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1. Two crickets, Chirpy and Milada, jump from the top of a vertical cliff.

Chirpy just drops and reaches


the ground in 3.50 s, while Milada jumps horizontally with an initial speed of 95.0 cm/s. How far from
the base of the cliff will Milada hit the ground?

2 . A rookie quarterback throws a football with an initial upward velocity component of 12.0 m/s and a
horizontal velocity component of 20.0 m/s. Ignore air resistance. (a) How much time is required for the
football to reach the highest point of the trajectory? (b) How high is this point?

3. Two dogs pull horizontally on ropes attached to a post; the angle between the ropes is 60.0°. If dog A
exerts a force of 270 N and dog B exerts a force of 300 N, find the magnitude of the resultant force and
the angle it makes with dog A’s rope.

4. A box rests on a frozen pond, which serves as a frictionless horizontal surface. If a fisherman applies a
horizontal force with magnitude 48.0 N to the box and produces an acceleration of magnitude 3.00
m/s2, what is the mass of the box?

5. The upward normal force exerted by the floor is 620 N on an elevator passenger who weighs 650 N.
What are the reaction forces to these two forces? Is the passenger accelerating? If so, what are the
magnitude and direction of the acceleration?

6. You push your physics book 1.50 m along a horizontal tabletop with a horizontal push of 2.40 N while
the opposing force of friction is 0.600 N. How much work does each of the following forces do on the
book: (a) your 2.40-N push, (b) the friction force, (c) the normal force from the tabletop, and (d) gravity?
(e) What is the net work done on the book?

7. A tow truck pulls a car 5.00 km along a horizontal roadway using a cable having a tension of 850 N. (a)
How much work does the cable do on the car if it pulls horizontally? If it pulls at 35.0° above the
horizontal? (b) How much work does the cable do on the tow truck in both cases of part (a)? (c) How
much work does gravity do on the car in part (a)?

8. In one day, a 75-kg mountain climber ascends from the 1500-m level on a vertical cliff to the top at
2400 m. The next day, she descends from the top to the base of the cliff, which is at an elevation of 1350
m. What is her change in gravitational potential energy (a) on the first day and (b) on the second day?

9. The maximum height a typical human can jump from a crouched start is about 60 cm. By how much
does the gravitational potential energy increase for a 72-kg person in such a jump? Where does this
energy come from?

10. (a) What is the magnitude of the momentum of a 10,000-kg truck whose speed is 12.0 m/s? (b) What
speed would a 2000-kg SUV have to attain in order to have (i) the same momentum? (ii) the same
kinetic energy?

11. In a certain men’s track and field event, the shotput has a mass of 7.30 kg and is released with a
speed of 15.0 m/s at 40.0° above the horizontal over a man’s straight left leg. What are the initial
horizontal and vertical components of the momentum of this shotput?

3.11, 3.12, 4.5, 4.9, 4.24, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1, 8.2

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