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O-LevelPhysicsKinematics5054/21 · Oct/Nov 2018 · Q15 Marks

A girl of mass 35 kg, on a bicycle, accelerates from rest and travels down a slope in a straight line. The girl does not use the pedals. Fig. 1.1 shows that the gradient of the slope is constant. [Figure 1.1]

  1. (a)Calculate the resultant force on the girl when she is accelerating at 2.6m/s².[2]
  2. (b)(i)On Fig. 1.2, sketch a speed-time graph for the girl from when she starts moving until she is travelling at a constant speed. [Figure 1.2][2]
  3. (b)(ii)State how the distance travelled is found from a speed-time graph.[1]

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Mark scheme

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  1. [C1] (F =) ma or 35 × 2.6
  2. [A1] 91 N
  3. [B1] straight line from origin to dashed line / t₁
  4. [B1] gradually decreasing gradient until the line is horizontal
  5. [B1] area under the line or area between line and x-axis

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Topic
Kinematics, O-Level Physics (syllabus 5054). Structured question, 5 marks.
Source
O-Level Physics, Oct/Nov 2018 Paper 2 Variant 1, question 1.

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