Cambridge International AS & A Level

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FURTHER MATHEMATICS 9231/32

Paper 3 Further Mechanics May/June 2023

1 hour 30 minutes

You must answer on the question paper.

You will need: List of formulae (MF19)

INSTRUCTIONS
● Answer all questions.
● Use a black or dark blue pen. You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
● Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page.
● Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
● Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
● Do not write on any bar codes.
● If additional space is needed, you should use the lined page at the end of this booklet; the question
number or numbers must be clearly shown.
● You should use a calculator where appropriate.
● You must show all necessary working clearly; no marks will be given for unsupported answers from a
calculator.
● Give non-exact numerical answers correct to 3 significant figures, or 1 decimal place for angles in
degrees, unless a different level of accuracy is specified in the question.
● Where a numerical value for the acceleration due to gravity (g) is needed, use 10 m s–2.

INFORMATION
● The total mark for this paper is 50.
● The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].

This document has 16 pages. Any blank pages are indicated.

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1 One end of a light elastic string, of natural length a and modulus of elasticity 3mg, is attached to a
fixed point O. The other end of the string is attached to a particle P of mass m. The string hangs with P
vertically below O. The particle P is pulled vertically downwards so that the extension of the string is
2a. The particle P is then released from rest.

(a) Find the speed of P when it is at a distance 34 a below O. [3]

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(b) Find the initial acceleration of P when it is released from rest. [2]

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A particle P of mass m is moving with speed u on a fixed smooth horizontal surface. It collides at an
angle a with a fixed smooth vertical barrier. After the collision, P moves at an angle i with the barrier,
where tan i = 12 (see diagram). The coefficient of restitution between P and the barrier is e. The particle
P loses 20% of its kinetic energy as a result of the collision.

Find the value of e. [5]

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3 A particle P of mass m is attached to one end of a light inextensible string of length a. The other end
of the string is attached to a fixed point O. The particle P is held at the point A, where OA makes an
angle i with the downward vertical through O, and with the string taut. The particle P is projected
perpendicular to OA in an upwards direction with speed u. It then starts to move along a circular path
in a vertical plane. The string goes slack when P is at B, where angle AOB is 90° and the speed of
P is 45 ag .

(a) Find the value of sin i . [2]

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(b) Find, in terms of m and g, the tension in the string when P is at A. [5]

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An object is formed from a solid hemisphere, of radius 2a, and a solid cylinder, of radius a and height
d. The hemisphere and the cylinder are made of the same material. The cylinder is attached to the plane
face of the hemisphere. The line OC forms a diameter of the base of the cylinder, where C is the centre
of the plane face of the hemisphere and O is common to both circumferences (see diagram). Relative to
axes through O, parallel and perpendicular to OC as shown, the centre of mass of the object is ( x , y ) .

32a 2 + 3ad
(a) Show that x = and find an expression, in terms of a and d, for y. [5]
16a + 3d

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The object is placed on a rough plane which is inclined to the horizontal at an angle i where sin i = 16 .
The object is in equilibrium with CO horizontal, where CO lies in a vertical plane through a line of
greatest slope.

(b) Find d in terms of a. [3]

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5 A light elastic string of natural length a and modulus of elasticity mmg has one end attached to a fixed
point O on a smooth horizontal surface. When a particle of mass m is attached to the free end of the
string, it moves with speed v in a horizontal circle with centre O and radius x. When, instead, a particle
of mass 2m is attached to the free end of the string, this particle moves with speed 12 v in a horizontal
circle with centre O and radius 34 x .

(a) Find x in terms of a. [5]

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(b) Given that v = 12ag , find the value of m. [2]

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6 A particle P moving in a straight line has displacement x m from a fixed point O on the line and velocity
v m s -1 at time t s. The acceleration of P, in m s -2 , is given by 6v v + 9 . When t = 0, x = 2 and v = 72.

(a) Find an expression for v in terms of x. [4]

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(b) Find an expression for x in terms of t. [5]

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7 At time t s, a particle P is projected with speed 40 m s -1 at an angle i above the horizontal from a
point O on a horizontal plane and moves freely under gravity. The greatest height achieved by P during
its flight is H m and the corresponding time is T s.

(a) Obtain expressions for H and T in terms of i. [2]

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During the time between t = T and t = 3, P descends a distance 14 H .

(b) Find the value of i. [4]

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(c) Find the speed of P when t = 3. [3]

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