Physics Exam 3 

Teacher Answer Key 

Mr Shilian January 16, 2015
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1. A 0.45-kilogram football traveling at a speed of 22 meters per second is caught by an
84-kilogram stationary receiver. If the football comes to rest in the receiver's arms, the
magnitude of the impulse imparted to the receiver by the ball is

2 The magnitude of the impulse imparted to the receiver is equal to the magnitude of the
change in the momentum of the football. Use Equations ME12 and ME14 on Reference
Table K:

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2. A mother pushes her 120-newton child, who is sitting on a swing. If the mother exerts
a 10.-newton force on the child for 0.50 second, what is the magnitude of the impulse
imparted to the child by the mother?

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3. Compared to the inertia of a 0.10-kilogram steel ball, the inertia of a 0.20-kilogram
Styrofoam ball is
1. one-half as great 3. the same
2. twice as great 4. four times as great
No Explanation Available.
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4. A bullet traveling at 5.0 x 102 meters per second is brought to rest by an impulse of 50.
newton-seconds. What is the mass of the bullet?
1. 2.5 x 104 kg 3. 1.0 x 10-1 kg
2. 1.0 x 101 kg 4. 1.0 x 10-2 kg
No Explanation Available.
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5. The diagram shows two carts on a horizontal, frictionless surface being pushed apart
when a compressed spring attached to one of the carts is released. Cart A has a mass of
3.0 Ho- grams and cart B has a mass of 5.0 kilograms. The speed of cart A is 0.33
meter/second after the spring is released. If the carts are initially at rest, what is the
approximate speed of cart B after the spring is released?

1. 0. 12 m/s 3. 0.33 m/s

2. 0.20 m/s 4. 0.55 m/s
No Explanation Available.
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6. A person kicks a 4.0-kilogram door with a 48-newton force causing the door to
accelerate at 12 meters per second 2. What is the magnitude of the force exerted by the
door on the person?
1. 48 N 3. 12 N
2. 24 N 4. 4.0 N

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7. A 1.2 X 103-kilogram car is accelerated uniformly from 10. meters per second to 20.
meters per second in 5.0 seconds. What is the magnitude of the net force acting on the
car during this 50.-second interval?
1. 2.4 X 103 N 3. 7.2 X 103 N
2. 4.8 X 103 N 4. 1.2 X 103 N
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8. The diagram shows a student applying a 10.-newton force to slide a piece of wood at
constant speed across a horizontal surface. After the wood is cut in half, one piece is
placed on top of the other, as shown.

1. 40. N 3. 10. N
2. 20. N 4. 5.0 N

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9. A 2.0 X 103-kilogram car collides with a tree and is brought to rest in 0.50 second by
an average force of 6.0 X 104 newtons. What is the magnitude of the impulse on the car
during this 0.50-second interval?
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10. In the diagram , a 100.-kilogram clown is fired from a 500.-kilogram cannon.

1. 75 m/s 3. 3.0 m/s

2. 15 m/s 4. 0 m/s
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11. A tennis ball is hit with a tennis racket. Compared to the magnitude of the force of
the racket on the ball, the magnitude of the force of the ball on the racket is
1. smaller 3. the same
2. larger

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12. If a net force of 10 newtons acts on a 6.0 kilogram mass for 8.0 seconds, total change
of momentum of the mass is
1. 48 kg * meters/seconds 3. 80 kg * meters/seconds
2. 60 kg * meters/seconds 4. 480 kg * meters/seconds
No Explanation Available.
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13. What is the momentum of a 1.5 X 103-kilogram car as it travels at 30. meters per
second due east for 60. seconds?
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14. What is an elastic collision? Explain.

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15. What is an Inelastic collision? Explain

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16. In a physics lab, 0.500-kg cart (Cart A) moving rightward with a speed of 92.8 cm/s
collides with a 1.50-kg cart (Cart B) moving leftward with a speed of 21.6 cm/s. The two
carts stick together and move as a single object after the collision. Determine the post-
collision speed of the two carts.
v=7
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17. A large fish 30kg is in motion at 2 m/s when it encounters a smaller fish 10kg that is
at rest. The large fish swallows the smaller fish and continues in motion at a reduced
speed. What is the speed of the large fish (and the smaller fish) after the collision
(lunch)?
v= 1.5 m/s