Edexcel M2 2017 October — Question 7

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleM2 (Mechanics 2)
Year2017
SessionOctober
TopicWork, energy and Power 1

7. \begin{figure}[h]
\includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{5ef8231d-5b95-4bbb-a8e2-788c708fa078-24_711_1009_251_479} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Figure 3}
\end{figure} A small ball \(P\) is projected with speed \(15 \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 }\) from a point \(A\) which is 47.5 m above a horizontal beach. The ball moves freely under gravity and hits the beach at the point \(B\), as shown in Figure 3.
  1. By considering energy, find the speed of \(P\) immediately before it hits the beach. The ball was projected from \(A\) at an angle \(\theta\) above the horizontal, where \(\sin \theta = \frac { 3 } { 5 }\)
  2. Find the greatest height above the beach of \(P\) as it moved from \(A\) to \(B\).
  3. Find the least speed of \(P\) as it moved between \(A\) and \(B\).
  4. Find the horizontal distance from \(A\) to \(B\).