Grade 11 A.

4 Paper 2 Practice Questions Date:

1. A bar rotates horizontally about its centre, reaching a maximum angular velocity in six complete rotations
from rest. The bar has a constant angular acceleration of 0.110 rad s−2. The moment of inertia of the bar about the
axis of rotation is 0.0216 kg m 2.

(a) Show that the final angular velocity of the bar is about 3 rad s−1. [2]

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(b) Draw the variation with time t of the angular displacement θ of the bar during the acceleration. [1]

(c) Calculate the torque acting on the bar while it is accelerating. [1]

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(d) The torque is removed. The bar comes to rest in 30 complete rotations with constant angular
deceleration. Determine the time taken for the bar to come to rest. [2]

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2. A flywheel is made of a solid disk with a mass M of 5.00 kg mounted on a small radial axle. The mass of the
axle is negligible. The radius R of the disk is 6.00 cm and the radius r of the axle is 1.20 cm.
A string of negligible thickness is wound around the axle. The string is pulled by an electric motor that exerts a
vertical tension force T on the flywheel. The diagram shows the forces acting on the flywheel. W is the weight and
N is the normal reaction force from the support of the flywheel.

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The moment of inertia of the flywheel about the axis is I = M R .
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(a) State the torque provided by the force W about the axis of the flywheel. [1]

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The flywheel is initially at rest. At time t = 0 the motor is switched on and a time-varying tension force acts
on the flywheel. The torque Γ exerted on the flywheel by the tension force in the string varies with t as
shown on the graph.

(b(i)) Identify the physical quantity represented by the area under the graph. [1]

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(b(ii)) Show that the angular velocity of the flywheel at t = 5.00 s is 200 rad s–1. [2]

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(b(iii)) Calculate the maximum tension in the string. [1]

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At t = 5.00 s the string becomes fully unwound and it disconnects from the flywheel. The flywheel remains
spinning around the axle.

(c(i)) The flywheel is in translational equilibrium. Distinguish between translational equilibrium and rotational
equilibrium. [2]

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(c(ii)) At t = 5.00 s the flywheel is spinning with angular velocity 200 rad s–1. The support bearings exert a
constant frictional torque on the axle. The flywheel comes to rest after 8.00 × 10 3 revolutions.
Calculate the magnitude of the frictional torque exerted on the flywheel. [3]

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3. A uniform ladder of weight 50.0 N and length 4.00 m is placed against a frictionless wall making an angle of
60.0° with the ground.

(a) Outline why the normal force acting on the ladder at the point of contact with the wall is equal to the
frictional force F between the ladder and the ground. [1]

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(b) Calculate F. [2]

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(c) The coefficient of friction between the ladder and the ground is 0.400. Determine whether the ladder will
slip. [2]

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4. The moment of inertia of a solid sphere is I = m r where m is the mass of the sphere and r is the radius.
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(a) Show that the total kinetic energy Ek of the sphere when it rolls, without slipping, at speed v
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is E K= mv .
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(b) A solid sphere of mass 1.5 kg is rolling, without slipping, on a horizontal surface with a speed of 0.50 m s -1.
The sphere then rolls, without slipping, down a ramp to reach a horizontal surface that is 45 cm lower.

Calculate the speed of the sphere at the bottom of the ramp. [3]

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5. A uniform rod of weight 36.0 N and length 5.00 m rests horizontally. The rod is pivoted at its left-hand end and
is supported at a distance of 4.00 m from the frictionless pivot.

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 (a) Calculate the force the support exerts on the rod. [2]

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The support is suddenly removed and the rod begins to rotate clockwise about the pivot point. The moment
of inertia of the rod about the pivot point is 30.6 kg m2.

(b.i) Calculate, in rad s–2, the initial angular acceleration α of the rod. [2]

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(b.ii) After time t the rod makes an angle θ with the horizontal. Outline why the equation θ= α t cannot be
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used to find the time it takes θ to become (that is for the rod to become vertical for the first time). [2]
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(c.i) At the instant the rod becomes vertical show that the angular speed is ω = 2.43 rad s–1. [3]

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(c.ii) At the instant the rod becomes vertical calculate the angular momentum of the rod. [1]

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6. A hoop of mass m, radius r and moment of inertia mr2 rests on a rough plane inclined at an angle θ to the
horizontal. It is released so that the hoop gains linear and angular acceleration by rolling, without slipping, down
the plane.

(a) On the diagram, draw and label the forces acting on the hoop. [2]

(b) Show that the linear acceleration a of the hoop is given by the equation shown. [4]

g sinθ
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(c) Calculate the acceleration of the hoop when θ = 20°. Assume that the hoop continues to roll without
slipping. [1]

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(d) State the relationship between the force of friction and the angle of the incline. [2]

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(e) The angle of the incline is slowly increased from zero. Determine the angle, in terms of the coefficient of
friction, at which the hoop will begin to slip. [3]

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