OCR MEI AS Paper 1 Specimen — Question 3

Exam BoardOCR MEI
ModuleAS Paper 1 (AS Paper 1)
SessionSpecimen
TopicNewton's laws and connected particles

3 Fig. 3 shows a particle of weight 8 N on a rough horizontal table.
The particle is being pulled by a horizontal force of 10 N .
It remains at rest in equilibrium. \begin{figure}[h]
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\end{figure}
  1. What information given in the question, tells you that the forces shown in Fig. 3 cannot be the only forces acting on the particle?
  2. The only other forces acting on the particle are due to the particle being on the table. State the types of these forces and their magnitudes.