9702_w22_qp_22
A paper of Physics, 9702
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2022
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A spherical balloon is filled with a fixed mass of gas. A small block is connected by a string to the balloon, as shown in . balloon block string ground (not to scale) The block is held on the ground by an external force so that the string is vertical. The density of the air surrounding the balloon is 1.2 kg m–3. The upthrust acting on the balloon is 0.071 N. The upthrust acting on the string and block is negligible. By using Archimedes’ principle, calculate the radius r of the balloon. r = m The total weight of the balloon, string and block is 0.053 N. The external force holding the block on the ground is removed so that the released block is lifted vertically upwards by the balloon. Calculate the acceleration of the block immediately after it is released. acceleration = m s–2 The balloon continues to lift the block. The string breaks as the block is moving vertically upwards with a speed of 1.4 m s–1. After the string breaks, the detached block briefly continues moving upwards before falling vertically downwards to the ground. The block hits the ground with a speed of 3.6 m s–1. Assume that the air resistance on the block is negligible. By considering the motion of the block after the string breaks, calculate the height of the block above the ground when the string breaks. height = m The string breaks at time t = 0 and the block hits the ground at time t = T. On , sketch a graph to show the variation of the velocity v of the block with time t from t = 0 to t = T. Numerical values of t are not required. Assume that v is positive in the upward direction. – 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 T t v / m s–1
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A horizontal spring is fixed at one end. A block is pushed against the other end of the spring so that the spring is compressed, as shown in . compressed spring block frictionless surface The block is released and accelerates along a horizontal frictionless surface as the spring returns to its original length. The block leaves the end of the spring with a speed of 2.3 m s–1, as shown in . spring block leaving the spring speed 2.3 m s–1 The block has a mass of 250 g and the spring has a spring constant of 420 N m–1. Assume that the spring always obeys Hooke’s law and that all the elastic potential energy of the spring is transferred to the kinetic energy of the block. Calculate the kinetic energy of the block as it leaves the spring. kinetic energy = J Calculate the compression of the spring immediately before the block is released. compression = m After leaving the spring, the block moves along the surface until it hits a barrier at a speed of 2.3 m s–1. The block then rebounds at a speed of 1.5 m s–1 and moves back along its original path. The block is in contact with the barrier for a time of 0.086 s. Calculate: the change in momentum of the block during the collision change in momentum = N s the average resultant force exerted on the block during the collision. average resultant force = N The maximum compression x of the spring is now varied in order to vary the kinetic energy EK of the block as it leaves the spring. Assume that all the elastic potential energy in the spring is always transferred to the kinetic energy of the block. On , sketch a graph to show the variation with x of EK. EK x
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