A-Level MathematicsYear 2020Q4
15 Turn over Question 4 continued _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ (Total for Question 4 is 9 marks) 16 5. 40 cm P O A 60 cm Figure 4 A particle P of mass 0.75 kg is attached to one end of a light inextensible string of length 60 cm. The other end of the string is attached to a fixed point A that is vertically above the point O on a smooth horizontal table, such that OA = 40 cm. The particle remains in contact with the table, with the string taut, and moves in a horizontal circle with centre O, as shown in Figure 4. The particle is moving with a constant angular speed of 3 radians per second. (a) Find (i) the tension in the string, (ii) the normal reaction between P and the table. (7) The angular speed of P is now gradually increased. (b) Find the angular speed of P at the instant P loses contact with the table. 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Syllabus levelAdvanced Level (A-Level)
SubjectMathematics
Official MarksVariable (2–6 marks)