2018 Mock F = ma mfang92, LineIntegral1

2018 Mock F = ma
by mfang92 and LineIntegral1

Rules

• You have 75 minutes to answer 25 multiple choice questions.

• A hand-held calculator may be used. Its memory must be cleared of data and programs. You may
use only the basic functions found on a simple scientific calculator. Calculators may not be shared.
You may not use any tables, books, or collections of formulas.
• For this test, g = 10 sm2
• The scoring will be the same as recent F = ma examinations: 1 point for each correct answer, 0
points for each unanswered or incorrect answer.
• The problems are not necessarily in order of difficulty.
• Please submit your answers with the form given in the original post.
• The deadline to submit will be June 1, 2018.
• Don’t fail (no pressure).

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kg
1. There is a container with water ρw = 1000 m 3 1 meter deep. On top of the water, there is oil
 
kg
ρo = 800 m3 0.5 meters deep. There is an object with mass m = 5kg and volume V = 10−3 m3
that is dropped from 3 meters above the bottom of the container. Find the time that it takes to hit
the bottom of the container.

kg
ρw = 1000 m 3

kg
ρo = 800 m 3

(A) 0.781s
(B) 0.775s
(C) 0.821s
(D) 0.857s
(E) 0.794s
2. There is an object at the top of a frictionless hemispherical hill with radius R. At time t = 0, it is
given a small impulse so that it starts sliding down the hill. Find the height from the ground where
the ball becomes airborne.

(A) R3
(B) 2R
3
(C) R
(D) R2
(E) 3R
4

3. A spherical sound source is placed inside a spherical speaker. The distance between the outer shell
of the sound source and the shell of the speaker is R = 10−4 m, and the sound produced has an
intensity of 110dB. Let the speed of sound be 343 ms . What is the force exerted by the sound on the
outer shell of the speaker?

(A) 8.57·10−11 N
(B) 8.57·10−12 N
(C) 3.66·10−12 N
(D) 3.66·10−11 N
(E) 6.33·10−12 N
4. Consider a simple pendulum with a length L placed in an accelerated reference frame with accelera-
tion a0 with a period of oscillation of TS . Now consider a rod pendulum with mass m and the same
length L, but now in a stationary reference frame. If the period of oscillation of the rod pendulum
is TP , the ratio TTPS is?
q
3g
(A) g−a 0

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q
3g
(B) 2(g+a0 )
r
(C) √ 3g
2g +a20
r
√ 3g
(D)
2(g 2 −a20 )
q
g+a0
(E) g−a0

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5. A spring system has a block of mass m = 0.60kg and has a velocity given by v(t) = − 25 sin( 20π t).
Then the spring constant k is?

240π 2 N
(A) 49 m
35π 2 N
(B) 16 m
9π 2 N
(C) 100 m
125π 2 N
(D) 7 m
3π 2 N
(E) 4 m

6. Consider a two block system, with one block attached to a spring on a frictionless surface, and the
friction coefficient between the block on the top and the block on the bottom is µ. If the bottom
block oscillates with frequency f , then the maximum amplitude Amax such that the block on the
top does not move is?

4µs gπ 2
(A) f2
f2
(B) 4µs gπ 2
(C) f 2 µs gπ 2
4f 2 µs π 2
(D) g
g
(E) 4f µs π 2
2

7. An object with negligible mass is placed on top of 3 identical springs with spring constant k. On
top of the block are another 2 of the same springs. Find the frequency of the oscillation caused
when an object with mass m is dropped from a height such that it hits the two springs on the top
with velocity v0 .

m v0

6m
(A) 5k
5m
(B) 6k
m
(C) 5k
mv0
(D) 6k
6mv0
(E) 5k

8. An object with mass m slides down a frictionless ramp with height h. It passes through a segment
with length l and coefficient of kinetic friction µ. Find the minimum height h so that the object
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will go all the way around a circular loop with radius R.

h R
l

(A) µl
(B) µl + R
(C) µl + 3R
2
(D) µl + 2R
(E) µl + 5R
2

9. An object with mass 6m splits up into 3 parts with masses m, 2m, and 3m. The object with mass
m moves left at a speed 9v0 , and the object with mass 2m moves up at a speed 20v0 . What is the
speed of the 3m block?

20v0

9v0
m 2m

3m

√
(A) v√0 481
(B) 4813 v0
(C) 41v0
(D) 413√v0
(E) v0 181
10. Consider a sphere of mass m = 4kg and radius R = 0.004m that enters an infinitely tall glass of
2 kg
water with a speed v0 = 10 ms . If the water has viscosity η = 1.002 ms and density ρ = 1000 m 3 , then
what is the terminal velocity vterm ?
(A) 4.479 m
s
(B) 5.453 m
s
(C) 6.112 m
s
(D) 7.721 m
s
(E) 9.572 m
s

The following information applies to questions 11-13.

kg
There is a boat in water with density ρ = 1000 m 3. The boat has mass m = 2000kg, velocity
m 3
v0 = 10 s , and volume V = 100m .
11. Find the fraction of the volume of the boat above water.
1
(A) 500
1
(B) 200

