Forces of equilibrium

1) A Box is sliding down a plane that has a inclination angle of ᴓ=10 o calculate the
coefficient of kinetic friction µk if the box is moving at a constant velocity
2) A 1000kg spaceship travels in the vacuum of space at a constant speed of
500m/s, what is the net force of spaceship ignoring gravitational forces?
3) A spacecraft is deep in space and motionless. Then, the spacecraft separates
into two sections going in opposite directions. The first has a mass of 550x10 5kg
and is moving w/a magnitude of velocity of 330 m/s. The second has 430x10 5kg.
Determine the magnitude of velocity of the second section.
4) A skydiver of mass 92kg has reached terminal velocity at 52m/s. Estimate the
force of wind resistance she is experiencing.
5) A 5kg box on a horizontal table is pushed by a horizontal force of 15N as shown
on the right. If the coefficient of friction is 4, will the box move?
6) A block weighing 200N is pushed Along a Surface. If it takes 80N to get the block
constant velocity. What are the coefficients of friction µs and µk?
7) A car is moving at 90km/h. The driver slams on the brakes and skids to a stop.
The coefficient of a kinetic friction between the tires and the road is 0.8. How far
will the car skid before stopping?
8) In a moving 35.0 kg desk from one side of a classroom to the other, a professor
finds that a horizontal force of a 275N is necessary to the desk in motion, and a
force of 195N is necessary to keep it in motion at a constant speed. What are the
coefficients of static and kinetic friction between the desk and the floor?
9) A cat of mass 5kg jumps on a dining table of a mass 30kg. As the cat walks
around on the table, what is the average force that table applies the cat?
10) A 15kg block and 10kg block hanging on opposite side of a pulley. Assuming a
frictionless, massless, pulley, determine the acceleration of the blocks once they
are realered from rest.
11) Dave is riding his skateboard and pushes off the ground with his foot. This
causes him to accelerate at a rate of 4m/s 2. Dave weighs 589N. How strong was
his push off the ground?
12) In an Olympic figure-skating event, a 65kg male skater pushes a 45kg female
skater, causing her to accelerate at a rate of 2m/s 2. At what rate will the male
skater accelerate? What is the direction of his acceleration?
13) A man pushes a 200N box of books up a 400 ramp by pushing horizontally on it
as shown. The µk= 0.3. What force F must exert to make the box move w/
constant speed?
14) If the weight of the block in the figure below is 80N, what are the tensions in
ropes A and B
15) A 100kg mass is suspended by two cables, AB and BC, as shown below.
Determine the tension in these cables.
Newton’s 2nd Law of Motion Problems
1) If a baseball is thrown at 150m/s2 and its mass is 0.50kg. What force is
necessary to change its direction?
2) A 25kg object has exactly two forces F1=40N and F2=30N applied
simultaneously to it. What is the object’s acceleration?
3) An object has a mass of 25kg. A tension of 50N and friction force of 30N are
acting on it as shown. What is acceleration?
4) A woman weighs herself inside an elevator. While the elevator is at rest, she
measures a weight of 490N.
a) What weight does the scales read if the elevator accelerates upward at
2m/s2? b) What if it accelerates downward at 2m/s2? c) If the cable breaks
what does the scale read?
5) The weight of crate is 3.00x102N. If a man pulls on the rope with a constant force
of 1.10x102N applied 300 with horizontal, what between the crate and the floor is
0.200
6) An object of mass 100kg is accelerated uniformly from a velocity of 5m/s to 8m/s
in 6sec. Find the force exerted on the object.
7) An object of mass 500kg is resting on the floor. The coefficient friction µ=0.40.
Calculate the force necessary to accelerate the object at 2.4m/s 2.
8) If a box has a mass of 50kg and the coefficient of friction is 0.24, find the force of
friction
9) Calculate the acceleration of the box in the diagram below
10)The coefficient of sliding friction µs1=0.55 for the steel box in the previous
problem. What force is necessary to keep the box moving at constant speed
across the floor?
11)Two boxes of mass 20kg and 15kg are connected by a rope. The rope is
suspended over a frictionless pulley on the edge of the edge of the table. The
coefficient of friction between the 20kg box and the table is 0.25. Find the
acceleration of the boxes
12) A 1500kg car starting from rest attains a speed of 25m/s in 50s
a) What is the acceleration?
b) What force is acting on it?
