PROBLEM SET FOR 3rd EXAM

1.
A billiard ball moving at 5.00m/s strikes a stationary
ball of the same mass. After the collision, the first ball moves
at 4.33m/s and at an angle of 30.0with respect to the original
line of motion. Assuming an elastic collision (and ignoring
friction and rotational motion), find the struck balls velocity.
2.
A 10.0-g bullet is fired into a stationary block of
wood (m= 5.00kg). The relative motion of the bullet stops
inside the block. The speed of the bullet-plus-wood
combination immediately after the collision is measured as
0.600 m/s. What was the original speed of the bullet?
3.
As shown in Figure below, a bullet of mass m and
speed v passes completely through a pendulum bob of mass
M. The bullet emerges with a speed of v/2. The pendulum bob
is suspended by a stiff rod of length and negligible mass. What
is the minimum value of v such that the pendulum bob will
barely swing through a completely vertical circle?

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stations, this force is usually generated with the use of

compressed air.)
9. A piece of aluminum with mass 1.00 kg and density 2 700
kg/m3 is suspended from a string and then completely
immersed in a container of water. Calculate the tension in the
string (a) before and (b) after the metal is immersed.
10. A cube of wood having a side dimension of 20.0 cm and a
density of 650 kg/m3 floats on water. (a) What is the distance
from the horizontal top surface of the cube to the water level?
11. A horizontal pipe 10.0 cm in diameter has a smooth
reduction to a pipe 5.00 cm in diameter. If the pressure of the
water in the larger pipe is 8.00 x 104 Pa and the pressure in the
smaller pipe is 6.00 x 104 Pa, at what rate does water flow
through the pipes?
12. A large storage tank, open at the top and filled with water,
develops a small hole in its side at a point 16.0 m below the
water level. If the rate of flow from the leak is 2.50 x 10-3
m3/min, determine (a) the speed at which the water leaves the
hole and (b) the diameter of the hole.

4.
An unstable nucleus of mass 17.0 x 10-27 kg initially
at rest disintegrates into three particles. One of the particles, of
mass 5.00 x 10-27 kg, moves along the y axis with a velocity of
6.00 x 106 m/s. Another particle, of mass 8.40 x 10-27 kg,
moves along the x axis with a speed of 4.00 x 10 6 m/s. Find
(a) the velocity of the third particle and (b) the total kinetic
energy increase in the process.
5.
A 0.100-kg ball is thrown straight up into the air with
an initial speed of 15.0 m/s. Find the momentum of the ball (a)
at its maximum height and (b) halfway up to its maximum
height.
6.
A 3.00-kg steel ball strikes a wall with a speed of
10.0 m/s at an angle of 60.0 with the surface. It bounces off
with the same speed and angle. If the ball is in contact with the
wall for 0.200 s, what is the average force exerted by the wall
on the ball ?
7.
A 12.0-g wad of sticky clay is hurled horizontally at a
100-g wooden block initially at rest on a horizontal surface.
The clay sticks to the block. After impact, the block slides
7.50 before coming to rest. If the coefficient of friction
between the block and the surface is 0.650, what was the
speed of the clay immediately before impact?
8.
The small piston of a hydraulic lift has a crosssectional area of 3.00 cm2, and its large piston has a crosssectional area of 200 cm2. What force must be applied to the
small piston for it to raise a load of15.0 kN? (In service

13. Water flows through a fire hose of diameter 6.35 cm at a

rate of 0.012 0 m3/s. The fire hose ends in a nozzle with an
inner diameter of 2.20 cm. What is the speed at which the
water exits the nozzle?
14. An aluminum calorimeter with a mass of 100 g contains
250 g of water. The calorimeter and water are in thermal
equilibrium at 10.0C. Two metallic blocks are placed into the
water. One is a 50.0-g piece of copper at 80.0C; the other
block has a mass of 70.0 g and is originally at a temperature of
100C. The entire system stabilizes at a final temperature of
20.0C. Determine the specific heat of the unknown sample.
15. If 90.0 g of molten lead at 327.3C is poured into a 300-g
casting form made of iron and initially at 20.0C, what is the
final temperature of the system?
16. Steam at 100C is added to ice at 0C. (a) Find the amount
of ice melted and the final temperature when the mass of
steam is 10.0 g and the mass of ice is 50.0 g. 17. One mole of
an ideal gas does 3 000 J of work on its surroundings as it
expands isothermally to a final pressure of 1.00 atm and a
volume of 25.0 L. Determine (a) the initial volume and (b) the
temperature of the gas.
17. A 1.00-kg block of aluminum is heated at atmospheric
pressure such that its temperature increases from 22.0C to
40.0C. Find (a) the work done by the aluminum, (b) the
energy added to it by heat, and (c) the change in its internal
energy.