Mechanics is the pure mathematics of motion. Almost every question begins with a diagram and a decision about which direction is positive.
Forces and Equilibrium
Forces and equilibrium is the foundation of the whole Mechanics paper: identify the forces acting on a particle, draw the force diagram, resolve each force into component...
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Revise this topicKinematics in a Straight Line
Kinematics describes motion without asking what causes it. You will meet particles moving along a straight line, described either by a graph, by a formula for the displac...
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Revise this topicMomentum
Momentum is mass multiplied by velocity, and because velocity is a vector so is momentum. That single fact drives the whole topic: in a direct impact the total momentum o...
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Revise this topicNewton's Laws of Motion
Newton's laws turn a picture of a situation into an equation you can solve. This page covers the three laws, the equation of motion in one direction, the link ...
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Revise this topicEnergy, Work and Power
Energy methods answer questions that forces-and-acceleration methods make hard: a child sliding down a curved slide, a car climbing a hill at constant speed, a stone thro...
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