Advanced
PAPER 3: General and Practical Principles in Physics
You must have: Total Marks
Scientific calculator and ruler
Pearson Edexcel LevelData,
3 GCEFormulae
Physicsand Relationships
Advanced PAPER Booklet (enclosed)
3: General and Practical Principles in Physics QP JUNE
2024
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1 A student stretched a length of nylon fishing line using the apparatus shown below.
wooden blocks
G-clamp
pulley
nylon fishing line
mass holder
and masses
metre rule
(a) The nylon fishing line was stretched by adding masses to the mass holder. The
positions of the bottom of the mass holder were measured as masses were added.
For each mass, the extension of the nylon fishing line was calculated.
The student recorded the results, as shown in the table.
, 2 A student made measurements to determine if some gold coins were made from pure
gold. The coins that were available to the student are shown below.
Percentage uncertainty in V = . ...... ............ ............ ............ ...... .....
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