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Question 2 (4 marks) Engineers are testing a new high-speed electric vehicle (EV) on a high-speed test track. In one test, the EV travels around a circular banked track with a radi
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a. Calculate the maximum speed the car can travel around this banked track if there is no sideways friction between the wheels and the track. Show your working. 3 marks ms
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a. Calculate the magnitude of Earth’s gravitational field at the orbital radius of Himawari-8. Give your answer to three significant figures. Show your working. 3 marks N kg−1 Sect
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b. Explain how the normal force from the banked track provides the centripetal force on the car. 1 mark o ° = eS H E) 7) Fl & This page is blank. e s a £ 2 3 [=] Examination contin
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b. Show that the period of Himawari-8 is 24 hours. Show your working. 2 marks
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c. Juan calculates the gravitational potential energy, Eg , of the Himawari-8 satellite in orbit and uses the working: Eg = mgh = (1300 kg)(9.81 m s−2 )(4.22 × 107 m) Analyse Juan’
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Question 3 (6 marks) A 4.0 m long vertical copper pole acts as a lightning conductor on top of a skyscraper, as shown in Figure 3. The lightning conductor is located where Earth’s
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Question 3 (7 marks) Agolf ball near the edge of a cliff is hit at a speed of 48 m s™' and at an angle of 35° to the horizontal, as shown in Figure 3. The golf ball lands on the gr
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a. Calculate the magnitude of the force acting on the lightning conductor while there is current in the lightning conductor. 2 marks N Section B
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a. Determine the height, 4, of the cliff. 3 marks o ° = eS H E) 7) Fl & m
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b. Calculate the horizontal distance, x, that the golf ball travels before it reaches the ground below. 2 marks
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b. The vertical copper pole is increased in length and is again hit by a lightning bolt that produces a current of 4.0 × 10 3 A downwards in the lightning conductor. Describe what
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