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Newton’s First Law

651. A light hangs from two cables. One cable has a tension of 39.72 lb. and is at an
angle of 43.4° with respect to the ceiling. What is the weight of the lamp if the other
cable makes an angle of 17.1° with respect to the ceiling?

a. 37.2 lb.
b. 35.8 lb.
c. 36.8 lb.
d. 36.17 lb.

652. A 46.07 N light hangs from two cables at angles 54.9° and 61.4° with respect to the
ceiling. What is the tension in the first cable?

a. 24.6 N
b. 25 N
c. 23.9 N
d. 26.4 N

653. A light hangs from two cables. One cable has a tension of 28.75 N and is at an
angle of 58.1° with respect to the ceiling. What is the tension in the other cable if it
makes an angle of 9.4° with respect to the ceiling?

a. 15.9 N
b. 16.1 N
c. 15.4 N
d. 14.9 N

Newton’s Second Law

654. A 8.3 kg mass and a 17.1 kg mass are tied to a light string and hung over a
frictionless pulley. What is their acceleration?

a. 33.95 m/s2
c. 4.395 m/s2
b. 4 m/s2
d. 3.395 m/s2
655. An unknown mass and a 9.9 kg mass are tied to a light string and hung over a
frictionless pulley. If the tension in the string is 14.5 N, what is the unknown mass?

a. 1 kg
b. 0.8 kg
c. 1.8 kg
d. 0.5 kg

656. A lady pulls a cart with a force of 1837 N. Neglecting friction, if the cart changes
from resting to a speed of 1.3 m/s in a distance of0.03289 m, what is the total mass of
the cart?

a. 71.5 kg
b. 75.1 kg
c. 70.5 kg
d. 17.5 kg

657. A 3.66 lb. book is resting on a 19.41 lb. table. What is the normal force from the
floor on each table leg?

a. 5 lbs.
b. 5.7675 lbs.
c. 4.9 lbs.
d. 6.7675 lbs.

658. A box sits on a ramp inclined at 21.7° to horizontal. If the normal force on the box
from the ramp is 20.94 N, what is the mass of the box?

a. 3.2 kg
b. 2.9 kg
c. 2.3 kg
d. 3.9 kg

659. A 7.9 kg box sits on a ramp. If the normal force on the box from the ramp is 41.82
N, what is the angle the ramp makes with the (horizontal) ground?

a. 75.3°
c. 57.3°
 b. 57.5°
d. 75.5°

660. A man sees a 44.5 kg cart about to bump into a wall at 1.7 m/s. If the cart is
0.04203 m from the wall when he grabs it, how much force must he apply to stop it
before it hits?

a. 1530 N
c. 1350 N
b. 1250 N
d. 1520 N

661. What is the minimum force required to start a 4.2 kg box moving across the floor
if the coefficient of static friction between the box and the floor is 0.6?

a. 23.761 N
b. 25.469 N
c. 24.696 N
d. 26.496 N

662. What is the kinetic energy of a 70 kg man running along at 6.36 m/s?

a. 1315 J
b. 1515 J
c. 1215 J
d. 1415 J

663. What is the speed of a 53.6 kg woman running with a kinetic energy of 1617 J?

a. 7.77 m/s
b. 7.57 m/s
c. 7.67 m/s
d. 7.87 m/s

664. What is the gravitational potential energy of a149.1 kg man at a height of h = 74.21
m above the ground? (consider h = 0 to be the reference where Ug = 0)

a. 100,000 J
 b. 107,300 J
c. 108,400 J
d. 110,580 J

665. What is the height where a 121.2 kg woman would have a gravitational potential
energy of 10610 J? (consider h = 0 to be the reference where the Ug = 0)

a. 9.54m
b. 7.57m/s
c. 8.94 m
d. 7.87m/s

666. What is the change in gravitational potential energy for a 68.9 kg man walking up
stairs from a height of 63.07 m to 107.69 m?

a. -30133 J
b. 301230 J
c. 30320 J
d. 30130 J

667. What is the change in gravitational potential energy for a 132.5 kg woman walking
down a hill from a height of 102.86 m to 70.38 m?

