Year: 1992
Paper: 1
Question Number: 11
Course: UFM Mechanics
Section: Work, energy and Power 2
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Difficulty Rating: 1500.0
Difficulty Comparisons: 0
Banger Rating: 1470.8
Banger Comparisons: 2
Three light elastic strings $AB,BC$ and $CD$, each of natural length
$a$ and modulus of elasticity $\lambda,$ are joined together as
shown in the diagram.
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$A$ is attached to the ceiling and $D$ to the floor of a room of
height $3d$ in such a way that $A,B,C$ and $D$ are in a vertical
line. Particles of mass $m$ are attached at $B$ and $C$. Find the
heights of $B$ and $C$ above the floor.
Find the set of values of $d$ for which it is possible, by choosing
$m$ suitably, to have $CD=a$?