OCR MEI Further Mechanics Minor 2021 November — Question 4

Exam BoardOCR MEI
ModuleFurther Mechanics Minor (Further Mechanics Minor)
Year2021
SessionNovember
TopicWork, energy and Power 1

4 A child throws a ball of mass \(m \mathrm {~kg}\) vertically upwards with a speed of \(7.2 \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 }\). The ball leaves the child's hand at a height of 1.6 m above horizontal ground.
  1. Ignoring any possible air resistance, use an energy method to determine the maximum height reached by the ball above the ground. In fact, the ball only reaches a height of 4.1 m above the ground. For the rest of this question you should assume that the air resistance may be modelled as a constant force acting in the opposite direction to the ball's motion.
  2. Show that the ball does 0.568 mJ of work against air resistance per metre travelled.
  3. Calculate the speed of the ball just before it hits the ground. The ball bounces off the ground and first comes instantaneously to rest 2.8 m above the ground.
  4. Determine the coefficient of restitution between the ball and the ground. In the first impact between the ball and the ground, the magnitude of the impulse exerted on the ball by the ground is 12 Ns .
  5. Determine the value of \(m\).