A-Level MathematicsYear 2021Q2
Turn over 7 Question 2 continued _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ (Total for Question 2 is 10 marks) 8 3. A B C D E F G H I J 8a 5a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a Figure 3 The uniform lamina ABCDEFGHIJ is shown in Figure 3. The lamina has AJ = 8a , AB = 5a and BC = DE = EF = FG = GH = HI = IJ = 2a. All the corners are right angles. (a) Show that the distance of the centre of mass of the lamina from AJ is 49 26 a (5) A light inextensible rope is attached to the lamina at A and another light inextensible rope is attached to the lamina at B. The lamina hangs in equilibrium with both ropes vertical and AB horizontal. The weight of the lamina is W. (b) Find, in terms of W, the tension in the rope attached to the lamina at B. (3) The rope attached to B breaks and subsequently the lamina hangs freely in equilibrium, suspended from A. (c) Find the size of the angle between AJ and the downward vertical. (5) _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________
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Syllabus levelAdvanced Level (A-Level)
SubjectMathematics
Official MarksVariable (2–6 marks)