6.03g Impulse in 2D: vector form

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Edexcel FM1 2019 June Q6
12 marks Standard +0.3
  1. \hspace{0pt} [In this question \(\mathbf { i }\) and \(\mathbf { j }\) are perpendicular unit vectors in a horizontal plane.]
A smooth uniform sphere \(A\) has mass 0.2 kg and another smooth uniform sphere \(B\), with the same radius as \(A\), has mass 0.4 kg . The spheres are moving on a smooth horizontal surface when they collide obliquely. Immediately before the collision, the velocity of \(A\) is \(( 3 \mathbf { i } + 2 \mathbf { j } ) \mathrm { m } \mathrm { s } ^ { - 1 }\) and the velocity of \(B\) is \(( - 4 \mathbf { i } - \mathbf { j } ) \mathrm { m } \mathrm { s } ^ { - 1 }\) At the instant of collision, the line joining the centres of the spheres is parallel to \(\mathbf { i }\) The coefficient of restitution between the spheres is \(\frac { 3 } { 7 }\)
  1. Find the velocity of \(A\) immediately after the collision.
  2. Find the magnitude of the impulse received by \(A\) in the collision.
  3. Find, to the nearest degree, the size of the angle through which the direction of motion of \(A\) is deflected as a result of the collision.
Edexcel FM1 2020 June Q1
7 marks Moderate -0.5
  1. A particle \(P\) of mass 0.5 kg is moving with velocity ( \(4 \mathbf { i } + 3 \mathbf { j }\) ) \(\mathrm { m } \mathrm { s } ^ { - 1 }\) when it receives an impulse \(\mathbf { J }\) Ns. Immediately after receiving the impulse, \(P\) is moving with velocity \(( - \mathbf { i } + 6 \mathbf { j } ) \mathrm { m } \mathrm { s } ^ { - 1 }\).
    1. Find the magnitude of \(\mathbf { J }\).
    The angle between the direction of the impulse and the direction of motion of \(P\) immediately before receiving the impulse is \(\alpha ^ { \circ }\)
  2. Find the value of \(\alpha\)
Edexcel FM1 2021 June Q4
8 marks Standard +0.3
  1. A particle \(P\) has mass 0.5 kg . It is moving in the \(x y\) plane with velocity \(8 \mathbf { i } \mathrm {~ms} ^ { - 1 }\) when it receives an impulse \(\lambda ( - \mathbf { i } + \mathbf { j } )\) Ns, where \(\lambda\) is a positive constant.
The angle between the direction of motion of \(P\) immediately before receiving the impulse and the direction of motion of \(P\) immediately after receiving the impulse is \(\theta ^ { \circ }\) Immediately after receiving the impulse, \(P\) is moving with speed \(4 \sqrt { 10 } \mathrm {~ms} ^ { - 1 }\) Find (i) the value of \(\lambda\) (ii) the value of \(\theta\)
Edexcel FM1 2021 June Q7
9 marks Standard +0.8
  1. \hspace{0pt} [In this question, \(\mathbf { i }\) and \(\mathbf { j }\) are perpendicular unit vectors in a horizontal plane.]
\begin{figure}[h]
\includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{7f077b82-6b39-4cb5-8574-bfa308c88df3-24_543_789_294_639} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Figure 3}
\end{figure} Figure 3 represents the plan view of part of a smooth horizontal floor, where \(A B\) is a fixed smooth vertical wall. The direction of \(\overrightarrow { A B }\) is in the direction of the vector \(( \mathbf { i } + \mathbf { j } )\) A small ball of mass 0.25 kg is moving on the floor when it strikes the wall \(A B\).
Immediately before its impact with the wall \(A B\), the velocity of the ball is \(( 8 \mathbf { i } + 2 \mathbf { j } ) \mathrm { m } \mathrm { s } ^ { - 1 }\) Immediately after its impact with the wall \(A B\), the velocity of the ball is \(\mathbf { v m s } ^ { - 1 }\) The coefficient of restitution between the ball and the wall is \(\frac { 1 } { 3 }\) By modelling the ball as a particle,
  1. show that \(\mathbf { v } = 4 \mathbf { i } + 6 \mathbf { j }\)
  2. Find the magnitude of the impulse received by the ball in the impact.
OCR Further Mechanics 2017 Specimen Q3
5 marks Standard +0.3
3 A body, \(Q\), of mass 2 kg moves in a straight line under the action of a single force which acts in the direction of motion of \(Q\). Initially the speed of \(Q\) is \(5 \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 }\). At time \(t \mathrm {~s}\), the magnitude \(F N\) of the force is given by $$F = t ^ { 2 } + 3 \mathrm { e } ^ { t } , \quad 0 \leq t \leq 4 .$$
  1. Calculate the impulse of the force over the time interval.
  2. Hence find the speed of \(Q\) when \(t = 4\).
AQA Further AS Paper 2 Mechanics 2023 June Q5
4 marks Moderate -0.8
5 J
10 J
20 J 4 Reena is skating on an ice rink, which has a horizontal surface. She follows a circular path of radius 5 metres and centre \(O\) She completes 10 full revolutions in 1 minute, moving with a constant angular speed of \(\omega\) radians per second. The mass of Reena is 40 kg
4
  1. Find the value of \(\omega\) 4
  2. (i) Find the magnitude of the horizontal resultant force acting on Reena.
