Cambridge Assessment International Education
Cambridge International Advanced Subsidiary and Advanced Level
* 4 6 5 1 2 0 6 2 3 5 *
PHYSICS 9702/42
Paper 4 A Level Structured Questions February/March 2019
2 hours
Candidates answer on the Question Paper.
No Additional Materials are required.
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You may lose marks if you do not show your working or if you do not use appropriate units.
At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together.
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
This document consists of 22 printed pages and 2 blank pages.
(b) A spherical planet has mass 6.00 × 1024 kg and radius 6.40 × 106 m.
The planet may be assumed to be isolated in space with its mass concentrated at its centre.
A satellite of mass 340 kg is in a circular orbit about the planet at a height 9.00 × 105 m above
its surface.
For the satellite:
(i) show that its orbital speed is 7.4 × 103 m s–1
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