a. -4123 J
b. -42175 J
c. -5 J
d. 4321 J

668. How much work is done by gravity when a 82.3 kg. diver jumps from a height of
5.23 m into the water?

a. 4321 J
b. 4218 J
c. 4871 J
d. 4334 J

669. How much work must be done to move a 34.6 kg box 3.66 m across the floor if
the coefficient of kinetic friction between the box and the floor is 0.3.
 a. 372.3 J
b. -321.9 J
c. -372.3 J
d. 3.234 J

670. What is the coefficient of kinetic friction between a 16 kg box and the floor if it
takes 140.4 J of work to move it a distance of 3.2 m?

a. 0.28
b. -0.25
c. 0.281
d. 0.21

671. What is the length of a 73.7 m wide rectangular lab if its mass is 1.01 kg and the
moment of intertia about an axis through the center and perpendicular to the large
flat face if its mass is 713.6 kg*m2?

a. 55.2 m
b. 53.5 m
c. 52.5 m
d. 54.5 m

672. What is the mass of a hollow cylinder of radius3.38 m if it has a moment of inertia
of 33.930468 kg*m2 about the central axis or rotation?

a. 3.07 kg
b. 2.50 kg
c. 2.97 kg
d. 1.95 kg

673. A 0.324 kg ball is stuck 0.54 m from the center of a disk spinning at 5.55 rad/s.
What is its angular momentum?

a. 0.5243 J*s
b. 0.6321 J*s
c. 1.021 J*s
d. 1.1524 J*s
674. A 40.2 kg child is sitting on the edge of a 165.3 kg merry-go-round of radius 2.1 m
while it is spinning at a rate of 3.229 rpm. If the child moves to the center, how fast will
it be spinning? (Hint: use conservation of angular momentum)

a. 4.5 rpm,
b. 4.4 rpm
c. 4.2 rpm
d. 4.8 rpm

675. An empty metal can rolling down a hill gets to the bottom with a speed of 1.06
m/s. What would have been the speed if the can was full? (Assume the ends of the
hollow can don’t significantly affect its moment of inertia and the walls are so thin that
the full can may be considered as a solid cylinder of the same radius)

a. 1.333 m/s
b. 1.423 m/s
c. 1.223 m/s
d. 1.323 m/s

676. A light hangs from two cables. One cable has a tension of 23.83 lb. and is at an
angle of 26.2° with respect to the ceiling. What is the weight of the lamp if the other
cable makes an angle of 48.7° with respect to the ceiling?

a. 34.86 lb.
b. 33.9 lb.
c. 35.8 lb.
d. 36 lb.

677. A light hangs from two cables. One cable has a tension of 25.55 N and is at an
angle of 7.5° with respect to the ceiling. What is the tension in the other cable if it
makes an angle of 20.2° with respect to the ceiling?

a. 28 N
b. 26 N
c. 27 N
d. 29 N

678. A man is pulling a cart (total 26.7 kg) with a force of 1612 N. Neglecting friction,
how much time does it take to get the cart from rest up to 1.5 m/s?

a. 0.04583s
b. 0.01252s
c. 0.03567s
d. 0.02484 s

679. A lady is pulling a cart (total 55.7 kg) with a force of 395 N. Neglecting friction,
what is the acceleration of the cart?

a. 7.1 m/s2
b. 7.092 m/s2
c. 7.091 m/s2
d. 7.093 m/s2

680. A lady pulls a cart with a force of 1454 N. Neglecting friction, if the cart changes
from resting to a speed of 1.7 m/s in a distance of 0.02872 m, what is the total mass of
the cart?

a. 28.90 kg
b. 28.91 kg
c. 27.90 kg
d. 29.00 kg

681. A man sees a 44.5 kg cart about to bump into a wall at 1.7 m/s. If the cart is
0.04203 m from the wall when he grabs it, how much force must he apply to stop it
before it hits?

a. 1530 N
b. 1730 N
c.1630 N
d.1830 N

682. A 5.4 kg mass and a 6.2 kg mass are tied to a light string and hung over a
frictionless pulley. What is the tension in the string?

a. 56.57 N
b. 55.569 N
 c. 57.1 N
d. 56.569 N

683. A 4.6 kg mass and an 8.5 kg mass are tied to a light string and hung over a
frictionless pulley. What is their acceleration?

