PHY11 Problem Set
PHY11 Problem Set
PHY11 Problem Set
The opposing force of friction is 0.600 N. a) How much work does your 2.40-N force do on the book? b) What is the work done on the book by the friction force? C) What is the total work done on the book? 2. You throw a 20-N rock vertically into the air from ground level. You observe that when it is 15.0 m above the ground, it is travelling at 25.0 m/s upward. Use the work-energy theorem to find a) its speed just as it left the ground; b) its maximum height. 3. A spring of negligible mass has a force constant k=1600N/m. a) How far must the spring be compressed for 3.20 J of potential energy to be stored in it? b) You place the spring vertically with one end of the floor. You then drop a 1.20 kg book onto it from a height of 0.80 m above the top of the spring. Find the maximum distance the spring will be compressed. 4. You and your friends are doing physics experiments on a frozen pond that serves as a frictionless, horizontal surface. Sam, with a mass 80.0 kg, is given a push and slides eastward. Abigail, with mass 50.0 kg, is sent sliding northward. They collide and. After the collision, Sam is moving at north of east with a speed of 6.00 m/s and Abigail is moving at south of east with a speed of 9.00 m/s. a) What was the speed of each person before the collision? b) by how much did the total kinetic energy of the two people decrease during the collision? 5. A 10.0 g marble slides to the left with a velocity of magnitude 0.4010 m/s on the frictionless, horizontal surface of an icy, New York sidewalk and has a head-on elastic collision with a larger 30.0 g marble sliding to the right with a velocity of magnitude 0.200 m/s (Fig. 8.35). a) Find the velocity of each marble (magnitude and direction) after the collision. (Since the collision is head-on, all the motion is along a line.) b) Calculate the change in momentum (that is, the momentum after the collision minus the momentum before the collision) for each marble. Compare the values you get for each marble. c) Calculate the change in kinetic energy (that is, the kinetic energy after the collision minus the kinetic energy before the collision) for each marble. Compare the values you get for each marble.
ROTATIONAL MOTION 1. A circular disk rotating at 1800 rpm is applied upon by a constant breaking force until its speed becomes 60 rpm, 10 seconds after the application of the force. (a) What is its angular acceleration? (b) In how many seconds will it come to rest? (c) How many revolutions does it make in 10 seconds? 2. A tennis ball is a hollow sphere with a thin wall. It is set rolling without slipping at 4.03 m/s on a horizontal section of a track, as shown in Figure P10.56. It rolls around the inside of a vertical circular loop 90.0 cm in diameter, and finally leaves the track at a point 20.0 cm below the horizontal section. (a) Find the speed of the ball at the top of the loop. Demonstrate that it will not fall from the track. (b) Find its speed as it leaves the track.
3. The combination of an applied force and a friction force produces a constant total torque of 36.0 N-m on a wheel rotating about a fixed axis. The applied force acts for 6.00 s. During this time the angular speed of the wheel increases from 0 to 10.0 rad/s. The applied force is then removed, and the wheel comes to rest in 60.0 s. Find (a) the moment of inertia of the wheel, (b) the total number of revolutions of the wheel.
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A hungry bear weighing 700 N walks out on a beam in an attempt to retrieve a basket of food hanging at the end of the beam. The beam is uniform, weighs 200 N, and is 6.00 m long; the basket weighs 80.0 N. (a) When the bear is at x = 1.00 m, find the tension in the wire and the components of the force exerted by the wall on the left end of the beam. (b) If the wire can withstand a maximum tension of 900 N, what is the maximum distance the bear can walk before the wire breaks?
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A water molecule consists of an oxygen atom with two hydrogen atoms bound to it. The angle between the two bonds is 106. If the bonds are 0.100 nm long, where is the center of mass of the molecule?
HOMEWORK NO.2 (ROTARY MOTION, SECOND CONDITION OF EQUILIBRIUM, CENTER OF GRAVITY) INSTRUCTIONS: 1. COPY AND ANSWER THE PROBLEMS. 2. USE ONE BOND PAPER PER PROBLEM. 3. SHOW COMPLETE AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS. 4. SUMMARIZE THE FINAL ANSWERS. 5. DUE FOR SUBMISSION ON NOVEMBER 22, 2012 DURING THE SCHEDULED QUIZ. LATE HOMEWORKS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
FOR STRICT COMPLIANCE. 1. An electric motor rotating a grinding wheel at 100 rev/min is switched off. With constant negative angular acceleration of magnitude 2.00 rad/s2, (a) how long does it take the wheel to stop? (b) Through how many radians does it turn while it is slowing down?
2. A car accelerates uniformly from rest and reaches a speed of 22.0 m/s in 9.00 s. If the diameter of a tire is 58.0 cm, find (a) the number of revolutions the tire makes during this motion, assuming that no slipping occurs. (b) What is the final angular speed of a tire in revolutions per second?
