Level M Applied Math Weekly Exam Material

Week: 3 From: Jan. 05 To Jan. 09, 2020

Exam Timetable:

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

PERIODIC AMS & HW

Questions in bold are Grid Questions

Questions in italic are Poorly Answered Questions in past exam(s).
Questions with ** indicate anticipated low average questions.

PERIODIC: MM281-I

 Chapter 5 (All) + Chapter 6 (Till Section 6.2)

AMS Material: 41043

Sample Questions Exam

1. As a body moves along a rough surface, the magnitude of the net reaction of the surface
on the body is 7.0 N, whereas the normal component of this reaction constitutes 2.0 N.
What is the magnitude of the force of friction exerted by the surface on the body ?

2. A surface is said to be smooth or frictionless if the force of friction between the surface and
any other body is _________.
Hence the only force that a frictionless surface can exert on a body is _________ to itself (i.e
R cannot have a tangential component, where R is the force vector exerted by the surface on
the body.)

3. Static friction, fs , is the force of friction that exists when two surfaces in
contact do not with respect to each other; i.e., there is no .

4. State the properties of the normal push N.

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5. A wooden board can carry a maximum load of 65 kg without breaking.
A 40 kg mass is placed on the board. Find the normal push N of the board on the
mass. (Take g = 10.0 ms-2.) _______ .

6. State the properties of the magnitude and direction of static friction.

7. Let N denote the normal reaction of a surface on a block resting on it and f denote the
maximum value of the static friction between the block and the surface.

f
What does the ratio give?
N

8. A body of mass 6.0 kg rests on a horizontal surface S.

Given that s = 0.25 and taking g = 10 m s-2, find fmax between the body and S.
.

9. In which of the following cases does non-zero static friction exist?

1. A box is moving at constant velocity relative to a smooth stationary floor.
2. A box is accelerating across a rough stationary floor.
3. A box is pushed leftwards by force across a horizontal block, making them both slide with
the same constant velocity leftwards.

10. The force of static friction between a certain body A and a horizontal surface S
cannot exceed fmax = 84 N.

Body A is placed, at equilibrium, on the horizontal surface. Find fs .

.

11. A body, resting on a rough horizontal plane, is being pushed by a force of 10 N rightwards.
If the body remains at rest, what is the friction between the plane and the body?

12. The force of static friction between a certain body A and a horizontal surface S cannot
exceed fmax = 84 N.
What happens if A is pushed to the left with a force of 96 N?

13. What is kinetic friction?

14. A body of mass 6.0 kg slides across a horizontal surface S with constant velocity
to the right. Given that k = 0.20 and g = 10 m s-2  fk =

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15. Kinetic friction acts in such a way so as to relative motion; in
other words, the direction of fk is always to the direction of
relative motion of the two surfaces.

In contrast to static friction, fk has a magnitude (usually less than

fmax), which is given by:

fk
 constant =  k
N
where k is called the coefficient of kinetic friction and k < s.

16. In which of the following cases does non-zero kinetic friction exist?

1. A box is moving at constant velocity relative to a smooth stationary floor.

2. A box is accelerating across a rough stationary floor.
3. A box is pushed leftwards by force across a horizontal block, making them both slide at the
same constant velocity leftwards.

17. A body of mass 10.0 kg rests on a horizontal surface, and a horizontal force of
magnitude T pulls it gently to the side.

A plot of f, the force of friction, versus T is given below.

From the graph and/or the given: fmax = and fk = .

18. A body of mass 10.0 kg rests on a horizontal surface, and a horizontal force of
magnitude T pulls it gently to the side.

A plot of f, the force of friction, versus T is given below.

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In what region is f static? .
In what region is f kinetic? .

19. A body of mass 10.0 kg rests on a horizontal surface, and a horizontal force of
magnitude T pulls it gently to the side.

A plot of f, the force of friction, versus T is given below.

From the graph and/or the given: s = and k = .

