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CCEA 1210

Prescribed practical — Prescribed Practical P3

P3 requires planning and carrying out an experiment to verify the Principle of Moments using a suspended metre rule with attached weights or a pivoted beam with square weights.

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Interactive Practical · GCSE Physics

Principle of moments

Balance a metre rule on a pivot, slide masses until it is level, compare clockwise and anticlockwise moments, and find an unknown mass.

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CCEA · 1210

Prescribed practical · Prescribed Practical P3

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