/ 2008 PHYS EXAM I

Area of study 1 - Motion in one and two dimensions

Use the following information to answer Questions 1 and 2.

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A tugboat is towing a ship with a tow rope as shown in Figure 1.

tugboat tow rope ship

ffi = 20 X104 kg ID = J00 X J0 4 kg

Figure 1

Mass of tugboat = 20 x I 04 kg
Mass of ship = 100 x 10 4 kg

The tugboat exerts a constant force of 9.0 x 10 4 Non the tow rope.
The water resistance on the ship as a function of speed is shown in Figure 2.

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Figure 2
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. speed
m s- 1

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Question 1
What is the acceleration of the ship when the tugboat and ship are travelling at 2.0 m s- 1?
You must show your working.

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2 marks

Question 2
After a time, the tugboat and ship are travelling at a constant speed.
What is this constant speed?

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2 marks

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Use the following information to answer Questions 3- 5.

A batsman hits a cricket ball (from ground level) at a speed of30.0 m s- 1 and at an angle of36.9° to the horizontal
as shown in Figure 4. Air resistance can be ignored.

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Question 3 Mo.~ k½Lv
What is the maximum height that the ball reaches? ifv ::- C)
You must show your working.
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m s;;:.
2 marks

Question 4
Which of the arrows (Q-T) in Figure 4 best represents the resultant force on the ball at point X?

2 marks

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An advertising board is now placed on the boundary of the cricket ground at a distance 72.0 m from the batsman
as shown in Figure 5.

Question 5
Assuming the ball is hit exactly the same way as in the previous question, at what height above the ground will
the ball strike the advertising board?
You must show your working.

advertising board

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72.0m

Figure 5

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3 marks

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Use the following information to answer Questions 6 - 9.

A locomotive, of mass 20 x 103 kg, moving at 8.0 m s- 1 east, collides with and couples to three trucks, each of
mass 20 x 103 kg, initially stationary, as shown in Figure 6.

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Question 6
What is the speed of the coupled locomotive and trucks after the collision?
You must show your working. ,
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2 marks

Question 7
What is the impulse given to the locomotive by the trucks in the collision (magnitude and direction)?
You must show your working.
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kg m ,- • direction

' 3 marks

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Question 8
Was this collision elastic or inelastic?
Support your conclusion by appropriate calculation.
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3 marks

During the collision, the magnitude of the average force exerted by the locomotive on the trucks is FL and the
magnitude of the average force exerted by the trucks on the locomotive is FT.

Question 9
Will FL be greater, equal to, or less than FT?
Explain your answer.

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2 marks

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Use the following information to answer Questions IO - 12

A novelty toy consists of a metal ball of mass 0.20 kg hanging from a spring of spring constant k = 10 N m-1•
The spring is attached to the ceiling of a room as shown in Figure 7. Ignore the mass of the spring.

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cm 40

55
60
65

Figure 7

Without the ball attached, the spring has an unstretched length of 40 cm. When the ball is attached, but not
oscillating, the spring stretches to 60 cm.

Question 10
How much energy is stored in the spring when the ball is hanging stationary on it?
You must show your working.

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2 marks

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The ball is now pulled down a further 5 cm and released so that it oscillates vertically over a range of
approximately 10 cm.
Gravitational potential energy is measured from the level at which the ball is released. Ignore air resistance.

, Use Graphs A-E in answering Questions 13 and 14.

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top

Question 11
Which of the graphs best represents the shape of the graph of kinetic energy of the system as a function of
height?

2 marks
Question 12
Which of the graphs best represents the gravitational potential energy of the system as a function of height?

2 marks

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Use the following information to answer Questions 13 - 14

Figure 5 shows the reinforced concrete beam, XZ, of a tourist lookout. The mass of the beam is
4 000 kg.
The beam rests (with no fixed connection) on two pillars at X and Y.

8m 4m

lookout

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Question 13
With no-one standing on the lookout, which one of the following best gives the force of the beam on the
support at X? ::. 3
A. 1 000 N 't M-j
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2000N
10000 N X
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D. 20000 N
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Question 14 .::: "G- x+ocn, '{.. (t)
Which one of the following best gives the maximum load that can be placed at point Z (assume load
concentrated at end) without the beam tilting?
A. l 000 kg
(f!jO 2000kg M~ l~
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C. 4000 kg
D. 10000 kg
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