OCR MEI Paper 1 2019 June — Question 13

Exam BoardOCR MEI
ModulePaper 1 (Paper 1)
Year2019
SessionJune
TopicNewton's laws and connected particles

13 A 15 kg box is suspended in the air by a rope which makes an angle of \(30 ^ { \circ }\) with the vertical. The box is held in place by a string which is horizontal.
  1. Draw a diagram showing the forces acting on the box.
  2. Calculate the tension in the rope.
  3. Calculate the tension in the string.