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Quiz/Homework: 3 Newton's Laws and applications

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1. Mass as a measure of inertia

Which has more inertia 50 cm 3 of water or 90 cm 3 of Al?
Hint 1:
2.7g
3
cm 3 90cm
m Al
=
mw
1g
(50cm 3 )
cm 3

Enter your solution here:

Alumin um = undefined

2. F = m a
Two forces act on a 5.0kg object sitting on a friction-less horizontal surface. One force is
30N in the +x direction, and the other is 35Nin the x direction. What is the acceleration of
the object?
Hint 1:
Fnet = m a

Enter your solution here:

30 35
= -1
5

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3. F = m a
A loaded Boeing 747 jumbo jet has a mass of 320, 000 kg. What net force is required to give
m
the plane an acceleration of 2.5 down the runway for take-offs?
s2
Hint 1:
F =ma
Enter your solution here:
320000 2.5 = 800000

4.
m
A force of 50N acts on a mass m1 , giving it an acceleration of 4 2 . The same force acts on a
s
m
mass m2 and produces an acceleration of 12 2 . What acceleration will this force produce if
s
the total system is m1 + m2 ?
Solution:
Hint 1:
a=

F
F
= F
F
m1 + m2
a1 + a2

Enter your solution here:

4

12
= 3
4 + 12

5.
In an emergency stop to avoid an accident, a shoulder- strap seatbelt holds a 90kg passenger
km
in place. If the car was initially traveling at 70
and came to a stop in 4.5s along a straight,
h
level road, what was the average force applied to the passenger by the seatbelt?
Hint 1:

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Fnet = m a;

a=

v
t

Enter your solution here:

m = 90; v = 70

10
v
= -388.88888888888886
; t = 4.5; m
36
t

6. Scale indication
A 55.0kg person is standing on a scale in an elevator. What is the reading of the scale in
m
newtons if the elevator is accelerating up at 4.2 2 ?
s
Hint 1:
Fy = NW = m a N

Enter your solution here:

m = 55; a = 4.2; m (a + 9.8) = 770

7. 2 Forces
A boy pulls a box of mass 40kg with a force of 15N that makes an angle of 35 o with respect
to the horizontal. ( a) Ignoring friction, what is the acceleration of the box?
Hint 1:
Fx = F cos 35 0 = m ax
Hint 2:

Fy =

N + F sin 35 0 W = m ay = 0 N

Enter your solution here:

f
3.1415
m = 40; f = 15; th = 35; fx = f cos th
; a = x = 0.3071858916357172

180
m

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