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Date May 2019 Marks available [Maximum mark: 2] Reference code 19M.2.SL.TZ2.1ai
Level SL Paper 2 Time zone TZ2
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Calculate the average force exerted by the racquet on the ball.

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Markscheme

F = Δ m v Δ t / m Δ v Δ t / 0.058 × 64.0 25 × 10 3  ✔

F = 148« N »≈150« N »  ✔

 

Examiners report

At both HL and SL many candidates scored both marks for correctly answering this. A straightforward start to the paper. For those not gaining both marks it was possible to gain some credit for calculating either the change in momentum or the acceleration. At SL some used 64 ms-1 as a value for a and continued to use this value over the next few parts to the question.