PHY1505/101/0/2024

Mechanics
PHY1505

Assignment no 2

Year Module

Department of Physics

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Chapter 4

1. A child throws a ball with an initial speed of 8.00 m/s at an angle of 40.0° above the horizontal. The ball
leaves her hand 1.00 m above the ground and experience negligible air resistance.
(a) How far from where the child is standing does the ball hit the ground?
(b) How long is the ball in flight before it hits the ground?

2. A hiker throws a stone from the upper edge of a vertical cliff. The stone's initial velocity is 25.0 m/s directed
at 40.0° with the face of the cliff, as shown in the figure. The stone hits the ground 3.75 s after being thrown
and feels no appreciable air resistance as it falls.

(a) What is the height of the cliff?

3. A plane flying at 70.0 m/s suddenly stalls. If the acceleration during the stall is 9.8 m/s2 directly downward,
the stall lasts 5.0 s, and the plane was originally climbing at 25° to the horizontal, what is the velocity after
the stall?

4. A cart is moving with a constant horizontal velocity of 5.00 m/s. A small pebble is launched from the front
of the cart with a velocity of 8.00 m/s at 60.0° above the horizontal as measured relative to the cart (see
figure) and experiences no significant air resistance. Just as the pebble returns to the level from which it was
launched, its distance from the front of the cart is closest to
5. An electrical motor spins at a constant If the armature radius is what is the
acceleration of the outer edge of the armature?

6. A satellite orbits the earth a distance of 1.50 × 107 m above the planet's surface and takes 8.65 hours for
each revolution about the earth. The earth's radius is 6.38 × 106 m. The acceleration of this satellite is
closest to

7. A long-distance swimmer is able to swim through still water at 4.0 km/h. She wishes to try to swim from
Port Angeles, Washington, directly north to Victoria, British Columbia, a distance of 50 km. An ocean
current flows through the Strait of Juan de Fuca from west to east at 3.0 km/h. In what direction (relative to
north) should she swim to make the crossing along a straight line between the two cities?

Chapter 5

8. A child on a sled starts from rest at the top of a 15° slope. If the trip to the bottom takes how long is
the slope? Assume that frictional forces may be neglected.

9. The figure shows two forces, each of magnitude 4.6 N, acting on an object. The angle between these forces
is 40°, and they make equal angles above and below the horizontal. What third force will cause the object to
be in equilibrium (acceleration equals zero)?

10. The figure shows two forces acting at right angles on an object. They have magnitudes = 6.3 N and =
2.1 N. What third force will cause the object to be in equilibrium (acceleration equals zero)?

11. Two forces act on a object. One force has magnitude 65 N directed 59° clockwise from the positive x-
axis, and the other has a magnitude 35 N at 32° clockwise from the positive y-axis. What is the magnitude
of this object's acceleration?
12. The graph in the figure shows the x component of the acceleration of a 2.4-kg object as a function of time
(in ms).

(a) At what time(s) does the x component of the net force on the object reach its maximum magnitude, and
what is that maximum magnitude?
(b) What is the x component of the net force on the object at time t = 0.0 ms and at t = 4.0 ms?

13. The graph in the figure shows the net force acting on a 3.0-kg object as a function of time.

(a) What is the acceleration of this object at time t = 2.0 s?

14. A block lies on a horizontal frictionless surface. A horizontal force of 100 N is applied to the block giving
rise to an acceleration of 3.0 m/s2.

15. A 50.0-N box is sliding on a rough horizontal floor, and the only horizontal force acting on it is friction.
You observe that at one instant the box is sliding to the right at 1.75 m/s and that it stops in 2.25 s with
uniform acceleration. What magnitude force does friction exert on this box?

16. A block is on a frictionless horizontal table, on earth. This block accelerates at 1.9 m/ when a
horizontal force is applied to it. The block and table are then set up on the moon where the acceleration due
to gravity is 1.62 m/s2. What is the weight of the block on the moon?

17. A block is on a frictionless horizontal table, on earth. This block accelerates at 3.6 m/ when a
horizontal force is applied to it. The block and table are then set up on the moon where the acceleration due
to gravity is 1.62 m/ . A horizontal force of 45 N is applied to the block when it is on the moon. What
acceleration does this force impart to the block?

18. Jason takes off from rest across level water on his jet-powered skis. The combined mass of Jason and his
skis is 75 kg (the mass of the fuel is negligible). The skis have a thrust of 200 N and a coefficient of kinetic
friction on water of 0.10. Unfortunately, the skis run out of fuel after only 48 s. What is Jason's top speed?

19. A factory robot drops a 10 kg computer onto a conveyor belt running at 3.1 m/s. The materials are such that
μs = 0.50 and μk = 0.30 between the belt and the computer. How far is the computer dragged before it is
riding smoothly on the belt?

20. A person is dragging a packing crate of mass 100 kg across a rough horizontal floor where the coefficient of
kinetic friction is 0.400. He exerts a force F sufficient to accelerate the crate forward. At what angle above
horizontal should his pulling force be directed in order to achieve the maximum acceleration?

21. A 200 g hockey puck is launched up a metal ramp that is inclined at a 30° angle. The coefficients of static
and kinetic friction between the hockey puck and the metal ramp are μs = 0.40 and μk = 0.30, respectively.
The puck's initial speed is 4.9 m/s. What speed does it have when it slides back down to its starting point?

22. A traffic light weighing 100 N is supported by two ropes as shown in the figure. The tensions in the ropes
are closest to

23. In the figure, a block of mass M hangs at rest. The rope that is fastened to the wall is horizontal and has a
tension off 52 N. The rope that is fastened to the ceiling has a tension of and makes an angle θ with
the ceiling. What is the angle θ?
24. A 30.0-kg object experiences a drag force due to air resistance with a magnitude proportional to the square
of its speed. The object falls with an acceleration of 4.00 m/s2 downward when it is falling downward at
70.0 m/s. What is its terminal speed?