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l) E\ery y~1U' at about this tiUie, ~ Uicioru\<_loo of air-guns, cntapults. trebmhets and the like gather on the
Eal>t CoMt to participate iu a rhnrity fund-rl\ising event cn.lled Pumpk-in' ChunAin'. The )!;URI is simple \aunch a pumpkin into the air auJ try to achieve a gtenter r&JJKe than anyone el!'le. The current record
1ppears to be l'!.bout -ttl% ft (or llft!U"Iy a mile!). I havtl seen . ,,official claims of shots {outside the Pnnt) well
in

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of a mile.

!.tt's sav 1\ pumpkin il'l launched from a height h. lt nchievt>S a mfl:<imum height H and a range R (as shown
nn the diagnun above). Find in terms uf qutUltities .vou know ..

I.\ ) (5 points)

The time of tlight of the pumpkin .

lh) 110 poi ntsl

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tmd y-<:omponents of the pumpkin's mitml \'f'lodty

rhe spt'tld t hE: P"mpk.in w~ traveling with and the direction it was trnveling in when

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returnefl to the Earth.

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Finally, evaluate vour rulSWP.rs to pan t:

111

the limit h-

> 0 ruad

discu.w the rt>Sult.

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You may ,;ohe these parts many order, but you nulSt be clear about what you are doing. It is not enough
.o have the ri~ht <UiSWer ~he lilracler nlll!:lt be r1ble to follow the logic of your approach.

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:!) It i~ a dark, damp. cr~py night in the royal

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graveyard. AIM! Poor Yorick, his skull (.\It) now s.its atop
.\ wpplt!d tombstone p!2 ) whi<:h, in turn, lie!o! ou 11 slippt>ry slope mdined at IW angle II relathe to the
hunwma.l. The coetficients of friction bt!tween the skull anc.lthe tombstone are given M IJ.t and~"'' and the
,.,~rtic it-nHI of friction between the tombstone and the ground are given as IJ~'l twd JJ.t'l- ,\ horizontal force
, f"',..u)!tpplied ro I he tombstflJU! put~hes it toward!! the right (M shown).
la) ( lQ points)

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.\ ssume tbe skuU stayll at re$t relati\'e to the tombstone as the tombstone slowly

rise! up the plane. Sketch the coordinate system you intend to use on the diagram above. and then.
1"1-low. drilw free-body d i~lUllS for the skull and the tombstone. For full credit, you need to labt!l et\Ch

d iRgTam aud cleN"ly ident ify (correctly and uniUnbiguously) each of the forces that act on the objects
.u1d the 1lirections in which they act.

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WhA.t is the ma!plitude and directitm of the skull 's I'ICCe!eration?

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How IRrge would the horiwota.l force have

to

be in order to cawe the skull to begin

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(10 poims) long story short. someone forgot the CPS. 1\Ud ne.:<t thing they know they 're h~Rded
~u:ul(ht towfll"ds t he Grnw.l I'musyh"1U1 ia C:ulch. At t his particular moment. they 1\J'e mwc:ling w\th a
~peed V0 nnd are located a dis,ance D from the t"'dge of the abyss. By compnring Lht! 1'-.JnOuut friction
n-quired to while hel\lled sttniKht townrds t he j~;ulch to the runount of friction required to turn awAy

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(while ma.imNning a constant speed), detemlinc the sllfest oomse of 1\Ction for Drsc awl t he !(tU\g.

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Dmc anJ hill baud, The Crypt-Kickt.r Five Are lnte for n )!;ig. T11ey jump in their jalopy and take off like,

.1<'!1, bnt11 out of hell.

Once on ~ he road, the.v encounter a banked curve of radiu!i R, inclined at an angle 8 to the horizontal. It ill
~till damp lUid foggy and creepy out, ami t he etfect ive c~rticients of friction between t he jalopy 's tires nnd
1he pavt:ment nre both uear zero.
Jal (10 points) At what speed should the jalopy tran~ l in order to make it safely around the curve
{that is. Without sliding up or down)?.

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:lh) ( 10 points) One of t he musicians has
the C/U" travels snfel y around the curve'!

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tme w~i ~ht given by lV. What is his >\pparent weight if

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