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Name: Physics

Date:

Mrs.Segal

Practice3:InteractionProblemSolving
1. Theplayerinthephotoexertsa100Nhorizontalforceona25kgblockingsled,pushingitacrossthegrass ataconstantspeed. a. Pleasefilloutthefollowingchart. SystemSchema

FreeBodyDiagram
Aretheforcesbalanced? Howdoyouknow?

REMINDERS: Doesyoursystemschemahaveasystem boundary? InyourFBD,didyourepresentthesystem withaparticleandlabelit? Isitobviouswhenyouintendtwoforcestobe equalorwhenyouintendoneforcetobe greaterthananother? Didyoulabelyourforceswiththetwoobjects involved?

b. Drawaforcevectoradditiondiagram(VAD)inthespacebelowtoaprecisescale.Makesuretolabel theforcesandwritedownthescale.Remembertoaddvectorstailtoheadandlabelallangles. Scale_______:______N c. Usingtheforcevectoradditiondiagram,pleasedeterminethemagnitudesofalloftheforcesacting ontheblockingsled

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Name: Physics

Date:

Mrs.Segal

Practice3:InteractionProblemSolving
d. Howwouldthesituationchangeiftheplayerpushedwithmorethan100Nwhilethefrictionalforce betweenthegrassandthesledremainedthesame?IllustrateyouranswerwithanotherFBDand describethemotionofthesled. e. Describe,intermsoftheamountofforcehewouldhavetoapply,whattheplayerwouldhavetodo tomakethesledmoveatafasterconstantvelocity.Assumethatthefrictionalforcebetweenthe grassandthesledremainsthesameunderallcircumstances.Illustrateyouranswerwithdiagrams and/orgraphsasappropriate. f. Withthesledmovingataconstantvelocity,thepersonreduceshisforceto75N.Describewhat happenstothesled.IllustrateyouranswerwithanotherFBD. Notes

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