1. Find the focal length of the concave mirror using graphical method.

(answer: 15.4 cm)

2. If the force of attraction between Jupiter and sun is 4.2 x 10
23
N calculate the average radius of the orbit. (M
Jupiter = 1.898610
27
kg and M Sun = 2 x 10
30
kg) (answer: 778 x 10
9
m)

3. A 4.0-cm tall light bulb is placed a distance of 35.5 cm from a convex mirror of focal length of 12.2 cm.
Determine the image distance and the image size. Draw the ray diagram and state the properties of image.
(answer: v=9.08 cm and size of image= 1.02 cm)

4. A 4.0-cm tall light bulb is placed a distance of 8.3 cm from a concave mirror having a focal length of 15.2 cm.
Determine the image distance and the image size. Draw the ray diagram and state the properties of image.
(answer: v= 18.3 cm and size of image= 8.8 cm)

5. Calculate the energy needed to raise the electron of a Hydrogen atom from the ground state to the first excited
state. Calculate the wavelength of light that would be needed to achieve this.(answer: 121.5 nm)

6. Calculate how many times a 2 km diameter station must spin in an hour if it is to provide a gravitational field
equal to the earth. (answer: 54 revolutions in a hour)





1. Find the focal length of the concave mirror using graphical method.
(answer: 15.4 cm)

2. If the force of attraction between Jupiter and sun is 4.2 x 10
23
N calculate the average radius of the orbit. (M
Jupiter = 1.898610
27
kg and M Sun = 2 x 10
30
kg) (answer: 778 x 10
9
m)

3. A 4.0-cm tall light bulb is placed a distance of 35.5 cm from a convex mirror of focal length of 12.2 cm.
Determine the image distance and the image size. Draw the ray diagram and state the properties of image.
(answer: v=9.08 cm and size of image= 1.02 cm)

4. A 4.0-cm tall light bulb is placed a distance of 8.3 cm from a concave mirror having a focal length of 15.2 cm.
Determine the image distance and the image size. Draw the ray diagram and state the properties of image.
(answer: v= 18.3 cm and size of image= 8.8 cm)

5. Calculate the energy needed to raise the electron of a Hydrogen atom from the ground state to the first excited
state. Calculate the wavelength of light that would be needed to achieve this.(answer: 121.5 nm)

6. Calculate how many times a 2 km diameter station must spin in an hour if it is to provide a gravitational field
equal to the earth. (answer: 54 revolutions in a hour)

1) An iron ring is to fit on a cylindrical iron rod. At 20 the diameter of the rod is 6.445 cm and inside diameter of the ring
is 6.420 cm. To slip over the rod the ring must be slightly larger than the rod diameter by about 0.008 cm. To what
temperature must the ring be brought if its hole is to be large enough so it will slip over the rod? ( linear expansion for
iron is 12 x 10
-6
/C ) (answer: 450
2) An engineer wishes to determine the specific heat of a new metal alloy. A 0.15 kg sample of the alloy is heated to 540.
It is then quickly placed in a 400 g of water at 10, which is contained in a 200 g aluminium calorimeter cup. The final
temperature of the system is 30.5 . Calculate the specific heat of the alloy. (specific heat of water is 4186 J/kg and
that of calorimeter is 900 J/kg) (answer : 500 J/kg)
3) How much energy does a freezer have to remove from 1.5 kg of water at 20 to make ice at -12? (answer : 600 kJ)
4) A major source of heat loss from a house is through windows. Calculate the rate of heat flow through a glass window 2 m
x 1.5 m in area and 3.2 mm thick, if the temperature at the inner and outer surface are 15 and 14 respectively. (
thermal conductivity of glass is 0.84 J/s.m.) (answer : 790 J/s)
5) A copper rod and an aluminium rod of the same length and cross sectional area are attached end to end. The copper end
is placed in a furnace maintained at a constant temperature of 250 . The aluminium end is placed in an ice bath held at
constant temperature of 0. Calculate the temperature at the point where the two rods are joined. (( thermal
conductivity of copper is 380 J/s.m. and that of aluminium is 200 J/s.m. ) (answer : 160 )
6) A 2.5 x 10
2
kg cast iron car engine contains water as a coolant. Suppose the engines temperature is 35 when it is shut
off and the air temperature is 10. The heat given off by the engine and water in it as they cool to air temperature is 4.4
x 10
6
J. What mass of water is used to cool the engine? (specific heat capacity of water is 4186 J/kg and that of iron is
450 J/kg) (answer : 15 kg)
u/cm 20.0 25.0 35.0 45.0
v/cm 66.4 40.6 27.6 23.2
u/cm 20.0 25.0 35.0 45.0
v/cm 66.4 40.6 27.6 23.2
7) A steel tank filled with methanol is 2 m in diameter and 5 m in height. It is completely filled at 10. If the temperature
rises to 40 how much methanol will flow out of the tank. (volume expansion of methanol = 1200 x 10
-6
/C and that of
steel is 35 x 10
-6
/C) (answer : 0.55 m
3
)



1) An iron ring is to fit on a cylindrical iron rod. At 20 the diameter of the rod is 6.445 cm and inside diameter of the ring
is 6.420 cm. To slip over the rod the ring must be slightly larger than the rod diameter by about 0.008 cm. To what
temperature must the ring be brought if its hole is to be large enough so it will slip over the rod? ( linear expansion for
iron is 12 x 10
-6
/C ) (answer: 450
2) An engineer wishes to determine the specific heat of a new metal alloy. A 0.15 kg sample of the alloy is heated to 540.
It is then quickly placed in a 400 g of water at 10, which is contained in a 200 g aluminium calorimeter cup. The final
temperature of the system is 30.5 . Calculate the specific heat of the alloy. (specific heat of water is 4186 J/kg and
that of calorimeter is 900 J/kg) (answer : 500 J/kg)
3) How much energy does a freezer have to remove from 1.5 kg of water at 20 to make ice at -12? (answer : 600 kJ)
4) A major source of heat loss from a house is through windows. Calculate the rate of heat flow through a glass window 2 m
x 1.5 m in area and 3.2 mm thick, if the temperature at the inner and outer surface are 15 and 14 respectively. (
thermal conductivity of glass is 0.84 J/s.m.) (answer : 790 J/s)
5) A copper rod and an aluminium rod of the same length and cross sectional area are attached end to end. The copper end
is placed in a furnace maintained at a constant temperature of 250 . The aluminium end is placed in an ice bath held at
constant temperature of 0. Calculate the temperature at the point where the two rods are joined. (( thermal
conductivity of copper is 380 J/s.m. and that of aluminium is 200 J/s.m. ) (answer : 160 )
6) A 2.5 x 10
2
kg cast iron car engine contains water as a coolant. Suppose the engines temperature is 35 when it is shut
off and the air temperature is 10. The heat given off by the engine and water in it as they cool to air temperature is 4.4
x 10
6
J. What mass of water is used to cool the engine? (specific heat capacity of water is 4186 J/kg and that of iron is
450 J/kg) (answer : 15 kg)
7) A steel tank filled with methanol is 2 m in diameter and 5 m in height. It is completely filled at 10. If the temperature
rises to 40 how much methanol will flow out of the tank. (volume expansion of methanol = 1200 x 10
-6
/C and that of
steel is 35 x 10
-6
/C) (answer : 0.55 m
3
)