Edexcel M2 2016 January — Question 7

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleM2 (Mechanics 2)
Year2016
SessionJanuary
TopicProjectiles

7. \begin{figure}[h]
\includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{e6d100ff-dd4a-4591-a0a3-81761773045e-13_552_1296_255_317} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Figure 4}
\end{figure} At time \(t = 0\), a particle \(P\) of mass 0.7 kg is projected with speed \(u \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 }\) from a fixed point \(O\) at an angle \(\theta ^ { \circ }\) to the horizontal. The particle moves freely under gravity. At time \(t = 2\) seconds, \(P\) passes through the point \(A\) with speed \(6 \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 }\) and is moving downwards at \(45 ^ { \circ }\) to the horizontal, as shown in Figure 4. Find
  1. the value of \(\theta\),
  2. the kinetic energy of \(P\) as it reaches the highest point of its path. For an interval of \(T\) seconds, the speed, \(v \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 }\), of \(P\) is such that \(v \leqslant 6\)
  3. Find the value of \(T\).