Edexcel Paper 3 2020 October — Question 5

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModulePaper 3 (Paper 3)
Year2020
SessionOctober
TopicProjectiles

5. \begin{figure}[h]
\includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{d1989e18-1a4a-47e9-9f12-3beb8985ed87-16_532_1002_237_533} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Figure 2}
\end{figure} A small ball is projected with speed \(U \mathrm {~ms} ^ { - 1 }\) from a point \(O\) at the top of a vertical cliff. The point \(O\) is 25 m vertically above the point \(N\) which is on horizontal ground. The ball is projected at an angle of \(45 ^ { \circ }\) above the horizontal.
The ball hits the ground at a point \(A\), where \(A N = 100 \mathrm {~m}\), as shown in Figure 2 .
The motion of the ball is modelled as that of a particle moving freely under gravity.
Using this initial model,
  1. show that \(U = 28\)
  2. find the greatest height of the ball above the horizontal ground \(N A\). In a refinement to the model of the motion of the ball from \(O\) to \(A\), the effect of air resistance is included. This refined model is used to find a new value of \(U\).
  3. How would this new value of \(U\) compare with 28, the value given in part (a)?
  4. State one further refinement to the model that would make the model more realistic. \section*{" " \(_ { \text {" } } ^ { \text {" } }\) " "}