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1. A light hangs from two cables. One cable has a tension of 39.72 lb and is at an
angle of 43.4o with respect to the ceiling. What is the weight of the lamp if the
other cable makes an angle of 17.1o with respect to the ceiling?
a. 37.2 lb
b. 35.8 lb
c. 36.8lb
d. 36.17lb
ans:36.17lb
2. A 46.07 N light hangs from two cables at angles 54.9o and 61.4o with respect
to the ceiling. What is the tension in the first cable?
a. 24.6N
b. 25N
c. 23.9N
d. 26.4N
ans: 24.6N
3. A light hangs from two cables. One cable has a tension of 28.75 N and is at an
angle of 58.1o with respect to the ceiling. What is the tension in the other cable if
it makes an angle of 9.4o with respect to the ceiling?
a. 15.9N
b. 16.1N
c. 14.5N
d. 14.9N
ans: 15.4N
c. 4.395 m/s2
d. 3.395 m/s2
5. An unknown mass and a 9.9 kg mass are tied to a light string and hung over a
frictionless pulley. If the tension in the string is 14.5 N, what is the unknown
mass?
a. 1kg
b. 0.8kg
c. 1.8kg
d. 0.5kg
ans: 0.8kg
6.A lady pulls a cart with a force of 1837 N. Neglecting friction, if the cart changes
from resting to a speed of 1.3 m/s in a distance of 0.03289 m, what is the total
mass of the cart?
a.71.5kg
b. 75.1kg
c. 70.5kg
d. 17.5kg
ans: 71.5kg
7.A 3.66 lb book is resting on a 19.41 lb table. What is the normal force from the
floor on each table leg?
a. 5lbs
b. 5.7675lbs
c. 4.9lbs
d. 6.7675lbs
ans: 5.7675lbs
8. A box sits on a ramp inclined at 21.7o to horizontal. If the normal force on the
box from the ramp is 20.94 N, what is the mass of the box?
formula: m * 9.8 * cos(21.7) = 20.94
a. 3.2 kg
b. 2.9kg
ans:2.3 kg
c. 2.3kg
d. 3.9kg
9. A 7.9 kg box sits on a ramp. If the normal force on the box from the ramp is
41.82 N, what is the angle the ramp makes with the (horizontal) ground?
formula: 7.9 * 9.8 * cos(theta) = 41.82
a. 75.3o
b. 57.5o
c. 57.3o
d. 75.5o
ans: 57.3o
10. A man sees a 44.5 kg cart about to bump into a wall at 1.7 m/s. If the cart is
0.04203 m from the wall when he grabs it, how much force must he apply to stop
it before it hits?
formula:
you can get the force required from Fnet=ma. You have 'm', so you need
to find 'a'.
get the acceleration from the kinematic part of the problem... a = (v2 vi2)/2d
(the final velocity = 0)
a. 1530N
b. 1250N
c. 1350N
d. 1520N
ans: 1530 N
11. What is the minimum force required to start a 4.2 kg box moving across the
floor if the coefficient of static friction between the box and the floor is 0.6?
a. 23.761N
b. 25.469N
c. 24.696N
d. 26.496N
ans: 24.696N
12. What is the kinetic energy of a 70 kg man running along at 6.36 m/s?
formula: KE = 1/2 * m*v2
a. 1315J
b. 1515J
ans: 1415 J
c. 1215J
d. 1415J
13. What is the speed of a 53.6 kg woman running with a kinetic energy of 1617
J?
sol'n: this is a straightforward application of the equation KE = 1/2 * m*v2 to
solve for v, multiply both sides by 2, divide both sides by m, then take the square
root of both sides
a. 7.77m/s
b. 7.57m/s
c. 7.67m/s
d. 7.87m/s
c. 108,400J
d. 110,580J
ans: 108,400 J
15. What is the height where a 121.2 kg woman would have a gravitational
potential energy of 10610 J? (consider h=0 to be the reference where the Ug=0)
sol'n:
ans: 8.94 m
c. 8.94 m
d. 7.87m/s
16. What is the change in gravitational potential energy for a 68.9 kg man
walking up stairs from a height of 63.07 m to 107.69 m?
sol'n:
c. 30320 J
d. 30130 J
Answer: 30130 J
17. What is the change in gravitational potential energy for a 132.5 kg woman
walking down a hill from a height of 102.86 m to 70.38 m?
sol'n:
c. -5 J
d. 4321 J
Answer: -42175 J
18. How much work is done by gravity when a 82.3 kg diver jumps from a height
of 5.23 m into the water?
sol'n:
the amount of work equals the change in gravitational potential energy
this is m*g*(change_in_height)
a. 4321 J
b. 4218 J
Answer: 4218 J
c. 4871 J
d. 4334 J
19. How much work must be done to move a 34.6 kg box 3.66 m across the floor
if the coefficient of kinetic friction between the box and the floor is 0.3.
sol'n: work=distance*Ffriction
a. 372.3 J
b. -321.9 J
c. -372.3 J
d. 3.234 J
ans: 372.3 J
20. What is the coefficient of kinetic friction between a 16 kg box and the floor if it
takes 140.4 J of work to move it a distance of 3.2 m?