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 Sample Questions Answers

1. As a body moves along a rough surface, the magnitude of the net reaction of the surface on
the body is 7.0 N, whereas the normal component of this reaction constitutes 2.0 N.
What is the magnitude of the force of friction exerted by the surface on the body ?
Ans. 6.7N

2. A surface is said to be smooth or frictionless if the force of friction between the surface and
any other body is zero .
Hence the only force that a frictionless surface can exert on a body is perpendicular to itself
(i.e R cannot have a tangential component, where R is the force vector exerted by the
surface on the body.)

3. Static friction, fs , is the force of friction that exists when two surfaces in contact
do not move with respect to each other; i.e., there is no relative motion.

4. State the properties of the normal push N.

Ans. It is a contact force perpendicular to the surface whether the object is moving or at rest
with respect to surface

5. A wooden board can carry a maximum load of 65 kg without breaking.

A 40 kg mass is placed on the board. Find the normal push N of the board on the
mass. (Take g = 10.0 ms-2.) N = 400N vertically upward

6. State the properties of the magnitude and direction of static friction.

Ans. It is the force that opposes relative motion of solids when there is no relative motion. It
is NOT constant. Its magnitude is equal to the pushing force

7. Let N denote the normal reaction of a surface on a block resting on it and f denote the
maximum value of the static friction between the block and the surface.

f
What does the ratio give? Ans. Coefficient of Static Friction
N

8. A body of mass 6.0 kg rests on a horizontal surface S.

Given that s = 0.25 and taking g = 10 m s-2, find fmax between the body and S.
Ans. 15N

9. In which of the following cases does non-zero static friction exist?

1. A box is moving at constant velocity relative to a smooth stationary floor. No

2. A box is accelerating across a rough stationary floor. No

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3. A box is pushed leftwards by force across a horizontal block, making them both slide with
the same constant velocity leftwards. Yes

10. The force of static friction between a certain body A and a horizontal surface S
cannot exceed fmax = 84 N.

Body A is placed, at equilibrium, on the horizontal surface. Find fs .Ans. fs = 0

11. A body, resting on a rough horizontal plane, is being pushed by a force of 10 N rightwards.
If the body remains at rest, what is the friction between the plane and the body?
Ans. 10 N leftward

12. The force of static friction between a certain body A and a horizontal surface S cannot
exceed fmax = 84 N.
What happens if A is pushed to the left with a force of 96 N?
Ans. No force of static friction any more because there is relative motion now, so friction is
kinetic

13. What is kinetic friction?

Ans. It is the force of friction that exists when two solid surfaces move with respect to
each other

14. A body of mass 6.0 kg slides across a horizontal surface S with constant velocity
to the right. Given that k = 0.20 and g = 10 m s-2  fk = 12N left

15. Kinetic friction acts in such a way so as to oppose relative motion; in other
words, the direction of fk is always opposite to the direction of relative
motion of the two surfaces.

In contrast to static friction, fk has a constant magnitude (usually less than fmax),
which is given by:

fk
 constant =  k
N
where k is called the coefficient of kinetic friction and k < s.

16. In which of the following cases does non-zero kinetic friction exist?

1. A box is moving at constant velocity relative to a smooth stationary floor. No

2. A box is accelerating across a rough stationary floor. Yes
3. A box is pushed leftwards by force across a horizontal block, making them both slide at the
same constant velocity leftwards. No

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17. A body of mass 10.0 kg rests on a horizontal surface, and a horizontal force of
magnitude T pulls it gently to the side.

A plot of f, the force of friction, versus T is given below.

From the graph and/or the given: fmax = 18N and fk = 16N.

18. A body of mass 10.0 kg rests on a horizontal surface, and a horizontal force of
magnitude T pulls it gently to the side.

A plot of f, the force of friction, versus T is given below.

In what region is f static? OA.

In what region is f kinetic? BC.

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19. A body of mass 10.0 kg rests on a horizontal surface, and a horizontal force of
magnitude T pulls it gently to the side.

