneous rest in t1
seconds after moving a distance of s metres up the slope. The coefficient of friction between the particle and the slope
is μ .
Show that:
(i) u
t1 =
g (sin θ + μ cosθ )
(ii) u2
s=
2 g (sin θ + μ cosθ )
[7 marks]
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Question 8b
After coming to instantaneous rest, the particle begins to slide back down the slope, and after t2 seconds it has returned
to its starting point.
Find an expression for t2 in terms of u , g , μandθ .

[4 marks]
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Question 9a
You have landed on the planet Hephaestia, where the gravitational constant of acceleration g has a different value than it
does on Earth.
Your spaceship contains a device which may be used to find the value of g on any planet. In this device a particle A with
mass mA kg is connected by a light inextensible string to a light scale-pan. A force meter C with mass mC kg is placed in
the scale-pan, and a small block B with mass mB kg is placed on top of C. A is held in place on a rough plane angled at θ°
to the horizontal, where the coefficient of friction between A and the plane is µ. The string passes over a smooth light
pulley fixed at the top of the plane so that the scale-pan is hanging vertically downwards as shown in the diagram below:
With the string between A and the pulley lying along a line of greatest slope of the plane, A is projected down the plane
with a velocity of v ms−1 parallel to the string. After a time of t seconds the system comes momentarily to rest, and then
the scale-pan begins to descend under the force of gravity, pulling mass A up the slope behind it.
When the scale-pan is initially moving upwards, the force exerted by B on C is denoted by FBC↑. When the scale-pan
begins to descend, the force exerted by B on C is denoted by FBC↓. The force meter is only able to record the
difference ΔF between these two values, where ΔF = F BC ⏐⏐ − F BC ⏐⏐ .
Show that
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⎛⎜ 2mA mB ⎞⎟
ΔF = ⎜⎜⎜ ⎟⎟ g μ cos θ
m + mB + mC ⎟
⎝ A ⎠
[11 marks]
Question 9b
For your ship’s device, mA = 3, mB = 1, mC = 2, θ = 30and µ = 0.4.
Find the value of g on Hephaestia, given that the value recorded for ΔF is 1.286 N.
[2 marks]
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3.3 Further Forces & Newton's Laws (A Level only)

Course Edexcel A Level Maths

Find the value of m.

Find an expression for t2 in terms of u , g , μandθ .

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