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Date May 2019 Marks available [Maximum mark: 1] Reference code 19M.2.SL.TZ1.5a
Level SL Paper 2 Time zone TZ1
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19M.2.SL.TZ1.5a

A small metal pendulum bob of mass 75 g is suspended at rest from a fixed point with a length of thread of negligible mass. Air resistance is negligible. The bob is then displaced to the left.

At time t = 0 the bob is moving horizontally to the right at 0.8 m s–1. It collides with a small stationary object also of mass 75 g. Both objects then move together with motion that is simple harmonic.

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Calculate the speed of the combined masses immediately after the collision.

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0.40 «m s−1» ✔

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