Edexcel A Level Further Maths M5 · Mechanics 5 June 2018 question paper 6681

A small bead is threaded on a smooth straight horizontal wire. The wire is modelled as a line with vector equation r = (2 + + (2 – 1) j, where the unit of length is the metre.

the magnitude of the work done by F.

Three forces F₁ = (ai + bj – 2k) N, F₂ = (–i + j – 2k) N and F₃ = (–i – 3j + k) N, where a and b are constants, act on a rigid body. The force F₁ acts through the point with position vector k m, the force F₂ acts through the point with position vector (3i – j + k) m and the force F₃ acts through the point with position vector (j + 2 k) m. The system of three forces is equivalent to a single force R acting through the origin together with a couple of moment G. The direction of R is parallel to the direction of G. Find the value of a and the value of b.

A particle P moves in the xy-plane in such a way that its position vector r metres at time t seconds, where 0 t π, satisfies the differential equation

When t = 0, the particle is at the point with position vector (– i + j) m. Find r in terms of t.

A uniform lamina of mass M kg is modelled as the region which is bounded by the curve with equation y = x², the positive x-axis and the line with equation x = 2. The unit of length on both axes is the metre. Find the moment of inertia of the lamina about the x-axis.

At time t = 0 a rocket is launched. The rocket has initial mass M, of which mass , 0 1, is fuel. The rocket is launched vertically upwards, from rest, from the surface of the Earth. The rocket burns fuel and the burnt fuel is ejected vertically downwards with constant speed U relative to the rocket. At time t, the rocket has mass m and velocity v. Ignoring air resistance and any variation in g,

show, from first principles, that until all the fuel is used,

The rocket accelerates vertically upwards with constant acceleration g.

Find, in terms of M, U and , an expression for the kinetic energy of the rocket at the instant when all of the fuel has been used.

Three equal uniform rods, each of mass m and length 2 a, form the sides of a rigid equilateral triangular frame ABC. The frame is free to rotate in a vertical plane about a fixed smooth horizontal axis L which passes through A and is perpendicular to the plane of the frame.

Show that the moment of inertia of the frame about L is 6ma².

The frame is held with AB horizontal and C below AB, and released from rest. Given that the centre of mass of the frame is two thirds of the way along a median from a vertex,

find the magnitude of the force exerted by the axis on the frame at A at the instant when the frame is released.

A pendulum consists of a uniform circular disc, of radius a and mass 4 m, whose centre is fixed to the end B of a uniform rod AB. The rod has mass 3 m and length 4 l, where 2l a. The rod lies in the same plane as the disc. The pendulum is free to rotate about a fixed smooth horizontal axis L which passes through A and is perpendicular to the plane of the disc. The moment of inertia of the pendulum about L is 2m(a² + 40l²).

Find the approximate period of small oscillations of the pendulum about its position of stable equilibrium.

The pendulum is held with B vertically above A and is then slightly displaced from rest. In the subsequent motion the midpoint of AB strikes a small peg, which is fixed at the same horizontal level as A, and the pendulum rebounds upwards. Immediately before it strikes the peg, the angular speed of the pendulum is .

Immediately after it strikes the peg, the angular speed of the pendulum is ω.

Find, in terms of m, g, a and l, the magnitude of the impulse exerted on the peg by the pendulum.

Show that the size of the angle turned through by the pendulum, between it hitting the peg and it next coming to rest, is arcsin