General Certificate of Advanced Level

PHYSICS 6032/3
PAPER 3

19 August 2023 2 hours 30 minutes

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 DATA

speed of light in free space c = 3.00 x 108ms−1

permeability of free space µ𝑜 = 4𝜋 x 10−7 Hm−1

permittivity of free space ɛ0 = 8.85 x 10−12 Fm−1 ( 1/ 4𝜋ɛ0 = 8.99 x

109 mF−1)

elementary charge e = 1.60 x 10−19 C

the Planck constant h = 6.63 x 10−34 Js

unified atomic mass unit 1 u = 1.66 x 10−27 kg

rest mass of electron 𝑚𝑒 = 9.11 x 10−31 kg

rest mass of proton 𝑚𝑝 = 1.67 x 10−27 kg

molar gas constant R = 8.31 JK−1mol−1

the Avogadro constant 𝑁𝐴 = 6.02 x 1023mol−1

the Boltzmann constant k = 1.38 x 10−23 JK−1

gravitational constant G = 6.67 x 10−11Nm2kg−2

acceleration of free fall g = 9.81 ms−2

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 Answer all questions
1.
a) What is meant by
(1) the dimension of an error
(2) the term accuracy in measurement and uncertainties’
ii) A cylinder is placed on a horizontal surface, as shown in Fig 1.1.

The following measurements were made on the cylinder:

Mass = 5.09 ± 0.01 g
Diameter = 9.4 ± 0.1 cm.
Calculate the pressure produced by the cylinder on the surface, with its actual uncertainty.
[7]
b) The 2023 Zimbabwean elections resulted in a civil war between ZANU PF and CCC, in
which a combat tank fired a shell while moving on a horizontal ground with velocity 𝑢 =
10𝑚𝑠 −1 . The gun was pointing directly forwards with elevation 𝛼 = 5°, and the muzzle
velocity is 𝑣𝑜 = 1000𝑚𝑠 −1 . The shell hits a target which is moving directly away from the
tank at 𝑤 = 15𝑚𝑠 −1 .
i) How far from the tank is the target at the moment of impact?
ii) How far apart were the tank and the target when the shell was fired? [5]
c) A rod PQ is attached at P to a vertical wall, as shown in Fig 1.2.

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 The length of the rod is 1.60m. The weight W of the rod acts 0.64m from P. The rod is kept
horizontal and in equilibrium by a wire attached to Q and to the wall at R. The wire provides
a force F on the road of 44N at 30º to the horizontal.
Determine
i) The weight W of the rod.
ii) The resultant force exerted by the wall at P.
iii) The angle at which the resultant force at P acts [6]

d) (i) State the principle of conservation of linear momentum.

(ii) What is meant by impulse?
(iii) State any two applications of impulse.
(iv) A bird and an insect directly fly towards each other on a horizontal trajectory. The
mass of the bird is M and that of the insect is m. The corresponding (constant) velocities
are V, v. The bird swallows the insect and continues to glide in the same direction. Find its
velocity U after swallowing the insect in terms of V in the case m = 0.01M and v= 10V.
[8]
2. Oscillations of a simple pendulum can be considered to be simple harmonic.
a) State and explain a condition should be satisfied for the motion to be simple harmonic
[2]
b) For the simple pendulum, explain the relationship between the direction of
i. Velocity and acceleration
ii. Force and the direction of acceleration [3]
c) A mass of 0.2kg is attached to the lower end of a light helical spring and produces an
extension of 5.0cm.The mass is now pulled down a further distance of 2.0cm and
released. Calculate
i. The force constant of the spring
ii. The time period of subsequent oscillation
iii. Maximum value of acceleration during oscillations [5]
d) State two differences between transverse and longitudinal waves [2]
e) Fig 2.1 shows the graph of a snapshot of the waveform of a water wave. A particle A
is 0.060m from the origin O.

