General Certificate of Education (Adv.

Level) Examination,
2013
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Grade 13- 2nd

Term 2013

Paper 3 Time 3hours Answer

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Part B -Essay

In a favorite classroom demonstration, a student holds

the axle of a spinning bicycle wheel while seated on a
stool that is free to rotate (Fig. 11.17). The student
and stool are initially at rest while the wheel is
spinning in a horizontal plane with an initial angular
momentum Li that points upward. When the wheel is
inverted about its center by 180, the student and
stool start rotating. In terms of Li , what are the
magnitude and the direction of L for the student plus
stool?

(b) A student sits on a platform that is free to rotate on a frictionless bearing.

The angular velocity of the rotating platform is displayed on a computer. The
student rotates with a hand outstretched at 0.60 m from the axis of rotation
as shown in Figure 4A.
The moment of inertia of the student and rotating platform is 4.1kgm 2. The
angular velocity is 2.7 rad s1.
(i) Calculate the angular momentum of the student and rotating platform.
(ii) As the student rotates, she grasps a 2.5 kg mass from a stand as shown
in Figure 4B.
Calculate the angular velocity of the student and platform just after the mass
has been grasped.

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(iii) The student then pulls the mass towards her body.
Explain the effect this has on the angular velocity of the student and the
platform

(c) In another investigation the student and platform rotate at 1.5 rad s 1. The
student puts one foot on the floor as shown in Figure 4C.
The frictional force between the students shoe and the floor brings the
student and platform to rest in 0.75 seconds. The new moment of inertia of
the student and platform is 4.5kgm2. Calculate the average frictional torque

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2) A metal sphere of radius a contains a charge +Q and is surrounded by an uncharged,

concentric, metallic shell of inner radius b and outer radius c, as shown above. Express all
algebraic answers in terms of the given quantities and fundamental constants.
(a) Determine the induced charge on each of the following and
explain your reasoning in each case.
i. The inner surface of the metallic shell
ii. The outer surface of the metallic shell
(b) Determine expressions for the magnitude of the electric field E as
a function of r, the distance from the center of the inner sphere, in
each of the following regions.
i. r < a
ii. a < r < b
iii. b < r < c
iv. c < r
(c) On the axes below, sketch a graph of E as a function of r.

3) The experimental diving bell shown above is lowered from rest at the oceans surface and
reaches a maximum depth of 80 m. Initially it accelerates
downward at a rate of 0.10 m s 2 until it reaches a speed of 2.0 m
s , which then remains constant. During the descent, the pressure
inside the bell remains constant at 1 atmosphere. The top of the
bell has a cross-sectional area A = 9.0 m2. The density of
seawater is 1025 kg m3 .
(a) Calculate the total time it takes the bell to reach the
maximum depth of 80 m.
(b) Calculate the weight of the water on the top of the bell when it is at the maximum depth.
(c) Calculate the absolute pressure on the top of the bell at the maximum depth.
On the top of the bell there is a circular hatch of radius r = 0.25 m.
(d) Calculate the minimum force necessary to lift open the hatch of the bell at the maximum
depth.
(e) What could you do to reduce the force necessary to open the hatch at this depth? Justify your
answer.
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4) As shown in Figure P18.39, water is pumped into a long vertical

cylinder at a rate of 18.0 cm3/s. The radius of the cylinder is 4.00 cm,
and at the open top of the cylinder is a tuning fork vibrating with a
frequency of 200 Hz. As the water rises, how much time elapses
between
Successive resonances?( speed in air is 330m/s)

(b) For the arrangement shown in Figure P18.54, = 300 the inclined plane and the small pulley
are frictionless, the string supports the mass M at the bottom of the plane, and the string has a
mass m that is small compared with M. The system is in equilibrium, and the vertical part of the
string has a length h. Standing waves are set up in the vertical section of the string. Find
(a) The tension in the string
(b) The whole length of the string (ignoring the radius of curvature of the pulley)
(c) The mass per unit length of the string
(d) The speed of waves on the string
(e) The lowest-frequency standing wave
(f) The period of the standing wave having three nodes
(g) The wavelength of the standing wave having three nodes, and
(h) The frequency of the beats resulting from the interference of the sound wave of lowest
frequency generated by the string with another sound wave having a frequency that is 2.00%
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