OCR MEI Paper 1 2021 November — Question 9

Exam BoardOCR MEI
ModulePaper 1 (Paper 1)
Year2021
SessionNovember
TopicNewton's laws and connected particles

9 The diagram shows a toy caterpillar consisting of a head and three body sections each connected by a light inextensible ribbon. The head has a mass of 120 g and the body sections each have a mass of 90 g . The toy is pulled on level ground using a horizontal string attached to the head. The tension in the string is 12 N . There are resistances to motion of 2.5 N for the head and each section of the body.
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    1. State the equation of motion for the toy caterpillar modelled as a single particle.
    2. Calculate the acceleration of the toy caterpillar.
  1. Draw a diagram showing all the forces acting on the head of the toy caterpillar.
  2. Calculate the tension in the ribbon that joins the head to the body.