CHAPTER 6

1. A box is pulled with a force of 25 N to produce a displacement of 15 m. If the angle

2. An object of mass 2 kg falls from a height of 5 m to the ground. What is the work done by
the gravitational force on the object?

3. Calculate the work done by a force of 30 N in lifting a load of 2kg to a height of 10m

4. A body of mass 10kg at rest is subjected to a force of 16N. Find the kinetic energy at the
end of 10 s.
5. A body of mass 5kg is thrown up vertically with a kinetic energy of 1000 J. If acceleration
due to gravity is 9.81m/s, find the height at which the kinetic energy becomes half of the
original value.

6. A 40 kg box initially at rest is pushed 5.0m along a rough horizontal floor with a constant
applied horizontal force of 130N. If the coefficient of friction between the box and floor is
o 30, find (a) the work done by the applied force, (b) the energy lost due to friction, (c)
the change in kinetic energy of the box.

7. An archer pulls her bow string back o.4oom by exerting a force that increases from zero
to 230N. (a) What is the equivalent spring constant of the bow? (b) How much work is
done in pulling the bow?
8. A 1.5o kg snowball is shot upward at an angle of 34.0 to the horizontal with an initial
speed of 20.0 m/s. (a)What is its initial kinetic energy? (b) By how much does the
gravitational potential energy of the snowball-Earth system change as the snowball
moves from the launch point to the point of maximum height?

9. 700N marine in basic training climbs a 10.0m vertical rope at a constant speed in 8.00 s.
What is his power output?
CHAPTER 7

1. Calculate the recoil velocity of a 5.0-kg rifle that shoots a 0.020-kg bullet at a speed of
620m/s.

2. Estimate the impulse and the average force delivered by a karate blow that breaks a
board. Assume the hand (m=1kg) moves at roughly 10m/s when it hits the board.

3. On a lightweight (air-filled) "banana boat," three people of roughly equal mass m sit
along the x axis at positions xa=1m, xb=5m, xc= 6m, measured from the left-hand end.
Find the position of the CM. Ignore the mass of the boat.

4. You drop a 14-g ball from a height of 1.5 m and it only bounces back to a height of o.85
m. What was the total impulse on the ball when it hit the floor?
5. A o.450-kg hockey puck, moving east with a speed of 5.8m/s has a head-on collision with
a o.900-kg puck initially at rest. Assuming a perfectly elastic collision, what will be the
speed and direction of each puck after the collision?

6. A 144-g baseball moving 28m/s strikes a stationary 5.25-kg brick resting on small rollers
so it moves without significant friction. After hitting the brick, the baseball bounces
straight back, and the brick moves forward at 1.1m/s. (a) What is the baseball's speed
after the collision? (b) Find the total kinetic energy before and after the collision.

7. For a top player, a tennis ball may leave the racket on the serve with a speed of 55m/s. If
the ball has a mass of 0.060 kg and is in contact with the racket for about 4 milliseconds,
estimate the average force on the ball. Would this force be large enough to lift a 60-kg
person?
8. What is the magnitude of the momentum of a 28g sparrow flying with a speed of
8.4m/s?

9. A 110-kg tackler moving at 2.5m/s meets head-on (and holds on to) an 82-kg halfback
moving at 5m/s. What will be their mutual speed immediately after the collision?

10. A 144-g baseball moving 28m/s strikes a stationary 5.25-kg brick resting on small rollers
so it moves without significant friction. After hitting the brick, the baseball bounces
straight back, and the brick moves forward at 1.1m/s. What is the baseball's speed after
the collision?
CHAPTER 8

1. The blades in a blender rotate at a rate of 6500 pm. When the motor is turned off during
operation, the blades slow to rest in 4.0 s. What is the angular acceleration as the blades
slow down?

2. A 61-cm-diameter wheel accelerates uniformly about its center from 120 pm to 280 rpm
in 4.0 s. Determine (a) its angular acceleration, and (b) the radial and tangential
components of the linear acceleration of a point on the edge of the wheel 2.0 s after it has
started accelerating.

3. A small rubber wheel is used to drive a large pottery wheel. The two wheels are mounted
so that their circular edges touch. The small wheel has a radius of 2.0 cm and accelerates
at the rate of 7.2rad/s2 and it is in contact with the pottery wheel (radius 27.0 cm)
without slipping. Calculate (a) the angular acceleration of the pottery wheel, and (b) the
time it takes the pottery wheel to reach its required speed of 65 rpm.
4. Express the following angles in radians: (a) 45.0°, (b) 60.0°, (c) 90.0°, (d) 360.0°, and
(e) 445°. Give as numerical values and as fractions of π.

5. A bicycle slows down uniformly from vo=8.4m/s to rest over a distance of 115 m. Each
wheel and tire has an overall diameter of 68.0 cm. Determine (a) the angular velocity of
the wheels at the initial instant (t=o) (b) the total number of revolutions each wheel
rotates before coming to rest; (c) the angular acceleration of the wheel; and (d) the time
it took to come to a stop.

6. An automobile engine slows down from 3500 rpm to 1200 rpm in 2.5 s. Calculate (a) its
angular acceleration, assumed constant, and (b) the total number of revolutions the
engine makes in this time.
7. A 52-kg person riding a bike puts all her weight on each pedal when climbing a hill. The
pedals rotate in a circle of radius 17 cm. (a) What is the maximum torque she exerts? (b)
How could she exert more torque?

8. Determine the moment of inertia of a 10.8-kg sphere of radius 0.648 m when the axis of
rotation is through its center.

9. What is the angular momentum of a 2.8-kg uniform cylindrical grinding wheel of radius
28 cm when rotating at 1300 rpm? How much torque is required to stop it in 6.0 s?