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Physics Department
Physics 101



First midterm
Second Semester 2013-2014

Saturday, March 15, 2014
01:30 p.m. 03:00 p.m.


Students Name: ....


Students Number: . Section:


Choose your Instructors Name:

Prof. Fikry El-Akkad Dr. Yacoub Makdesi
Dr. Ahmed Al-Jassar
Dr. Hassan Rafat
Dr. Hala Al- Jassar
Dr. Tareq Alrefai
Dr. Abdul-Mohsen Ali Dr. Fatema Al-Dousari
Dr. Tarek Ramadan Dr. Nasser Demir
Dr. Belal Salameh Dr. Abdel Khaleq AlSamadi


Grades:
# Q1 Q2 Q3 SP1 SP2 SP3 SP4 SP5 SP6 SP7 SP8 LP1 LP2 LP3 Total
Pts

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 20


Important:
1. Answer all questions and problems.
2. Full mark = 20 points, arranged as follows:
i. 3 Questions (1 mark each),
ii. 8 Short Problems (1 mark each), and
iii. 3 Long Problems (3 marks each).
3. No solution = no points.
4. Check the correct answer for each question.
5. Assume g = 10 m/s
2
.
6. Mobiles and pagers are not allowed during the exam.
7. Programmable calculators, which can store equations, are not allowed.


GOOD LUCK
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Part I : Answer the following questions (Tick the correct answer one mark each)

Q1. Vector

and vector

are shown in the figure. The dot product of vector

with vector

is equal to
a) AB cos
b) AB sin
c) AB cos (/2 + )
d) AB cos (-)
e) AB sin (/2 + )

Q2. A car is moving on a straight road. The position of the car as a function of time is described by the
graph. The acceleration of the car is
a)

increasing with time
b) decreasing with time
c) zero
d) constant with time but non-zero
e) Cant be predicted from the given information

Q3. A stone is thrown horizontally from a cliff (V
yo
=0). The graph that best describes the speed (v) of
the stone as a function of time is





Part II : Solve the following problems (one mark each)

SP1. Given

=9

and

= 3, what is the angle between

= sin = 9

= cos = 3
tan = 3 =
1
3 = 71.6

SP2. A car is moving on a straight road with the velocity shown on the graph. Find the average speed for
the time interval t =0 to t =5s.
The covered distance =
+
+

= 40 +40 = 80

=
80
5
= 16 /





y

x

x
t
v
t
v
t
v
t
v
t
v
t
V(m/s)
t(s)
2
4
20
10
-10
-20
a b c d e
6
3



SP3. An object moves along a straight line. The velocity with time is given by
() = 2
2
5 , where t in s and V in m/s. What is the object acceleration at t =2s?

() =

= 4 /
2

(2) = 8 /
2





SP4. A stone is thrown vertically upward with a speed of 5 m/s. At what time does the stone have a speed
of 2 m/s downward?

=

+
2 = 5 10
= 0.7






SP5. A plane flies horizontally with a speed of 55m/s at a constant elevation of 500 m. The pilot releases
a package at point A. How long does it take the package to reach point B after it is released?

=

+
1
2

2

500 = 0 5
2

= 10





SP6. A ship (A) travels east with a speed of 20 km/h, while ship (B) travels north with a speed of 30 km/h.
What is the velocity of the ship (A) relative to the ship (B) in unit vector notations?

= 20

= 30

= (20 30)

A
B
500 m
V =55 m/s
4

A
R
B

( )



SP7. A car whose speed is increasing at a rate of 0.6 m/s
2
, travels along a circular road of radius r =20 m.
What is the magnitude of the total acceleration, when the instantaneous speed of the car is 4 m/s ?

= 0.6 /
2

=
4
2
20
= 0.8
2

=

2
+

2
= 0.6
2
+0.8
2
= 1 /
2





SP8. A man moves 800 m east and 600 m north in 10 minutes. Calculate the magnitude of his average
velocity during this time.

=
| |

=
800
2
+600
2
10 60
= 1.66 /





Part III Solve the following problems (show your work in details 3 marks each)

LP1. Ali, Bader and Rashed are standing in a football field. Bader is 20 m due west of Ali, Rashed is 40
m from Bader, in a direction 37 south of east.
a) Draw in the figure, the vector diagram for their positions.
(Hint: consider Ali (A) at the origin)
b) How far is Rashed from Ali?

20 +(40 cos 37 40 sin37 ) =

= 12 24
= 12
2
+24
2
= 26.8 m


c) What is the direction of Rashed with respect to Ali?

=
1

24
12
= 63.4
63 .





N
E
W
S
800 m
600 m
5

53



LP2. A particle starts from the origin (0,0) at t =0, with velocity

= 2.0 +4.0 ( ) and undergoes

an acceleration of magnitude 3.0 m/s
2
in direction 37 east of north.
a) What are a
x
and a
y
for the acceleration of motion?

= 3 sin37 = 1.8 /
2

= 3 cos 37 = 2.4 /
2


b) What is the particle speed at t =5s?

= 2 +1.8 (5) = 7 /

= 4 +2.4 (5) = 16 /
=

2
+

2
= 7
2
+16
2
= 17.5 /

c) What is the particle position vector at t =5s?
=

+
1
2

2

0 = (2 +4)(5) +
1
2
(1.8 +2.4 ) (5)
2

= 10 +20 +22.5 +30
= 12.5 +50

LP3. On level ground, a shell is fired with an initial velocity of 50 m/s at 53 above the horizontal and feels
no air resistance.
a. How long does it take the shell to strike the ground?

= 50 sin53 = 40 /
=

+
1
2

2

0 = 40 5
2

= 8
b. How far from the firing point does the shell land?

= 50 cos 53 = 30 /
=

= 30 (8) = 240 /

c. Write the velocity and the acceleration of the shell at the highest point (B) of its path and at point (C)
(in terms of and unit vectors).
At point B At point C

= 30 /

= 30 40 /
= 10 / = 10 /
2

W E
N
S
A C
B

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