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Newton's laws of motion

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8 past-paper questions on Newton's laws of motion

  • 9709/42 · October/November 20247 marks

    Find the tension in the string and the magnitude of the acceleration of the particles.

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  • 9709/42 · May/June 20256 marks

    A particle P of mass 3 kg is projected with a speed of 8 ms¯¹ up a line of greatest slope of a rough plane inclined at 30° to the…

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  • 9709/41 · May/June 20245 marks

    (b) It is given instead that the coefficient of friction between the bobsled and the slope is 0.03 . Find the time that it takes…

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  • 9709/42 · May/June 20245 marks

    Two particles P and Q of masses 2.5kg and 0.5kg respectively are connected by a light inextensible string that passes over a…

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  • 9709/42 · May/June 20255 marks

    When the system has been in motion for 1.5s, the string attached to A breaks. Find the total distance that A travels up the plane…

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  • 9709/41 · May/June 20254 marks

    A block of mass 12kg is being pulled by a rope up a rough plane. The plane is inclined at an angle of 20° above the horizontal.…

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  • 9709/41 · October/November 20244 marks

    Two particles, of masses 1.8 kg and 1.2kg, are connected by a light inextensible string that passes over a fixed smooth pulley.…

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  • 9709/41 · October/November 20243 marks

    At an instant when its speed is 45 ms¯¹, find the greatest possible acceleration of the car.

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