1.

On a horizontal plane, a block of 4 kg is tied to a rope and is rotating along a circular track
with a radius of 0.5 m. The speed of the block is 2 m/s. What is the tension in the rope?
sqrt 400=20=vi, a= (vf-vi)/t=-20/0.05=-400. m*a=-4000=gravity*m+average normal
force=100+average normal force. Average normal for = -4100n

2. A small ball is rotating in a vertical plane. The radius of the circular path is 4 m. When it
passes the top of the path, the centripetal force is exactly supplied by its gravity force. What is
the speed of the ball at the top?
g*t=80(kg*m)/s, 40-80=-40m/s

3. A small ball of 4 kg is rotating in a vertical plane with a radius of 4 m. When it passes the
bottom of the path, its speed is 4 m/s. What is the tension in the rope?
p=mv, mv=120(kg*m)/s

4. A car of 1000 kg is moving along a circular track on horizontal ground. The static coefficient of
static friction is 0.4. The radius of the track is 20 m. What is the highest speed of the car to keep
along the track?
p=mv, 4*40=160, fg=mg=40, 4x-160=40*6=-240, 4x=-80, x = -20m/s = velocity

5. A block of m is rotating on a frictionless horizontal surface at the speed of v. The centripetal

force is 20 N. If the mass of the block becomes 2m, the speed becomes 4v, and the radius of
the track keeps the same, then how much is the new centripetal force?
m*g=400, 400=400/s, s = 1. 1.1*40=44*10=440, m*a+f*g=s, 40*a+40*10=40a+400=440,
440-400=40=40a, a = 1

6. Given that the mass of the Sun is 2×1030 kg, the mass of the Earth is 6×1024 kg, and the
distance between the Sun and the Earth is 1.5×1011 m. The gravitational constant G is
6.67×10-11 N·m2 /kg2 .What is the universal gravitation between the Sun and the Earth?
sin 37 degrees = 0.6, m*g=10*10=100, 100*0.6=60, 100=0.1s, fs =
1000, 1000s=60, s = 0.06

7. Two satellites are surrounding the Earth in different circular tracks. Satellite A has the mass of
m. The radius of its track is R. Its linear speed is v. Satellite B has a mass of 4m. The radius of
its track is 4R. What is B’s speed in terms of v? (The Earth’s mass is much larger than the
masses of satellites.)
m*a=50, 400s=m*a+f*g=50+20=70, 7/40=s
8. Two stars have the masses of M and 4M. They are D from each other. The universal
gravitation between them is F. If the mass of each star becomes twice, and the distance
becomes D/2, then how much is the universal gravitation between them in terms of F?