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A-LevelMathematicsMechanicsMay/June 2023Paper 4 Q24 Marks

A car of mass 1500kg is towing a trailer of mass mkg along a straight horizontal road. The car and the trailer are connected by a tow-bar which is horizontal, light and rigid. There is a resistance force of FN on the car and a resistance force of 200N on the trailer. The driving force of the car's engine is 3200N, the acceleration of the car is 1.25 ms⁻² and the tension in the tow-bar is 300N.

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This structured question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Mathematics (9709) May/June 2023 examination, Paper 4 Variant 3. It tests the topic of Mechanics and is worth 4 marks.

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