Edexcel M3 2014 June — Question 3

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleM3 (Mechanics 3)
Year2014
SessionJune
TopicCircular Motion 1

3. \begin{figure}[h]
\includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{e5b08946-7311-4cf7-9c5f-5f309a1feed7-05_951_750_121_635} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Figure 2}
\end{figure} A particle \(P\) of mass 3 kg is attached by two light inextensible strings to two fixed points \(A\) and \(B\) on a fixed vertical pole. Both strings are taut and \(P\) is moving in a horizontal circle with constant angular speed \(6 \mathrm { rad } \mathrm { s } ^ { - 1 }\). String \(A P\) is inclined at \(30 ^ { \circ }\) to the vertical. String \(B P\) has length 0.4 m and \(A\) is 0.4 m vertically above \(B\), as shown in Figure 2 . Find the tension in
  1. \(A P\),
  2. \(B P\).