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(C) 100
1
(D) 50
1
(E) 20

12. Assuming that the boat is not propelling itself forward and there is no drag force from the ocean,
find the velocity as a function of time when rain with the same density as the water in the ocean is
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falling onto the boat at a constant rate β = 0.001 ms .
2·104
(A) 2000+0.001t
2·10 4
(B) 2000+t
−5
(C) 10e−t·10
−5
(D) 100e−t·10
2·104
(E) 1000+0.001t
13. Will the boat sink first or will it stop in the water first, and by how much time?
(A) The boat will sink first by 1000s.
(B) The boat will sink first and it will never stop.
(C) The boat will stop first and it will never sink.
(D) Neither of them are going to happen.
(E) The boat will stop first by 800s.
14. A ball rolls down an incline with a static friction coefficient µs . The maximum angle θmax such that
the ball will roll without slipping is?
(A) arctan( 125 µs )
(B) arctan( 92 µs )
(C) arctan( 37 µs )
(D) arctan( 227 µs )
(E) arctan( 52 µs )
15. A disk with radius R, mass M , and uniform density is allowed to rotate freely around a point on
its circumference. Find the frequency of oscillation when it is displaced by a small angle.

q
R
(A) 2π 2g
q
(B) 2π 7R
q 5g
(C) 2π 2R
qg
(D) 2π 4R
q 3g
(E) 2π 3R
2g

16. An object travels 5.0000±0.0500m in 10.0000±0.0200s. Assuming all the uncertainties are Gaussian,

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find the average velocity of the object.

(A) 0.5000 ± 0.0250 ms
(B) 0.5000 ± 0.0040 ms
(C) 0.5000 ± 0.0051 ms
(D) 0.5000 ± 0.0060 ms
(E) 0.5000 ± 0.0065 ms
17. A car is moving towards you with a constant velocity v. Its engine emits a constant frequency f0 .
When you see the car moving towards you, you start running away from it with a constant accel-
eration a (You aren’t human and can run infinitely fast). Let the speed of sound be vs . Find the
frequency of the sound you observe as a function of time, where t = 0 is where you start running.
(A) f0 ( vvss −a
+v )
(B) f0 ( vvss+at
+v
)
vs −at
(C) f0 ( vs −v )
vs
(D) f0 ( vs −v+at )
(E) f0 ( vs +v−at
vs )

The following information applies to questions 18-19.

A simple rope pendulum of mass m = 100g and length l = 0.5m is attached to the roof of a
car. The car starts to travel at a constant velocity v = 5 ms in a circle of radius R = 30m. Assume
the rope as negligible mass.
18. Find the acute angle formed by the rope and the vertical.
(A) 0.08◦
(B) 0.95◦
(C) 2.39◦
(D) 4.76◦
(E) 9.46◦
19. Find the frequency of the oscillation of the pendulum when it is displaced by a small angle.
(A) 1.43Hz
(B) 2.03Hz
(C) 4.98Hz
(D) 7.02Hz
(E) 7.04Hz
20. A block of mass m is suspended about one side of a sphere of mass M and radius R by a string of
negligible mass. When dropped from a height h, it is observed that the system takes a time t to hit
the ground. Then the moment of inertia about any point on the edge of the sphere is?

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2
(A) M R2 ( gt m
2h + M − 1)
2
(B) mR2 ( gt M
2h + m − 1)
2
(C) M R2 ( gt m
2h − q
M + 1)
(D) (m + M )R2 2h g
2
(E) mR2 ( gt
2h −
M
m + 1)
21. Consider a uniform disk and a ring. The speed of the disk is v, such that it climbs an incline to a
height h. If the ring reaches the same height h, then its speed v 0 is?
(A) √23 v
(B) √2 v
√7
(C) √2 v
√7
(D) √3 v
√7
7 3
(E) 9 v

22. A cylinder with height h = 10m and radius R = 5m is made out of steel with a Young‘s modulus of
E = 200GPa, and sits on a horizontal surface. A force of 200N is applied horizontally to the top of
the cylinder. What is the change in in length of the cylinder?
(A) 0.02 · 10−10 m
(B) 0.98 · 10−10 m
(C) 1.12 · 10−10 m
(D) 1.27 · 10−10 m
(E) 3.49 · 10−10 m
23. Block A is dropped from a building of height h. Block B is thrown upwards from the ground at the
same time with an initial speed v0 . At the point that they pass each other, the speed of block A
is 5 times the speed of block B, and they are going in the same direction. Find the distance that
block B has traveled.
(A) 85 h
(B) 83 h
(C) 25 h
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(D) 40 h
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(E) 34 h
24. Two masses are placed along the vertical diameter of a ring of radius R. The heavier mass 7m is
placed at the top of the ring, and the lighter mass m is placed at the bottom. A spring is then
attached to the mass 7m a horizontal distance 4R from the center of the ring, with a spring constant
k. Since the spring is in its equilibrium position when at the top of the ring, when released, the 7m
mass will slide along the circumference of the ring after being given an infinitesimally small impulse
and eventually collide with the mass m in a totally inelastic collision. What is the minimum value
of m such that the conglomerate will reach 34 of the way around the circumference of the ring with
respect to the starting position of the 7m mass?
7m

4R

m
22kR
(A) 17g
17g
(B) 22kR
47kR
(C) 17g
17kR
(D) 47g
94kR
(E) 7g

25. A meteor of mass m approaches Earth, which has a radius RE and mass ME . Take the situation
in which the meteor starts a distance ∞ from Earth and it later orbits around Earth in a parabolic
conic section with an initial velocity vi (∞). If we drop a perpendicular from the meteor’s position
at ∞ to the axis of symmetry to the parabolic orbit, find the length of this perpendicular. Take the
universal gravitational constant as G and assume that there are no non-conservative forces acting
on the system.
(A) ∞
√
(B) q∞
(C) vi2 + GM Em
2
RE
q
(D) RE 2 + 2GME m
vi2
q
(E) vi2 − GM Em
RE

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