CAIE M2 2004 November — Question 1

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleM2 (Mechanics 2)
Year2004
SessionNovember
TopicMoments

1 A light elastic string has natural length 1.5 m and modulus of elasticity 60 N . The string is stretched between two fixed points \(A\) and \(B\), which are at the same horizontal level and 2 m apart.
  1. Find the tension in the string. A particle of weight \(W \mathrm {~N}\) is now attached to the mid-point of the string and the particle is in equilibrium at a point 0.75 m vertically below the mid-point of \(A B\).
  2. Find the value of \(W\).