A plot of f, the force of friction, versus T is given below.

From the graph and/or the given: s = 0.18 and k = 0.16 .

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HW Material: PMH53-WRCC
Sample Questions Exam

1. What does the instantaneous velocity represents in an x-t graph?

2. A car is moving with a speed of 24 m/s when the driver sees a red light ahead. He
applies the brakes and stops in 3 s.
a) Sketch a speed-time graph.
b) Find the retardation of the car.

3. What is the acceleration of the particle at 5 s?

4. A car moving along a straight line track accelerates uniformly from a velocity of 25.0
m/s to a velocity of 45.0 m/s over a period of 30.0 s. It then maintains this velocity for 50.0
s and finally decelerates at a constant rate, coming to rest in a further 22.5 seconds.

Draw the v-t graph.

5. On a long straight road a car accelerates uniformly from rest, reaching a speed of 45
m/s in 20 s. It has to maintain that speed for 90 s behind a truck. The car then accelerates
uniformly to 75 m/s in a further 20 s. After maintaining that speed for 4 minutes, the car
is brought to a halt by a uniform deceleration of 4 m/s2.

Calculate the average speed of the car in the first 130 s.

6. A car is moving with a speed of 12 m/s when the driver sees a red light ahead. He
applies the brakes and stops in a distance of 36m.

a) Sketch a speed-time graph.

b) Find the time taken to come to rest.
c) Find the retardation of the car.

Reference: Mechanics 1, Chapter 2, Section 2.14, Exercise 23.

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7. A car is accelerating uniformly while traveling along a straight road. Its speed
increases from 6 m/s to 20 m/s in 8s. Modeling the car as a particle, find the distance
traveled during this time and the acceleration of the car.

8. On a windless day, a plane covers a distance of 350 km from town A to town B in 2.5
hr. On another day the same trip takes 2.8 hr. Find the magnitude and direction of the
velocity of the wind with respect to the ground.

9. What is the relationship between the instantaneous speed v and the period of motion T
for a body executing uniform circular motion of radius r?

10. At 12:00 p.m. the position vector of ship A with respect to an origin O is (3i) km and
that of B with respect to the origin O is (2i – j) km. A moves with a constant velocity (5i
– 5j) km/h and B with constant velocity (8i – 6j) km/h.

Find the velocity of B relative to A.

Find the position vector B relative to A at time t.
At what time are the ships closest together?

11. A ball is thrown with an initial velocity of 15 m/s at an angle of 50 above the
horizontal.
Find the time taken to reach its maximum height.
Reference: Mechanics 1, Chapter 4, Section 4.7, Exercise 23(a).

12. Define the unit of force.

Reference: Mechanics 1, Chapter 4, Section 4.3.

13. A trunk of weight 80 N rests in equilibrium on the loading ramp of a mover’s truck.
The ramp is smooth and has a slope of 25o. How large a force P is necessary to move the
trunk with constant velocity up the ramp?

Reference Mechanics 1, Chapter 5, Section 5.2, Exercise 7.

14. A small box is suspended in equilibrium from a horizontal rod by two light
inextensible strings making an angle of 90 between them. If the lengths of the strings are
30 cm and 40 cm, find the tension in each string knowing that the mass of the box is 0.4
kg.

Reference: Mechanics 1, Chapter 5, Section 5.4, Exercise 13.

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15. The force (7i + 3j) N acts at the point P of a lamina where P has position vector (2i –
5j) m relative to a fixed origin.

Calculate the moment of the force about the origin.

Reference: Mechanics 1, Chapter 6, Section 6.1, Exercise 1.

16. The force (7i + 3j) N acts at the point P of a lamina where P has position vector (2i –
5j) m relative to a fixed origin.

Calculate the moment of the force about the point with position vector (- 4i + 3j ) m.

Reference: Mechanics 1, Chapter 6, Section 6.1, Exercise 5.