Fig 2.1
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 From Fig 2.1 determine
i. .the wavelength
ii. The phase difference between particles at O and A [2]
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f) The speed of light in air is 3.00 × 10 𝑚𝑠 and the speed of light in a certain type of
glass is 1.96 × 108 𝑚𝑠 −1 .Assuming that yellow light of wavelength 589nm in air is
used, Calculate
i. The refractive index when yellow light when passes from air into glass.
ii. The angle of refraction in glass when yellow light is incident at an angle of 50.0º
in air.
iii. The wavelength of yellow light in the glass. [5]
g)
i. Describe how stationery waves are formed.
ii. Two loud speakers placed 50m apart facing each other are connected to a signal
generator that produces sound of frequency 160Hz. A microphone is connected
to a C.R.O and moved from one speaker to the other detecting nodes and
antinodes. The speed of sound in air is 320𝑚𝑠 −1 .
Calculate the number of nodes and antinodes detected. [6]

3.
a) State Kirchhoff’s laws.
b) Explain how the laws are deduced from basic principles in physics.

Fig 3.1
From the circuit shown above, use Kirchhoff’s laws to determine
i) The currents flowing in all the branches
ii) The power dissipated in the 5Ώ resistor.
iii) The potential difference across the 5Ώ resistor [10]

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 c) Fig 3.2 below shows a combination of capacitors in a circuit.

Fig. 3.2
Determine
i) The effective capacitance between points P and Q.
ii) The total energy stored when fully charged.
iii) In Fig 3.2 the switch is closed and the time taken to fully charge the capacitors is
noted. State the effect of increasing the resistance R on the time taken to fully charge
the capacitors. [4]
d) When applied to sinusoidal alternating voltage , explain what is meant by
(1) Peak voltage
(2) Root mean square voltage
ii) The equation V= 564000sin100𝜋t represents a sinusoidal alternating voltage for an
overhead cable on an electrical distribution system. State the
1. Frequency
2. Peak voltage
3. Root-mean-square voltage for this alternating voltage [5]
e) The circuit shown in fig 3.3 is a simple combination locking system which will allow access
to a banking safe if the correct combination is set to A, B, C and D. If there is any wrong
combination the alarm will sound.

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 i) Work out the codes to open the bank safe.
ii) Give one advantage of this method. [5]
f) State one negative impact of electronics in society. [1]

4.
a) In the derivation of the equation,
1
p= 𝑝 < 𝑐2 >
3
1
State the significance of the factor . [2]
3
b) The FIFA World Cup 2022 Final soccer ball had a constant volume of 4.5l and contained
a gas at a pressure of 2.00 × 105 𝑃𝑎 at 20ºC. Lionel Messi noticed an anomaly and made
the officials to increase the pressure to 2.60 × 105 𝑃𝑎 by pumping in more of the gas at
0.0041 moles per stroke.
i) Calculate
1. The number of strokes required at a temperature of 28ºC
2. The root mean square speed of the molecules of the gas at 28ºC if each molecule
has a mass of 14u.
ii) Show that the internal energy of the gas in the ball at 20ºC and pressure of
2.03 × 105 𝑃𝑎 is 1.3 kJ. [8]
c) Explain what is meant by
1. Lamina flow
2. The Bernoulli effect
ii) State the two conditions considered in deriving the Bernoulli equation. [4]
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d) Fig 4.1 shows oil of density 800𝑘𝑔𝑚 flowing through a horizontal tube.

Fig 4.1
Calculate
1. Velocity,𝑣2 .
2. The pressure difference between the two ends of the tube. [4]
e) As the oil flows in the tube state the quantity that is
1. Conserved
2. Not conserved [2]

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 f) Suggest why it is safer to sail a boat across a wider part of a river than its narrow part. [2]
g) A 0.25kg sample of an alloy is heated to 500ºC. It is then quickly placed in 300g of water
at 12ºC which is contained in 250g aluminum calorimeter. The final temperature of the
mixture is 30ºC. [ Specific heat capacities: water 4 200J/KgK, aluminum 900J/KgK]
Calculate the specific heat capacity of the alloy. [3].

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