Mathemtical Physics- Review questions

1. In the qualifying round of the 50-yd freestyle in the sectional swimming championship, Dugan got
an early lead by finishing the first 25.00 yd in 10.01 seconds. Dugan finished the return leg (25.00 yd
distance) in 10.22 seconds.
a. Determine Dugan's average speed for the entire race.
b. Determine Dugan's average speed for the first 25.00 yd leg of the race.
c. Determine Dugan's average velocity for the entire race.

2. Mr. H is preparing to show the class a Strobe demonstration when he realizes that his absent-
mindedness has struck once more. He left the strobe on the counter in the back of the lab after the
last class period. Starting 1.0 meter from the front of the room, Mr. H walks quickly to the back of
the lab, picks up the strobe and returns to the middle of the classroom. The position-time graph
below represents his motion.

Use the graph to answer the next several questions.

a. What is the total distance walked by Mr. H during these 8.0 seconds?
b. What is the average speed of Mr. H during these 8.0 seconds?
c. What is the average velocity of Mr. H during these 8.0 seconds?
d. How fast did Mr. H walk during the first 5.0 seconds?
e. How fast did Mr. H walk during the last 3.0 seconds?
3. The position-time graph below represents the motion of two students - Mac (in red) and Tosh (in
blue) - as they enter and exit the school library during a passing period.

Use the graph to determine the speeds at which the two students move. (Ignore any stationary
periods of time.) Then determine how much faster the fastest student moves than the slower student.

4. Marcus Tardee is driving his friends to school. With the start of school being only minutes away, he
is unfortunately following a slow garbage truck. The truck finally turns down a side street and
Marcus accelerates to a much more customary speed. The velocity-time graph below represents his
motion.

Use the graph to answer the following questions.

a. How fast was Marcus traveling while following the garbage truck?
b. Determine the distance traveled during the first 4.0 seconds represented on the graph.
c. Determine the acceleration of the car once the garbage truck turned onto the side street.
d. Determine the distance traveled by the car during the last 6.0 seconds of motion.
5. After a long soccer practice down at the neighborhood soccer fields, Suzie begins walking up the
steep hill towards her home. She gives her soccer ball a kick up the hill and continues walking
towards it, meeting the ball as it is rolling back down. The velocity-time graph below depicts the
motion of the ball.

Use the graph to answer the following questions.

a. At what time did the ball change directions and begin rolling back down the hill?
b. What is the acceleration of the ball as it rolls up the hill? down the hill?
c. How far up the hill did the ball roll before it began to roll back down?
d. Determine the total distance traveled by the ball during the 5.00 seconds - both the distance up
the hill and down the hill.
e. How far up the hill did Suzie walk between the time when she kicked the ball and the time she
met up with the ball (at 5.0 seconds)?

6. A Cessna 150 airplane has a takeoff speed of 28 m/s (63 mi/hr). Determine the minimum length of
the runway which would be required for the plane to take off if it averages an acceleration of 1.9
m/s/s.

7. For years, the tallest tower in the United States was the Phoenix Shot Tower in Baltimore, Maryland.
The shot tower was used from 1828 to1892 to make lead shot for pistols and rifles and molded shot
for cannons and other instruments of warfare. Molten lead was dropped from the top of the 234-foot
(71.3 meter) tall tower into a vat of water. During its free fall, the lead would form a perfectly
spherical droplet and solidify. Determine the time of fall and the speed of a lead shot upon hitting the
water at the bottom.

8. Ima Rushin can travel from Milwaukee Avenue to the school entrance gate at a constant speed of
22.5 m/s when the lights are green and there is no traffic. On Wednesday, Ima is stopped by a red
light at Landwehr Road. She decelerates at -3.95 m/s/s, waits for 45.0 seconds before the light turns
green and accelerates back up to speed at 4.91 m/s/s.
a. Determine the total time required to decelerate, stop and accelerate back up to speed.
b. Determine the amount of time the red light costs the driver (compared to if the car had not been
stopped by the red light).
9. About twenty percent of the National Football League weighs more than 300 pounds. At this weight,
their Body Mass Index (BMI) places them at Grade 2 obesity, which is one step below morbid
obesity. Determine the mass of a 300 pound (1330 N) football player.

10. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, the average mass of an adult American male
is 86 kg. Determine the mass and the weight of an 86-kg man on the moon where the gravitational
field is one-sixth that of the Earth.

11. Ethan is dragging a bag of grass from the garage to the

street on the evening before garbage pick-up day. The
diagram at the right is a free-body diagram. It uses arrows to
represent the forces acting upon the bag. Each force is
labeled according to type. The magnitude of the force is
represented by the size of the arrow. Use the free body
diagram to determine the net force acting upon the bag. The
values of the individual forces are:
Fgrav = Fnorm = 60.5 N
Fapp = 40.2 N
Ffrict = 5.7 N.

12. The shipment of the new physics supplies has arrived.

They are placed on the freight elevator and transported up
to the third floor for delivery to the physics rooms. The
free body diagram at the right depicts the forces acting
upon the freight elevator as it begins its ascent through the
elevator shaft. Use force values to determine the net force,
the mass and the acceleration of the elevator. The values
of the individual forces are:
Ftens = 2340 N
Fgrav = 2120 N
Fnorm1 = Fnorm2 = 276 N.

13. Moments after making the dreaded decision to jump out the door of the airplane, Darin's 82.5-kg
body experiences 118 N of air resistance. Determine Darin's acceleration at this instant in time.
HINT: begin by drawing a free body diagram and determine the net force.

14. Alejandra is attempting to drag her 32.6-kg Golden Retriever across the wooden floor by applying a
horizontal force. What force must she apply to move the dog with a constant speed of 0.95 m/s? The
coefficient of friction between the dog and the floor is 0.72.

15. The coefficient of friction between the wheels of Dawson's 1985 Ford Coupe and the dry pavement
is 0.85. Determine the acceleration which the 1300-kg Coupe experiences while skidding to a stop.
16. Hector is walking his dog (Fido) around the neighborhood. Upon arriving at Fidella's house (a friend
of Fido's), Fido turns part mule and refuses to continue on the walk. Hector yanks on the chain with
a 67.0 N force at an angle of 30.0° above the horizontal. Determine the horizontal and vertical
components of the tension force.

17. Lee Mealone is sledding with his friends. Disgruntled by a coarse comment, he decides to separate
from the group. He momentarily exerts a 31 N force on the rope which is attached to his 2.5-kg sled.
The rope makes an angle of 22° with the nearly frictionless surface. Use the structure provided
below to determine the net force on and acceleration of the sled.

18. Renee is on Spring Break and pulling her 21-kg suitcase through the airport at a constant speed of
0.47 m/s. She pulls on the strap with 120 N of force at an angle of 38° above the horizontal.
Determine the normal force and the total resistance force (friction and air resistance) experienced by
the suitcase.

19. Charles Blondin is famous for having crossed the Niagra Falls on a 1100-foot long tight-rope at a
height of 160 feet above the gorge. He accomplished the feet several times in a variety of ways –
blindfolded, in a sack, carrying his manager on his shoulders, pushing a wheelbarrow and walking
on stilts. Suppose the 65-kg Blondin is at the midpoint of the tight-rope and has stopped to cook and
eat an omelet. If the tightrope makes an angle of 5° with the horizontal, determine the tension in the
rope.
20. Mom and Dad have tied a rope to Matthew’s sled and are momentarily pulling him through the
snow. Dad is pulling with force A and Mom with force B.

A: 54 N at 65° north of east

B: 130 N at 22° south of east

a. Determine the resultant force of A and B.

b. Determine the acceleration that these momentary forces would create for a 39-kg sled and child
(assuming negligible friction).