Applied Math Weekly Exam Material

Grade 11
Term: 3 From: May 13 Till May 17, 2018

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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

AMS

AMS Exam Material:

AMS Sample Questions Exam

1. Which object below is in translational equilibrium? (for each one say YES or NO)
1. A car moving at constant velocity down a hill.
2. A ball at rest on the floor.
3. A pen falling to the ground.
4. A chair being pushed at a constant speed in a straight line across the floor.

2. When can we say that an object is in translational equilibrium?

1. When it accelerates at an increasing rate
2. When it is at rest or is moving with a constant velocity
3. When it accelerates uniformly

3. How can the sentence “The sum of all forces acting on a body is equal to zero” be written as
a mathematical expression? (for each one say YES or NO)
1.  Fx  0 and  Fy  0
2. F  0
3. F  0

4. What does  F  0 for a body mean?

1. The sum of all forces in the universe is zero
2. The sum of all forces acting on the body is zero
3. Some of the forces acting on the body are zero

5. A car is moving at a constant velocity down a rough inclined plane. Three forces are acting
on the car, what are they?

6. A body is at rest on a table. Two forces will act on the body, what are they?

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7. A lamp hangs by a rope from the ceiling. Two forces are acting on the lamp, what are they?
Why is no “Normal Reaction” or “friction” force acting on the lamp?

8. A brick of mass m = 7.5 kg is placed on a frictionless surface

inclined at 37 with respect to the horizontal.
A force F, parallel to the plane of the inclined surface, is
exerted on the brick, preventing it from sliding along the plane,
as shown in the diagram below.

Which of the following free-body diagrams best illustrates the body in question?

i. ii. iii.
9. A box of mass m = 72 kg slides at a constant velocity down a rough surface inclined at 20
with respect to the horizontal.

20o
Draw the free body diagram of the box.

10. A 0.8 kg ball is suspended from the ceiling by a string, as shown in the diagram below.

Draw the free body diagram of the ball.

11. A box sits at rest on a rough surface inclined at 20o, as shown in the diagram below.

20o
Draw the free body diagram for this box.

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12. A 0.8 kg ball is suspended from the ceiling by a string S1, as shown in the
diagram. A 0.7 kg cube is suspended from the sphere by a string S2.

Draw the free body diagram for each body, the ball and the cube. S1

S2

13. A box sits at rest on a rough surface inclined at 25o, as shown in the diagram below. A force
P acting parallel to the surface pushes on the box as shown in the diagram. The box does not
slide.
P

25o
Draw the free body diagram for this box.

14. A man is pushing a box along a rough horizontal surface with a force of 100 N. The man’s
arms are parallel to the surface.

Draw the free body diagram for this box.

15. A man is dragging a trolley along a rough horizontal surface using a rope. The trolley has a
mass of 7 kg. The tension in the rope is 16 N and it makes an angle of 23o up from the
horizontal surface. Draw the free body diagram for this trolley.

23o

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AMS Sample Questions Answers

1. Which object below is in translational equilibrium? (for each one say YES or NO)
1. A car moving at constant velocity down a hill. YES
2. A ball at rest on the floor. YES
3. A pen falling to the ground. NO
4. A chair being pushed at a constant speed in a straight line across the floor. YES

2. When can we say that an object is in translational equilibrium?

1. When it accelerates at an increasing rate
2. When it is at rest or is moving with a constant velocity
3. When it accelerates uniformly

3. How can the sentence “The sum of all forces acting on a body is equal to zero” be written as
a mathematical expression? (for each one say YES or NO)
1.  Fx  0 and  Fy  0 YES
2. F  0 YES
3. F  0 NO

4. What does  F  0 for a body mean?

1. The sum of all forces in the universe is zero
2. The sum of all forces acting on the body is zero
3. Some of the forces acting on the body are zero

5. A car is moving at a constant velocity down a rough inclined plane. Three forces are acting
on the car, what are they?
The forces on the car are its weight and friction.

6. A body is at rest on a table. Two forces will act on the body, what are they?
The two forces acting are weight and the normal (reaction) force.

7. A lamp hangs by a rope from the ceiling. Two forces are acting on the lamp, what are they?
Why is no “Normal Reaction” or “friction” force acting on the lamp?
The two forces acting are weight and tension (in the rope).
Since there is no surface there are no “Normal Reaction” or “friction” forces.

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8. A brick of mass m = 7.5 kg is placed on a frictionless surface
inclined at 37 with respect to the horizontal.
A force F, parallel to the plane of the inclined surface, is
exerted on the brick, preventing it from sliding along the plane,
as shown in the diagram below.
Which of the following free-body diagrams best illustrates the body in question?

i. ii. iii.

9. A box of mass m = 72 kg slides at a constant velocity down a rough surface inclined at 20
with respect to the horizontal.

friction N

20o

20o
W

Draw the free body diagram of the box.

10. A 0.8 kg ball is suspended from the ceiling by a string, as shown in the diagram below.
Ball
T

W = mg

Draw the free body diagram of the ball.

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11. A box sits at rest on a rough surface inclined at 20o, as shown in the diagram below.

N
fr
20o

W = mg
20o
Draw the free body diagram for this box.

12. A 0.8 kg ball is suspended from the ceiling by a string S1, as shown in the diagram. A 0.7 kg
cube is suspended from the sphere by a string S2.

Draw the free body diagram for each body, the ball and the cube.
S1
Ball Cube
T1 T2

S2

T2
Wb = mbg Wc = mcg

13. A box sits at rest on a rough surface inclined at 25o, as shown in the diagram below. A force
P acting parallel to the surface pushes on the box as shown in the diagram. The box does not
slide.

N
fr
P 25o
P

W = mg
25o
Draw the free body diagram for this box.

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14. A man is pushing a box along a rough horizontal surface with a force of 100 N. The man’s
arms are parallel to the surface.

friction T = 100 N

W = mg

Draw the free body diagram for this box.

15. A man is dragging a trolley along a rough horizontal surface using a rope. The trolley has a
mass of 7 kg. The tension in the rope is 16 N and it makes an angle of 23o up from the
horizontal surface. Draw the free body diagram for this trolley.

N
T = 16 N

friction 23o

23o
W = mg

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