1
1 The diagram shows water in a river moving parallel to the river bank at 4.0 m / s and a canoe travelling
in the river.
river bank
canoe travels at 2.5 m / s
38° relative to the water
water moving at 4.0 m / s
river bank
The canoe travels at 2.5 m / s relative to the water and heads at an angle of 38° to the river bank.
Draw a scale diagram to determine the canoe’s resultant velocity and state the scale you used.
scale ..............................................
magnitude of resultant velocity ..............................................
direction of resultant velocity (angle from the river bank) .............................................. [4]
[Total: 4]
2
2 The diagram shows a boat stored in a shed. The boat is suspended from the ceiling of the shed
by two ropes.
ceiling
60° 60°
ropes
T T
boat
The tension T in each of the ropes is 75 N.
(a) Draw a vector diagram to determine the resultant of the forces exerted by the two ropes on
the boat. State the scale you used.
scale = ..............................................
magnitude of resultant force = ..............................................
direction of resultant force = .............................................. [4]
3
(b) Determine the mass of the boat.
mass = .............................................. [1]
[Total: 5]
4
3 The diagram shows two forces acting on an object.
60° 30 N
20 N
Draw a scale diagram to determine the resultant force acting on the object. State the scale you
use.
scale .........................................................................................................................................
magnitude of resultant force = .................................................................................................
direction of resultant relative to the direction of the 20 N force = ............................................. [4]
[Total: 4]
5
4 The diagram shows an object suspended from two ropes. The weight of the object is 360 N. The
magnitude of the tension in each rope is T.
In the space below, determine the tension T by drawing a vector diagram of the forces acting on
the object.
State the scale you have used.
scale ..............................................
T = .............................................. [5]
[Total: 5]
6
5 A boat is moving at constant speed.
(a) On the axes, sketch a distance-time graph for the boat.
[1]
(b) The boat is (a) is moving due west at a speed of 6.5 m / s relative to the water. The water is
moving due south at 3.5 m / s.
In the space below, draw a scale diagram to determine the size and direction of the resultant
of these two velocities. State the scale used.
scale ..............................................
size of resultant velocity = ...............................................
direction of resultant .............................................. [4]
[Total: 5]
7
6 The figure shows a heavy ball B of weight W suspended from a fixed beam by two ropes P and Q.
beam
P Q
30 N 30 N
45° 45°
B
P and Q are both at an angle of 45° to the horizontal. The tensions in P and Q are each 30 N.
(a) In the space below, draw a scale diagram to find the resultant of the tensions in P and Q. Use
a scale of 1.0 cm to represent 5.0 N. Label the forces and show their directions with arrows.
resultant = ..................................... [4]
(b)
State the direction of the resultant. ................................................................................... [1]
8
(c) State the magnitude of W.
magnitude of W = .............................................. [1]
[Total: 6]
