DP Physics (first assessment 2025)
Question 23M.2.SL.TZ1.e
Date | May 2023 | Marks available | [Maximum mark: 2] | Reference code | 23M.2.SL.TZ1.e |
Level | SL | Paper | 2 | Time zone | TZ1 |
Command term | Predict | Question number | e | Adapted from | N/A |
e.
[Maximum mark: 2]
23M.2.SL.TZ1.e
In another situation the rod rests on a horizontal frictionless surface with no pivot. Predict, without calculation, the motion of the rod–particle system after the collision.
[2]
Markscheme
the rod will rotate «about centre of mass» ✓
«centre of mass» will move along straight line
«parallel to the particle’s initial velocity» ✓
For MP2, mention of translational motion is not enough.
