Pre-Leaving Coriieato Examination, 2015 Applied Mathematics Higher Level Marking Scheme (300 marks) Six questions to be answered. All questions carry equal marks. (6% S0m) 1. (@)_Avtrain travels a distanced from rst at one station to rest at another sation, ‘he train travels fr the frst part ofits journey with a constant accelemtion J, then immediately decelerats to restat the second station with constant deceleration f, Show tin inet Co) Let» be the maximum speed attained. Gm Gm) a 7 = —_Tr_~ (Sm) Further answers overleat essa a Page 2 1486m) () A partici, P sas fom rest ata point A and moves with constant acesleraton Fitva straight line. 'A time T, afer P starts from 4, a second particle , tarts ‘rom A and moves inthe same direction slong the same straight ine a . (Q moves with a constant speed of u Prove that Q will overtake P if u> 2/7 ey Let #27. Lets, and s, be the distances travelled by P and Qia time Then sO NO? 3=W-D Gm) ‘The partctes willbe level when 47h (sm) fe ~2ut+2ut=0 poe CR AT oF mtd fet eye 2A sy & (6m) sss ae Pogo 2 48 eerw For Q to overtake P, this equation must have real solutions, ie. 6° ~4ae >0 w2fur>0 wt >2fiT wor Gm) Assuming Q does overtake P, i.e that w> 2/9, express in terms of 1 fand T the length of ime for which Q is aead of . © et EMEP gag, er DAE : t . di ‘The length of time Q is ahead of Pis EE) : Sm) Page 208 ver2 (a) Arman can swim at 3 m si still water. He swims across a river of width 60 metres, The rver lows with a constant speed of ‘Sms parallel to the straight banks, He swims at an angle cr tothe upstream Aircction but ends up going at an angle @ to the downstream direction, 3sina @ Show that tan 8 Let 7 and j be unit vectors inthe ireetion ofthe river flow and perpendicular to the banks respectively, Thea Sosa +3sinaj “(-Soma+3sinaJ) (57) =(5-3cosa)i+3sine J om carers Bsine If this makes an angle 8 with the downstream direction, then Ssinee (Sm) srr a Page 240848 ces(Find tho time taken for the man to cross bythe shortest path, as, Let be the angle between Fig and fy. Then by the Sine rule, “Then the spood iretly across the river is sino. (4) 4 3 “Thus the time to eross the river bythe shortest path is Gm) sree Page 25 48(8) Ship A is tavelting with a constant speed of 10 m s~ in the direaion 30° north fofeast. Atmidday, ship B is 10 km due eat of ship A, and is evelling in straight lin with a constant speed of vm 8 © Calculate the minimum posible vale of vB sto interoest A. 0) 8, = Ceos30°F7 +(0sin30%7 ‘ 5, 955457 (Sm) 10 ‘Let travel in the direction «north of west ~(vcosayT+(9sina)] =Creosaii + sine) -(s\57+57) i ju_y Toa (-veosa-5597 osine—3)7 (Sm) interception, Fy, must point due west, i. Gm) Fortis tobe possible snot S61 tes Ths the minima vale of fr ineception i. (Sm) i) Ify=6, show tht B can travel incther of two directions tointercept A, and find these directions, correct to the nearest degree. © If then interception curs when esse se ope 26 0148 em3. (@) A particle is projected from 2 point ona horizontal plane with speed 21m s~! atan angle «tothe horizontal. The particle then strikes a smal wrzet whose Dorizontal and vertical distances from the point of projection are 30m and 10m respectively. Find (the two possible values of tan ayy Given: forthe same value oft, (sm) 2)-4 sm 30una—0see 3tanal-(U+ tana) =1 ten? a—3tana+2=0 6m) (i) thetwo posible times taken to sie the target. a) I wna=1, then @=45* and cosa=—L.. The ime whens 10 1007 2.005 (6m) The time taken is (5m) secscaseue et Page 2 048 com(©) A particle is projected up an inclined plane from a point O, with intial speed of| 35ms-*. The line of projection makes an angle 4 with the inlined plane and te plan is inclined at an angle of 45°to the horizontal. ‘The plane of projection is vertical and contains the line of greatest slope, ‘The particle is moving horizontally when it tikes the inclined plane at 0. @ as, ¥, =35cos0~gsin45°s and v, =35sin®-gcos45°s sssino— 2 at 080-8 and v, se Also, time of 0 a 3ssin0s— a _1isino say us . Atte tie of fight tands* (Sm) eos --£-{ MV2sin0) (ssn sont (Ls 35cos0—70sin0 =-35sin0+70sin0 35cos0=105sin0 35, sine 105" coso maw) tano= 4 3 (Sm) icncenae Fogo 28 emFind 09) ao) rand. ‘Then noe! sind= 75 and cs ‘Then time of fight Tov2(_1_) 105 Ge) es and [00|=5, attime of fight totes Fe) ) aa(] |00|=sov2 [09|=70-71m Gn) ssc 6 Page 20 484. (a Two particles of masses 2 kg and 6kg ae connected by alight inextensible sting passing over fxed smooth pulley. Initally the two particles are at