MEDIUM
AS and A Level
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A crate of weight 400 N is lifted by a forklift truck. The truck lifts the crate from rest to a height of 2 m in 5 s. Assuming constant acceleration, find the normal contact force from the truck on the crate.

Important Questions on Cross-Topic Review Exercise 1

EASY
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

A force F acts in a horizontal plane and has components 25 N in the x -direction and -17 N in the y -direction relative to a set of axes. The force acts at an angle α below the x -axis.

Find the sizes of F and α.

MEDIUM
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

A force F acts in a horizontal plane and has components 25 N in the x -direction and -17 N in the y -direction relative to a set of axes. The force acts at an angle α below the x -axis.

Another force has magnitude 29 N and acts at an angle of 70° above the positive x -axis. The resultant of these two forces has magnitude R N and makes an angle of θ with the positive x -axis. Find the values of R and θ.

MEDIUM
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

The graph shows the velocity of a parachutist as she falls from an aircraft until she hits the ground 50 s later.

There are four stages to the motion: falling freely under gravity with the parachute closed; decelerating with the parachute open; falling at constant speed with the parachute open; and coming to rest instantaneously on hitting the ground.

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Find the total distance fallen.

MEDIUM
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

The graph shows the velocity of a parachutist as she falls from an aircraft until she hits the ground 50 s later.

There are four stages to the motion: falling freely under gravity with the parachute closed; decelerating with the parachute open; falling at constant speed with the parachute open; and coming to rest instantaneously on hitting the ground.

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The parachutist has mass 70 kg. Show that the upward force on the parachutist due to the parachute during the second stage is 1148 N.

HARD
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

A particle of mass 6.3 kg is attached to one end of a light inextensible string. The other end of the string is attached to a fixed point X. It is held in equilibrium by a horizontal force F when the string is at an angle α to the vertical, where tanα=2021. Find the tension in the string and the size of F.

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MEDIUM
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT
Two forces, each of size 8 N, have a resultant of 13 N.
Find the angle between the forces.
MEDIUM
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT
Two forces, each of size 8 N, have a resultant of 13 N.
The two given forces of magnitude 8 N act on a particle of mass m kg, which remains at rest on a horizontal surface with no friction. The normal contact force between the surface and the particle has magnitude 7 N. Find m and the acute angle that one of the 8 N forces makes with the surface.
HARD
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

A particle P is in equilibrium on a smooth horizontal table under the action of four horizontal forces of magnitudes 6 N, 5 N, F N and F N acting in the directions shown. Find the values of α and F.

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