Edexcel Paper 3 2020 October — Question 2

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModulePaper 3 (Paper 3)
Year2020
SessionOctober
TopicNon-constant acceleration

  1. A particle \(P\) moves with acceleration \(( 4 \mathbf { i } - 5 \mathbf { j } ) \mathrm { ms } ^ { - 2 }\)
At time \(t = 0 , P\) is moving with velocity \(( - 2 \mathbf { i } + 2 \mathbf { j } ) \mathrm { ms } ^ { - 1 }\)
  1. Find the velocity of \(P\) at time \(t = 2\) seconds. At time \(t = 0 , P\) passes through the origin \(O\).
    At time \(t = T\) seconds, where \(T > 0\), the particle \(P\) passes through the point \(A\).
    The position vector of \(A\) is ( \(\lambda \mathbf { i } - 4.5 \mathbf { j }\) )m relative to \(O\), where \(\lambda\) is a constant.
  2. Find the value of \(T\).
  3. Hence find the value of \(\lambda\)