EASY
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT
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This diagram shows an aeroplane banking to make a horizontal tum. The aeroplane is travelling at a speed of 75 ms-1 and the radius of the turning circle is 800 m.

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Copy the diagram. On your copy, draw and label the forces acting on the aeroplane.

Important Questions on Circular Motion

MEDIUM
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

This diagram shows an aeroplane banking to make a horizontal tum. The aeroplane is travelling at a speed of 75 ms-1 and the radius of the turning circle is 800 m.

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Calculate the angle that the aeroplane makes with the horizontal.

MEDIUM
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

This diagram shows a rubber bung, of mass 200 g, on the end of a length of string being swung in a horizontal circle of radius 40 cm. The string makes an angle of 56° with the vertical.

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Calculate the tension in the string.

HARD
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

This diagram shows a rubber bung, of mass 200 g, on the end of a length of string being swung in a horizontal circle of radius 40 cm. The string makes an angle of 56° with the vertical.

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Calculate the angular speed of the bung

HARD
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

This diagram shows a rubber bung, of mass 200 g, on the end of a length of string being swung in a horizontal circle of radius 40 cm. The string makes an angle of 56° with the vertical.

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Calculate the time it takes to make one complete revolution

HARD
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

A teacher swings a bucket of water, of total mass 5.4kg, round in a vertical circle of diameter 1.8m. Calculate the minimum speed that the bucket must be swung at so that the water remains in the bucket at the top of the circle.

HARD
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

A teacher swings a bucket of water, of total mass 5.4kg, round in a vertical circle of diameter 1.8m. Assuming that the speed remains constant, what will be the force on the teacher's hand when the bucket is at the bottom of the circle?