    4 (b) (ii) Show the direction of this horizontal resultant force on the diagram below. \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{78120346-4a16-4545-925a-d6fab4b750e9-03_380_442_2017_861} 5 An impulse of \(\left[ \begin{array} { r } - 5 \\ 12 \end{array} \right] \mathrm { N } \mathrm { s }\) is applied to a particle of mass 5 kg which is moving with velocity \(\left[ \begin{array} { l } 6 \\ 2 \end{array} \right] \mathrm { m } \mathrm { s } ^ { - 1 }\) 5 (a) Calculate the magnitude of the impulse. 5 (b) Find the speed of the particle immediately after the impulse is applied.
AQA Further AS Paper 2 Mechanics 2023 June Q20
Easy -1.2
20 J 4 Reena is skating on an ice rink, which has a horizontal surface. She follows a circular path of radius 5 metres and centre \(O\) She completes 10 full revolutions in 1 minute, moving with a constant angular speed of \(\omega\) radians per second. The mass of Reena is 40 kg
4
  1. Find the value of \(\omega\) 4
  2. (i) Find the magnitude of the horizontal resultant force acting on Reena.
    4 (b) (ii) Show the direction of this horizontal resultant force on the diagram below. \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{78120346-4a16-4545-925a-d6fab4b750e9-03_380_442_2017_861} 5 An impulse of \(\left[ \begin{array} { r } - 5 \\ 12 \end{array} \right] \mathrm { N } \mathrm { s }\) is applied to a particle of mass 5 kg which is moving with velocity \(\left[ \begin{array} { l } 6 \\ 2 \end{array} \right] \mathrm { m } \mathrm { s } ^ { - 1 }\) 5 (a) Calculate the magnitude of the impulse. 5 (b) Find the speed of the particle immediately after the impulse is applied.
    6 A ball is thrown with speed \(u\) at an angle of \(45 ^ { \circ }\) to the horizontal from a point \(O\) When the horizontal displacement of the ball is \(x\), the vertical displacement of the ball above \(O\) is \(y\) where $$y = x - \frac { k x ^ { 2 } } { u ^ { 2 } }$$ 6 (a) Use dimensional analysis to find the dimensions of \(k\) 6 (b) State what can be deduced about \(k\) from the dimensions that you found in part (a).
    7 Two smooth, equally sized spheres, \(A\) and \(B\), are moving in the same direction along a straight line on a smooth horizontal surface, as shown in the diagram below. \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{78120346-4a16-4545-925a-d6fab4b750e9-06_314_465_420_849} The spheres subsequently collide.
    Immediately after the collision, \(A\) has speed \(2.5 \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 }\) and \(B\) has speed \(3.5 \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 }\) The coefficient of restitution between the spheres is \(e\) 7 (a) (i) Show that \(A\) does not change its direction of motion as a result of the collision.
    7 (a) (ii) Find the value of \(e\) 7 (b) Given that the mass of \(B\) is 0.6 kg , find the mass of \(A\)
AQA Further Paper 3 Mechanics 2020 June Q5
17 marks Standard +0.8
5 A ball, of mass 0.3 kg , is moving on a smooth horizontal surface. The ball collides with a smooth fixed vertical wall and rebounds.
Before the ball hits the wall, the ball is moving at \(4 \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 }\) at an angle of \(30 ^ { \circ }\) to the wall as shown in the diagram. \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{b0d0c552-71cb-4e5a-b545-de8a9052def0-06_634_268_584_886} The magnitude of the force, \(F\) newtons, exerted on the ball by the wall at time \(t\) seconds is modelled by $$F = k t ^ { 2 } ( 0.1 - t ) ^ { 2 } \quad \text { for } \quad 0 \leq t \leq 0.1$$ where \(k\) is a constant. The ball is in contact with the wall for 0.1 seconds.
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5 (b) Explain why \(1800000 < k \leq 3600000\) Fully justify your answer.
5 (c) Given that \(k = 2400000\) Find the speed of the ball after the collision with the wall.
