A-Level MathematicsYear 2020Q7
24 7. A light elastic spring has natural length l and modulus of elasticity 4mg . A particle P of mass m is attached to one end of the spring. The other end of the spring is attached to a fixed point A. The point B is vertically below A with AB = 7 4 l. The particle P is released from rest at B. (a) Show that P moves with simple harmonic motion with period π l g (7) (b) Find, in terms of m, l and g, the maximum kinetic energy of P during the motion. (3) (c) Find the time within each complete oscillation for which the length of the spring is less than l. (5) _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________
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Syllabus levelAdvanced Level (A-Level)
SubjectMathematics
Official MarksVariable (2–6 marks)