PHYS-71095 and PHYS-1152

Assignment No. 6 Fall 2014

Q1.

A sailboat weighing 980lb with its occupants is running down wind at 8mi/h when
its spinnaker is raised to increase its speed. Determine the net force provided by
the spinnaker over the 10-s interval that it takes for the boat to reach a speed of
12 mi/h.

Q2.

A truck is hauling a 300-kg log out of a ditch using a winch attached to the back
of the truck. Knowing the winch applies a constant force of 2500N and the
coefficient of kinetic friction between the ground and the log is 0.45, determine
the time for the log to reach a speed of 0.5m/s.

Q3.

At an intersection car B was traveling south and car A was traveling 30 north of
east when they slammed into each other. Upon investigation it was found that
after the crash the two cars got stuck and skidded off at an angle of 10 north of
east. Each driver claimed that he was going at the speed limit of 50 km/h and
that he tried to slow down but couldnt avoid the crash because the other driver
was going a lot faster. Knowing that the masses of cars A and B were 1500kg
and 1200kg, respectively, determine (a) which car was going faster, (b) the
speed of the faster of the two cars if the slower car was traveling at the speed
limit.

Q4.

At an amusement park there are 200-kg bumper cars A, B, and C that have
riders with masses of 40kg, 60kg, and 35kg respectively. Car A is moving to the
right with a velocity vA=2m/s and car C has a velocity vB=1.5 m/s to the left, but
car B is initially at rest. The coefficient of restitution between each car is 0.8.
Determine the final velocity of each car, after all impacts, assuming (a) cars A
and C hit car B at the same time, (b) car A hits car B before car C does.