2025 Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE Further Mathematics Advanced PAPER 3C: Further Mechanics 1 Combined Question Paper & Final Marking Scheme

2025 Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE Further Mathematics Advanced PAPER 3C: Further Mechanics 1 Combined Question
Paper & Final Marking Scheme
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Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE
Friday 6 June 2025
Afternoon (Time: 1 hour 30 minutes) Paper
reference 9FM0/3C
Further Mathematics
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Advanced
PAPER 3C: Further Mechanics 1

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Mathematical Formulae and Statistical Tables (Green), calculator



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,1. A particle A has mass 4m and a particle B has mass 3m. The particles are moving along
the same straight line on a smooth horizontal table. The particles are moving in opposite
directions towards each other when they collide directly.




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As a result of the collision, the direction of motion of each particle is reversed.

Immediately before the collision, the speed of A is u and the speed of B is ku, where k
is a constant.

Immediately after the collision, the speed of A is 2v and the speed of B is 3v.
The magnitude of the impulse received by A in the collision is 20mv.
(a) Find u in terms of v only.
(3)
(b) Find the exact value of k.
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Question 1 continued




(Total for Question 1 is 6 marks)



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, 2. A van of mass 900 kg is moving along a straight horizontal road.

When the speed of the van is v ms1, the resistance to the motion of the van is




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modelled as a force of magnitude 50v N.

The engine of the van is working at a constant rate of 12 kW.

At the instant when the speed of the van is V ms1, the acceleration of the van
is 0.2 ms2
Using the model,

(a) find the value of V.
(4)
Later on, the van is moving up a straight road that is inclined at an angle α to the
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horizontal, where sin α  . When the speed of the van is v ms1, the resistance
12
to the motion of the van from non-gravitational forces is modelled as a force of
magnitude 50v N.

When the van has constant speed U ms−1, the engine of the van is working at a constant




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rate of 15 kW.
Using the model,

(b) find the value of U.
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