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 Sample Questions Answer

1. What does the instantaneous velocity represents in an x-t graph?

Sample question answer:

The instantaneous velocity is the average velocity as Δt becomes extremely small approaching
zero. Δx will also shrink and the ratio Δx/Δt approaches the instantaneous velocity.
Hence, the instantaneous velocity is simply the slope of the x-t graph itself which is constant in
that interval Δt.

2. A car is moving with a speed of 24 m/s when the driver sees a red light ahead. He applies the
brakes and stops in 3 s.

a) Sketch a speed-time graph.

b) Find the retardation of the car.

Sample question answer:

a?
v
a
t
0 m/s  24 m/s
a
3s
a  8 m/s 2

3. What is the acceleration of the particle at 5 s?

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Sample question answer:
The acceleration at t = 5 s is the slope of the tangent (T) to the graph at point A, hence
12 m/s
a  2 m/s 2
6s

4. A car moving along a straight line track accelerates uniformly from a velocity of 25.0 m/s to
a velocity of 45.0 m/s over a period of 30.0 s. It then maintains this velocity for 50.0 s and
finally decelerates at a constant rate, coming to rest in a further 22.5 seconds.

Draw the v-t graph.

Sample question answer:

5. On a long straight road a car accelerates uniformly from rest, reaching a speed of 45 m/s in
20 s. It has to maintain that speed for 90 s behind a truck. The car then accelerates uniformly to
75 m/s in a further 20 s. After maintaining that speed for 4 minutes, the car is brought to a halt
by a uniform deceleration of 4 m/s2.

Calculate the average speed of the car in the first 130 s.

Sample question answer:

vavg 
 di
 ti
 Stage 1: acceleration

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 v0  v f
d1  t;
2
0  45
d1   20  450 m
2

 Stage 2: uniform motion

d 2  vt ;
d2  45  90  4,050 m

 Stage 3: acceleration
v  vf
d3  0 t
2
45  75
d1   20  1, 200 m
2
450  4, 050  1, 200
vavg   43.85 m/s
20  90  20

6. A car is moving with a speed of 12 m/s when the driver sees a red light ahead. He applies the
brakes and stops in a distance of 36m.

a) Sketch a speed-time graph.

b) Find the time taken to come to rest.
c) Find the retardation of the car.

Reference: Mechanics 1, Chapter 2, Section 2.14, Exercise 23.

Sample question answer:

V0  12 m/s
x  36 m
V 0

a)

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 From the graph,
Area under the graph = displacement
1
b)  b  12  36
2
b  6  36
36
b   6s
6
change in velocity
c) acceleration 
time interval
0  12
a  2 m/s 2
6

7. A car is accelerating uniformly while traveling along a straight road. Its speed increases
from 6 m/s to 20 m/s in 8s. Modeling the car as a particle, find the distance traveled during this
time and the acceleration of the car.

Sample question answer:

V0 = 6 m/s
V = 20 m/s
t=8s
x=?
a = ??

To find a:
V  V0  at
20  6  a  8
14  8a
14
a   1.75 m/s 2
8

To find x:
1
x  V0t  at 2
2
1
 6  8  1.75  82
2
1
 48  1.75  64
2
x  48  56  104 m

8. On a windless day, a plane covers a distance of 350 km from town A to town B in 2.5 hr.
On another day the same trip takes 2.8 hr. Find the magnitude and direction of the velocity of
the wind with respect to the ground.

Sample question answer:

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Windless day
Distance = 350 km
Time = 2.5 h
 Velocity of plane with r. to ground
350
V pg   140 km/h
2.5
On a windy day,
Distance = 350 km
Time = 2.8 hr
Velocity of plane with respect to wind.
350
V pW   125 km/h
2.8
Velocity decreases because wind blows in opposite direction: Wwg is negative
V pw  Vwg  V pg
V pw  Vwg  V pg
125  Vwg  140
Vwg  140  125  15 km/h
Vwg  15 km/h

9. What is the relationship between the instantaneous speed v and the period of motion T for a
body executing uniform circular motion of radius r?

