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Problem Set. Dynamics of Rigid Bodies

1. A car starts rom rest with a constant acceleration of 3 fps2. Find the average velocity
during the first 10 seconds of the motion.
a. 15 fps
b. 17.5 fps
c. 10 fps
d. 12.5 fps
2. For a speed of 85 kph, a car decelerates at a rate of 10 m/min/sec along a straight
road. Determine the distance traveled at the end of 30 seconds.
a. 633.3 m
b. 433.3 m
c. 533.3 m
d. 333.3 m
3. With a starting speed of 30 kph at point A, a car accelerates uniformly. After 15
minutes, it reaches point B, 21 km from A. Find the acceleration of the car in m/s2.
a. 0.126
b. 0.0333
c. 0.0206
d. 3.42
4. A train changes its speed uniformly from 60 mph to 30 mph in distance of 1500 ft.
What is the acceleration in fps2?
a. -1.396
b. -1.936
c. -1.639
d. -1.596
5. A ball is dropped from height of 100 meters above the ground. How long will it take to
hit the ground?
a. 4.515 seconds
b. 3.497 seconds
c. 7.934 seconds
d. 2.345 seconds

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6. A ball is thrown vertically into the air at 120 m/s. After 3 seconds, another ball is
thrown vertically. What should be the second ball’s velocity in order to pass the first
ball at 100 meters from the ground?
a. 109.5 m/s
b. 115.9 m/s
c. 105.9 m/s
d. 119.5 m/s
7. A man in a hot air balloon drops an apple at a height of 200 m. If the balloon is rising
at 1.5 m/s, find the highest point reached by the apple.
a. 201.12 m
b. 200.11 m
c. 211.2 m
d. 200.02 m
8. A 50 kg block of wood rest on the top of a smooth plane whose length is 5 meters, and
whose altitude is 1 meter. How long will it take for the block to slide to the bottom of
the plane when released?
a. 1.51 seconds
b. 2.26 seconds
c. 2.51 seconds
d. 2.14 seconds
9. A body rotates at a speed of 100 rpm. How many radians will it turn in 3 minutes?
a. 2827.4 rad
b. 1763.5 rad
c. 1884.9 rad
d. 2453.2 rad
10. The flywheel of a motor is rotating at the rate of 500 rpm. If it decelerated by 5
rad/s2, how long will it take for it to stop?
a. 14.70 seconds
b. 12.35 seconds
c. 16.34 seconds
d. 10.47 seconds

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11. A cyclist on a circular track of radius of 800 ft, is traveling at 30 fps. His speed
in the tangential direction increases at the rate if 3 fps2. What is the cyclist total
acceleration in fps2?
a. 3.204
b. -5.11
c. -3.12
d. 3.13
12. The radius of the earth is 3960 miles. The gravitational acceleration at the earth’s
surface is 32.16 fps2. What is the velocity of escape from the earth in miles per second?
a. 6.94
b. 8.62
c. 9.36
d. 7.83
13. Two bodies, each having a mass of 450 grams are separated in space at a center
distance of 10 km. What is the force exerted on each other due to gravity?
a. 1.35 x 10-9 N
b. 1.35 x 10-19 N
c. 1.35 x 10-7 N
d. 1.35 x 10-11 N
14. A bullet is fired at an initial speed of 300 m/s at an angle of 50o with the
horizontal. Neglecting air resistance, find the range on the horizontal plane through
the point it was fired.
a. 21289 m
b. 18289 m
c. 12298 m
d. 9035 m
15. Based on the problem above, find the highest altitude it can reach.
a. 2691 m
b. 3466 m
c. 4366 m
d. 3664 m

