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Pearson Edexcel International Advanced Level
Friday 31 May 2024
Afternoon (Time: 1 hour 30 minutes)
Paper
reference WME02/01
Mathematics
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International Advanced Subsidiary/Advanced Level
Mechanics M2
You must have: Total Marks
Mathematical Formulae and Statistical Tables (Yellow), calculator
Pearson Edexcel International Advanced Level Mathematics International Advanced Subsidiary/Advanced Level Mechanics M2 QP MAY
2024
Candidates may use any calculator permitted by Pearson regulations. Calculators must not have
the facility for symbolic algebra manipulation, differentiation and integration, or have retrievable
mathematical formulae stored in them.
Instructions
••• IfFillpencil
Use black ink or ball-point pen.
is used for diagrams/sketches/graphs it must be dark (HB or B).
in the boxes at the top of this page with your name, centre number and
• Answer
candidate number.
all questions and ensure that your answers to parts of questions are
• Answer
clearly labelled.
the questions in the spaces provided
•• Answers without working may not gainmake
–You
there may be more
should show space than
sufficient youto
working need. your methods clear.
full credit.
• Whenever 2
a numerical value of g is required, take g = 9.8 ms , and give your
answer to either 2 significant figures or 3 significant figures.
Information
•• AThere
booklet ‘Mathematical Formulae and Statistical Tables’ is provided.
• – use this asfora guide
are 7 questions in this question paper. The total mark for this paper is 75.
The marks each question are shown in brackets
as to how much time to spend on each question.
Advice
• Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
•• Check
Try to answer every question.
your answers
If you change if youabout
your mind have an
time at the cross
answer, end. it out and put your new answer
and any working underneath. Turn over
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,1. [In this question, i and j are horizontal perpendicular unit vectors.]
A particle A has mass 2 kg and a particle B has mass 3 kg. The particles are moving on a
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smooth horizontal plane when they collide.
Immediately before the collision, the velocity of A is 5j m s–1 and the velocity of B
is (3i – j) m s–1
Immediately after the collision, the velocity of A is (3i + 2j) m s–1
(a) Find the total kinetic energy of the two particles before the collision.
(3)
(b) Find, in terms of i and j, the impulse received by A in the collision.
(2)
Given that, in the collision, the impulse of A on B is equal and opposite to the impulse
of B on A,
(c) find the velocity of B immediately after the collision.
(3)
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Candidate surname Other names
Centre Number Candidate Number
Pearson Edexcel International Advanced Level
Friday 31 May 2024
Afternoon (Time: 1 hour 30 minutes)
Paper
reference WME02/01
Mathematics
■ ■
International Advanced Subsidiary/Advanced Level
Mechanics M2
You must have: Total Marks
Mathematical Formulae and Statistical Tables (Yellow), calculator
Pearson Edexcel International Advanced Level Mathematics International Advanced Subsidiary/Advanced Level Mechanics M2 QP MAY
2024
Candidates may use any calculator permitted by Pearson regulations. Calculators must not have
the facility for symbolic algebra manipulation, differentiation and integration, or have retrievable
mathematical formulae stored in them.
Instructions
••• IfFillpencil
Use black ink or ball-point pen.
is used for diagrams/sketches/graphs it must be dark (HB or B).
in the boxes at the top of this page with your name, centre number and
• Answer
candidate number.
all questions and ensure that your answers to parts of questions are
• Answer
clearly labelled.
the questions in the spaces provided
•• Answers without working may not gainmake
–You
there may be more
should show space than
sufficient youto
working need. your methods clear.
full credit.
• Whenever 2
a numerical value of g is required, take g = 9.8 ms , and give your
answer to either 2 significant figures or 3 significant figures.
Information
•• AThere
booklet ‘Mathematical Formulae and Statistical Tables’ is provided.
• – use this asfora guide
are 7 questions in this question paper. The total mark for this paper is 75.
The marks each question are shown in brackets
as to how much time to spend on each question.
Advice
• Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
•• Check
Try to answer every question.
your answers
If you change if youabout
your mind have an
time at the cross
answer, end. it out and put your new answer
and any working underneath. Turn over
P75719A
©2024 Pearson Education Ltd.
F:1/1/1/1/
,1. [In this question, i and j are horizontal perpendicular unit vectors.]
A particle A has mass 2 kg and a particle B has mass 3 kg. The particles are moving on a
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
smooth horizontal plane when they collide.
Immediately before the collision, the velocity of A is 5j m s–1 and the velocity of B
is (3i – j) m s–1
Immediately after the collision, the velocity of A is (3i + 2j) m s–1
(a) Find the total kinetic energy of the two particles before the collision.
(3)
(b) Find, in terms of i and j, the impulse received by A in the collision.
(2)
Given that, in the collision, the impulse of A on B is equal and opposite to the impulse
of B on A,
(c) find the velocity of B immediately after the collision.
(3)
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