[0pt] [4 marks]
Pre-U Pre-U 9795/2 2013 November Q11
Challenging +1.2
11 A smooth sphere of mass 2 kg has velocity \(( 24 \mathbf { i } - 7 \mathbf { j } ) \mathrm { m } \mathrm { s } ^ { - 1 }\) and is travelling on a horizontal plane, where \(\mathbf { i }\) and \(\mathbf { j }\) are perpendicular unit vectors in the horizontal plane. The sphere strikes a vertical wall. The line of intersection of the wall and the plane is in the direction \(( 4 \mathbf { i } + 3 \mathbf { j } )\).
  1. Show that the acute angle between the path of the sphere before the impact and the direction of the wall is \(\tan ^ { - 1 } \left( \frac { 4 } { 3 } \right)\).
  2. After the impact, the velocity of the sphere is \(( 7.2 \mathbf { i } + 15.4 \mathbf { j } ) \mathrm { m } \mathrm { s } ^ { - 1 }\). Find
    1. the coefficient of restitution between the sphere and the wall,
    2. the magnitude of the impulse exerted by the sphere on the wall.
Pre-U Pre-U 9795/2 2018 June Q11
13 marks Challenging +1.8
11 A particle of mass 0.2 kg is projected so that it hits a smooth sloping plane \(\Pi\) that makes an angle of \(\sin ^ { - 1 } 0.6\) above the horizontal. The path of the particle is in a vertical plane containing a line of greatest slope of \(\Pi\). Immediately before the first impact between the particle and \(\Pi\), the particle is moving horizontally with speed \(10 \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 }\). The coefficient of restitution between the particle and \(\Pi\) is 0.5 .
  1. Find the magnitude of the impulse on the particle from \(\Pi\) at the first impact, and state the direction of this impulse.
  2. Find the distance between the points on \(\Pi\) where the first and second impacts occur.
  3. Find the time taken between the first and third impacts.
CAIE FP2 2012 June Q2
6 marks Standard +0.8
Two particles, of masses \(3m\) and \(m\), are moving in the same straight line towards each other with speeds \(2u\) and \(u\) respectively. When they collide, the impulse acting on each particle has magnitude \(4mu\). Show that the total loss in kinetic energy is \(\frac{4}{5}mu^2\). [6]
CAIE FP2 2012 June Q2
6 marks Standard +0.8
Two particles, of masses \(3m\) and \(m\), are moving in the same straight line towards each other with speeds \(2u\) and \(u\) respectively. When they collide, the impulse acting on each particle has magnitude \(4mu\). Show that the total loss in kinetic energy is \(\frac{5}{2}mu^2\). [6]
CAIE FP2 2017 June Q1
3 marks Moderate -0.5
A bullet of mass 0.08 kg is fired horizontally into a fixed vertical barrier. It enters the barrier horizontally with speed 300 m s\(^{-1}\) and emerges horizontally after 0.02 s. There is a constant horizontal resisting force of magnitude 1000 N. Find the speed with which the bullet emerges from the barrier. [3]
Edexcel M2 2014 January Q1
8 marks Moderate -0.3
A particle \(P\) of mass 2 kg is moving with velocity \((3\mathbf{i} + 4\mathbf{j})\) m s\(^{-1}\) when it receives an impulse. Immediately after the impulse is applied, \(P\) has velocity \((2\mathbf{i} - 3\mathbf{j})\) m s\(^{-1}\).
  1. Find the magnitude of the impulse. [5]
  2. Find the angle between the direction of the impulse and the direction of motion of \(P\) immediately before the impulse is applied. [3]
Edexcel M2 Q1
6 marks Moderate -0.3
A ball, of mass \(m\) kg, is moving with velocity \((5\mathbf{i} - 3\mathbf{j})\) ms\(^{-1}\) when it receives an impulse of \((-2\mathbf{i} - 4\mathbf{j})\) Ns. Immediately after the impulse is applied, the ball has velocity \((3\mathbf{i} + k\mathbf{j})\) ms\(^{-1}\). Find the values of the constants \(k\) and \(m\). [6 marks]
Edexcel M4 2005 January Q1
7 marks Standard +0.8
[In this question \(\mathbf{i}\) and \(\mathbf{j}\) are horizontal perpendicular unit vectors.] Two smooth uniform spheres \(A\) and \(B\) have equal radius but masses \(m\) and \(5m\) respectively. The spheres are moving on a smooth horizontal plane when they collide. Immediately before the collision, the velocities of \(A\) and \(B\) are \((\mathbf{i} + 2\mathbf{j})\) m s\(^{-1}\) and \((-\mathbf{i} + 3\mathbf{j})\) m s\(^{-1}\) respectively. Immediately after the collision, the velocity of \(A\) is \((-2\mathbf{i} + 5\mathbf{j})\) m s\(^{-1}\).