sol'n:
c. 0.281
d. 0.21
Answer: 0.28
21. What is the length of a 73.7 m wide rectancular slab if its mass is 1.01 kg and
the moment of intertia about an axis through the center and perpendicular to the
large flat face if its mass is 713.6 kg*m2?
a. 55.2m
b. 53.5m
c. 52.5m
d. 54.5m
ans: 55.2m
22. What is the mass of a hollow cylinder of radius 3.38 m if it has a moment of
inertia of 33.930468 kg*m2 about the central axis or rotation?
a. 3.07kg
b. 2.50kg
ans:2.97kg
c. 2.97kg
d. 1.95kg
23. A 0.324 kg ball is stuck 0.54 m from the center of a disk spinning at 5.55
rad/s. What is its angular momentum?
a. 0.5243J*s
b. 0.6321J*s
c. 1.021J*s
d. 1.1524J*s
ans: 0.5243J*s
c. 4.2rpm
d. 4.8rpm
ans:4.8rpm
25. An empty metal can rolling down a hill gets to the bottom with a speed of 1.06
m/s. What would have been the speed if the can was full?
(assume the ends of the hollow can don't significantly affect its moment of inertia
and the walls are so thin that the full can may be considered as a solid cylinder of
the same radius)
a. 1.333m/s
b. 1.423m/s
c. 1.223m/s
d. 1.323m/s
ans:1.223m/s
26. A light hangs from two cables. One cable has a tension of 23.83 lb and is at
an angle of 26.2o with respect to the ceiling. What is the weight of the lamp if the
other cable makes an angle of 48.7o with respect to the ceiling?
a. 34.86 lb
b. 33.9lb
ans: 34.86 lb
c. 35.8 lb
d. 36lb
27. A light hangs from two cables. One cable has a tension of 25.55 N and is at
an angle of 7.5o with respect to the ceiling. What is the tension in the other cable
if it makes an angle of 20.2o with respect to the ceiling?
a. 28 N
b. 26N
c. 27 N
d. 29 N
ans: 27N
28. A man is pulling a cart (total 26.7 kg) with a force of 1612 N. Neglecting
friction, how much time does it take to get the cart from rest up to 1.5 m/s?
Soln:
use the mass and force to find the acceleration, use the acceleration and
the initial and final speeds to get the time (the initial speed is 0)
a. 0.04583s
b. 0.01252s
c. 0.03567s
d. 0.02484 s
ans: 0.02484 s
29. A lady is pulling a cart (total 55.7 kg) with a force of 395 N. Neglecting
friction, what is the acceleration of the cart?
a. 7.1 m/s2
b. 7.092 m/s2
ans:
c.
7.091 m/s2
d.
7.093 m/s2
7.091 m/s2
30.
A lady pulls a cart with a force of 1454 N. Neglecting friction, if the cart
changes from resting to a speed of 1.7 m/s in a distance of 0.02872 m, what is
the total mass of the cart?
a. 28.90 kg
c. 27.90 kg
b. 28.91 kg
d. 29.00 kg
ans: 28.90 kg
31. A man sees a 44.5 kg cart about to bump into a wall at 1.7 m/s. If the cart is
0.04203 m from the wall when he grabs it, how much force must he apply to stop
it before it hits?
Soln:
you can get the force required from Fnet=ma. You have 'm', so you
need to find 'a'.
get the acceleration from the kinematic part of the problem... a = (v2 vi2)/2d
(the final velocity = 0)
a. 1530 N
c. 1630 N
b. 1730 N
d. 1830 N
ans: 1530 N
32. A 5.4 kg mass and a 6.2 kg mass are tied to a light string and hung over a
frictionless pulley. What is the tension in the string?
Soln:
a. 56.57 N
b. 55.569 N
ans: 56.569 N
c. 57.1 N
d. 56.569 N
33. A 4.6 kg mass and an 8.5 kg mass are tied to a light string and hung over a
frictionless pulley. What is their acceleration?
a. 2.92 m/s2
b.
2.916 m/s2
ans:
c.
2.917 m/s2
d.
3 m/s2
2.917 m/s2
34.
An unknown mass and a 13.2 kg mass are tied to a light string and hung over
a frictionless pulley. If the tension in the string is 61.3114 N, what is the unknown
mass?
a.
4.1 2kg
b. 4.1 kg
c. 4.0 kg
d. 4.2kg
ans: 4.1 kg
35. A 3.1 lb book is resting on a 73.76 lb table. What is the normal force of the
book on the table?
a.
