M1 Chapter 3-4

Q1.

Figure 1 shows a large bucket used by a crane on a building site to move materials between the ground
and the top of the building. The mass of the bucket is 15 kg.

The bucket is attached to a vertical cable with the bottom of the bucket horizontal. The cable is modelled
as light and inextensible.

When the bucket is on the ground, a bag of cement of mass 25 kg is placed in the bucket.
–2
The bucket with the bag of cement moves vertically upwards with constant acceleration 0.2 ms . Air
resistance is modelled as being negligible.

(a) Find the tension in the cable. (3)

At the top of the building, the bag of cement is removed. A box of tools of mass 12 kg is now placed in the
bucket.

Later on the bucket with the box of tools is moving vertically downwards with constant deceleration 0.1 ms
–2
. Air resistance is again modelled as being negligible.

(b) Find the magnitude of the normal reaction between the bucket and the box of tools (3)

(Total for question = 6 marks)

(Q04 WME01/01, June 2021)

Q2. A particle P rests in equilibrium on a smooth horizontal plane.
A system of three forces, F1 N, F2 N and F3 N where

F1 = (3ci + 4cj)

F2 = (-14i + 7j)

is applied to P.

Given that P remains in equilibrium,

(a) find F3 in terms of c, i and j. (2)

The force F3 is removed from the system.

Given that c = 2

(b) find the size of the angle between the direction of i and the direction of the resultant force acting on P.
(4)
The mass of P is m kg.

Given that the magnitude of the acceleration of P is 8.5 m s-2

(c) find the value of m. (4)

(Total for question = 10 marks)

(Q02 WME01/01, June 2023)

Q3.

Two children, Alan and Bhavana, are standing on the horizontal floor of a lift, as shown in Figure 3.

The lift has mass 250 kg. The lift is raised vertically upwards with constant acceleration by a vertical cable
which is attached to the top of the lift. The cable is modelled as being light and inextensible. While the lift
is accelerating upwards, the tension in the cable is 3616 N.

As the lift accelerates upwards, the floor of the lift exerts a force of magnitude 565 N on Alan and a force
of magnitude 226 N on Bhavana.

Air resistance is modelled as being negligible and Alan and Bhavana are modelled as particles.

(a) By considering the forces acting on the lift only, find the acceleration of the lift. (3)

(b) Find the mass of Alan. (3)

(Total for question = 6 marks)

(Q04 WME01/01, Oct 2022)

Q4. A tractor of mass 6 tonnes is dragging a large block of mass 2 tonnes along rough horizontal ground.
The cable connecting the tractor to the block is horizontal and parallel to the direction of motion.
The cable is modelled as being light and inextensible.

The driving force of the tractor is 7400 N and the resistance to the motion of the tractor is 200 N. The
resistance to the motion of the block is R newtons, where R is a constant.

Given that the tension in the cable is 6000 N and the tractor is accelerating,

(a) find the value of R. (6)

(b) State how you have used the fact that the cable is modelled as being inextensible. (1)

(Total for question = 7 marks)

(Q03 WME01/01, June 2022)

Q5. Two small children, Ajaz and Beth, are running a 100 m race along a straight horizontal track.
They both start from rest, leaving the start line at the same time.

Ajaz accelerates at 0.8 m s–2 up to a speed of 4 m s–1 and then maintains this speed until he crosses the
finish line.

Beth accelerates at 1 m s–2 for T seconds and then maintains a constant speed until she crosses the
finish line.

Ajaz and Beth cross the finish line at the same time.

(a) Sketch, on the same axes, a speed-time graph for each child, from the instant when they leave the
start line to the instant when they cross the finish line. (3)

(b) Find the time taken by Ajaz to complete the race. (4)

(c) Find the value of T (4)

(d) Find the difference in the speeds of the two children as they cross the finish line. (2)

(Total for question = 13 marks)

(Q07 WME01/01, June 2022)

Q6. A particle P moves with constant acceleration (–λi + 2λj) m s−2, where λ is a positive constant.
At time t = 0, the velocity of P is (5i − 8j) m s−1

(a) Find the velocity of P when t = 5 s, giving your answer in terms of i, j and λ. (2)

The speed of P when t = 5 s is 13 m s−1

(b) Show that 25λ2 – 42λ − 16 = 0 (3)

(c) Find the direction of motion of P when t = 4 s, giving your answer as a bearing to the nearest degree.
(5)
(Total for question = 10 marks)

(Q04 WME01/01, Oct 2023)

Q7. A particle A of mass 0.5 kg is at rest on a smooth horizontal plane.

At time t = 0, two forces, F1 = (–3i + 2j) N and F2 = (pi + qj) N, where p and q are constants, are applied to
A.

Given that A moves in the direction of the vector (i – 2j),

(a) show that 2p + q – 4 = 0 (4)

Given that p = 5

(b) find the speed of A at time t = 4 seconds. (5)

(Total for question = 9 marks)

(Q06 WME01/01, Oct 2022)

Q8. Two ships, A and B, are moving with constant velocities.
The velocity of A is (3i + 12j) kmh–1 and the velocity of B is (pi + qj) kmh–1

(a) Find the speed of A. (2)

The ships are modelled as particles.