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16. A baseball is thrown at an angle of 30o with the horizontal and landed at the top
edge of a building 10 m high. If the building is 50 m away, determine the initial velocity
of the ball.
a. 33.6 m/s
b. 29.44 m/s
c. 30.36 m/s
d. 38.4 m/s
17. A projectile is fired at the top of a 150 m building at an angle of 20o with the
horizontal. If the muzzle velocity is 400 m/s, how long will it take for it to reach the
ground?
a. 22.85 sec
b. 28.95 sec
c. 25.28 sec
d. 35.28 sec
18. A car is moving at 100 kph has a mass of 1500 kg. What force is necessary to
decelerate it at rate of 40 cm/s2?
a. 642 N
b. 754 N
c. 600 N
d. 702 N
19. What force is necessary to accelerate a 30000 lb. railed electric car at a rate of
1.25 ft/s2 if the force required to overcome frictional resistance is 400 lb?
a. 1564.6 lb
b. 1263.2 lb
c. 1446.5 lb
d. 1205.4 lb
20. An elevator weighing 2000 lbs. attains an upward velocity of 16 fps in 4 seconds
with a uniform acceleration. What is the tension in the supporting cables?
a. 1752 lb
b. 2495 lb
c. 2150 lb

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d. 2250 lb
21. From the above problem, if the given velocity is downward what is the cable
tension?
a. 1752 lb
b. 2495 lb
c. 2150 lb
d. 2250 lb
22. A man keeps 1 kg top airplane flying horizontally in a circle by holding onto a
1.5 m long string attached to its wing tip. The string is always in the plane of its circular
flight path. If the plane flies at 10 m/s, find the tension in the spring.
a. 66.67 N
b. 77.6 N
c. 55.67 N
d. 88.67 N
23. A 2-N weight is swung, in a vertical circle of 1 m radius, at the end of the cable
that will break if the tension exceeds 500 N. Find the angular velocity of the weight
when the cable breaks.
a. 49.4 rad/s
b. 24.9 rad/s
c. 37.2 rad/s
d. 58.3 rad/s
24. Find the angle of banking for a highway curve of 90 m radius designed to
accommodate cars travelling at 160 kph, if the coefficient of friction between the tires
and the road is 0.60.
a. 43.8 deg
b. 34.9 deg
c. 25.4 deg
d. 38.5 deg
25. In the above problem, what is the rated speed of the curve?
a. 49.8 kph
b. 89.4 kph

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c. 94.8 kph
d. 68.5 kph
26. A force of 200 lbf acts on a block at an angle of 20o with the horizontal. The block
is pushed 2 feet horizontally. What is the work done by this force?
a. 320 J
b. 511 J
c. 480 J
d. 215 J
27. What is the kinetic energy of 3000 lb automobile which is moving at 44 fps?
a. 2.1 x 105 ft-lb
b. 9.02 x 104 ft-lb
c. 1.2 x 105 ft-lb
d. 1.8 x 104 ft-lb
28. A particle position is given by expression x(t) = 3.4t3 – 5.4t, meters. What is the
acceleration of particle after t = 5 seconds?
a. 120 m/s
b. 102 m/s
c. 105 m/s
d. 112 m/s
29. What is the moment of inertia of cylinder of radius 4 m and mass of 4 kg?
a. 120 kg-m2
b. 32 kg-m2
c. 62.5 kg-m2
d. 72.5 kg-m2
30. A solid disk flywheel (Im = 100 kg-m2) is rotating with a speed of 900 rpm. What
is the rotational kinetic energy?
a. 246888 J
b. 888264 J
c. 444132 J
d. 642888 J
31. What is the momentum does a 50 lb projectile possesses if it is moving 400 mph?

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a. 675 lb-sec
b. 911 lb-sec
c. 765 lb-sec
d. 575 lb-sec
32. A 100 kg body moves to the right at 5 m/s and another 140 kg body moves to
the left at 3 m/s. They collided with each other and after the impact the 100 kg body
rebounds to the left at 2 m/s. Compute the coefficient of restitution.
a. 0.2
b. 0.5
c. 0.4
d. 0.3
33. A ball is dropped onto a solid floor from an initial height ho. if the coefficient of
restitution is 0.90, how high will be the ball rebound?
a. 0.75 ho
b. 0.625 ho
c. 0.9 ho
d. 0.81 ho

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