OCR M3 Specimen — Question 4

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleM3 (Mechanics 3)
SessionSpecimen
TopicWork, energy and Power 2

4 For a bungee jump, a girl is joined to a fixed point \(O\) of a bridge by an elastic rope of natural length 25 m and modulus of elasticity 1320 N . The girl starts from rest at \(O\) and falls vertically. The lowest point reached by the girl is 60 m vertically below \(O\). The girl is modelled as a particle, the rope is assumed to be light, and air resistance is neglected.
  1. Find the greatest tension in the rope during the girl's jump.
  2. Use energy considerations to find
    (a) the mass of the girl,
    (b) the speed of the girl when she has fallen half way to the lowest point.