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AS and A Level
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A 10 m long slope makes an angle 30° with the horizontal. A box of mass 8 kg is pulled up the slope by a rope that is parallel to the slope. The coefficient of friction between the box and the slope is 112. At the top of the slope, the rope passes over a smooth pulley. A ball of mass 12 kg hangs from the other end of the rope. The ball is initially 2 m above the ground. The system is released from rest.

Find how long it will take for the box to travel 1.5 m up the slope.

Important Questions on Connected Particles

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AS and A Level
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A 10 m long slope makes an angle 30° with the horizontal. A box of mass 8 kg is pulled up the slope by a rope that is parallel to the slope. The coefficient of friction between the box and the slope is 112. At the top of the slope, the rope passes over a smooth pulley. A ball of mass 12 kg hangs from the other end of the rope. The ball is initially 2 m above the ground. The system is released from rest.

Find the tension in the rope.

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AS and A Level
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A car is travelling along a straight horizontal road. The car has mass 1800 kg and is towing a trailer of mass 600 kg. Resistance forces are 30 N  on the car and 10 N on the trailer. Find the size and type of force in the tow-bar,when the driving force from the engine is 400 N.

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AS and A Level
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A car is travelling along a straight horizontal road. The car has mass 1800 kg and is towing a trailer of mass 600 kg. Resistance forces are 30 N  on the car and 10 N on the trailer. Find the size and type of force in the tow-bar,when the driving force from the engine is 20 N.

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AS and A Level
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A crate of mass 15 kg rests on a platform. The platform has mass 5 kg. It is lowered using a rope. The tension in the rope is 10 N.

Find the acceleration of the crate.

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AS and A Level
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A crate of mass 15 kg rests on a platform. The platform has mass 5 kg. It is lowered using a rope. The tension in the rope is 10 N.

Find the contact force between the platform and the crate.  (g=10 ms-2)

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AS and A Level
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Particles P and Q, of masses 0.6 kg and 0.4 kg, respectively, are joined by a light inextensible string that passes over a small, smooth, fixed pulley. The particles are held at rest with the string taut and its straight parts vertical. Initially, both particles are 1.45 m above the ground and 0.25 m below the pulley. The system is released from rest.

Find the speed of P when Q reaches the pulley. The string then breaks and P falls to the ground.

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AS and A Level
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Particles P and Q, of masses 0.6 kg and 0.4 kg, respectively, are joined by a light inextensible string that passes over a small, smooth, fixed pulley. The particles are held at rest with the string taut and its straight parts vertical. Initially, both particles are 1.45 m above the ground and 0.25 m below the pulley. The system is released from rest.

Find the speed ofP and Q reaches the pulley. The string then breaks and P falls to the ground.  Find the time from when the system is released to when P hits the ground.

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AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

Particles A and B, each of mass 0.5 kg, are attached to the ends of a light inextensible string. Particle A is held on a smooth slope inclined at 30° to the horizontal. The string passes over a small smooth pulley at the top of the slope and particle B hangs vertically below the pulley. Particle A is released and moves up the slope.Particle Bhits the ground after 1.2 s It then stays on the ground and particle A travels further up the slope. Particle A does not reach the pulley in the subsequent motion.

Find the acceleration of particle A up the slope.