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Date May 2019 Marks available [Maximum mark: 1] Reference code 19M.1A.SL.TZ1.7
Level SL Paper 1A Time zone TZ1
Command term Question number 7 Adapted from N/A
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19M.1A.SL.TZ1.7

A waiter carrying a tray is accelerating to the right as shown in the image.

What is the free-body diagram of the forces acting on the tray?

[1]

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D

Examiners report

Response D was the most common response, with the free-body diagram in response A providing a significant distractor for roughly a third of candidates. Most candidates recognized that the only upward vector would be one perpendicular to the tray.

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