9709/42 · May/June 2024
Download PDFA cyclist and bicycle have a total mass of . The cyclist rides along a horizontal road against a total resistance force of . Find the total work done by the cyclist to increase his speed from to while travelling a distance of .
A particle moves in a straight line. At time after leaving a point on the line, has velocity , where .
Find the set of values of for which the acceleration of the particle is positive.
Find the two values of at which returns to .
Four coplanar forces of magnitude , , and act at a point in the directions shown in the diagram. It is given that the forces are in equilibrium. Find the values of and .

A car has mass . When the speed of the car is the magnitude of the resistance to motion is where is a constant.
The car moves at a constant speed of up a hill inclined at an angle of to the horizontal where . At this speed the magnitude of the resistance to motion is . Find the value of .
Find the power of the car's engine.
The car now moves at a constant speed on a straight level road. Given that its engine is working at , find this speed.
A particle of mass lies on a rough plane which is inclined at an angle of to the horizontal. The particle is kept in equilibrium by a force of magnitude . This force acts at an angle of above a line of greatest slope of the plane (see diagram). The coefficient of friction between the particle and the plane is . Find the least and greatest possible values of .

Three particles , and of masses , and respectively lie at rest in that order on a straight smooth horizontal track . Initially is at , is at and is at . Particle is projected towards with a speed of and at the same instant is projected towards with a speed of . In the subsequent motion, collides and coalesces with to form particle . Particle then collides and coalesces with to form particle and moves towards .
Show that after the second collision the speed of is .
The total loss of kinetic energy of the system due to the two collisions is . Use the result from (a) to show that .
It is given that the distance is and the distance is . Find the time between the two collisions.
Find the time between the instant that is projected from and the instant that reaches .
Two particles and of masses and respectively are connected by a light inextensible string that passes over a small smooth pulley fixed at the top of a plane inclined at an angle of to the horizontal. Particle is on the plane and hangs below the pulley such that the level of is below the level of (see diagram). Particle is released from rest with the string taut and slides down the plane. The plane is rough with coefficient of friction between the plane and .

Find the acceleration of .
Use an energy method to find the speed of the particles at the instant when they are at the same vertical height.






