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MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the
question.
1) A 6.0 kg box slides down an inclined plane that makes an angle of 39° with the 1)
horizontal. If the coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.19, at what rate does the box
accelerate down the slope?
A) 5.5 m/s 2 B) 4.7 m/s 2 C) 6.2 m/s 2 D) 5.2 m/s 2

2) A 6.00-kg block is in contact with a 4.00-kg block on a horizontal frictionless surface 2)

as shown in the figure. The 6.00-kg block is being pushed by a horizontal 20.0-N
force as shown. What is the magnitude of the force that the 6.00-kg block exerts on
the 4.00-kg block?

A) 6.00 B) 8.00 C) 20.0 D) 4.00 E) 10.0

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3) Jason takes off from rest across level water on his jet-powered skis. The combined 3)
mass of Jason and his skis is 75 kg (the mass of the fuel is negligible). The skis have a
thrust of 200 N and a coefficient of kinetic friction on water of 0.10. Unfortunately,
the skis run out of fuel after only 67 s. How far has Jason traveled when he finally
coasts to a stop?
A) 10,000 m B) 3800 m C) 7600 m D) 5400 m

4) A 23 kg mass is connected to a nail on a frictionless table by a massless string 1.3 m 4)

long. There is no appreciable friction between the nail and the string. If the tension in
the string is 51 N while the mass moves in a uniform circle on the table, how long
does it take for the mass to make one complete revolution?
A) 3.8 s B) 4.5 s C) 5.2 s D) 4.8 s

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5) Three objects are connected by massless wires over a massless frictionless pulley as 5)
shown in the figure. The tension in the wire connecting the 10.0-kg and 15.0-kg
objects is measured to be 133 N. What is the tension in wire A?

A) 517 N B) 333 N C) 87.5 D) 280 N E) 245 N

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6) A 60.0-kg person rides in an elevator while standing on a scale. The scale reads 6)
400 N. The acceleration of the elevator is closest to
A) zero.
B) 6.67 m/s 2 upward.
C) 3.13 m/s 2 downward.
D) 9.80 m/s 2 downward.
E) 6.67 m/s 2 downward.

7) A 600-kg car is going around a banked curve with a radius of 110 m at a speed of 7)
24.5 m/s. What is the appropriate banking angle so that the car stays on its path
without the assistance of friction?
A) 13.5° B) 56.2° C) 29.1° D) 33.8° E) 60.9°

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 8) Block A of mass 8.0 kg and block X are attached to a rope that passes over a pulley. A 8)
50-N force P is applied horizontally to block A, keeping it in contact with a rough
vertical face. The coefficients of static and kinetic friction between the wall and block
A are µs = 0.40 and µk = 0.30. The pulley is light and frictionless. In the figure, the
mass of block X is adjusted until block A descends at constant velocity of 4.75 cm/s
when it is set into motion. What is the mass of block X?

A) 6.5 kg B) 7.2 kg C) 9.5 kg D) 8.8 kg E) 8.0 kg

9) Two bodies P and Q on a smooth horizontal surface are connected by a light cord. The 9)
mass of P is greater than that of Q. A horizontal force F (of magnitude F) is applied to
Q as shown in the figure, accelerating the bodies to the right. The magnitude of the
force exerted by the connecting cord on body P will be

A) equal to F. B) zero.
C) less than F but not zero. D) greater than F.

SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the
question.
10) A pickup truck is moving at 25 m/s with a toolbox of mass m resting on the 10)
bed of the truck 2.5 m behind the cab. Suddenly the brakes are applied,
causing the toolbox to slide, and the truck comes to a stop in 4.7 s. The
coefficient of kinetic friction between the toolbox and the bed of the truck is
0.28. After the brakes are applied, how much time elapses before the toolbox
strikes the cab?

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MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the
question.
11) A 50.0-kg block is being pulled up a 16.0° slope by a force of 250 N which is parallel 11)
to the slope. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the block and the slope is
0.200. What is the magnitude of the acceleration of the block?
A) 0.260 m/s2
B) 0.158 m/s2
C) 0.983 m/s2
D) 0.528 m/s2
E) 0.412 m/s2

12) Two objects having masses m1 and m2 are connected to each other as shown in the 12)
figure and are released from rest. There is no friction on the table surface or in the
pulley. The masses of the pulley and the string connecting the objects are completely
negligible. What must be true about the tension T in the string just after the objects are
released?