  1. By considering the impulse on \(A\), find a unit vector parallel to the line joining the centres of the spheres when they collide. [4]
  2. Find the velocity of \(B\) immediately after the collision. [3]
Edexcel M4 2013 June Q7
12 marks Challenging +1.8
[In this question \(\mathbf{i}\) and \(\mathbf{j}\) are perpendicular unit vectors in a horizontal plane] A small smooth ball of mass \(m\) kg is moving on a smooth horizontal plane and strikes a fixed smooth vertical wall. The plane and the wall intersect in a straight line which is parallel to the vector \(2\mathbf{i} + \mathbf{j}\). The velocity of the ball immediately before the impact is \(b\mathbf{i} + \mathbf{j}\) m s\(^{-1}\), where \(b\) is positive. The velocity of the ball immediately after the impact is \(a(\mathbf{i} + \mathbf{j})\) m s\(^{-1}\), where \(a\) is positive.
  1. Show that the impulse received by the ball when it strikes the wall is parallel to \((-\mathbf{i} + 2\mathbf{j})\). [1]
Find
  1. the coefficient of restitution between the ball and the wall, [8]
  2. the fraction of the kinetic energy of the ball that is lost due to the impact. [3]
Edexcel M5 2014 June Q6
17 marks Challenging +1.8
  1. Prove, using integration, that the moment of inertia of a uniform circular disc, of mass \(m\) and radius \(a\), about an axis through the centre of the disc and perpendicular to the plane of the disc is \(\frac{1}{2}ma^2\). [5]
[You may assume without proof that the moment of inertia of a uniform hoop of mass \(m\) and radius \(r\) about an axis through its centre and perpendicular to its plane is \(mr^2\).] \includegraphics{figure_1} A uniform plane shape \(S\) of mass \(M\) is formed by removing a uniform circular disc with centre \(O\) and radius \(a\) from a uniform circular disc with centre \(O\) and radius \(2a\), as shown in Figure 1. The shape \(S\) is free to rotate about a fixed smooth axis \(L\), which passes through \(O\) and lies in the plane of the shape.
  1. Show that the moment of inertia of \(S\) about \(L\) is \(\frac{5}{4}Ma^2\). [4]
The shape \(S\) is at rest in a horizontal plane and is free to rotate about the axis \(L\). A particle of mass \(M\) falls vertically and strikes \(S\) at the point \(A\), where \(OA = \frac{3}{2}a\) and \(OA\) is perpendicular to \(L\). The particle adheres to \(S\) at \(A\). Immediately before the particle strikes \(S\) the speed of the particle is \(u\).
  1. Find, in terms of \(M\) and \(u\), the loss in kinetic energy due to the impact. [8]
Edexcel M5 Specimen Q4
10 marks Challenging +1.8
A uniform circular disc, of mass \(2m\) and radius \(a\), is free to rotate in a vertical plane about a fixed, smooth horizontal axis through a point of its circumference. The axis is perpendicular to the plane of the disc. The disc hangs in equilibrium. A particle \(P\) of mass \(m\) is moving horizontally in the same plane as the disc with speed \(\sqrt{20ag}\). The particle strikes, and adheres to, the disc at one end of its horizontal diameter.
  1. Find the angular speed of the disc immediately after \(P\) strikes it. [7]
  2. Verify that the disc will turn through an angle of \(90°\) before first coming to instantaneous rest. [3]
OCR MEI Further Mechanics Major 2019 June Q3
5 marks Moderate -0.3
A ball of mass \(2\)kg is moving with velocity \((3\mathbf{i} - 2\mathbf{j})\)ms\(^{-1}\) when it is struck by a bat. The impulse on the ball is \((-8\mathbf{i} + 10\mathbf{j})\)Ns.
  1. Find the speed of the ball immediately after the impact. [4]
  2. State one modelling assumption you have used in answering part (a). [1]
OCR MEI Further Mechanics Major Specimen Q2
3 marks Moderate -0.8
A particle of mass 5 kg is moving with velocity \(2\mathbf{i} + 5\mathbf{j}\) m s\(^{-1}\). It receives an impulse of magnitude 15 N s in the direction \(\mathbf{i} + 2\mathbf{j} - 2\mathbf{k}\). Find the velocity of the particle immediately afterwards. [3]
OCR Further Mechanics 2018 September Q2
6 marks Standard +0.3
A particle of mass 0.8 kg is moving in a straight line on a smooth horizontal surface with constant speed \(12 \text{ms}^{-1}\) when it is struck by a horizontal impulse. Immediately after the impulse acts, the particle is moving with speed \(9 \text{ms}^{-1}\) at an angle of 50° to its original direction of motion (see diagram). \includegraphics{figure_2} Find
  1. the magnitude of the impulse, [3]
  2. the angle that the impulse makes with the original direction of motion of the particle. [3]