Edexcel M3 — Question 7

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleM3 (Mechanics 3)
TopicCircular Motion 2

7. A particle of mass 0.5 kg is hanging vertically at one end of a light inextensible string of length 0.6 m . The other end of the string is attached to a fixed point. The particle is given an initial horizontal speed of \(u \mathrm {~ms} ^ { - 1 }\).
  1. Show that the particle will perform complete circles if \(u \geq \sqrt { 3 g }\). Given that \(u = 5\),
  2. find, correct to the nearest degree, the angle through which the string turns before it becomes slack,
  3. find, correct to the nearest centimetre, the greatest height the particle reaches above its position when the string becomes slack.