Please check the examination details below before entering your candidate information Candidate surname Centre Number Other names Candidate Number Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE Friday 22 May 2026 Paper reference Afternoon Mathematics 8MA0/22 Advanced Subsidiary PAPER 22: Mechanics You must have: Mathematical Formulae and Statistical Tables (Green), calculator Total Marks Candidates may use any calculator allowed by Pearson regulations. Calculators must not have the facility for symbolic algebra manipulation, differentiation and integration, or have retrievable mathematical formulae stored in them. Instructions black ink or ball‑point pen. •• Use If pencil is used for diagrams/sketches/graphs it must be dark (HB or B). in the boxes at the top of this page with your name, • Fill centre number and candidate number. Answer all questions and ensure that your answers to parts of questions are • clearly labelled. Answer the questions in the spaces provided • – there may be more space than you need. You should show sufficient working to make your methods clear. • Answers without working may not gain full credit. otherwise indicated, wherever a value of g is required, take g = 9.8 m s and • Unless give your answer to either 2 significant figures or 3 significant figures. –2 Information ‘Mathematical Formulae and Statistical Tables’ is provided. •• AThebooklet total mark for this part of the examination is 30. There are 4 questions. marks for each question are shown in brackets • The – use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question. Advice each question carefully before you start to answer it. •• Read Try to answer every question. • Check your answers if you have time at the end. P80140A ©2026 Pearson Education Ltd. P:1/1/ *P80140A0116* Turn over The particle is then acted on by a force (2i – 3j) N for 3 seconds. Find (a) the magnitude of the acceleration of the particle, (b) the distance that the particle travels in the first 3 seconds of its motion. 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The car then decelerates uniformly for T seconds until it comes to rest at the point C. (a) Sketch a speed‑time graph to illustrate the motion of the car from A to C. Given that AC = 1.44 km, (b) find the deceleration of the car as it travels from B to C. 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Solutions relying entirely on calculator technology are not acceptable. h 1 3 t 18t 2 At B t 0 25 and A and B are constants. Initially, the drone is 8 m above ground level. (a) Write down the value of B. (1) The drone reaches its maximum height above ground level when t = 2 (b) Show that A = 60 (4) The conditions for the drone to land are • its vertical speed is zero • its height above the ground is zero (c) Show that the drone satisfies both these conditions at t = T, stating the value of T. 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The other end of the string is attached to a ball B of mass 5 kg. The string passes over a fixed pulley. The system is held at rest with the balls hanging freely above horizontal ground and the hanging parts of the string vertical, as shown in Figure 1. At time t = 0, the system is released from rest. In a model • the balls are particles • the string is light and inextensible • the pulley is small and smooth • air resistance is negligible (a) Using the model, find, by writing down an equation of motion for each ball, (i) the initial acceleration of the balls, (ii) the tension in the string. (b) State one limitation of modelling the air resistance as negligible. (6) (1) In reality, the string is not inextensible. (c) Explain how this would affect the motion of the balls. (1) At time t = 1 second, B hits the ground and does not rebound. In the subsequent motion • A does not hit the pulley • while the string is slack, A moves freely under gravity (d) Using the model, find the length of time from the instant when B hits the ground to the instant when the string goes taut again. 12 *P80140A01216* (3) DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREADO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA 4. 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