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Edexcel AS and A level Further Mathematics Further Mechanics 2 Textbook + e-book
Dave Berry | Keith Gallick | Susan Hooker | Michael Jennings | Jean Littlewood | Bronwen, Moran
(2018)
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Book Details
Abstract
Exam Board: Edexcel
Level: AS and A level
Subject: Further Mathematics
First teaching: September 2017
First exams: Summer 2018
With over 1.3 million copies sold of the previous edition, Pearson’s textbooks are the market-leading and most trusted resources for AS and A level Further Mathematics.
This book covers all the content needed for the optional Edexcel AS and A level Further Mechanics 2 exams.
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Fully updated to match the 2017 specifications, with more of a focus on problem-solving and modelling.
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FREE additional online content to support your independent learning, including full worked solutions for every question in the book (SolutionBank) and GeoGebra interactives.
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Includes access to an online digital edition (valid for 3 years once activated).
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Includes worked examples with guidance, lots of exam-style questions, practice papers, and plenty of mixed and review exercises.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Front Cover | Front Cover | ||
| Contents | iii | ||
| Overarching themes | iv | ||
| Extra online content | vi | ||
| Chapter 1: Circular motion | 1 | ||
| 1.1: Angular speed | 2 | ||
| 1.2: Acceleration of an object moving on a horizontal circular path | 5 | ||
| 1.3: Three-dimensional problems with objects moving in horizontal circles | 11 | ||
| 1.4: Objects moving in vertical circles | 19 | ||
| 1.5: Objects not constrained on a circular path | 26 | ||
| Mixed exercise 1 | 31 | ||
| Chapter 2: Centres of mass of plane figures | 36 | ||
| 2.1: Centre of mass of a set of particles on a straight line | 37 | ||
| 2.2: Centre of mass of a set of particles arranged in a plane | 39 | ||
| 2.3: Centres of mass of standard uniform plane laminas | 43 | ||
| 2.4: Centre of mass of a composite lamina | 47 | ||
| 2.5: Centre of mass of a framework | 54 | ||
| 2.6: Lamina in equilibrium | 58 | ||
| 2.7: Frameworks in equilibrium | 64 | ||
| 2.8: Non-uniform composite laminas and frameworks | 68 | ||
| Mixed exercise 2 | 72 | ||
| Chapter 3: Further centres of mass | 77 | ||
| 3.1: Using calculus to find centres of mass | 78 | ||
| 3.2: Centre of mass of a uniform body | 87 | ||
| 3.3: Non-uniform bodies | 98 | ||
| 3.4: Rigid bodies in equilibrium | 103 | ||
| 3.5: Toppling and sliding | 110 | ||
| Mixed exercise 3 | 117 | ||
| Review exercise 1 | 124 | ||
| Chapter 4: Kinematics | 146 | ||
| 4.1: Acceleration varying with time | 147 | ||
| 4.2: Acceleration varying with displacement | 155 | ||
| 4.3: Acceleration varying with velocity | 161 | ||
| Mixed exercise 4 | 166 | ||
| Chapter 5: Dynamics | 171 | ||
| 5.1: Motion in a straight line with variable force | 172 | ||
| 5.2: Newton’s law of gravitation | 181 | ||
| 5.3: Simple harmonic motion | 184 | ||
| 5.4: Horizontal oscillation | 193 | ||
| 5.5: Vertical oscillation | 198 | ||
| Mixed exercise 5 | 206 | ||
| Review exercise 2 | 212 | ||
| Exam-style practice paper (AS level) | 220 | ||
| Exam-style practice paper (A level) | 222 | ||
| Answers | 224 | ||
| Index | 246 | ||
| Back Cover | Back Cover |