est atthe sume horizontal level. ‘The system is released from rest. ‘The 6 kg putcle takes 2 seconds to strike horizontal ground. Find @ the intial height ofthe particles above the ground as) By Newton's nd Law: 2a=T 2g. and 4a=4g—T (6m) £ Sm ot (6m) Let be the height ofthe particles above the ground, Then sours Lae 2 r=e+4(SJar =28 m) ak (Sm) Page 2008 «(the greatest height above the ground to which the 2 kg mass rises ao) ‘After? seconds, veusat v-or(F)e-28 ‘When the 4 kg mass strikes the ground, the 2 kg mass sat a eight of 2h=4E shove the ground. (Sm) Leth be the further height the 2 kg mass rises to before soming ores. (Sm) (&) A smooth wedge, of mass 2m and slope 45°, ests on ‘smooth horizontal plane. A particle of mass m is placed onthe inline face ofthe wedge. ‘The system is released from rest Find the speed of the mass m relative to the wedge, when the speed ofthe wedge is 0:5 ms" as) (Sm) o- Further answers overleaf nce. se Paget 48 &Forces ‘ccslrions w \ fis Go . Ve me | he oo a We @ tial we y »{} EW Sm) = N28 Wedge u=0,v=0-5, nk 7 rl a ssa see Page 32048 com58 (@) A smooth sphere A, of mass m,, collides directly witha smooth sphere B, ‘of mass m, which is at rest ona smooth horizontal table. The coesient ‘of estituion between the spheres ise. ‘The line of centres ofthe spheres isa right angles toa smooth vertical cushion alte edge ofthe table. Sphere B then strikes the eushion and rebounds. “The cooficent of restitution between sphere B andthe cushion is e, ‘Show that there willbe no further impact between the spheres if m(l+e, +ee,)0 fom A. The system is free to rotate about a horizontal ‘axis through A perpendicular to the rod. When the system makes small oscillations about the horizontal axis through 4, the length tbe ine son 0 Express xin terms of Let hb he distance from Ato the cee of mas ofthe tem p= +O, patil 2 {Let eth momento ita tte ptm about the feionta eis through A Then Tha tab me 3 Given Page ot as, (5m) (Sm) Further answers overleaf tem4 Seer AP 430 =4tes4? ax <4 (Sm) (i) Lethe system is released from ret with AB horizontal, find the speed of B when itis vertically below A. as, When 4Bis horizontal, KE,=0 When Bis vrclly below, es Ke =h = 2 Ge PCE: KE, +PE,=KE,+PE, 4 nat Gm) (Sm) rcs os Pogo ot eeLet v be the velocity of B at its lowest point. Then =o Pf v= n/a Pages 48 (5m)liquid of relative density 3-5, theres no contraction of volume, and the relative density of te mixture is 2-95 find the value of V. 7 2 tand2 27510 Vt Rowe 2435 2.95 Then ate, Tt QHETK10%) 44-0104 2.95= 2 DAT +G-DErI0) @1SK10%) +P x10) S1543-59, 2.95=577543-57, °—"aaseV 811.2542.957 =577-543:57 233-75=0.557 2s () A block of mass 2-1 kg, and relative density 4-2, is Ihld suspended by a string attached to a scale A, ‘The block is completely immersed in 150m?” of a liquid of relative density 1-2 contained ina cylindrical beaker of mass 0-7 kg, The beaker sts ‘on another scale B. (scale A repstrs x kp, find the value of x Let W be the weight and B be the buoyancy. ig crease Page a4 ore (a) 2750m’ of liquid of relative density 2-1 is mixed with ¥ em’ of another = Gm) (Sm) = Gm) ay, as) temwo «iy Gm) (5) Iiseale A registers amas ofrkg,then x=1-5. (5m) IP sealeB registers yk, find the vaio. a Weigh of auc =10000-2)(1500%10")¢ 8g Let W be the total weight ofthe beaker and te liquid. Then W=0-7g+18g (Sm) Se In equilibrium: scale B registers a mass ofy kg, then 1. (Sm) ‘The radius ofthe beaker is 10 em. Find the height, inem, ofthe liquid in the beaker, corre’ to two decimal paces ao) Let V’be the volume of the Block. Then (0007 1000(4-2)7 0005 ms? 00cm? (Sm) Total volume of liquid and block 1500+ 500 000 em* Let hem be the height ofthe liquid. Then (10)*=2000 37 em (Sm) Page as of 4810. (3) A particle moving in a strught line experiences an acceleration of ~Aeos it cms atime seconds. Ate #0 the panicles at et and has ‘a displacement of 144 em relative toa fixed point O onthe line, (Find the first positive time thatthe particle reaches the point 0. en (on) Gn) Sm steesee e Page tf eeGm i) Show that the particle is moving wit simple harmonic motion. 6 sce =~teos Le 6 ia. ce = +(] (mm) the particle is moving with simple harmonic mation. () Apmice movingin asi cof mam acted poy cof spade 2 ins amy tend nt Ooms wirr denen oe iii 0. ‘The patel sats fom rest ata distanced from 0. ‘Show thatthe velocity ofthe particle tends to a limit of ns 2m aoe (Sm) Further answers overleaf @ ssn os Page a ot(Sa) 6a) (6m) (Sm) sc La ast Page sree eam