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The document contains a series of exercises applying Newton's second law of motion, focusing on various scenarios involving forces, tensions, and accelerations. It includes problems related to lifting weights, moving vehicles, and the effects of forces on objects in motion. Each exercise requires calculations to determine forces, accelerations, and velocities based on given parameters.

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The document contains a series of exercises applying Newton's second law of motion, focusing on various scenarios involving forces, tensions, and accelerations. It includes problems related to lifting weights, moving vehicles, and the effects of forces on objects in motion. Each exercise requires calculations to determine forces, accelerations, and velocities based on given parameters.

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MEI AS Mathematics Force and Newton’s laws

Section 2: Applying Newton’s second law

Exercise level 2

1. Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water. The pail had a mass 5 kg when
empty and 15 kg when full. The pail was lowered into the well at a constant acceleration
of 4 m s-2. When the pail was full it was raised at a constant speed
3 m s-1.
Neglecting the weight of the rope, find the tension in the rope
(i) when the pail was being lowered,
(ii) when the full pail was being raised.

2. A lift descends with an acceleration of 1.5 m s-2, then moves at a constant speed until it is
decelerated at 1 m s-2. A package of mass 20 kg stands on the floor of the lift during the
journey. Find the magnitude of the force it exerts on the floor of the lift at each stage.

3. Two forces of 5i + 2j and i – 3j act on a particle of mass 2 kg which is initially moving at


a velocity of u.
(i) What is the acceleration of the particle?
(ii) The particle comes to rest after 4 seconds. Find u.

4. A vehicle of mass 2000 kg is travelling along a straight horizontal road at


90 km h-1. It is brought to rest in a distance of 500 m by a force of magnitude P Newtons.
Find P and the time taken to come to rest.

5. A coalminers’ cage of mass 450 kg contains four coalminers of total mass 300 kg. The
cage is lowered from rest by a cable. For the first 12 seconds the cage accelerates
uniformly and descends a distance of 96 m.
Find the force in the cable during the first 12 seconds.

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6. A particle P with mass 5 kg is initially at the point (3, 2) and has velocity   . A force
 −2 
acts on the particle and after 2 seconds it is at the point (2, -1). Find the force.

7. A balloon of total mass 420 kg is descending with constant acceleration of


0.4 m s-2.
(i) Find the upthrust acting on the balloon.
When the balloon is moving at 1.5 m s-1, enough ballast is released for the balloon to fall
with a deceleration of 0.2 m s-2. Assuming that the upthrust remains the same, calculate
(ii) how much ballast was released
(iii) the time for which the balloon continues to fall before it begins to rise

8. A load of 200 kg is lifted through 50 m by a vertical cable. The load accelerates


uniformly from rest for 20 seconds, travels at constant speed for 10 seconds then
decelerates to rest in a further 10 seconds. Find the maximum speed attained and the
tension in the cable at each stage.

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