Motion Without Resistance (Inclined Planes & Pulleys)

Motion without resistance is part of the Mechanics topic in NSW Year 12 Mathematics Extension 2 (NESA outcome ME2-12-05). This subtopic models a body travelling along a straight line when no air resistance or friction acts, deriving its equations of motion for constant and for varying acceleration.

Students and teachers will cover blocks moving on a frictionless inclined plane, found by splitting gravity into components, and bodies joined by a string over a single smooth pulley, hanging or resting on a table or slope — classic applied mechanics in the HSC Extension 2 course.