EXAM 3-Navitas F-2016
EXAM 3-Navitas F-2016
● Write your name at the top of each page in the space provided.
● Answer all questions, beginning each new question in the space provided.
● Show all work. Show all formulas used for each problem prior to substitution of numbers. Label
diagrams and include appropriate units for your answers.
● You may use an alphanumeric calculator (one which exhibits physical formulas) during the exam
as long as you do not program any formulas into memory. By using an alphanumeric calculator you
agree to allow us to check its memory during the exam. Simple scientific calculators are always OK!
SCORE
1. (15) ________
2. (20) ________
3. (20) ________
4. (20) ________
I-2 A stationary golf ball of mass m is hit by a golf club so that the ball leaves with a speed v. The
club is in contact with the ball for time T. The average force exerted by the club on the ball
during the time T is:
A) mvT
𝑚𝑚
B)
𝑇
𝑚𝑣 2 𝑇
C)
2
𝑚𝑣 2
D)
2𝑇
𝑚𝑇 2
E)
2𝑣
I-3 Two vectors with magnitudes A and B have a dot product AB/2. The angle between the two
vectors is:
A) increases.
C) decreases.
D) is zero.
I-5 A box of mass m is pressed against (but is not attached to) an ideal spring of force constant k
and negligible mass, compressing the spring a distance x. After it is released, the box slides up
a frictionless incline and eventually stops. If we repeat this experiment with a box of mass 2m
A) just as it moves free of the spring, the lighter box will be moving twice as fast as the heavier
box.
B) the lighter box will go twice as high up the incline as the heavier box.
C) both boxes will have the same speed just as they move free of the spring.
D) both boxes will reach the same maximum height on the incline
E) just as it moves free of the spring, the heavier box will have twice as much kinetic energy as
the lighter box.
NO credit will be given for just correct answer without appropriate formulae/logic.
A ball of mass Mb is hanging from a long light string. It is struck by a stone of mass Ms travelling
horizontally to the right at with an initial velocity of vis. The stone rebounds to the left with a velocity
of vfs and the ball swings to a maximum height h above its original level.
C) [3 points] If Mb = 5.0 kg, Ms = 1.5 kg, initial velocity of the stone is 12.0 m/s and final velocity of
the stone is 8.5 m/s, calculate the height h.
D) [3 points] Determine the average force between the stone and the ball if the contact time between
the stone and the ball is 5 ms.
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Problem 3: (20 points)
A block of mass M is released from rest at the top of a ramp of height h. The top half of the ramp
(from A to B) is frictionless. The bottom half (from B to C) has a coefficient of kinetic friction μk
between the block and the ramp. For the bottom half of the ramp (from B to C), the block moves at
constant velocity.
NOTE: For each of the following parts you must write down an algebraic (non-numerical)
expression and then show the calculated value.
B) [5 points] Apply Newton’s Second Law for the motion in the bottom half of the ramp to
determine the angle θ of the ramp for M = 2 kg, h = 3.0 m, and µk = 0.4.
C) [5 points] Use conservation of energy to find the speed of the block at the middle of the ramp
(at the point B) – Express this in terms of M, g and h only.
D) [5 points] Determine the work by friction on the block as it slides from the point B to point C –
Express this in terms of M, g and h only.
E) [2 points] For M = 2 kg, h = 3.0 m, and µk = 0.4, find the numerical values for parts C and D.
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Problem 4: (20 points) – 4 points for each part
- NOTE: No points will be given if you work out this problem using kinematic equations.
A 96-kg crate, starting from rest, is pulled across a horizontal floor with by a rope angled at 35o ,
which has a constant tension of 350-N.
For the first 15-m the floor is frictionless, and for the next 12-m the coefficient of friction is 0.25.
A) In the space below, draw two separate free body diagrams indicating all the forces acting on the
crate when it is pulled across the -
(i) frictionless surface (ii) surface with friction.
E) If the crate compresses a spring by 6-cm, what is the spring constant of the spring?