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    Exam 5: PH 111-01: General Physics 1

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    This document is an exam for a physics course consisting of 4 multi-part problems worth a total of 100 points. It provides the relevant conversion factors and physical principles needed to solve mechanics problems involving kinematics, momentum, impulse, force, and energy conservation. Students must show their work to receive full credit on the exam.

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    Vincent College PH 111-01: General Physics 1

    Exam 5
    11/22/2010

    The exam consists of 4 questions. The questions may not be worth the same number of points, so read the entire exam before beginning work. You must show your work in order to get full credit.

    Problem 1 Problem 2 Problem 3 Problem 4 Total

    20 30 25 25 100

    g = 9.8 m/s2 1 mile = 1609 m 1 inch = 2.54 cm 1 J = 6.24 1018 eV 1 N = 0.2248 lb 1 hp = 746 W

    1. (20 pts) a) (5 pts) Why is a nice, thick, padded glove easier on the hand for catching fast moving, heavy objects than a thin layer of non-pliant material?

    b) (5 pts) Which requires more force (or is it the same size force): Stopping a moving object, or returning the same object back in the opposite direction? Explain.

    c) (5 pts) A car initially traveling north collides at an intersection with a car initially traveling east. The property owner at the south-west corner of the intersection les a property damage claim citing damage to a fence due to the accident. Should the insurance company accept or reject this claim? (Relate your answer to relevant physical principle(s).)

    d) (5 pts) A bullet is shot at a small target. Under which circumstance would the velocity of the target after impact be greater: (i) the bullet passes through the target or (ii) the bullet imbeds in the target. Why?

    2. (30 pts) An unstable nucleus of mass 1.7 1026 kg, initially at rest at the origin of a coordinate system, disintegrates into three particles. The rst, with mass m1 = 5 1027 kg, moves in the positive y-direction with speed v1 = 6 106 m/s. The second, with mass m2 = 8.4 1027 kg, moves in the positive x-direction with speed v2 = 4 106 m/s. Determine the velocity (magnitude and direction) of the remaining particle.

    3. (25 pts) It snows over Thanksgiving break. Your little brother (35 kg) asks you (75 kg) to go sledding on the hills of the back 40 of your grandparents farm. Picking up your sled after a particularly exhilarating run, you glance up to see your little brother headed straight for you, with a menaical grim plastered across his face and giggling hysterically. Completely unlike a deer in headlights, you immidiately abandon your sled and start to run directly away from him. With your years of (lack of) training and (un)catlike swiftness, you manage to be moving at 2.5 m/s before he plows into you at 12 m/s. a) (10 pts) Your brothers sled has a mass of 5 kg. How fast do the two of you end up going after this, uh, incident? (Assume you are then sprawled out, arms and legs akimbo, on your back, on top of the little ... and his sled.)

    b) (5 pts) Briey identify what type of collision this represents and whether or not you would expect (kinetic) energy to be conserved.

    c) (10 pts) Support your conclusion by showing that energy is conserved, or by calculating how much energy is lost/gained.

    4. (25 pts) A pitcher throws a 0.15 kg baseball so that it crosses home plate on a horizontal trajectory with a speed of 20 m/s. The ball is hit straight back at the pitcher (FORE!!! Sorry, wrong sport...) with a speed of 22 m/s. a) (7 pts) By how much does the momentum of the baseball change because it was hit?

    b) (6 pts) How much impulse was delivered to the ball by the bat?

    c) (6 pts) If the ball is in contact with the bat for 2 103 s, what is the average force exerted by the bat?

    d) (6 pts) What is the average force that the ball exerts on the bat during this same time interval?

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