Edexcel M3 — Question 1

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleM3 (Mechanics 3)
TopicMotion on a slope

1. \begin{figure}[h]
\includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{8b85b908-bb74-4532-a1b4-3826946bd43b-2_341_652_217_621} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Fig. 1}
\end{figure} A particle of mass 0.6 kg is attached to one end of a light elastic spring of natural length 1 m and modulus of elasticity 30 N . The other end of the spring is fixed to a point \(O\) which lies on a smooth plane inclined at an angle \(\alpha\) to the horizontal where \(\tan \alpha = \frac { 3 } { 4 }\) as shown in Figure 1. The particle is held at rest on the slope at a point 1.2 m from \(O\) down the line of greatest slope of the plane.
  1. Find the tension in the spring.
  2. Find the initial acceleration of the particle.