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Date May 2022 Marks available [Maximum mark: 2] Reference code 22M.2.SL.TZ1.1b
Level SL Paper 2 Time zone TZ1
Command term Calculate Question number b Adapted from N/A
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22M.2.SL.TZ1.1b
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The vertical acceleration of the load downwards is 2.4 m s−2.

Calculate the tension in the string.

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Markscheme

use of ma = mg − T «3.5 x 2.4 = 3.5g − T »

OR

T = 3.5(g − 2.4) ✓

26 «N» ✓

 

Accept 27 N from g = 10 m s−2

Examiners report

Some students simply calculated the net force acting on the load and did not recognize that this was not the tension force. Many set up a net force equation but had the direction of the forces backwards. This generally resulted from sloppy problem solving.

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