Edexcel M1 2023 June — Question 1

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleM1 (Mechanics 1)
Year2023
SessionJune
TopicMomentum and Collisions

  1. A particle \(A\) has mass 4 kg and a particle \(B\) has mass 2 kg .
The particles move towards each other in opposite directions along the same straight line on a smooth horizontal table and collide directly. Immediately before the collision, the speed of \(A\) is \(2 u \mathrm {~ms} ^ { - 1 }\) and the speed of \(B\) is \(3 u \mathrm {~ms} ^ { - 1 }\)
Immediately after the collision, the speed of \(B\) is \(2 u \mathrm {~ms} ^ { - 1 }\)
The direction of motion of \(B\) is reversed by the collision.
  1. Find, in terms of \(u\), the speed of \(A\) immediately after the collision.
  2. State the direction of motion of \(A\) immediately after the collision.
  3. Find, in terms of \(u\), the magnitude of the impulse received by \(B\) in the collision. State the units of your answer. \section*{[In this question \(\mathbf { i }\) and \(\mathbf { j }\) are horizontal perpendicular unit vectors.]}