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Practice 4.2 (p.166) F

Fy
1 C 
2 A Fx

Friction F=
= mg sin  = 2  9.81 sin 20 = 6.71 N
=
3 A
= 3.58  103 N
Consider the vertical direction. Take upwards
as positive. tan  = =
By F = ma,
  = 16.1
(600 sin 120)  2  1000 = a
The net force is 3.58  103 N towards
a = 0.385 m s2 the right at 16.1 above the horizontal.
4 A (b) a= = = 8.95 m s2
5 B
6 At that instant, the point of application of F is The acceleration is 8.95 m s2 towards
stationary, i.e. net force = 0. the right at 16.1 above the horizontal.
(T sin 10)  2 = 500 9 (a) Take upwards as positive.
T = 1440 N By F = ma,
The tension in the rope is 1440 N. F  20 000  9.81 = 20 000  1
7 (a) normal reaction F = 216 000 N
tension (b) Fy = 210 000 cos 20  20 000  9.81
friction
= 1135.45 N
Fx = 210 000 sin 20 = 71 824 N
weight
F
Fy
(b) Since the dog is at rest, the net force 
Fx
acting on it must be zero. Therefore, the
friction must points towards the right to F=
balance the horizontal component of the =
tension.
= 71 833 N
8 (a) Consider the vertical direction. Take
 71 800 N
upwards as positive.
Fy = 6  103 cos 35  0.4  103  9.81 a= = = 3.59 m s2

= 9.91  104 N
Fx = 6  103 sin 35 = 3.44  103 N tan  = =

  = 0.906

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The acceleration is 3.59 m s2 towards (c) Take the direction down the runway as
the left at 0.906 above the horizontal. positive.
10 Take upwards as positive. Acceleration =
Fy = 6.2 sin 30  5.8 sin 20  0.1  9.81
= 0.1353 N =
Take the direction to the right as positive.
Fx = 5.8 cos 20  6.2 sin 30
= 3.20 m s2
= 0.08 086 N

F
Fy


Fx

F=
=
= 0.158 N
a= = = 1.58 m s2

tan  = =

  = 59.1
The acceleration is 1.58 m s2 towards the
right at 59.1 above the horizontal.
11 (a) Friction = mg sin 
= 2  9.81 sin 10
= 3.407 N  3.41 N
The friction is 3.41 N pointing up the
plane.
(b) No, they are not. The weight of the
trolley is the force exerted on the trolley
by the earth while the friction is the
force exerted by trolley on the plane.
The two forces involve three objects
while an action-and-reaction pair exits
between two objects only.

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