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ADVANCED MECHANICS M1
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1 A car travels at a constant speed of 40 ms-1 in a straight line along a horizontal racetrack.
At time t = 0, the car passes a motorcyclist who is at rest. The motorcyclist immediately sets
off to catch up with the car. The motorcyclist accelerates at 4 ms-2 for 15 s and then
accelerates at 1 ms-2 for a further T seconds until he catches up with the car.
At the instant when t = t1 seconds, the car and the motorcyclist are moving at the same
speed.
a) Find the value of t1 [3]
b) Show that T2 + kT – 300 = 0, where k is a constant to be found. [7]
2 A particle A of mass 4 kg is held at rest on a rough horizontal table. Particle A is attached
to one end of a string that passes over a pulley P. The pulley is fixed at the edge of the table.
The other end of the string is attached to a particle B, of mass 3 kg, which hangs freely
below P.
The part of the string from A to P is perpendicular to the edge of the table and A, P and B all
lie in the same vertical plane.
The string is modelled as being light and inextensible and the pulley is modelled as being
small, smooth and light.
The system is released from rest with the string taut. At the instant of release, A is 2 m from
the edge of the table and B is 1.4 m above a horizontal floor, a shown.
After descending with constant acceleration for 2 s, B hits the floor and does not rebound.
a) Show that the acceleration of A before B hits the floor is 0.7 ms-2. [3]
b) State which of the modelling assumptions you have used in order to answer part a.
[1]
c) Find the magnitude of the resultant force exerted on the pulley by the string. [4]
The coefficient of friction between A and the table is μ
d) Find the value of μ. [6]
e) Determine by calculation, whether or not A reaches the pulley. [6]

3 Two particles, A and B have masses 2m and 3m respectively. They are moving towards
each other in opposite directions along the same straight line on a smooth horizontal plane
when they collide directly. Immediately before they collide, the speed of A is 3u and the
speed of B is u. As a result of the collision, the speed of A is halved and the direction of
motion of each particle is reversed.

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 a) Find the speed of B immediately after the collision. [3]
b) Find the magnitude of the impulse exerted on A by B in the collision. [3]
4 Two forces F and G act on a particle. The force F has magnitude 4 N and acts in a direction
with the bearing of 120˚ and the force G has magnitude 6 N and acts due north. Given that P
= 2F + G, find:
a) The magnitude of P [3]
b) The direction of P, giving your answer as a bearing to the nearest degree. [4]
5 Two particles P and Q have masses 0.5 kg and 0.4 kg respectively. The particles are
attached to the ends of a light inextensible string. The string passes over a small smooth
pulley which is fixed above a horizontal floor. Both particles are held, with the string taut, at
a height of 2 m above the floor. The particles are released from rest and in the subsequent
motion Q does not reach the pulley.
a) Write down an equation of motion for P. [2]
b) Write down an equation of motion for Q. [2]
c) Find the tension in the string immediately after the particles are released. [3]
d) Find the acceleration of P immediately after the particles are released. [3]
When the particles have been moving for 0.2 s, the string breaks.
e) Find the further time that elapses until Q hits the floor. [9]
6 A particle of mass m kg is pulled up a rough slope by a force of 26 N that acts at an angle
of 45˚ to the slope. The particle experiences a constant frictional force of magnitude 12 N.
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Given that tan α = and that the acceleration of the particle is 1 ms-2, show that m = 1.08
√3
kg. [5]
7 A small child, sitting on a sledge, rests in equilibrium on an inclined slope. The sledge is
held by a rope which lies along the slope and is under tension. The sledge is on the point of
slipping down the plane. Modelling the child and sledge as a particle and the rope as a light
inextensible string, calculate the tension in the rope, given that the combined mass of the
child and sledge is 22 kg, the coefficient of friction is 0.125, and that the slope is a plane
inclined at 35˚ to the horizontal. [8]