Physics 0625 · IGCSE · Forces

Forces — practice question

Fig. 7.1 depicts a barrier at the car park entrance. The wooden barrier arm weighs 60 N and this weight acts through the centre of gravity at the point shown on Fig. 7.1.
(a(i))[1]

From Fig. 7.1, calculate the clockwise moment produced by the weight of the wooden arm about the pivot.

(a(ii))[3]

Calculate the distance $d$ between the pivot and the joint holding the soft iron bar A.

(b(i))[3]

State and explain what happens to the wooden barrier arm when the switch in the coil circuit is closed.

(b(ii))[2]

State and explain how the effect on the wooden barrier arm compares with the effect in (b)(i).

(b(iii))[2]

Explain why a steel bar is less suitable than a soft iron bar in the barrier.

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