Alevel Statsmech Eoc 3 Test
Alevel Statsmech Eoc 3 Test
Alevel Statsmech Eoc 3 Test
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Paper 3: Statistics and Mechanics
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Statistics (A level) End of Course Paper 3, Section A
SECTION A: STATISTICS
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1 Sanjida sometimes takes the bus to school. The rest of the time she gets a lift.
In each case, there is a chance that she is late.
The tree diagram, Figure 1, shows the various probabilities.
Figure 1
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Statistics (A level) End of Course Paper 3, Section A
Table 3
b Use Siobhan’s data to estimate the probability that, for a randomly chosen date, the daily mean
pressure will be greater than 1000 hPa.
(1)
Siobhan calculates the mean of her sample to be 1005 and the standard deviation to be 7.12.
An outlier is defined as a data value more than two standard deviations from the mean.
c Show that 990 is an outlier.
(1)
d Clean the data and recalculate the mean.
(1)
e Suggest a way that Siobhan can improve the reliability of any conclusions she draws.
(1)
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Statistics (A level) End of Course Paper 3, Section A
3 The daily maximum temperature, t °C, for the month of June at Heathrow is summarised in Table 1.
Frequency 6 10 7 6 1
Table 1
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Statistics (A level) End of Course Paper 3, Section A
4 Francine lives in Perth. She is investigating the relationship between the daily total rainfall, x, and the
daily mean wind speed, y.
She takes a random sample of eight days from weather data collected in 2015, as shown in Table 2.
Daily total
6.6 35.0 9.8 2.0 12.2 18.6 13.0 15.8
rainfall, x mm
Table 2
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Mechanics (A level) End of Course Paper 3, Section B
SECTION B: MECHANICS
Answer ALL questions
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Mechanics (A level) End of Course Paper 3, Section B
8 At t = 0 seconds, a car begins to decelerate at a constant rate from 20 m s−1 to 10 m s−1 over a period of
5 seconds.
It then maintains its speed for a further 5 seconds before decelerating at a constant rate and coming to
rest in 10 seconds.
a Draw a velocity–time graph to show the motion of the car between t = 0 and t = 20 seconds.
(4)
b Calculate the acceleration of the car in the first five seconds.
(2)
c Work out the total distance travelled by the car.
(3)
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Mechanics (A level) End of Course Paper 3, Section B
9 Figure 2 shows a particle of mass m kg suspended by one lightweight string that cannot be stretched.
The string is attached to a vertical wall at point A.
It makes an angle of α to the vertical.
A horizontal force, P, keeps the particle in equilibrium.
Figure 2
P
Show that tan α = .
mg
(3)
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Mechanics (A level) End of Course Paper 3, Section B
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Mechanics (A level) End of Course Paper 3, Section B
11 A uniform plank, AC, of length 10 m and mass 12 kg, lies on the edge of a vertical cliff, as shown in
Figure 3.
Figure 3
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Mechanics (A level) End of Course Paper 3, Section B
12 A ball is projected from point A with speed 20 m s−1 at an angle of α to the horizontal.
Point A is 40 m above the horizontal plane and the ball lands at point B, 4 seconds after being projected.
a Work out the value of α.
(4)
b Show that the horizontal distance between A and B is 70.2 m.
(4)
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Mechanics (A level) End of Course Paper 3, Section B
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