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Distance travelled by the car between t = 3s to t = 4s during constant acceleration from rest
Answer: Option A
Evan Toh
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...
Evan Toh
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
Evan Toh
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...
Evan Toh
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...
Evan Toh
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
Evan Toh
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...
Evan Toh
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...
Evan Toh
Jul 301 min read
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Liquid Pressure - Determine the pressure of the enclosed air in the manometer (pure physics)
Answer: Option A Refer to the video explanation
Evan Toh
Jul 301 min read
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Moment double pivot - What are the normal contact forces at P and Q?
Answer: Option A Firstly, you need to know that at both pivot P and Q, there are normal contact forces acting upwards on the plank. 2...
Evan Toh
Jul 301 min read
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What is the tension in the string connecting block A and B?
Answer: Option C For such questions, always look at the blocks as one single system and find the acceleration of the whole as one. That...
Evan Toh
Jul 301 min read
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Which types of radiation do the source emit by analysing count rate with different materials
Answer: Option D Alpha emission is the least penetrating, easily be blocked by a few cm of air, skin or thin paper. Beta emission can be...
Evan Toh
Jul 61 min read
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