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2016 PPP1Q3 Initial acceleration and terminal velocity of heavier object
Answer: Option C View the video for explanation
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Nov 31 min read
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Keeping the square wooden plane in equilibrium
Answer: Option A View the video for explanation
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Nov 31 min read
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Pendulum - What is the period based on the height-time graph
Answer: Option D View the video for explanation
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Nov 31 min read
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2016PPP1Q5 Camera in space station orbiting the Earth
Answer: Option A Many have the misconception that as the astronaut and camera are floating and weightless, there is no gravitational force acting on them. Actually both are inside the gravitational field of the Earth, and there is gravitational field strength, hence there is gravitational force acting on them towards the Earth. But as together with the station, they are all ‘free falling’, hence no normal contact force on the astronaut and camera, hence give the feeling of we
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Nov 31 min read
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Distance travelled by the car between t = 3s to t = 4s during constant acceleration from rest
Answer: Option A
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Sep 81 min read
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Find the density of liquid from a pressure-depth graph.
Liquid pressure P = pgh P is pressure in pascal (Pa) p is the density of the liquid (kg/m3) g is gravitational field strength (10 N/kg) h...
Evan Toh
Sep 81 min read
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What is the numerical value of ratio of c/C?PP2020P1Q20
C is the heat capacity of a body. It is the amount of internal energy transferred to a body per unit change in temperature. (Or for 1...
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Sep 81 min read
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Radioactivity involving background radiation - What is the reading on the detector after 68 hrs?
Answer: Option D Note that the reading shown on the detector (536 counts per second) includes the sum of count rate from the...
Evan Toh
Aug 201 min read
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What time interval gives the half-life of X?
Answer: Option B We usually encounter decay graph of the unstable radiaoactive substance. But this graph is the mass-time graph of the...
Evan Toh
Aug 121 min read
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What happens to the reading on the balance when current flows through the wire?
Answer: Option D We always use FLHR to find the force on the wire. But magnetic forces is a action-reaction pair. So when the force...
Evan Toh
Aug 121 min read
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What is the specific latent heat of fusion of the solid?
Answer: Option C This is a heating curve. So the specific latent heat of fusion here refers to the melting process, which occurs from...
Evan Toh
Aug 121 min read
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When the magnet is released, how will it move?
Answer: Option A The direction of the magnetic field is downwards in the diagram. You can think of a North Pole of a magnet that is at...
Evan Toh
Aug 121 min read
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Which action would further decrease the reading on the balance?
Answer: Option D Refer to the video for the explanation
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Aug 121 min read
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Where must the observer position himself so he will be able to see the image of O in the mirror?
Answer: Option A For such questions, always locate accurately the position of the image of the O. Then draw the ray from the image to the...
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Aug 121 min read
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SP2017P1Q8 What is the minimum speed the golf ball must have at X to reach Y?
Answer: Option D The most common mistake is to equate total energy at X equals to total energy at Y. At Y, there is no way to know the...
Evan Toh
Aug 111 min read
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What types of radiation are present in the magnetic field
Answer: Option B To solve this question, you need to apply your FLHR. From the image, you will be able to know the orientation of the...
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Aug 111 min read
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Water wave - Find the speed of water wave in the shallow region
Answer: Option A Once the water wave is produced, frequency of the wave remains constant even when it travels from deep to shallow or...
Evan Toh
Jul 301 min read
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Which statements about water wave are not correct?
Answer: Option B Refer to the video explanation
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Jul 301 min read
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Light - TIR - Find the refractive index of the liquid
Answer: Option D For total internal reflection TIR to occur, two conditions must be present: 1. light must be travelling from a optically...
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Jul 301 min read
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Find the energy dissipated by frictional forces when the car moves down from X to Y.
Answer: Option B Using conservation of energy (COE), the total energy of the car at X = total energy at Y. At X, the car only has...
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Jul 301 min read
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