Sample question answer:

2 r
v
Instantaneous speed = T

10. At 12:00 p.m. the position vector of ship A with respect to an origin O is (3i) km and that
of B with respect to the origin O is (2i – j) km. A moves with a constant velocity (5i – 5j) km/h
and B with constant velocity (8i – 6j) km/h.

Find the velocity of B relative to A.

Find the position vector B relative to A at time t.
At what time are the ships closest together?

Sample question answer:

vBA  vB  vA  (8  5)i  (6  5) j  3i  j km/h

ra  rA  va t  3i  (5i  5 j )t  3i  5ti  5tj

rb  rB  vbt  2i  j  (8i  6 j )t  2i  j  8ti  6tj
rba  rb  ra  i  3ti  j  tj
 (3t  1)i  (1  t ) j km

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At closest approach rab and vab are perpendicular, hence their scalar product vanishes:
3  (3t  1)  1(1  t )  0
9t  3  1  t  0
10t  2
2 1 60 min
t  h  12 min
10 5 5

Ships are closest at 12:12 pm.

11. A ball is thrown with an initial velocity of 15 m/s at an angle of 50 above the horizontal.

Find the time taken to reach its maximum height.

Reference: Mechanics 1, Chapter 4, Section 4.7, Exercise 23(a).

Sample question answer:

V0 = 15 m/s
q = 50
t = ?? to reach ymax
at max. height  Vy = 0
V   gt  V0 sin   0
but y
V sin  15  sin 500
t  0   1.15 s
g 10

12. Define the unit of force.

Reference: Mechanics 1, Chapter 4, Section 4.3.

Sample question answer:

In the SI, the newton (N) is the unit of force; It’s the force (F = 1 N) that accelerates a unit
mass (m = 1 kg) at a unit rate (a = 1 m/s2).

13. A trunk of weight 80 N rests in equilibrium on the loading ramp of a mover’s truck. The
ramp is smooth and has a slope of 25o. How large a force P is necessary to move the trunk with
constant velocity up the ramp?

Reference Mechanics 1, Chapter 5, Section 5.2, Exercise 7.

Sample question answer:

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F x 0
P  w sin 25o  0
P  33.81 N

14. A small box is suspended in equilibrium from a horizontal rod by two light inextensible
strings making an angle of 90 between them. If the lengths of the strings are 30 cm and 40 cm,
find the tension in each string knowing that the mass of the box is 0.4 kg.

Reference: Mechanics 1, Chapter 5, Section 5.4, Exercise 13.

Sample question answer:

β α

T2 T1

T1 cos   T2 cos 


T1 sin   T2 sin   w
 40
cos   sin   50  0.8

sin   cos   30  0.6
 50
0.8T1  0.6T2

0.6T1  0.8T2  4
T1  0.75T2

0.6  0.75T2  0.8T2  4

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 40
T2   3.2 N
1.25
T1  0.75  3.2  2.4 N

15. The force (7i + 3j) N acts at the point P of a lamina where P has position vector (2i – 5j) m
relative to a fixed origin.

Calculate the moment of the force about the origin.

Reference: Mechanics 1, Chapter 6, Section 6.1, Exercise 1.

Sample question answer:

M  xFy  yFx
M  2 m  3 N  (5 m)  7 N
M  41N.m

16. The force (7i + 3j) N acts at the point P of a lamina where P has position vector (2i – 5j) m
relative to a fixed origin.

Calculate the moment of the force about the point with position vector (- 4i + 3j ) m.

Reference: Mechanics 1, Chapter 6, Section 6.1, Exercise 5.

Sample question answer:

r = r1 – r2 = (2 – (–4))i + (–5 – 3)j = 6i – 8j
M1 = 7 × –(–8) = 56 Nm
M2 = 3 × 6 = 18 Nm
M = 56 + 18 = 74 N.m.

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