PHY11

SET A
Departmental Quiz No. 1
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First Term SY 2014 - 2015

Questionnaire No. _A____

Work, Energy, Power, Momentum & Impulse

20 points each.
Complete solutions.
Box final answers.
One problem per page; if the solution is more than one page, continue the solution
on the next page and begin the solution of the next problem on a new page.
Write the questionnaire number above the score box of the exam booklet.
Failure to do so will give you a zero score.

1.

A 2,100-kg pile driver is used to drive a steel I-beam into

the ground. The pile driver falls 5.00 m before coming to into contact with the top of the beam,
and it drives the beam 12.0 cm farther into the ground before coming to rest. Using Work-Energy
Theorem, calculate the average force the beam exerts on the pile driver while the pile driver is
brought to rest.

2.

The spring in the muzzle of a child's spring gun has a

spring constant of 760 N/m. To shoot a ball from the gun, first the spring is compressed and then
the ball is placed on it. The gun's trigger then releases the spring, which pushes the ball through
the muzzle. The ball leaves the spring just as it leaves the outer end of the muzzle. When the gun
is inclined upward by 30 to the horizontal, a 54 g ball is shot to a maximum height of 1.77 m
above the gun's muzzle. Assume air drag on the ball is negligible. (a) At what speed does the
spring launch the ball? (b) Assuming that friction on the ball within the gun can be neglected, find
the spring's initial compression distance.

3.

A spring of negligible mass has a force constant

k=1600N/m. a) How far must the spring be compressed for 3.20 J of potential energy to be
stored in it? b) You place the spring vertically with one end of the floor. You then drop a 1.20 kg
book onto it from a height of 0.80 m above the top of the spring. Find the maximum distance the
spring will be compressed.

4.

In the overhead view of the

figure, a 240 g ball with a speed v of 8.8 m/s strikes a wall at an
angle of 22 and then rebounds with the same speed and angle.
It is in contact with the wall for 8.6 ms. In unit-vector notation,
what are (a) the impulse on the ball from the wall and (b) the
average force on the wall from the ball?

5.

A hockey puck B rests on a smooth ice surface and is struck

by a second puck A, which was originally travelling at 40 m/s and which is deflected 30 o from its
original direction. Puck B acquires a velocity at a 45o angle to the original direction of A. The
pucks have the same mass. Compute the speed of each puck after the collision.