Momentum & Impulse (Edexcel A Level Further Maths: Further Mechanics 1)

Topic Questions

1
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6 marks

A particle P of mass 0.5 kg is moving with velocity open parentheses 4 bold i plus bold j close parentheses space ms to the power of negative 1 end exponentwhen it receives an impulse open parentheses 2 bold i minus bold j close parentheses space Ns.

Show that the kinetic energy gained by P as a result of the impulse is 12 J.

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2a
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A small ball of mass 0.3 kg is released from rest from a point 3.6 m above horizontal ground.
The ball falls freely under gravity, hits the ground and rebounds vertically upwards.

In the first impact with the ground, the ball receives an impulse of magnitude 4.2 Ns.
The ball is modelled as a particle.

Find the speed of the ball immediately after it first hits the ground.

2b
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Find the kinetic energy lost by the ball as a result of the impact with the ground.

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3
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A particle P, of mass 0.5 kg, is moving with velocity open parentheses 4 bold i plus 4 bold j close parentheses space ms to the power of negative 1 end exponentwhen it receives an impulse bold I of magnitude 2.5 Ns.

As a result of the impulse, the direction of motion of P is deflected through an angle of 45°.

Given that bold I space equals space left parenthesis lambda bold i space plus mu bold j right parenthesis Ns, find all the possible pairs of values of lambda and mu

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4a
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A particle P of mass 0.5 kg is moving with velocity left parenthesis 4 bold i space plus space 3 bold j right parenthesis space ms to the power of negative 1 end exponent when it receives an impulse bold J Ns. Immediately after receiving the impulse, P is moving with velocity left parenthesis – bold i space plus space 6 bold j right parenthesis space ms to the power of negative 1 end exponent

Find the magnitude of bold J.

4b
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The angle between the direction of the impulse and the direction of motion of P immediately before receiving the impulse is alpha degree.

Find the value of alpha.

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5
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A particle P has mass 0.5 kg. It is moving in the x y plane with velocity 8 bold i bold space ms to the power of negative 1 end exponent when it receives an impulse lambda left parenthesis negative bold i bold space plus bold space bold j right parenthesis space Ns, where lambda is a positive constant.

The angle between the direction of motion of P immediately before receiving the impulse and the direction of motion of P immediately after receiving the impulse is theta degree

Immediately after receiving the impulse, P is moving with speed 4 square root of space 10 end root space ms to the power of negative 1 end exponent.

Find

i)
the value of lambda 

ii)
the value of theta

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