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Date May 2017 Marks available 1 Reference code 17M.1.SL.TZ2.9
Level Standard level Paper Paper 1 Time zone 2
Command term Question number 9 Adapted from N/A

Question

A ball of mass 0.2 kg strikes a force sensor and sticks to it. Just before impact the ball is travelling horizontally at a speed of 4.0 m s–1. The graph shows the variation with time t of the force F recorded by the sensor.

What is Fmax?

A.  2 N

B.  4 N

C.  20 N

D.  40 N

Markscheme

D

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Core » Topic 2: Mechanics » 2.4 – Momentum and impulse
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