OCR MEI Paper 1 2018 June — Question 4

Exam BoardOCR MEI
ModulePaper 1 (Paper 1)
Year2018
SessionJune
TopicNewton's laws and connected particles

4 Rory pushes a box of mass 2.8 kg across a rough horizontal floor against a resistance of 19 N . Rory applies a constant horizontal force. The box accelerates from rest to \(1.2 \mathrm {~ms} ^ { - 1 }\) as it travels 1.8 m .
  1. Calculate the acceleration of the box.
  2. Find the magnitude of the force that Rory applies.