Edexcel M2 2017 June — Question 5 13 marks

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleM2 (Mechanics 2)
Year2017
SessionJune
Marks13
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TopicWork done and energy
TypeProjectile energy - finding speed or height
DifficultyStandard +0.3 This is a standard M2 question combining energy conservation on an inclined plane with projectile motion. Part (a) is straightforward energy conservation requiring one equation. Parts (b) and (c) involve routine projectile motion calculations using standard kinematic equations and energy principles. All techniques are textbook exercises with no novel problem-solving required, making it slightly easier than average.
Spec6.02d Mechanical energy: KE and PE concepts6.02e Calculate KE and PE: using formulae6.02i Conservation of energy: mechanical energy principle

5. \begin{figure}[h]
\includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{266c4f52-f35f-459c-9184-836b0f3baf5b-16_255_1242_301_360} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Figure 2}
\end{figure} A smooth straight ramp is fixed to horizontal ground. The ramp has length 8 m and is inclined at \(30 ^ { \circ }\) to the ground, as shown in Figure 2. A particle \(P\) of mass 0.7 kg is projected from a point \(A\) at the bottom of the ramp, up a line of greatest slope of the ramp, with speed \(u \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 }\). As \(P\) reaches the point \(B\) at the top of the ramp, \(P\) has speed \(4.2 \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 }\).
  1. By considering energy, find the value of \(u\). After leaving the ramp at \(B\), the particle \(P\) moves freely under gravity until it hits the ground at a point \(C\). Immediately before hitting the ground at \(C\), particle \(P\) is moving at \(\theta ^ { \circ }\) below the horizontal with speed \(w \mathrm {~ms} ^ { - 1 }\). Find
    1. the value of \(w\),
    2. the value of \(\theta\),
  2. the horizontal distance from \(B\) to \(C\).

5.

\begin{figure}[h]
\begin{center}
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\caption{Figure 2}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

A smooth straight ramp is fixed to horizontal ground. The ramp has length 8 m and is inclined at $30 ^ { \circ }$ to the ground, as shown in Figure 2. A particle $P$ of mass 0.7 kg is projected from a point $A$ at the bottom of the ramp, up a line of greatest slope of the ramp, with speed $u \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 }$. As $P$ reaches the point $B$ at the top of the ramp, $P$ has speed $4.2 \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 }$.
\begin{enumerate}[label=(\alph*)]
\item By considering energy, find the value of $u$.

After leaving the ramp at $B$, the particle $P$ moves freely under gravity until it hits the ground at a point $C$. Immediately before hitting the ground at $C$, particle $P$ is moving at $\theta ^ { \circ }$ below the horizontal with speed $w \mathrm {~ms} ^ { - 1 }$.

Find
\item \begin{enumerate}[label=(\roman*)]
\item the value of $w$,
\item the value of $\theta$,
\end{enumerate}\item the horizontal distance from $B$ to $C$.
\end{enumerate}

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