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AS and A Level
IMPORTANT
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The tension in a lift cable is 11070 N. The lift is accelerating upwards at a ms-2. A man of weight 800 N stands in the lift on a set of bathroom scales. The scales suggest that the weight of the man is 820 N. Assuming that the scales have negligible weight, find the weight of the lift.

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AS and A Level
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Two masses, A of 2 kg and B of 3 kg, are connected by a light inextensible string that passes over a small, smooth, fixed pulley. Initially, the masses are held stationary and are then released.

Find the acceleration of each mass. 

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AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

Two masses, A of 2 kg and B of 3 kg, are connected by a light inextensible string that passes over a small, smooth, fixed pulley. Initially, the masses are held stationary and are then released. The pulley is fixed to the wall of a lift. The lift is initially stationary. The lift has mass 400 kg and a man of mass 75 kg is travelling in the lift, along with the pulley system. There is nothing else in the lift. The lift starts to move upwards, from rest, by a tension in the lift cable of 4992 N.

Find the acceleration of the lift.

HARD
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

Two masses, A of 2 kg and B of 3 kg, are connected by a light inextensible string that passes over a small, smooth, fixed pulley. Initially, the masses are held stationary and are then released.

Find the acceleration of each of A and B, as viewed by a person standing stationary outside the lift.

HARD
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

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.

HARD
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

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.

HARD
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

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.

HARD
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

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.

HARD
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

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.