a. 2.92 m/s2
b. 2.916 m/s2
c. 2.917 m/s2
d. 3 m/s2

684. An unknown mass and a 13.2 kg mass are tied to a light string and hung over a
frictionless pulley. If the tension in the string is 61.3114 N, what is the unknown mass?

a. 4.12 kg
b. 4.1 kg
c. 4.0 kg
d. 4.2kg

685. A 3.1 lb. book is resting on a 73.76 lb. table. What is the normal force of the book
on the table?

a. -3.2 lbs.
b. -3.1 lbs.
c. 3.2 lbs.
d. 3.1 lbs.

686. A 5.2 kg box sits on a ramp inclined at 42.4° to horizontal. What is the normal force
on the box from the ramp?

a. 37.64N
b. 37.53N
c. 37.54 N
d. 37.63 N

687. A 6.7 kg box sits on a ramp inclined at 37.4° to horizontal. What is the normal force
on the ramp from the box?
 a. 52.17 N
b. 52.16 N
c. -52.16 N
d. -52.17 N

688. A box sits on a ramp inclined at 21.7° to horizontal. If the normal force on the box
from the ramp is 20.94 N, what is the mass of the box?

a. 2.3 kg
b. 2.4 kg
c. 2.2 kg
d. 2.1 kg

689. A 7.9 kg box sits on a ramp. If the normal force on the box from the ramp is 41.82
N, what is the angle the ramp makes with the (horizontal) ground?

a. 57.3°
b. 56.3°
c. 57.4°
d. 55.3°

690. What is the minimum force required to start a 11.5 kg box moving across the floor
if the coefficient of static friction between the box and the floor is 0.64?

a. 72.13N
b. 72.1 N
c. 72.13 N
d. 72.128 N

691. What is the mass of a box which requires a minimum pushing force of 74.088 N to
start moving across a floor with a coefficient of static friction between the box and the
floor of 0.6?

a. 12.2 kg
b. 12.6 kg
c. 13 kg
d. 12.5 kg
692. If a minimum force of 79.4682 N is required to push on a 15.9 kg box to begin
moving it across the floor, what is the coefficient of static friction between the box
and the floor?

a. 0.51
b. 0.52
c. 0.53
d. 0.54

693. A box is sliding down a ramp with an acceleration of 1.621 m/s2. If the ramp is at
an angle of 25.1° relative to the ground, what is the coefficient of kinetic friction
between the box and the ramp?

a. 0.2857
b. 0.3000
c. 0.2856
d. 0.2867

694. What is the kinetic energy of a 70 kg man running along at 6.36 m/s?

a. 1416 J
b. 1417 J
c. 1415 J
d. 1418 J

695. What is the change in gravitational potential energy for a 68.9 kg man walking up
stairs from a height of 63.07 m to 107.69 m?

a. 30130 J
b. 30132J
c. 30131 J
d. 30133 J

696. What is the mass of a diver whose gravitational potential energy changes by -
160,500 J when diving into water from a height of 130.61 m?

a. 125.2 kg
b. 125.3 kg
 c. 125.5 kg
d. 125.4 kg

697. How much work is done by gravity when a 82.3 kg diver jumps from a height of
5.23 m into the water?

a. 4220 J
b. 4218 J
c. 4229 J
d. 4219 J

698. What height above the water does a 133.9 kg diver jumps need to jump from for
gravity to do 6062 J of work on him/her?

a. 4.61 m
b. 4.60 m
c. 4.62 m
d. 4.63 m

699. What is the mass of a diver if gravity does 8100 J of work on him/her when
jumping into the water from a height of 6.55 m? What is the mass of a diver if gravity
does 8100 J of work on him/her when jumping into the water from a height of 6.55 m?

a. 126.2 kg
b. 126.1 kg
c. 126.4 kg
d. 126.3 kg

700. How much work must be done to move a 34.6 kg box 3.66 m across the floor if
the coefficient of kinetic friction between the box and the floor is 0.3?

a. 372.2 J
b. 372.3 J
c. 372.4 J
d. 372.5 J

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