Maths Year 2 Assignment 12

Due Date: Friday 24th March 2023

NAME…………………………………… CLASS……………

Instructions to Students
All questions must be attempted – get help from one of the Maths team if
you encounter any problems.
You should present your solutions on 5mm squared paper and submit
them with a copy of this question paper.
All work is to be handed in to your teacher on or before the due date
above – work handed in late may NOT be marked.

Teacher’s Mark: Grade:

This assignment is checking that you can……

• Solve variable acceleration problems using Newton’s second law

• Resolve forces into two perpendicular components

• Resolve horizontally/vertically or parallel/perpendicular to a plane

• Use Newton’s second law to solve problems with connected particles

• Take moments about a point to find reaction or other unknown forces

• Solve problems involving the point of tilting to find unknown distances

Comments or Actions for Improvement:

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 Maths Year 2 Assignment 12

1. A car, of mass 1000 kg, is travelling along a straight horizontal road. Its brakes are applied for a period of
20 seconds. The graph below shows how the magnitude of the braking force, F newtons, varies with time,
t seconds, for 0  t  20.

F
2000

0
0 20 t

(a) The magnitude of the braking force, at time t, can be expressed as

F = P − Qt
where P and Q are constants.

Use the graph to find the values of P and Q.

(2)
(b) The braking force is the only horizontal force that acts on the car. Show that the acceleration of the
car, at time t, is given by
a= t −2
10
(2)
(c) The car comes to rest when t = 20. Find an expression for the velocity of the car at time t.
(4)
(d) Find the distance that the car travels in the 20 seconds.
(5)
(Total 13 marks)

2.
y

20 N

25 N
45º 30º
P x

A particle P lies on a smooth horizontal surface. It is acted on by two horizontal forces of

magnitudes 25 N and 20 N. Relative to horizontal axes Px and Py, the directions of these two forces
are as shown in the diagram. A third horizontal force F is required to keep P in equilibrium.

(a) Express the force of magnitude 25 N as a column vector, giving its components to one decimal place.
(3)
(b) Obtain F as a column vector, giving its components to one decimal place.
(6)
(Total 9 marks)

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3. A particle is held at rest on a smooth slope by a horizontal force of magnitude 8 newtons, as shown in
the diagram below. The slope is at an angle of 60° to the horizontal.

8N

60°

(a) Draw a diagram to show the forces acting on the particle.

(1)
(b) By resolving horizontally show that the magnitude of the normal reaction force acting on the
particle is approximately 9.24 newtons.
(3)
(c) Find the mass of the particle, giving your answer to two significant figures.
(3)
(Total 7 marks)

4. A block, of mass 7 kg, is placed on a rough slope that is inclined at 30° to the horizontal, as shown in the
diagram. The block remains at rest in this position.

30°

(a) Draw a diagram to show the forces acting on the block.

(1)
(b) Find the magnitude of the normal reaction force acting on the block.
(2)
(c) Find the magnitude of the friction force acting on the block.
(2)
(Total 5 marks)

5. A stone rests in equilibrium on a rough plane inclined at an angle of 16° to the horizontal, as shown in the
diagram. The mass of the stone is 0.5 kg.

16°

(a) Draw a diagram to show the forces acting on the stone.

(1)
(b) Show that the magnitude of the frictional force acting on the stone is 1.35 newtons, correct to three
significant figures.
(3)
(c) Find the magnitude of the normal reaction force between the stone and the plane.
(2)
(Total 6 marks)

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6. Two particles, of masses 4 kg and 6 kg, are connected by a light inextensible string that passes over a
smooth, light pulley. The two particles are released from rest, with the string taut, as shown in the
diagram.

6 kg
4 kg

(a) Show that the acceleration of each particle is 1.96 m s–2.

(5)
(b) Calculate the tension in the string.
(2)
(Total 7 marks)

7. Two particles, A and B, are connected by a light inextensible string which passes over a smooth, fixed
peg, as shown in the diagram.
A

B
The particle A, of mass 0.6 kg, is in contact with a smooth horizontal surface, and the particle B, of mass
0.1 kg, hangs freely above the ground. The system is released from rest with the string taut and A moves
towards the peg.

It can be assumed that, during the subsequent motion, A does not reach the peg.

(a) While the particles move freely, the string is taut.

(i) Show that the acceleration of the particles is 1.4 m s–2.

(5)
(ii) Find the tension in the string.
(1)
(iii) Find the magnitude of the resultant force on the peg due to the tension in the string.
(3)
(b) After q seconds of the motion, the particle B hits the ground and remains there. The string
connecting A and B slackens and A continues to move towards the peg. Sketch a velocity–time
graph to show the two stages of the motion of A after being released from rest.
(3)
(Total 12 marks)

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8. Two particles are connected by a light string that passes over a smooth, light pulley as shown in the
diagram.

4 kg 3 kg

60°

The 4 kg particle is on a smooth, fixed slope, which is at an angle of 60º to the horizontal. The 3 kg
particle hangs with the string vertical.

The particles are released from rest at the position shown.

(a) Show that the acceleration of the particles is approximately 0.65 m s–2.
(6)
(b) By considering the 3 kg particle, determine the tension in the string.
(2)
(Total 8 marks)

9. Figure 1

A lever consists of a uniform steel rod AB, of weight 100 N and length 2 m, which rests on a small smooth
pivot at a point C of the rod. A load of weight 2200 N is suspended from the end B of the rod by a rope.
The lever is held in equilibrium in a horizontal position by a vertical force applied at the end A, as shown
in Fig. 1. The rope is modelled as a light string.

Given that BC = 0.2 m,

(a) find the magnitude of the force applied at A.

(4)
The position of the pivot is changed so that the rod remains in equilibrium when the force at A has
magnitude 120N.

(b) Find, to the nearest cm, the new distance of the pivot from B.
(5)
(Total 9 marks)

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10. Figure 2

A plank AE, of length 6 m and mass 10 kg, rests in a horizontal position on supports at B and D, where
AB = 1m and DE = 2m. A child of mass 20 kg stands at C, the mid-point of BD, as shown in Fig. 2. The
child is modelled as a particle and the plank as a uniform rod. The child and the plank are in equilibrium.

Calculate:

(a) the magnitude of the force exerted by the support on the plank at B,
(4)
(b) the magnitude of the force exerted by the support on the plank at D.
(3)
The child now stands at a point F on the plank. The plank is in equilibrium and on the point of tilting
about D.

(c) Calculate the distance DF.

(4)
(Total 11 marks)

11. Figure 3

A uniform steel girder AB, of mass 40 kg and length 3 m, is freely hinged at A to a vertical wall. The
girder is supported in a horizontal position by a steel cable attached to the girder at B. The other end of the
cable is attached to the point C vertically above A on the wall, with ABC =  , where tan  = 34 . A
load of mass 60 kg is suspended by another cable from the girder at the point D, where AD = 2m, as
shown in Fig. 3. The girder remains horizontal and in equilibrium. The girder is modelled as a rod, and
the cables as light inextensible strings.

(a) Show that the tension in the cable BC is 980 N.

(5)
(b) Find the magnitude of the reaction on the girder at A.
(6)
(c) Explain how you have used the modelling assumption that the cable at D is light.
(1)
(Total 12 marks)

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