Physics 4A Winter 2016 Test 3

Name:
March 4, 2016
Please show your work! Answer as many questions as you can, in any order. Calculators
are allowed. Books and notes are not allowed. Use any blank space to answer questions, but
please make sure it is clear which question your answer refers to.
For all questions that require answers that are algebraic expressions, the expressions must
be only in terms of the variables given in the question, and universal constants, such as g.

g = 9.8 ms−2 (If you like you can use g = 10 ms−2 , but make your choice clear.)

Equations
 
mi
vf = vi + ve ln m
 dm  f
Fthrust = ve 
dt

Moments of Inertia
All objects listed here have mass M .
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Thin rod, length L, axis through CM perpendicular to rod: I = 12
M L2
Thin rod, length L, axis through endpoint of rod, perpendicular to rod: I = 13 M L2
Sphere, radius R, axis through CM: I = 52 M R2
Cylinder or disc, radius R, axis through CM: I = 12 M R2
Thin ring, radius R, axis through CM: I = M R2

Trigonometric Identities
sin2 θ + cos2 θ = 1
sin(2θ) = 2 sin(θ) cos(θ).
cos(2θ) = cos2 θ − sin2 θ
sin(α ± β) = sin α cos β ± cos α sin β
cos(α ± β) = cos α cos β ∓ sin α sin β
cos α cos β = 21 [cos(α − β) + cos(α + β)]
sin α sin β = 21 [cos(α − β) − cos(α + β)]
sin α cos β
= 12 [sin(α + β) + sin(α − β)]
sin θ + π2
= cos θ
cos θ + π2 = − sin θ
sec θ := cos1 θ
csc θ := sin1 θ
cot θ := tan1 θ

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1. A girl of mass mg is standing on a plank of mass mp . Both are originally at rest on
a frozen lake that constitutes a frictionless, flat surface. The girl begins to walk along
the plank at a constant velocity vgp to the right relative to the plank. (The subscript
gp denotes the girl relative to plank.)

(a) What is the magnitude of the velocity vpi of the plank relative to the surface of
the ice? [4 pts]
(b) What is the magnitude of the girl’s velocity vgi relative to the ice surface? [4 pts]
(c) If the girl walks a distance x along the plank and then stops, how far does the
plank move relative to the surface of the ice? [3 pts]
(d) How far does the center-of-mass of the girl-plank system move relative to the
ice? [2 pts]

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2. Two shuffleboard disks of equal mass, one orange and the other yellow, are involved in
an elastic, glancing collision. The yellow disk is initially at rest and is struck by the
orange disk moving with a speed vi . After the collision, the orange disk moves along a
direction that makes an angle θ with its initial direction of motion. The velocities of
the two disks are perpendicular after the collision.

(a) Considering momentum, determine the final speed of each disk. [7 pts]
(b) Confirm that your final speeds are consistent with an elastic collision. [3 pts]
(c) Could the two disks final velocities be perpendicular if the collision was inelas-
tic? [1 pt]
(d) Assume the two disks are solid and their internal energies do not change. Could
the angle between the two disks’ final velocities be greater than 90◦ ? What would
happen to the kinetic energy in that hypothetical collision? [2 pts]

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 bus. The flywheel is spun its center as shown in Figure  P10.55. The suspended
ate of 3 000 rev/min by an object is released from rest 6.00  m above the floor.
minal. Every time the bus Determine (a) the tension in the string, (b) the accel-
3. An object witheration
a massofofthemobject,
= 6.00andkg is
(c)attached
the speedto with
the free end
which theof a light string
s down slightly. The bus is 2
wrapped around
raking so that the flywheel object
a reelhits the floor.
of moment (d)  Verify
of inertia your kg
I = 0.120 answer
m and to radius
part R = 0.300 m.
is is free(c)
The reel
lows down. The flywheel to by usinginthe
rotate isolatedplane
a vertical system (energy)
about model. axis passing through
the horizontal
its
h mass 1 200 kg and radiuscenter as shown. The suspended object is released from rest.
M
work against air resistance
average rate of 25.0 hp as it
ge speed of 35.0 km/h.
g object has a mass of m1 5
as a mass of m 2 5 0.850 kg;
R
R2 R1

m1
m

0.53 Figure P10.55

(a) Determine the tension in the string and [4 pts]
(b) the angular acceleration of the wheel. [4 pts]
(c) What is the angular displacement of the reel when the object has descended
through a distance of 1.00 m? [2 pts]
(d) What is the angular speed of the reel at that moment? [3 pts]

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 k
0.250. The pulley turns without friction on its axle. The
light cord does not stretch and does not slip on the pul-
R ley. The block has a velocity of vi 5 0.820 m/s toward
4. A thin, cylindrical rod, ` = 20.0 cm long with mass m = 1.10 kg has a ball of diameter
the pulley when it passes a reference point on the table.
d = 4.00 cm and mass M = 2.00 kg attached to one end. The arrangement is originally
(a) Use energy methods to predict its speed after it has
vertical
moved to aand stationary,
second point,with
0.700the
mball at (b)
away. the Find
top asthe
shown. The combination is free to
pivot about the bottom end of the rod after
angular speed of the pulley at the same moment. being given a slight nudge.

2h 54. Review. A thin, cylindri-

AMT cal rod , 5 24.0  cm long d M
m2 with mass m 5 1.20 kg has
a ball of diameter d 5
P10.50 8.00  cm and mass M 5
2.00 kg attached to one
f the pul- end. The arrangement ! m
is originally vertical and
inertia of stationary, with the ball
is free to at the top as shown in
wrapped Figure P10.54. The com-
bination is free to pivot
A! about(a)the bottom
What is the end Figure
of of inertia
moment P10.54
of the rod-and-ball system about the pivot? [4 pts]
the rod after being given a
slight
At nudge. (a) After
the instant theiscombination
the rod rotates through
horizontal, find
90 degrees, what is its rotational kinetic energy? (b) What
is the
(b)angular speed ofkinetic
the rotational the rod and ball?
energy (c)system
of the What isand
the[3 pts]
linear speed of the center of mass of the ball? (d) How
(c) the angular speed of the rod and ball. [3 pts]
does it compare with the speed had the ball fallen freely
A through the same distance of 28 cm?
55. Review. An object with a mass of m 5 5.10 kg is
0.51
M attached to the free end of a light string wrapped
problem, around a reel of radius R 5 0.250  m and mass M 5
s citywide 3.00 kg. The reel is a solid disk, free to rotate in a ver-
tating fly- tical plane about the horizontal axis passing through
el is spun its center as shown in Figure  P10.55. The suspended
min by an object is released from rest 6.00  m above the floor.
e the bus Determine (a) the tension in the string, (b) the accel-
The bus is eration of the object, and (c) the speed with which the
e flywheel object hits the floor. (d)  Verify your answer to part
lywheel is (c) by using the isolated system (energy) model.
nd radius M
resistance
.0 hp as it
km/h.
ss of m1 5
0.850 kg;
R

m
5

Figure P10.55
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