Edexcel M1 Specimen — Question 1

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleM1 (Mechanics 1)
SessionSpecimen
TopicNewton's laws and connected particles

1. \begin{figure}[h]
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\end{figure} A tennis ball \(P\) is attached to one end of a light inextensible string, the other end of the string being attached to a the top of a fixed vertical pole. A girl applies a horizontal force of magnitude 50 N to \(P\), and \(P\) is in equilibrium under gravity with the string making an angle of \(40 ^ { \circ }\) with the pole, as shown in Fig. 1. By modelling the ball as a particle find, to 3 significant figures,
  1. the tension in the string,
  2. the weight of \(P\).