OCR Further Mechanics 2024 June — Question 1

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleFurther Mechanics (Further Mechanics)
Year2024
SessionJune
TopicMomentum and Collisions 2

1 A particle \(P\) of mass 12.5 kg is moving on a smooth horizontal plane when it collides obliquely with a fixed vertical wall. At the instant before the collision, the velocity of \(P\) is \(- 5 \mathbf { i } + 12 \mathbf { j } \mathrm {~ms} ^ { - 1 }\).
At the instant after the collision, the velocity of \(P\) is \(\mathbf { i } + 4 \mathbf { j } \mathrm {~ms} ^ { - 1 }\).
  1. Find the magnitude of the momentum of \(P\) before the collision.
  2. Find, in vector form, the impulse that the wall exerts on \(P\).
  3. State, in vector form, the impulse that \(P\) exerts on the wall.
  4. Find in either order.
    • The magnitude of the impulse that the wall exerts on \(P\).
    • The angle between \(\mathbf { i }\) and the impulse that the wall exerts on \(P\).