Solutions For Topic 2 - Mechanics: End-Of-Topic Questions

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Solutions for Topic 2 – Mechanics

1. a) P V
A
b) horizontal speed = 15 × cos 45 = 10.6 m s–1
vertical speed = 15 × sin 45 = 10.6 m s–1 upwards
v2 = u2 + 2as; v2 = 10.62 + 2 × 9.8 × 25 = 112 + 490 = 602
v = ± 24.5 m s–1 (positive value is correct one to use)
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so speed is √   
10.6 2
+ 24.52 
= 27 m s–1
  v    = 3.2 m
2
2. a) (i) h = _
2g
u
(ii) t =  _
g   = 0.80 s
b) time to go from top of cliff to the sea = 3.0 – 1.6 = 1.4 s
s = 8.0 × 1.4 + 5.0 × (1.4)2 = 21 m;
3. travels vertically 1.25 m in 0.5 s;
g=_   2s2  
t
to give g = 10 (±1) m s–2
4. a) (i) Zero
(ii)
(normal) reaction (normal) reaction
force downwards on pedals

weight/gravity force/mg
(iii) The drag force is equal to the forward force; the net force is zero and therefore the

acceleration is zero.
resistive force _
b) (i) acceleration = __     mass   =   40   = 0.57 m s–2
70
(ii) v2 = u2 + 2as; 0 = 64 – (2 × 0.57 × s); s = 56 m
(iii) air resistance or bearing friction or effectiveness of brakes depends on speed; air resistance
reduced as speed drops, estimate will be too low, stopping distance will be further
5. The net force on the car is 0.3 × 1000 = 300 N. There is an additional drag force of 500 N.
T = 300 + 500 = 800 N.
6. T1 sin 60 = T2 sin 30
T1 cos 60 + T2 cos 30 = 3800
T1 = 1900 N; T2 = 3300 N
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7. a) power is 0.66 kW (read off from graph)

b) power = frictional force × speed
force = _   660  = 330 N
  
2
8. a) use the area under the graph as this is v × t
b) (i)
drag force
ball at t = 2.0s
weight
Earth’s surface
(ii) 25
20
v/m s-1
15
10
0
0 2 4 6 8 10
t/s
  25 – 6 
the acceleration of the ball is equal to the gradient of the graph gradient = _   
4.8 – 0
= 4.0 m s –2
(iii) The net force on the ball is 2 N, the weight is 4.9 N, so the difference between these is the
magnitude of the drag force = 2.9 N.
(iv) At 5.0 s the gradient is smaller and therefore the acceleration is less than at 2.0 s. The
weight is constant and therefore the drag force is greater.
c) gain in kinetic energy = _  1   × 0.5 × 252 = 156 J
2
loss in gravitational potential energy = 0.5×9.8×190 = 931 J
change (loss) in energy = 931 – 156 = 775 J
9. a) (i) normal reaction/N
driving force/
thrust/OWTTE
friction/drag/
air resistance weight/gravity force/W
(do not accept gravity)
(ii) zero
output power _
b) input power =  __
       =   70   
efficiency 0.35
= 200 kW
c) height gained in 1 s = 6.2 sin(6) = 0.648 (m)
rate of change of PE = 8.5 × 103 × 9.81 × 0.648
= 5.4 × 104 W
p
d) F =  _() _1.6 × 10  
v    =   6.2 
4
 
= 2.6 kN

10. a) (i) momentum before = 800 × 5 = 4 000 N s

momentum after = 2 000v
conservation of momentum gives v = 2.0 m s–1
(ii) KE before = 400 × 25 = 10 000 J KE after = 1 000 × 4 = 4 000 J
loss in KE = 6 000 J;
b) transformed / changed into heat (internal energy) and sound
11. a) momentum of object = 2 × 103 × 6.0
momentum after collision = 2.4 × 103 × v
use conservation of momentum, 2 × 103 × 6.0 = 2.4 × 103 × v
v = 5.0 m s–1
b) KE of object and bar + change in PE = 0.5 × 2.4 × 103 × 25 + 2.4 × 103 × 10 × 0.75
use ΔE = Fd, 4.8 × 104 = F × 0.75
F = 64 kN
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12. a) time =    
    81   = 4.8 × 107 s
2.2 × 10–25 × 77 × 1018
b) rate of change of momentum of the xenon atoms
= 77 × 1018 × 2.2 × 10–25 × 3.0 × 104
= 0.51 N
= mass × acceleration
where mass = (540 + 81) kg
  0.51  
acceleration of spaceship = _  
621
= 8.2 × 10–4 m s–2
F
c) a =  _
m   
since m is decreasing with time, then a will be increasing with time
d) change in speed = area under graph
= (8.0 × 4.8) × 102 + _   1  (4.8 × 1.4) × 102
2
final speed = (8.0 × 4.8) × 102 + _   1  (  4.8 × 1.4) × 102 + 1.2 × 103 5.4 × 103 m s–1
2
__ ( 350 × 2.62)
13. a) centripetal force =   
     = 410 N
5.8
tension = 410 + (350 × 9.8) = 3800 N
b) idea of use of area under graph
distance = _   1   × 0.15 × 2.6
2
= 0.195 m
c) idea of momentum as mv
total change (= 2.6 × 350) = 910 N s

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E N D - O F -TO P I C Q U E S T I O N S

Solutions for Topic 2 – Mechanics

(normal) reaction (normal) reaction

force downwards on pedals

839213_Solutions_Ch02.indd 1 12/17/14 4:09 PM

7. a) power is 0.66 kW (read off from graph)

839213_Solutions_Ch02.indd 2 12/17/14 4:09 PM

10. a) (i) momentum before = 800 × 5 = 4 000 N s

839213_Solutions_Ch02.indd 3 12/17/14 4:09 PM

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