N19/4/PHYSI/SP2/ENG/TZ0/XX

Physics
Standard level
Paper 2

Tuesday 5 November 2019 (afternoon)

Candidate session number

1 hour 15 minutes

Instructions to candidates
yyWrite your session number in the boxes above.
yyDo not open this examination paper until instructed to do so.
yyAnswer all questions.
yyAnswers must be written within the answer boxes provided.
yyA calculator is required for this paper.
yyA clean copy of the physics data booklet is required for this paper.
yyThe maximum mark for this examination paper is [50 marks].

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10 pages © International Baccalaureate Organization 2019

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Answer all questions. Answers must be written within the answer boxes provided.

1. The graph shows the variation with time t of the horizontal force F exerted on a tennis ball by
a racket.

150

100
F/N

50

0
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10 20 30 40
2
t / ms 20x10
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3

The tennis ball was stationary at the instant when it was hit. The mass of the tennis ball is
5.8 × 10–2 kg. The area under the curve is 0.84 N s. 0.42
(a) Calculate the speed of the ball as it leaves the racket. [2]

Fot
. . . . . . . .mΔV
=

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. .0.84
5.8x10- V
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .x
=

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. . . . 14ms
v
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=

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(b) Show that the average force exerted on the ball by the racket is about 50 N. [2]

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(Question 1 continued)

(c) Determine, with reference to the work done by the average force, the horizontal
distance travelled by the ball while it was in contact with the racket. [3]

. . . Fx5
.W =

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. . . .FXS
=
.E .....................................................................
1 x . . . . . . . . . .x. . . 14"
. . . . .5.8x1022 . . . . . . 50x5
=

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. .s. . 0.11
. . . . . .m
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=

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(d) Draw a graph to show the variation with t of the horizontal speed v of the ball while it
was in contact with the racket. Numbers are not required on the axes. [2]

X
t

2. The air in a kitchen has pressure 1.0 × 105 Pa and temperature 22°C. A refrigerator of internal
volume 0.36 m3 is installed in the kitchen.

(a) With the door open the air in the refrigerator is initially at the same temperature and
pressure as the air in the kitchen. Calculate the number of molecules of air in the
refrigerator. [2]

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(Question 3 continued)

(c) One end of a string is attached to an oscillator and the other is fixed to a wall. When
the frequency of the oscillator is 360 Hz the standing wave shown is formed on the string.
210cm
2.1 m

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&

oscillator

Point X (not shown) is a point on the string at a distance of 10 cm from the oscillator.

& (i) State the number of all other points on the string that have the same amplitude
and phase as X.
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[1]

A points
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(ii) The frequency of the oscillator is reduced to 120 Hz. On the diagram, draw the
standing wave that will be formed on the string. [1]

2.1 m

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oscillator

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