Mechanics Year 1 HW Mech and Stats Total:57 marks

1 A car is initially travelling with a constant velocity of 15 m s−1 for T s. It then

T
decelerates at a constant rate for s, reaching a velocity of 10 m s−1. It then
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3T
immediately accelerates at a constant rate for s reaching a velocity of 20 m s−1.
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a Sketch a velocity–time graph to illustrate the motion. (3 marks)
b Given that the car travels a total distance of 1312.5 m over the journey
described, find the value of T. (4 marks)

2 A ball is thrown vertically upwards with a speed of 16 m s−1 from a point 80 m

above the ground.
a Find the speed with which the ball strikes the ground. (4 marks)
b Find the total time that the ball is more than 85 m above the ground. (6 marks)

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When the ball strikes the ground it rebounds with of the speed with which it
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strikes the ground.
c Find the greatest height reached by the ball when it rebounds from the floor. (4 marks)

3 A car of mass 1200 kg pulls a trailer of mass 400 kg along a straight horizontal road.
The car and trailer are connected by a tow-rope modelled as a light inextensible
rod. The engine of the car provides a constant driving force of 3200 N. The
horizontal resistances of the car and the trailer are proportional to their respective
masses. Given that the acceleration of the car and the trailer is 0.4 m s−2,
a find the resistance to motion on the trailer, (4 marks)
b find the tension in the tow-rope. (3 marks)

When the car and trailer are travelling at 25 m s−1 the tow-rope breaks. Assuming
that the resistances to motion remain unchanged,
c find the distance the trailer travels before coming to a stop, (4 marks)
d state how you have used the modelling assumption that the tow-rope is
inextensible. (1 mark)

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4. A company claims that a quarter of the bolts sent to them are faulty. To test this
claim the number of faulty bolts in a random sample of 50 is recorded.
a Give two reasons why a binomial distribution may be a suitable model for the
number of faulty bolts in the sample. (2 marks)
b Using a 5% significance level with the model of a binomial distribution, find the
critical region for a 2-tail test of the hypothesis that the probability of a bolt being
faulty is 0.25. The probability of rejection in each tail should be less than 0.025. (4 marks)

5. A random sample of distances travelled to work for 120 commuters from a train
station in Devon is recorded. The distances travelled, to the nearest mile, are
summarised below.

Distance
Number of commuters
(to the nearest mile)
0–9 10
10–19 19
20–29 43
30–39 25
40–49 8
50–59 6
60–69 5
70–79 3
80–89 1

For this distribution:

a estimate the median. (2 marks)

The mid-point of each class was represented by x and its corresponding frequency
by f. The mid-point of the lowest class was taken to be 4.75 giving:

Σfx = 3552.5 and Σfx2 = 138 043.125

b Estimate the mean and the standard deviation of this distribution. (3 marks)

c Explain why the median is less than the mean for these data. (1 mark)

d For a second random sample of 120 commuters travelling to work from a train
station in Greater London, the mean distance travelled to work is 15.6 miles
with standard deviation 21.2 miles. Compare the measures of location and
spread for the distance travelled to work for the two samples, giving possible
reasons for any differences. (4 marks)

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6.

The discrete random variable X has probability function

where k is a positive constant.

a Show that k = 0.25 (2 marks)
Two independent observations X1 and X2 are made of X.
b Show that P(X1 + X2 = 5) = 0 (1 mark)
c Find the complete probability function for X1 + X2. (3 marks)
d Find P(1.3 ⩽ X1 + X2 ⩽ 3.2) (2 marks)

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