Edexcel M3 2013 June — Question 5

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleM3 (Mechanics 3)
Year2013
SessionJune
TopicWork, energy and Power 2

5. \begin{figure}[h]
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\end{figure} Part of a hollow spherical shell, centre \(O\) and radius \(r\), forms a bowl with a plane circular rim. The bowl is fixed to a horizontal surface at \(A\) with the rim uppermost and horizontal. The point \(A\) is the lowest point of the bowl. The point \(B\), where \(\angle A O B = \alpha\) and \(\tan \alpha = \frac { 3 } { 4 }\), is on the rim of the bowl, as shown in Figure 2. A small smooth marble \(M\) is placed inside the bowl at \(A\), and given an initial horizontal speed \(\sqrt { } ( g r )\). The motion of \(M\) takes place in the vertical plane \(O A B\).
  1. Show that the speed of \(M\) as it reaches \(B\) is \(\sqrt { } \left( \frac { 3 } { 5 } g r \right)\). After leaving the surface of the bowl at \(B , M\) moves freely under gravity and first strikes the horizontal surface at the point \(C\). Given that \(r = 0.4 \mathrm {~m}\),
  2. find the distance \(A C\).