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Date November 2020 Marks available [Maximum mark: 2] Reference code 20N.2.SL.TZ0.a
Level SL Paper 2 Time zone TZ0
Command term Draw, Label Question number a Adapted from N/A
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20N.2.SL.TZ0.a

The Rotor is an amusement park ride that can be modelled as a vertical cylinder of inner radius R rotating about its axis. When the cylinder rotates sufficiently fast, the floor drops out and the passengers stay motionless against the inner surface of the cylinder. The diagram shows a person taking the Rotor ride. The floor of the Rotor has been lowered away from the person.

Draw and label the free-body diagram for the person.

 

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arrow downwards labelled weight/W/mg and arrow upwards labelled friction/F ✓

arrow horizontally to the left labelled «normal» reaction/N ✓


Ignore point of application of the forces but do not allow arrows that do not touch the object.

Do not allow horizontal force to be labelled ‘centripetal’ or R.

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