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A-Level MathematicsYear 2020Q6

20 6. A light elastic string with natural length l and modulus of elasticity kmg has one end attached to a fixed point A on a rough inclined plane. The other end of the string is attached to a package of mass m. The plane is inclined at an angle θ to the horizontal, where tan θ =  5 12 The package is initially held at A. The package is then projected with speed 6gl up a line of greatest slope of the plane and first comes to rest at the point B, where AB = 3l. The coefficient of friction between the package and the plane is 1 4 By modelling the package as a particle, (a) show that k = 15 26 (6) (b) find the acceleration of the package at the instant it starts to move back down the plane from the point B. (5) _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________

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Syllabus levelAdvanced Level (A-Level)
SubjectMathematics
Official MarksVariable (2–6 marks)