CIE May 2020 9709 Mechanics Paper 42

CIE May 2020 9709 Mechanics Paper 42 (pdf)

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1. A tram starts from rest and moves with uniform acceleration for 20 s. The tram then travels at a constant speed, V m s⁻¹, for 170 s before being brought to rest with a uniform deceleration of magnitude twice that of the acceleration. The total distance travelled by the tram is 2.775 km.
   (a) Sketch a velocity-time graph for the motion, stating the total time for which the tram is moving.
   (b) Find V
   (c) Find the magnitude of the acceleration.
2. Coplanar forces of magnitudes 20 N, P N, 3P N and 4P N act at a point in the directions shown in the diagram. The system is in equilibrium.
   Find P and θ
3. A particle of mass 2.5 kg is held in equilibrium on a rough plane inclined at 20° to the horizontal by a force of magnitude T N making an angle of 60° with a line of greatest slope of the plane (see diagram).
   The coefficient of friction between the particle and the plane is 0.3.
   Find the greatest and least possible values of T.
4. Small smooth spheres A and B, of equal radii and of masses 4 kg and 2 kg respectively, lie on a smooth horizontal plane. Initially B is at rest and A is moving towards B with speed 10 m s⁻¹. After the spheres collide A continues to move in the same direction but with half the speed of B.
   (a) Find the speed of B after the collision.
   A third small smooth sphere C, of mass 1 kg and with the same radius as A and B, is at rest on the plane. B now collides directly with C. After this collision B continues to move in the same direction but with one third the speed of C.
   (b) Show that there is another collision between A and B
   (c) A and B coalesce during this collision.
   Find the total loss of kinetic energy in the system due to the three collisions

5. A car of mass 1250 kg is moving on a straight road.
   (a) On a horizontal section of the road, the car has a constant speed of 32 m s⁻¹ and there is a constant force of 750 N resisting the motion.
   (i) Calculate, in kW, the power developed by the engine of the car
   (ii) Given that this power is suddenly decreased by 8 kW, find the instantaneous deceleration of the car.
   (b) On a section of the road inclined at sin⁻¹ 0.096 to the horizontal, the resistance to the motion of the car is (1000 + 8v) N when the speed of the car is v m s⁻¹. The car travels up this section of the road at constant speed with the engine working at 60 kW.
   Find this constant speed
   
6. A particle P moves in a straight line. The velocity v m s⁻¹ at time t s is given by
   v = 2t + 1 for 0 ≤ t ≤ 5,
   v = 36 − t² for 5 ≤ t ≤ 7,
   v = 2t − 27 for 7 ≤ t ≤ 13.5.
   (a) Sketch the velocity-time graph for 0 ≤ t ≤ 13.5
   (b) Find the acceleration at the instant when t = 6
   (c) Find the total distance travelled by P in the interval 0 ≤ t ≤ 13.5.

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