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    This document provides instructions for a physics experiment involving measuring sagging and balancing a ruler on a knife edge. Students are asked to suspend various masses from a ruler to measure sagging, then balance the ruler on a knife edge with a suspended mass and measure the balancing positions. Calculations are done to determine the weight of the ruler and a physical quantity P.

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    This document provides instructions for a physics experiment involving measuring sagging and balancing a ruler on a knife edge. Students are asked to suspend various masses from a ruler to measure sagging, then balance the ruler on a knife edge with a suspended mass and measure the balancing positions. Calculations are done to determine the weight of the ruler and a physical quantity P.

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    232/3 - PHYSICS - Paper 3

    2 HRS

    Name ……………………………………………… Index Number ………………………... School .

    …………………………………………… Class ………………………................. Candidates

    Signature……………………………. Date ……………………………………

    2022 TRIAL 4 INTERNAL EXAMINATION


    (Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education)

    Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education


    PHYSICS (PRACTICAL) Paper 3
    TIME: 2 ½ HOURS

    INSTRUCTIONS:
     Answer all the questions in this paper
    1
     You are supposed to spend the first 15 minutes of the 2 hours allowed for this paper reading the
    2
    whole paper carefully before starting your work.
     Marks are given for clear record of the observations made, their suitability and accuracy and the
    use made of them.
     Candidates are advised to record observations as soon as they are made
     Mathematical table and electronic calculators may be used.
     The earth’s gravitational pull, g=10 N kg−1

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    QUESTION TWO
    You are provided with the following apparatus:
     Complete retort-stand (clamp, boss and stand)  Four 100g masses (or its equivalent)
     Half metre-rule  Some celotape
     Metre-rule  Vernier calipers (to be shared)
     G-clamp  String/thread (about 30 cm long)
     Office pin
     One 50g mass
     Knife-edge

    PART A
    Proceed as follows:
    a) Arrange the apparatus as shown in figure 2, below. Ensure the 10 cm mark of the half metre-rule is at
    the edge of the table and firmly held by the G-clamp while the pin (pointer) is at the 90 cm mark on
    the scale of the metre-rule. (The clamp should not be removed for the entire duration of carrying-out
    this experiment)

    Half metre-rule clamp

    Table-top X

    G-clamp
    Load

    Metre-rule

    Retort stand
    support
    Figure 1

    b) Suspend one 100 g mass at the 49.5 cm mark and record the new pointer reading, P1

    P1=¿ ............................... (1 mark)

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    KAPSABET BOYS HIGH SCHOOL


    c) Continue adding the load in 100 g steps, each time recording the pointer position. Ensure that the half
    metre-rule is not overloaded.
    d) Determine the amount of sagging, X and complete the table, 2 below. (6 marks)

    Table 1

    Mass (g) Load (N) Pointer position (cm) Amount of sagging, X


    (m)
    100

    200

    300

    400

    PART B
    Procedure
    e) Use the Vernier calipers to determine the width, a and breadth, b of the half metre-rule

    Half metre-rule b
    a
    Figure 2

    Width, a = ......................... cm (1 mark)

    breadth, b = ........................ cm (1 mark)

    f) Using a loop of thread suspend the 50g mass at the 49.5cm mark on the half-metre rule.
    g) With the 50g mass fixed at that position adjust the position of the half-metre rule on the knife edge
    until it balances horizontally as shown in figure 4.
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    KAPSABET BOYS HIGH SCHOOL


    49.5 cm
    X

    Y 50
    0
    Half metre-rule Knife-edge 50 g

    Figure 3

    h) At the balance position, read off the length x and y and record in table 3.
    i) Using the values of x and y obtained in ‘h’ above, determine the weight, W of the half metre-rule
    (3 marks)

    W = ................................

    j) Move the suspended mass 2cm towards the centre of the rule and repeat parts (g) and (h) to obtain
    other values of x and y so as to complete table 3. (4
    marks)
    Table 2

    Position of the mass of 50g X (cm) Y (cm)


    49.5 cm mark
    47.5 cm mark
    45.5 cm mark
    43.5 cm mark
    41.5 cm mark

    W
    k) Given that quantity, P is given by: p= ; determine the value of P (3 marks)
    g ( 5 ab ×10−5 )

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    l) State the significance of the quantity, P (1 mark)

    THIS IS THE LAST PRINTED PAGE

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