OCR Further Mechanics 2018 September — Question 2

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleFurther Mechanics (Further Mechanics)
Year2018
SessionSeptember
TopicMomentum and Collisions 2

2 A particle of mass 0.8 kg is moving in a straight line on a smooth horizontal surface with constant speed \(12 \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 }\) when it is struck by a horizontal impulse. Immediately after the impulse acts, the particle is moving with speed \(9 \mathrm {~ms} ^ { - 1 }\) at an angle of \(50 ^ { \circ }\) to its original direction of motion (see diagram).
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  1. the magnitude of the impulse,
  2. the angle that the impulse makes with the original direction of motion of the particle.