Edexcel M2 2024 January — Question 8

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleM2 (Mechanics 2)
Year2024
SessionJanuary
TopicProjectiles

  1. \hspace{0pt} [In this question \(\mathbf { i }\) and \(\mathbf { j }\) are unit vectors, with \(\mathbf { i }\) horizontal and \(\mathbf { j }\) vertical.]
\begin{figure}[h]
\includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{d5f06fe7-4d9c-4009-8931-3ecbc31fa5e5-26_273_889_296_589} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Figure 6}
\end{figure} The fixed points \(A\) and \(B\) lie on horizontal ground.
At time \(t = 0\), a particle \(P\) is projected from \(A\) with velocity \(( 4 \mathbf { i } + 7 \mathbf { j } ) \mathrm { ms } ^ { - 1 }\)
Particle \(P\) moves freely under gravity and hits the ground at \(B\), as shown in Figure 6 .
  1. Find the distance \(A B\). The speed of \(P\) is less than \(5 \mathrm {~ms} ^ { - 1 }\) for an interval of length \(T\) seconds.
  2. Find the value of \(T\) At the instant when the direction of motion of \(P\) is perpendicular to the initial direction of motion of \(P\), the particle is \(h\) metres above the ground.
  3. Find the value of \(h\).