At 12 noon, A is at the point with position vector (–9i + 6j) km and B is at the point with position vector
(16i + 6j)km.

At time t hours after 12 noon,

(b) Find the value of p and the value of q. (7)

(c) Find the bearing of A from B when the ships are 15 km apart, giving your answer to the nearest
degree. (7)

(Total for question = 16 marks)

(Q08 WME01/01, Oct 2022)

Q9.

A simple lift operates by means of a vertical cable which is attached to the top of the lift.
The lift has mass m
A box Q is placed on the floor of the lift.
A box P is placed directly on top of box Q, as shown in Figure 4.

The cable is modelled as being light and inextensible and air resistance is modelled as being negligible.

The tension in the cable is

The lift and its contents move vertically upwards with acceleration

Using the model,

(a) find, in terms of m, the combined mass of boxes P and Q (4)

During the motion of the lift, the force exerted on box P by box Q is

Using the model,

(b) find, in terms of m, the mass of box P (3)

(Total for question = 7 marks)

(Q07 WME01/01, Jan 2023)

Q10. The position vector, r metres, of a particle P at time t seconds, relative to a fixed origin O, is given
by
r = (t – 3)i + (1 – 2t)j

(a) Find, to the nearest degree, the size of the angle between r and the vector j, when t = 2
(3)
(b) Find the values of t for which the distance of P from O is 2.5 m.
(5)
(Total for question = 8 marks)

(Q04 WME01/01, Oct 2021)

Q11. At 7 am a ship leaves a port and moves with constant velocity. The position vector of the port is (–2i
+ 9j) km.
At 7.36 am the ship is at the point with position vector (4i + 6j) km.

(a) Show that the velocity of the ship is (10i – 5j) km h–1 (2)

(b) Find the position vector of the ship t hours after leaving port. (2)

At 8.48 am a passenger on the ship notices that a lighthouse is due east of the ship.

At 9 am the same passenger notices that the lighthouse is now north east of the ship.

(c) Find the position vector of the lighthouse.

(4)
(d) Find the position vector of the ship when it is due south of the lighthouse.
(4)

(Total for question = 12 marks)

(Q08 WME01/01, Oct 2021)
Q12. A particle P of mass 2 kg moves under the action of two forces, (pi + qj)N and (2qi + pj)N, where p
and q are constants.
Given that the acceleration of P is (i − j)m s−2

(a) find the value of p and the value of q. (5)

(b) Find the size of the angle between the direction of the acceleration and the vector j. (2)

At time t = 0, the velocity of P is (3i − 4j) m s−1

At t = T seconds, P is moving in the direction of the vector (11i − 13j).

(c) Find the value of T. (5)

(Total for question = 12 marks)

(Q06 WME01/01, Jan 2022)

Q13. A ship A moves with constant velocity (3i – 10j) km h−1
At time t hours, the position vector of A is r km.

At time t = 0, A is at the point with position vector (13i + 5j) km.

(a) Find r in terms of t. (2)

Another ship B moves with constant velocity (15i + 14j) km h−1

At time t = 0, B is at the point with position vector (3i – 5j) km.

(b) Show that, at time t hours,

= [(12t − 10)i + (24t − 10)j]km (4)

Given that the two ships do not change course,

(c) find the shortest distance between the two ships, (6)

(d) find the bearing of ship B from ship A when the ships are closest. (2)

(Total for question = 14 marks)

(Q08 WME01/01, Jan 2022)

Q14. A particle P is moving with constant acceleration.

At time t = 1 second, P has velocity (–i + 4j) m s–1

At time t = 4 seconds, P has velocity (5i – 8j) m s–1

Find the speed of P at time t = 3.5 seconds.

(Total for question = 6 marks)

(Q06 WME01/01, June 2022)
Q15. Two boats, P and Q, are moving with constant velocities.
The velocity of P is 15i m s–1 and the velocity of Q is (20i – 20j) m s–1

(a) Find the direction in which Q is travelling, giving your answer as a bearing. (2)

The boats are modelled as particles.

At time t = 0 , P is at the origin O and Q is at the point with position vector 200j m.

At time t seconds, the position vector of P is p m and the position vector of Q is q m.

(b) Show that

= [5ti + (200 – 20t)j] m (5)

(c) Find the bearing of P from Q when t = 10 (2)

(d) Find the distance between P and Q when Q is north east of P (5)

(e) Find the times when P and Q are 200 m apart. (3)

(Total for question = 17 marks)

(Q08 WME01/01, June 2022)

Q16. Two forces, F1 and F2, act on a particle A.
F1 = (2i − 3j) N and F2 = (pi + qj) N, where p and q are constants.

Given that the resultant of F1 and F2 is parallel to (i + 2j),

(a) show that 2p − q + 7 = 0 (5)

Given that q = 11 and that the mass of A is 2 kg, and that F1 and F2 are the only forces acting on A,

(b) find the magnitude of the acceleration of A. (5)

(Total for question = 10 marks)

(Q05 WME11/01, Specimen papers )

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