13) A box of mass 25kg is pulled across a floor. It requires a force of 120N to move
the box at constant velocity. Calculate the coefficient of friction µ.
14)A rocket having a mass 100kg is pushed upward by its engine w/ a force of
1470N. What is the net upward force acting upon it?
15) A 1300kg car is moving at a constant speed when the brakes are applied,
providing a Ff=6500N. What is the acceleration?
Work, Energy, power problems;
1) A 10kg object experiences a horizontal force which causes it to accelerate at
5m/s2, moving it a distance of 20m, horizontally. How much work is done by the
force?
2) A 5kg block is moved up a 30 degree inclined by a force of 50N, parallel to the
incline. The coefficient of the kinetic friction between the block and the incline is
25. How much work is done by the 50N force in the moving the block a distance
of 10m? What is the total work done on the block over the same distance?
3) A crate is moved across a frictionless floor by a rope that is inclined 30 degrees
above horizontal. The tension in the rope is 50N. How much work is done in
moving the crate 10m?
4) A person of mass 70kg runs up to a flight of stairs w/ a vertical height of
5meters. If the trip takes 7 second to complete, calculate the person’s power.
5) How much kinetic energy has a 160g cricket ball when it is thrown at a speed of
22m/s?
6) How fast is a trolley moving if it has 180.55 of KE?
7) A ball rolls of a table and hits the floor at 5m/s. what is the height of the table?
8) A 2kg box slides down a frictionless incline as shown in the figure. Determine
the ff.
a) As the box slides, determine the work done by the normal force and gravity
b) Final kinetic energy of the box
c) Final velocity of the box
9) What is the power output for a 60kg woman who runs up a 3m high flight of
stairs in 3.50s, starting from rest but having a final speed of 2m/s?
10)What is the kinetic energy of a 150kg object that is moving with a speed of
15m/s?
11) A small electric motor is used to lift a 0.50kg mass at constant speed. Is the
mass is lifted a vertical distance of 1.5m in 5seconds, the average power
developed by the motor is:
12) How much network is required to accelerate a 1000kg car from 20m/s to
30m/s?
13)The energy to operate a 500w toaster is supplied by allowing a 1kg mass to fall.
If the toaster is to run for 40s, how high must the mass be to supply the energy?
14) A 1000kg car travelling at 40m/s slows to 20m/s
a) What is the cars initial kinetic energy?
b) What is the car’s final kinetic energy?
c) How much work is done on the car in slowing it down?
15) A human cannonball uses a spring-loaded cannon to launch himself. He has a
mass of 70kg, and spring compresses a total distance of 1.40m. If he needs a
launch velocity of 18m/s, what should be the value spring’s spring constant?
16)How much power is consumed in lifting a 70kg robber 1.6m in 0.50s?
17) A 100kg cheetah moves from rest to 30m/s in 4s. How much power is exerted?
18) A 4kg block slides from rest at top to bottom of the 30 0 inclined plane. Find the
velocity at bottom
19) A ball is thrown vertically upward with an initial velocity of 29.4meters/seconds.
What is the maximum height reached by the ball?
20) Roldan used a horizontal force of 15N to push a cart on a ramp which is 8.2m
long at an angle of 350 above horizontal. What work is done?
21) How long will it take a 2500w motor to lift a 90kg block 35m high?
22) A 25kg crate Is lifted from 230m above the ground in 350 seconds?
 23) A 7.5kg rock moving in space has 438J of kinetic energy, how fast is it moving?
24) Find the potential energy of a 57kg student that goes up on the stairway within
height of 7.89m?
25) Using a rope, a fireman climbed the building vertically up to a distance of a 9m.
If his potential energy at that point is 3950J, what is the height of the fireman?
Vectors
1) A hiker begins a trip by first walking 25.0km SE from his base camp. On the
second day, he walks 40km in a direction 600N of E, at which point he
discovers a forest rangers tower.
a) Determine the components of the hikers displacement each day.
b) Determine the magnitude and direction of the total displacement
2) A clown is shot out of cannon with a velocity of 200ft/seconds at an angle of
240 with the horizontal. find the horizontal and vertical components of the
velocity of this clown.