-3.2lbs
b. -3.1bs
c. 3.2lbs
d. 3.1 lbs
c. 37.54 N
d. 37.63 N
ans: 37.63 N
37. A 6.7 kg box sits on a ramp inclined at 37.4o to horizontal. What is the normal
force on the ramp from the box?
a. 52.17N
b. 52.16 N
ans: -52.16 N
c. -52.16 N
d. -52.17 N
37. A box sits on a ramp inclined at 21.7o to horizontal. If the normal force on the
box from the ramp is 20.94 N, what is the mass of the box?
a. 2.3 kg
b. 2.4kg
c. 2.2kg
d. 2.1kg
ans: 2.3 kg
38. A 7.9 kg box sits on a ramp. If the normal force on the box from the ramp is
41.82 N, what is the angle the ramp makes with the (horizontal) ground?
a. 57.3o
b. 563o
c. 57.4 o
d. 55.3 0
ans: 57.3o
39. What is the minimum force required to start a 11.5 kg box moving across the
floor if the coefficient of static friction between the box and the floor is 0.64?
a. 72.13N
b. 72.1 N
c. 72.13 N
d. 72.128 N
ans: 72.128 N
40. What is the mass of a box which requires a minimum pushing force of 74.088
N to start moving across a floor with a coefficient of static friction between the
box and the floor of 0.6?
a. 12.2kg
b. 12.6 kg
c. 13kg
d. 12.5kg
ans: 12.6 kg
c. 0.53
d. 0.54
42. A box is sliding down a ramp with an acceleration of 1.621 m/s2. If the ramp is
at an angle of 25.1o relative to the ground, what is the coefficient of kinetic friction
between the box and the ramp?
a. 0.2857
b. 0.3000
c. 0.2856
d. 0.2867
ans: 0.2857
43. What is the kinetic energy of a 70 kg man running along at 6.36 m/s?
Soln:
a. 1416J
b. 1417J
c. 1415 J
d. 1418J
ans: 1415 J
44. What is the change in gravitational potential energy for a 68.9 kg man
walking up stairs from a height of 63.07 m to 107.69 m?
Soln:
a. 30130 J
b. 30132J
ans: 30130 J
c. 30131 J
d. 30133 J
45. What is the mass of a diver whose gravitational potential energy changes by 160,500 J when diving into water from a height of 130.61 m?
a. 125.2 kg
b. 125.3 kg
c. 125.5 kg
d. 125.4 kg
ans: 125.4 kg
46. How much work is done by gravity when a 82.3 kg diver jumps from a height
of 5.23 m into the water?
a. 4220 J
b. 4218 J
c. 4229 J
d. 4219 J
ans: 4218 J
47. What height above the water does a 133.9 kg diver jumps need to jump from
for gravity to do 6062 J of work on him/her?
a. 4.61 m
b. 4.60 m
c. 4.62 m
d. 4.63 m
ans: 4.62 m
48. What is the mass of a diver if gravity does 8100 J of work on him/her when
jumping into the water from a height of 6.55 m? What is the mass of a diver if
gravity does 8100 J of work on him/her when jumping into the water from a
height of 6.55 m?]
a. 126.2 kg
b. 126.1 kg
c. 126.4 kg
d. 126.3 kg
ans: 126.2 kg
49. How much work must be done to move a 34.6 kg box 3.66 m across the floor
if the coefficient of kinetic friction between the box and the floor is 0.3?
a. 372.2 J
b. 372.3 J
ans: 372.3 J
c. 372.4 J
d. 372.5 J
50. What is the coefficient of kinetic friction between a 16 kg box and the floor if it
takes 140.4 J of work to move it a distance of 3.2 m?
a. 0.28
b. 0.29
c. 0.27
d. 0.3
ans: 0.28
51, What is the mass of a box which requires 3518 J of work to be pulled 9.36 m
across a floor with a coefficient of kinetic friction between the box and the floor of
0.4?
a. 96 kg
b. 95.8 kg
c. 95.7 kg
d. 95.9 kg
ans: 95.9 kg
52.How far must you pull a 10.9 kg box across the floor to do 123.3 J of work if
the coefficient of kinetic friction between the box and the floor is 0.15?
a. 7.5 m
c. 7.7 m
b. 7.6 m
d. 7.8 m
ans: 7.7 m
53. How much work must be done to move a 3.8 kg chair 6.1 m across the floor
at constant velocity if the coefficient of kinetic friction between the chair and the
floor is 0.64 and you are pushing at an angle of 30.2o relative to the floor?
a. 231.5 J
c. 231.7 J
b. 231.6 J
d. 231.8 J
ans: 231.6 J
54. If you do 231.9 J of work to move a 19.8 kg chair 3.35 m across the floor at
constant velocity, and you are pushing at an angle of 17.9o relative to the floor,
what is the coefficient of kinetic friction between the floor and the chair?
Soln:
a. 0.30
c. 0.32
b. 0.31
d. 0.33
ans: 0.32
55. A 80.4 kg diver jumps from a height of 2.64 m with an initial speed of 1.25
m/s. What is his speed entering the water?
Soln:
the diver's mass was given to make it easier to use energy formulas,
however, it will cancel in the mass and is hence irrelevant
the change in gravitational potential energy (mgh - where 'h' is the change
in height hf-hi) equals (negative of) the change in kinetic energy
solve for the final kinetic energy
from the final kinetic energy and the mass calculate the final speed
a. 7.301 m/s
c. 7.303 m/s
b. 7.302 m/s
d. 7.304 m/s