A-level
PHYSICS
Paper 3
Section A
Friday 5 June 2020 Afternoon
Materials
For this paper you must have:
• a pencil and a ruler
• a scientific calculator
• a Data and Formulae Booklet.
Instructions
• Use black
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A-level
PHYSICS
Paper 3
Section A
Friday 5 June 2020 Afternoon
Materials
For this paper you must have:
• a pencil and a ruler
• a scientific calculator
• a Data and Formulae Booklet.
Instructions
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page.
• Answer all questions.
• You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write
outside the box around each page or on blank pages.
• If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of
this book. Write the question number against your answer(s).
• Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want
to be marked.
• Show all your working.
Information
• The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
• The maximum mark for this paper is 45.
• You are expected to use a scientific calculator where appropriate.
• A Data and Formulae Booklet is provided as a loose insert.
Please write clearly in block capitals.
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A-level
PHYSICS
Paper 3
Section A
Time allowed: The total time for
both sections of this paper is
2 hours. You are advised to
spend approximately
70 minutes on this section.
2
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IB/M/Jun20/7408/3A
Do not write
outside the Section A box
Answer all questions in this section.
0 1 A simple pendulum performs oscillations of period T in a vertical plane.
Figure 1 shows views of the pendulum at the equilibrium position and at the instant of
release. Figure 1 also shows a rectangular card marked with a vertical line.
Figure 1
0 1 . 1 The card can be used as a fiducial mark to reduce uncertainty in the measurement
of T.
Annotate Figure 1 to show a suitable position for the fiducial mark.
Explain
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