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1 A rock climber, of total mass 62 kg, holds herself in horizontal equilibrium against a vertical cliff.
She pulls on a rope that is fixed at the top of the cliff and presses her feet against the cliff.

The diagram shows her position.

rope

cliff

0.90 m

60°

rock climber
1.2 m
centre of mass
(not to scale)

Calculate the total weight of the climber.

weight = ........................................................... [1]

[Total: 1]

2 A student has an object with a mass of 5.0 kg.

Calculate the weight of the object.

weight of object = ....................................................... N [2]

[Total: 2]

3 The diagram shows a vehicle that is designed to travel on snow.


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snow-tracks

The vehicle has four snow-tracks.

The weight of the vehicle is 4000 N.

(a) Calculate the mass of the vehicle.

mass = .............................................. kg [3]


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(b) The area of each snow-track in contact with the ground is 2.0 m . Each snow-track supports
a quarter of the weight of the vehicle.

Calculate the pressure that each snow-track exerts on the ground. Include the unit in your
answer.

pressure exerted by each snow-track = ...................................... unit ........... [4]

[Total: 7]
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4 The diagram shows some masses on a mass hanger attached to an elastic band. The elastic band
is stretched by the masses.

rigid support

elastic band

mass hanger

masses

The total mass of the masses and the mass hanger is 300 g.

Calculate the total weight of the masses and the mass hanger.

total weight = ...................................................... N [3]

[Total: 3]

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