3. An electric motor turns a flywheel through a drive belt that joins a pulley on the motor and a pulley that is rigidly attached to the flywheel, refer to the figure below. The flywheel is a solid disk with a mass of 80.0 kg and a diameter of 1.25 m. It turns on a frictionless axle. Its pulley has much smaller mass and a radius of 0.230 m. If the tension in the upper (taut) segment of the belt is 135 N and the flywheel has a clockwise angular acceleration of 1.67 rad/s2, find the tension in the lower (slack) segment of the
belt.
4. A tennis ball is a hollow sphere with a thin wall. It is set rolling without slipping at 4.03 m/s on a horizontal section of a track, as shown in the figure below. It rolls around the inside of a vertical circular loop 90.0 cm in diameter, and finally leaves the track at a point 20.0 cm below the horizontal section. (a) Find the speed of the ball at the top of the loop (b) Find its speed as it leaves the track. (c) Suppose that static friction between ball and track were negligible, so that the ball slid instead of rolling. Would its speed then be higher, lower, or the same at the top of the loop? Explain.
5. The reel shown in the figure below has radius R and moment of inertia I. One end of the block of mass m is connected to a spring of force constant k, and the other end is fastened to a cord wrapped around the reel. The reel axle and the incline are frictionless. The reel is wound counterclockwise so that the spring stretches a distance d from its unstretched position and is then released from rest. (a) Find the angular speed of the reel when the spring is again unstretched. (b) Evaluate the angular speed numerically at this point if I = 1.00 kgm2, R = 0.300 m, k = 50.0 N/m, m = 0.500 kg, d = 0.200 m, and = 37.0.
6. A playground merry-go-round of radius R = 2.00 m has a moment of inertia I = 250 kgm2 and is rotating at 10.0 rev/min about a frictionless vertical axle. Facing the axle, a 25.0-kg child hops onto the merry-go-round and manages to sit down on the edge. What is the new angular speed of the merry-go-round?
7. A mobile is constructed of light rods, light strings, and beach souvenirs, as shown below. Determine the masses of the objects (a) m1, (b) m2, and (c) m3.
8. A uniform plank of length 6.00 m and mass 30.0 kg rests horizontally across two horizontal bars of a scaffold. The bars are 4.50 m apart, and 1.50 m of the plank hangs over one side of the scaffold. Draw a free-body diagram of the plank. How far can a painter of mass 70.0 kg walk on the overhanging part of the plank before it tips?
9. The figure below shows three uniform objects: a rod, a right triangle, and a square. Their masses and their coordinates in meters are given. Determine the center of gravity for the three-object system.
10. A vertical post with a square cross section is 10.0 m tall. Its bottom end is encased in a base 1.50 m tall, which is precisely square but slightly loose. A force 5.50 N to the right acts on the top of the post. The base maintains the post in equilibrium. Find the force that the top of the right side wall of the base exerts on the post. Find the force that the bottom of the left side wall of the base exerts on the post.
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6. A child slides across a floor in a pair of rubber-soled shoes. The friction force acting
on each foot is 20.0 N. The footprint area of each shoe sole is 14.0 cm2, and the thickness of each sole is 5.00 mm. Find the horizontal distance by which the upper and lower surfaces of each sole are offset. The shear modulus of the rubber is 3.00 MN/m 2. Mega Newton (MN).
7. A 0.500-kg object attached to a spring with a force constant of 8.00 N/m vibrates in
simple harmonic motion with amplitude of 10.0 cm. Calculate (a) the maximum value of its speed and acceleration, (b) the speed and acceleration when the object is 6.00 cm from the equilibrium position, and (c) the time interval required for the object to move from x = 0 to x = 8.00 cm.
8. A 50.0-g object connected to a spring with a force constant of 35.0 N/m oscillates on a horizontal, frictionless surface with amplitude of 4.00 cm. Find (a) the total energy of the system and (b) the speed of the object when the position is 1.00 cm. Find (c) the kinetic energy and (d) the potential energy when the position is 3.00 cm.
10. A frog in a hemispherical pod just floats without sinking into a sea of bluegreen ooze with density 1.35 g/cm3. If the pod has radius 6.00 cm and negligible mass, what is the mass of the frog?
11. A village maintains a large tank with an open top, containing water for emergencies.
The water can drain from the tank through a hose of diameter 6.60 cm. The hose ends with a nozzle of diameter 2.20 cm. A rubber stopper is inserted into the nozzle. The water level in the tank is kept 7.50 m above the nozzle. (a) Calculate the friction force exerted on the stopper by the nozzle. (b) The stopper is removed. What mass of water flows from the nozzle in 2.00 h? (c) Calculate the gauge pressure of the flowing water in the hose just behind the nozzle.
INSTRUCTIONS: 1. COPY AND ANSWER THE PROBLEMS. 2. USE ONE BOND PAPER PER PROBLEM. 3. SHOW COMPLETE AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS. 4. SUMMARIZE THE FINAL ANSWERS.
Note: Y = 10 X 1010 Pa