Prediction Test Problems of Basic Physics

Physics Education Study Program (Billingual Class)

1. A ferry boat transports tourists among three regions. It sails from the first region to
the second region, 4 km away, in a direction 30° north of east. It then sails from the
second region to the third region in a direction 60° west of north. Finally it returns to
the first region, sailing in a direction 45° east of south. Calculate the distance
between (a) the second and third regions (b) the first and third regions.

2. A firefighter needs to know the maximum height on the wall she can project water
from the hose. What parameters would you program into a wrist computer to find
the angle , that she should use to hold the hose?

3. An automobile whose speed is increasing at a rate of 2 m/s 2 travels along a circular

road of radius 40 m. When the instantaneous speed of the automobile is 6 m/s, find
(a) the tangential acceleration component, (b) the centripetal acceleration
component, and (c) the magnitude and direction of the total acceleration.

4. A 5 kg object placed on a frictionless, horizontal table is connected to a string that

passes over a pulley and then is fastened to a hanging 9 kg object, as in Figure below.
Draw free-body diagrams of both objects. Find the acceleration of the two objects
and the tension in the string.

5. Three objects are connected on the table as shown in Figure below. The table is
rough and has a coefficient of kinetic friction of 0.4. The objects have masses of 4 kg,
1 kg, and 2 kg, as shown, and the pulleys are frictionless. Draw free-body diagrams of
 each of the objects. (a) Determine the acceleration of each object and their
directions. (b) Determine the tensions in the two cords.

6. Tarzan (m = 75 kg) tries to cross a river by swinging from a vine. The vine is 8 m long,
and his speed at the bottom of the swing (as he just clears the water) will be 10 m/s.
Tarzan doesn’t know that the vine has a breaking strength of 1 000 N. Does he make
it safely across the river?