H tension HW answers

I’ve marked your HW jotters and will hand them back during tomorrow’s lesson.

I’ll go over the main issues in class but many of you need to review the way you attempt tension questions; use a free body diagram and only use F=ma when you know the resultant force.  These two videos should help.

HW question 4 from mr mackenzie on Vimeo.

 

Higher HW Q5 from mr mackenzie on Vimeo.

S3 homework solutions

Here are the solutions to the HW exercise I set before Christmas.  I am pleased to see so many of you showing full working.

Please download the pdf and go through anything you didn’t get right.  Based on what I saw in your jotters, some answers have more detail than others.

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