Pract 1 Answer Key

Topic 6.
1 – Circular motion Formative Assessment

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THIS IS A PRACTICE ASSESSMENT. Show formulas, substitutions, answers (in spaces provided) and units!
A 7.25-kg bowling ball is being swung horizontally in a clockwise direction (as viewed from
above) at a constant speed in a circle of radius 1.85 m.
1. Suppose the time it takes the ball to make one complete revolution is 2.75 s. What is the
centripetal acceleration of the ball? 9.66 ms-2
1. _________________
aC = 42r/ T 2 = 42(1.85)/2.752 = 9.658 ms-2.
2. What is the tension in the cable that is used to swing the ball? 70.0 N
2. _________________
FC = maC = 7.25(9.658) = 70.02 N.
3. What is the work done by the tension in one revolution? 0.0 J
3. _________________
Since the centripetal force and the displacement are perpendicular, no
work is ever done by FC.
4. What is the angular velocity of the ball? 2.28 rad s-1, downward
4. _________________
 = 2/T = 2/2.75 = 2.28 rad s-1, downward.
[ Use the right hand rule to determine the direction of . ]
A 7.25-kg bowling ball is being swung horizontally in a counterclockwise direction (as viewed
from above) at a constant speed in a circle of radius 1.85 m.
5. Suppose the speed of the ball is 6.50 ms -1. What is the centripetal acceleration of the
ball? 22.8 ms-2
5. _________________
2 2 -2
aC = v / r = 6.50 /1.85 = 22.838 ms .
6. What is the period of the ball? 1.79 s
6. _________________
v = s / t = 2r / T → T = 2r /v = 21.85 /6.50 = 1.788 s.
7. What is the frequency of the ball? 0.559 Hz
7. _________________
f = 1 / T = 1 / 1.788 = 0.85 Hz.
8. What is the angular velocity of the ball? 3.51 rad s-1, upward
8. _________________
 = 2/T = 2/1.788 = 3.514 rad s-1, upward.
[ Use the right hand rule to determine the direction. ]
A 765-kg car is traveling north and makes a gradual turn to the east at a constant
speed of 15.0 ms-1. The radius of the turn is 112 m.
9. What is the angular velocity of the car during the turn? 0.114 rad s-1
9. _________________
v = s / t = 2r / T → T = 2r /v = 2112 /15 = 46.914 s.
 = 2 / T = 2 rad / 46.914 s = 0.114 rad s-1.
10. What friction force is needed for this turn? 1540 N
10. ________________
2 2
FC = maC = mv /r = 76515 /112 = 1536.8 N.
11. What is the smallest radius for which the turn could be designed so that the car does not slip at this
speed. Assume the coefficient of static friction is 0.650 and that the road is level (unbanked).
R = mg = 76510 = 7650 N. 34.6 m
11. ________________
FMAX = µSR = 0.6507650 = 4972.5 N. FMAX = FC = mv2/r
→ r = mv2/FMAX = 765152/4972.5 = 34.62 m.
12. What is the purpose of banking roads? To minimize the need for friction to make a turn on a
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road. The normal force contributes to the centripetal force on a banked turn.
A loaded KC-135 Stratotanker air refueling plane has a loaded mass
of 115000 kg. It is shown traveling north at a speed of 825 km h -1
and banking at an angle of  = 18˚ in level flight.
13. Label the vectors, WEIGHT, LIFT, and CENTRIPETAL FORCE, in
the diagram. 13. ___In diagram____
14. Find the magnitude of the weight vector.

W = mg = 11500010 = 1150000 N. 14. ________________
1150000 N
15. Find the magnitude of the vertical component of the lift vector. 18˚ LIFT
LVERT = W = 1150000 N. 1150000 N
15. ________________
CENTRIPETAL
16. Find the magnitude of the horizontal component of the lift FORCE
vector. 374000 N
16. ________________
LVERT = L cos 18˚ → L = LVERT / cos 24˚ = 1150000/cos 18˚ = 1209182 N. WEIGHT
LHORI = L sin 24˚ = 1209182 sin 18˚ = 373658 N.
17. What is the centripetal acceleration of the plane? 3.25 ms-2
17. ________________
-2
maC = FC = LHORI = 373658 N → aC = 373658/m = 373658/115000 = 3.249 ms .
18. What is the radius of the turn? 16200 m
18. ________________
v = (825 km h-1)(1000 m / 1 km)(1 h / 3600 s) = 229.2 ms -1.
v2/r = aC → r = v2/aC = 229.22/3.249 = 16168.
The Goliath is a new wooden roller coaster that allows the riders to go upside-down on the loop shown
below. The starting height of the coaster is 135. m. The radius of the loop is 20.0 m. Riders board the cars
at A. The 1500-kg car is drawn by a chain up to the point B and then released from rest. Gravity does
everything from then on through the points C, D and E!
B
R
W
C D aC
A E
19. What is the kinetic energy of the car at D? 1430000 J

19. ________________
EK = -EP = -mg h = -(1500)(10)(40 – 135) = 1425000 J.
20. What is the speed of the car at D? 43.6 ms-1
20. ________________
2 2 -1
EK = (1/2)mv → v = 2EK/m = 2(1425000)/1500 = 1900 → v = 43.589 ms .
21. What is the magnitude of the normal force between car and track at D? Include a free-body diagram
of the car at D. 21. ________________
128000 N
2 2
F = ma → -R – W = -maC → R = mv /r – mg = (1500)[43.6 /20 – 10] = 127500 N.
22. What is the maximum radius that the loop could have so that the car does not lose contact with the
track at D? 22. ________________
54 m
From Newton’s 2nd law: F = ma → -R – W = -maC → Car loses contact if R = 0 → aC = g = v2/r.
From energy: (1/2)mv2 = -mg h → v2 = -2gh.
But since g = v2/r we have v2 = -2gh = -2(v2/r)(2r – 135) →r = -4r + 270 → 5r = 270 → r = 54 m.

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Topic 6.

1 – Circular motion Formative Assessment

14. Find the magnitude of the weight vector.

19. What is the kinetic energy of the car at D? 1430000 J

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