Leaving Certificate Examination 1946 Honours Applied Mathematics
Question 1
A train travelling at 
feet per second is brought to rest, its speed after 
secs. being given by the table :
| secs. |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 ft./sec. |
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Draw the velocity-time graph. Find, approximately, (i) how far the train travelled in the secs., (ii) the retardation when 
.
Question 2
A gate weighing 
lb. has its centre of gravity 
‘ from the line of hinges which are 
‘ apart. A boy weighing 
lb. stands on the gate so that his weight acts at a distance of 
ft. from the line of hinges. If the force on the upper hinge is horizontal, find its magnitude and the reaction at the lower hinge in magnitude and direction.
Question 3
A uniform beam 
of weight lb. and of length 
‘ rests with the end 
on a rough horizontal plane, the end 
being connected by means of a light wire with a point 
‘ vertically above . The beam is inclined at an angle 
to the vertical. By taking moments about and find the horizontal and vertical components of the reaction at . If the coefficient of friction is 
, find the greatest value of so that slipping may not occur at .
Question 4
A uniform rectangular board 
has 
, 
“. A square hole of side 
“, the distances of whose centre from and 
are ” and ” respectively, is cut in the board. The hole is filled to the same thickness as the original board with metal whose specific gravity is 
times that of the material of the board. Find the position of the centre of gravity.
Question 5
A coach is slipped from a train travelling at 
m.p.h. The resistance due to brakes etc., being lb. per ton, find what distance it travels before coming to rest and the time taken.
Question 6
A man projects a ball from a height of ft. above the ground at an angle of 
with the horizontal and with a velocity of 
ft./sec. The ball is caught by another man when it is at a height of 
ft. from the ground. How far apart are the two men? Find also the magnitude and direction of the velocity of the ball when caught by the second man.
Question 7
A ship is sailing due North at a speed of 
miles per hour. A ship , miles due west of , is sailing due East at the rate of 
miles per hour. Find (i) the relative velocity of with respect to , (ii) how far the ships are apart when is due South of , (iii) after what time the ships are closest to one another.
Question 8
An engine with weighs tons passes round a curve of radius 
ft. with a speed of 
miles per hour. What horizontal pressure in lb. wt. must be exerted by the outer rail if both rails are on the same level? If the distance between the rails is ft. find to the nearest inch the height of the outer rail above the inner so that the lateral thrust may be avoided.
Question 9
A body is moving in a straight line with simple harmonic motion, the amplitude being 
” and the period secs. Find the velocity and the acceleration sec. after passing the mid-position.
Citation:
State Examinations Commission (2018). State Examination Commission. Accessed at: https://www.examinations.ie/?l=en&mc=au&sc=ru
Malone, D and Murray, H. (2016). Archive of Maths State Exams Papers. Accessed at: http://archive.maths.nuim.ie/staff/dmalone/StateExamPapers/
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