QUIZ-II

PHYS-101 WINTER-18 Time Limit: 50 min.

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Name______________________________ Rec. sec. #_____

Notes: 1. For Problems 2 and 3, your solutions must have adequate details to get full credit.

2. Wherever applicable, your answers must have proper units. You will lose points if you omit
units from your final answers.

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Some useful equations:

v22 = v12 + 2a ( x2 - x1 ) ;
v2 = v1 + at ;
x2 = x1 + v1t + 1 at 2
2
  PROB. No. SCORE
∑F ext = ma 1

ac= v2/r
2
Fk = µk FN
Fs ≤ µs FN 3

Total
 V D
Prob. 1. (For each part (I – IV) below, please circle the answer of
your choice) a =0
V
[I]. A particle moving in a vertical circle with constant speed is A
shown at four different positions A, B, C, and D. The instantaneous C
V a
velocity and acceleration vectors are labeled, respectively as V and a
a. Choose the location where V and a are shown correctly.
B
[a] Position A [b] Position B V
a
[c] Position C [d] Position D

[II] A box is sitting in the back of a flat-bed truck. The truck accelerates to the right, and
the box doesn’t slip. What frictional force (if any) is acting on the box?

[a] Kinetic friction to the left [b] There is no frictional force on the box

[c] Static friction to the right [d] Static friction to the left

[III] A box weighing 200.0 N is pushed along a rough horizontal floor at constant
velocity by a force of 50.0 N parallel to the floor. The force of kinetic friction between
the box and the floor is:

[a] 50.0 N [b] 150.0 N [c] 250.0N

[d] Impossible to determine without knowing the coefficient of kinetic friction.

[IV] A horse is hitched to a wagon and is pulling the wagon to the right. Which of the
following statements is correct?

[a] To move the wagon, the horse must exert a greater force on the wagon than the force
the wagon exerts on the horse.

[b] The force that the horse exerts on the wagon is equal in magnitude to the force the
wagon exerts on the horse.

[c] The answer depends on the acceleration of the horse and the wagon.
Prob. 2 (10 pts) A ball of mass m = 2.5kg is suspended from a light string of length L =
80.0cm. The ball revolves with constant speed v in a horizontal
circle of radius r as shown. The string makes an angle q = 20o with
the vertical. (Note: use g = 10 m/s2)
g
[a] (4 pts.) Draw a free-body force diagram for the ball. θ
L

m
r

[b] (3 pts.) Using Newton’s second law, determine the tension in the rope.

[c] (3 pts.) What is the value of speed v?

Prob.3(10 pts) Two crates, A with a mass 50.0 kg and B of mass 120.0 kg, are connected
by a very light string and placed on a rough horizontal
surface. The co-efficient of kinetic friction between the F
blocks and the horizontal surface is µk=0.2. Block B is o
A B 37
attached to another light string and is being pulled to the
right by force F of magnitude 750.0 N. (Note: use g = 10
m/s2)

[a](5 pts.) Draw free-body force diagrams for each block.

A B

[b](3 pts.) Write down ΣFx = max, ΣFy = may for the two blocks. Take the x-axis along
the horizontal surface.

[c](2 pts.) What is the magnitude of the acceleration of A and B and the tension in the
string connecting the blocks?