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6678/01
Edexcel GCE
Mechanics M2
Advanced Subsidiary
Tuesday 6 June 2006  Afternoon
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This paper has 8 questions.
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1. A particle P moves on the x-axis. At time t seconds, its acceleration is (5 – 2t) m s–2,
measured in the direction of x increasing. When t = 0, its velocity is 6 m s–1 measured in the
direction of x increasing. Find the time when P is instantaneously at rest in the subsequent
motion.
(6)

2. A car of mass 1200 kg moves along a straight horizontal road with a constant speed
of 24 m s–1. The resistance to motion of the car has magnitude 600 N.

(a) Find, in kW, the rate at which the engine of the car is working.
(2)

The car now moves up a hill inclined at  to the horizontal, where sin  = 281 . The resistance
to motion of the car from non-gravitational forces remains of magnitude 600 N. The engine of
the car now works at a rate of 30 kW.

(b) Find the acceleration of the car when its speed is 20 m s–1.
(4)

3. A cricket ball of mass 0.5 kg is struck by a bat. Immediately before being struck, the
velocity of the ball is (–30i) m s–1. Immediately after being struck, the velocity of the ball
is (16i + 20j) m s–1 .

(a) Find the magnitude of the impulse exerted on the ball by the bat.
(4)

In the subsequent motion, the position vector of the ball is r metres at time t seconds. In a
model of the situation, it is assumed that r = [16ti + (20t – 5t2)j]. Using this model,

(b) find the speed of the ball when t = 3.

(4)

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4. Figure 1

B C (6m)

2a

A D (2m)
3a

Figure 1 shows four uniform rods joined to form a rigid rectangular framework ABCD, where
AB = CD = 2a, and BC = AD = 3a. Each rod has mass m. Particles, of mass 6m and 2m, are
attached to the framework at points C and D respectively.

(a) Find the distance of the centre of mass of the loaded framework from

(i) AB,

(ii) AD.
(7)

The loaded framework is freely suspended from B and hangs in equilibrium.

(b) Find the angle which BC makes with the vertical.

(3)

5. A vertical cliff is 73.5 m high. Two stones A and B are projected simultaneously. Stone A is
projected horizontally from the top of the cliff with speed 28 m s–1. Stone B is projected from
the bottom of the cliff with speed 35 m s–1 at an angle  above the horizontal. The stones
move freely under gravity in the same vertical plane and collide in mid-air. By considering
the horizontal motion of each stone,

(a) prove that cos  = 4

5 .
(4)
(b) Find the time which elapses between the instant when the stones are projected and the
instant when they collide.
(4)

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6. Figure 2

4a a
C

A wooden plank AB has mass 4m and length 4a. The end A of the plank lies on rough
horizontal ground. A small stone of mass m is attached to the plank at B. The plank is resting
on a small smooth horizontal peg C, where BC = a, as shown in Figure 2. The plank is in
equilibrium making an angle  with the horizontal, where tan  = 34 . The coefficient of
friction between the plank and the ground is . The plank is modelled as a uniform rod lying in
a vertical plane perpendicular to the peg, and the stone as a particle. Show that

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(a) the reaction of the peg on the plank has magnitude 5 mg,
(3)
(b)   48
61 .
(6)
(c) State how you have used the information that the peg is smooth.
(1)

7. A particle P has mass 4 kg. It is projected from a point A up a line of greatest slope of a rough
plane inclined at an angle  to the horizontal, where tan  = 34 . The coefficient of friction
between P and the plane is 72 . The particle comes to rest instantaneously at the point B on the
plane, where AB = 2.5 m. It then moves back down the plane to A.

(a) Find the work done by friction as P moves from A to B.

(4)
(b) Using the work-energy principle, find the speed with which P is projected from A.
(4)
(c) Find the speed of P when it returns to A.
(4)

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8. Two particles A and B move on a smooth horizontal table. The mass of A is m, and the mass
of B is 4m. Initially A is moving with speed u when it collides directly with B, which is at rest
on the table. As a result of the collision, the direction of motion of A is reversed. The
coefficient of restitution between the particles is e.

(a) Find expressions for the speed of A and the speed of B immediately after the collision.
(7)

In the subsequent motion, B strikes a smooth vertical wall and rebounds. The wall is
perpendicular to the direction of motion of B. The coefficient of restitution between B and the
wall is 54 . Given that there is a second collision between A and B,

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(b) show that 4 <e< 16 .
(5)

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Given that e = 2 ,

(c) find the total kinetic energy lost in the first collision between A and B.
(3)

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