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    1. A 30 kg child sits 1.1 m from one end of a beam, and a 40 kg child sits on the other end. The beam balances when a fulcrum is placed 1.1 m from the 30 kg child. The length of the beam is calculated to be 1.98 m. 2. A 50 kg person stands 3/4 down a plank supported at one end by the floor and the other by a rope. The tension in the rope is 466 N and the force from the floor is 220 N. 3. For a particle with amplitude of 27 cm and maximum speed of 4.9 m/s undergoing SHM: (a) The angular frequency is 18 s

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    1. A 30 kg child sits 1.1 m from one end of a beam, and a 40 kg child sits on the other end. The beam balances when a fulcrum is placed 1.1 m from the 30 kg child. The length of the beam is calculated to be 1.98 m. 2. A 50 kg person stands 3/4 down a plank supported at one end by the floor and the other by a rope. The tension in the rope is 466 N and the force from the floor is 220 N. 3. For a particle with amplitude of 27 cm and maximum speed of 4.9 m/s undergoing SHM: (a) The angular frequency is 18 s

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    1. A 30 kg child sits 1.1 m from one end of a beam, and a 40 kg child sits on the other end. The beam balances when a fulcrum is placed 1.1 m from the 30 kg child. The length of the beam is calculated to be 1.98 m. 2. A 50 kg person stands 3/4 down a plank supported at one end by the floor and the other by a rope. The tension in the rope is 466 N and the force from the floor is 220 N. 3. For a particle with amplitude of 27 cm and maximum speed of 4.9 m/s undergoing SHM: (a) The angular frequency is 18 s

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    1. A 30 kg child sits 1.1 m from one end of a beam, and a 40 kg child sits on the other end. The beam balances when a fulcrum is placed 1.1 m from the 30 kg child. The length of the beam is calculated to be 1.98 m. 2. A 50 kg person stands 3/4 down a plank supported at one end by the floor and the other by a rope. The tension in the rope is 466 N and the force from the floor is 220 N. 3. For a particle with amplitude of 27 cm and maximum speed of 4.9 m/s undergoing SHM: (a) The angular frequency is 18 s

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    Static equilibrium problems involving beams and planks can be analyzed by setting the sum of torques equal to zero at a chosen pivot point. Forces are the masses times the acceleration due to gravity.

    Static equilibrium is analyzed by drawing free body diagrams showing all the forces, choosing a pivot point, and setting the sum of clockwise and counterclockwise torques equal to zero. The forces are the masses times the acceleration due to gravity.

    For simple harmonic motion, the angular frequency can be determined from the maximum speed and amplitude using the equation for maximum velocity. The period is calculated from the angular frequency using the relationship ω=2π/T. The maximum acceleration is the amplitude times the square of the angular frequency.

    University Physics

    Quiz 8 Solution

    Fri Nov 9, 2012

    Your name:
    Please show your work, write neatly, and put a box or circle around each of your answers.
    This week the quiz is also being given in MasteringPhysics with the same problems.
    1. (2 points total) A 30.0 kg child sits on one end of a long uniform beam having a mass of
    20.0 kg, and a 40.0 kg child sits on the other end. The beam balances when a fulcrum
    is placed below the beam a distance 1.10 m from the 30.0 kg child. How long is the
    beam?
    (a) 1.98 m
    (b) 2.07 m
    (c) 1.93 m
    (d) 2.20 m
    (e) 2.12 m
    Solution: When the beam is balanced, there is no net torque around any point, including the fulcrum (or pivot point). A sketch of the layout of the beam and corresponding
    masses is shown in Fig. 1; the forces are just the masses times g. The distance from the
    center of the beam (where its weight acts as a torque) to the fulcrum is d = L/21.10 m.
    Calling counter-clockwise torques positive (as weve been doing in class), we then have

    Figure 1: Forces and distances along beam for Problem 1.

    
    L
    = 0 = (30 kg)g(1.10 m) (20 kg)g
    1.10 m (40 kg)g(L 1.10 m)
    2
    33 kg m = (10 kg)L 22 kg m + (40 kg)L 44 kg m
    99 kg m = (50 kg)L
    X

    L = 1.98 m

    choice(a)

    Note that this worked even though Fig. 1 was drawn with the fulcrum on the wrong
    side of the center of the beam!
    2. (4 points total) A 20.0 kg uniform plank is supported by the floor at one end and by a
    vertical rope pulling upwards at the other end. A 50.0 kg mass person stands on the
    plank a distance three-fourths of the length plank from the end on the floor.
    (a) What is the tension in the rope?
    (b) What is the magnitude of the force that the floor exerts on the plank?
    Solution: The force diagram for this problem is shown in Fig. 2, again where forces
    are just the masses times g for the person and the weight of the plank. This is also a
    1

    Figure 2: Forces and distances along plank for Problem 2.

    classic statics problem and was assigned in the homework. Here you have a freedom
    to choose the pivot point to calculate the sum of all the torques for each part of the
    problem. For part (a), you want to find T , the tension in the rope, and dont care about
    the normal force from the floor n. You can therefore choose the pivot point to be where
    the plank meets the floor, so the net torque from n is zero. Calling counter-clockwise
    torques positive (as weve been doing in class), and calling the plank angle , we then
    find
     
     
    X
    3L
    L

    = 0 = T sin(90 )L (50 kg)g sin(90 + )


    (20 kg)g sin(90 + )
    4
    2
     
     
    3L
    L
    T L = (50 kg)g
    + (20 kg)g
    4
    2
     
     
    3
    1
    T = (50 kg)g
    + (20 kg)g
    = (47.5 kg)g = 466 N = T
    4
    2
    We can take the same approach, using a pivot point on the plank where the rope attaches
    to it, to find the force that the floor exerts on the plank. But there is an easier way!
    The sum of all forces in the up/down direction must also be zero! This immediately
    gives
    X
    Fy = 0 n+T (20 kg)g(50 kg)g = 0 n = (70 kg)gT = 220 N = n
    3. (4 points total) A particle undergoes simple harmonic motion with an amplitude of
    27 cm and a maximum speed of 4.9 m/s.
    (a) Find the angular frequency in s1 to two significant figures.
    Solution: From p. 10 of the Nov 5 class notes, x = A sin(t + 0 ) and the velocity
    is dx/dt = A cos(t + 0 ). The maximum speed is the maximum of dx/dt, or A,
    and we are given that this is 4.9 m/s, and the amplitude A =27 cm=0.27 m. So
    we have
    4.9 m/s
    4.9 m/s
    A = 4.9 m/s

    =
    =
    = 18 s1 =
    A
    0.27 m
    (b) Find the period in seconds to two significant figures.
    Solution: The period is T , where = 2f = 2/T , so
    2
    2
    T =
    =
    = 0.35 s = T

    18 s1
    (c) Find the maximum acceleration amax in m/s2 to two significant figures.
    Solution: From p. 10 of the Nov 5 class notes, the maximum acceleration is
    amax = A 2 = (0.27 m)(18 s1 )2 = 87 m/s2 = amax

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