A) T > m2g
B) T = m2g
C) T > m1g
D) T = m1g
E) T < m2g

SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the
question.
13) A person on a sled coasts down a hill and then goes over a slight rise with 13)
speed 2.7 m/s. The top of this rise can be modeled as a circle of radius 4.1 m.
The sled and occupant have a combined mass of 110 kg. If the coefficient of
kinetic friction between the snow and the sled is 0.10, what friction force is
exerted on the sled by the snow as the sled goes over the top of the rise?

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 14) Three boxes in contact rest side-by-side on a smooth, horizontal floor. Their 14)
masses are 5.0-kg, 3.0-kg, and 2.0-kg, with the 3.0-kg box in the center. A
force of 50 N pushes on the 5.0-kg box, which pushes against the other two
boxes.
(a) Draw the free-body diagrams for each of the boxes.
(b) What magnitude force does the 3.0-kg box exert on the 5.0-kg box?
(c) What magnitude force does the 3.0-kg box exert on the 2.0-kg box?

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the
question.
15) Future space stations will create an artificial gravity by rotating. Consider a 15)
cylindrical space station 390 m diameter rotating about its central axis. Astronauts
walk on the inside surface of the space station. What rotation period will provide
"normal" gravity?
A) 28 s B) 4.4 s C) 6.3 s D) 40 s

16) A woman is straining to lift a large crate, without success because it is too heavy. We 16)
denote the forces on the crate as follows: P is the upward force the woman exerts on
the crate, C is the vertical contact force exerted on the crate by the floor, and W is the
weight of the crate. How are the magnitudes of these forces related while the woman
is trying unsuccessfully to lift the crate?
A) P + C = W B) P + C > W C) P = C D) P + C < W

17) A 30.0-kg object experiences a drag force due to air resistance with a magnitude 17)
proportional to the square of its speed. The object falls with an acceleration of 4.00
m/s 2 downward when it is falling downward at 70.0 m/s. What is its terminal speed?
A) 172 m/s
B) 110 m/s
C) 91.0 m/s
D) 108 m/s
E) 157 m/s

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18) A 4.00-kg block rests on a 30.0° incline as shown in the figure. If the coefficient of 18)
static friction between the block and the incline is 0.700, what magnitude horizontal
force F must act on the block to start it moving up the incline?

A) 34.0 B) 51.1 C) 76.4 D) 54.7 E) 84.0

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19) A 615 N student standing on a scale in an elevator notices that the scale reads 645 N. 19)
From this information, the student knows that the elevator must be moving
A) downward.
B) upward.
C) You cannot tell if it is moving upward or downward.

20) Two objects have masses m and 5m, respectively. They both are placed side by side 20)
on a frictionless inclined plane and allowed to slide down from rest.
A) It takes the heavier object 10 times longer to reach the bottom of the incline
than the lighter object.
B) It takes the lighter object 5 times longer to reach the bottom of the incline than
the heavier object.
C) It takes the heavier object 5 times longer to reach the bottom of the incline than
the lighter object.
D) The two objects reach the bottom of the incline at the same time.
E) It takes the lighter object 10 times longer to reach the bottom of the incline than
the heavier object.

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Answer Key
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1) B
2) B
3) A
4) D
5) B
6) C
7) C
8) A
9) C
10) 1.4 s
11) E
12) E
13) 88 N
14) (a) The following forces act on the 5.0-kg box: the force due to gravity, normal force, contact force
between 5.0-kg mass and 3.0-kg mass, the force of 50 N pushing on the box. The following forces act
on the 3.0-kg box: the force due to gravity, normal force, contact force between the 5.0-kg box and the
3.0-kg box, the contact force between the 3.0-kg box and the 2.0-kg box. The following forces act on
the 2.0-kg box: the force due to gravity, normal force, contact force between the 3.0-kg box and the
2.0-kg box.
(b) 25 N
(c) 10 N
15) A
16) A
17) C
18) E
19) C
20) D