NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

SEMESTER II EXAMINATION 2017-2018

PH1011 – Physics

April 2018 Time Allowed: 2.5 HOURS

SEAT NUMBER:

MATRICULATION NUMBER:
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INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

1. This question and answer booklet contains EIGHT (8) questions and comprises of
SEVENTEEN (17) printed pages.

2. Answer ALL EIGHT (8) questions. All workings must be clearly shown.

3. Total marks for each question are as indicated.

4. This is a CLOSED BOOK examination.

5. All your solutions should be written in this booklet within the space provided after each
question.

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For examiners:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total
Questions
(10) (10) (15) (15) (15) (15) (10) (10) (100)

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Q1 (10 marks)
A basketball player is standing on the floor 10.0 m from the basket as in Figure 1(a). The
height of the basket is 3.05 m, and he shoots the ball at a 40.0! angle with the horizontal from
a height of 2.00 m.

Figure 1(a)
(a) What are the vertical and horizontal components of acceleration of the basketball when
the basketball is 3 m horizontally from the player?

ANS: ____________________

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(b) At what speed must the player throw the basketball so that the ball goes through the
hoop without striking the backboard? Ignore the size of the basketball and the hoop.

ANS: ____________________
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(c) Sketch 5 separate graphs in the space below, label your axes and initial points and final
points clearly:
i) Horizontal component of acceleration versus time
ii) Vertical component of acceleration versus time
iii) Horizontal component of velocity versus time
iv) Vertical component of velocity versus time
v) Vertical displacement versus time

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Q2 (10 marks)
Blocks A, B, and C are placed as in Figure 2 and connected by ropes of negligible mass
passing over massless pulleys. Both A and B weigh 23.8 N each, and the coefficient of kinetic
friction between each block and the surface is 0.32. Block C descends with constant velocity.

Figure 2
(a) Draw separate free-body diagrams showing the forces acting on A and on B.

Note: Question 2 continues on page 5

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(b) Find the tension in the rope connecting blocks A and B.

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(c) What is the weight of block C?

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(d) If the rope connecting A and B were cut, what would be the acceleration of C?

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Q3 (15 marks)
(a) Two blocks of masses $" and $# = 3$" are released from rest at a height of ℎ on a
frictionless track as shown in Figure 3(a). When they meet on the level portion of the
track, they undergo a head-on, elastic collision. Determine the maximum heights (in
terms of ℎ) to which $" and $# rise on the curved portion of the track after the collision.

Figure 3(a)

ANS: ____________________

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Note: Question 3 continues on page 7

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(b) A particle is suspended from a post on top of a cart by a light string of length ( as
shown in Figure 3(bi). The cart and particle are initially moving to the right at constant
speed )$ , with the string vertical. The cart suddenly comes to rest when it runs into and
sticks to a bumper as shown in Figure 3(bii). The suspended particle swings through an
angle *. Show that the initial speed of the cart can be derived as
)$ = +2-((1 − cos *).

Figure 3(bi) Figure 3(bii)

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Q4 (15 marks)
(a) A force 5 = 30 N is applied at 20° to the tangent of a wheel of radius 20 cm. The
wheel is held in a fixed axle with 10 cm radius. The wheel has a mass of 3 kg and
can be treated as a uniform disk with a hole of 10 cm radius. There is no friction
between the wheel and axle and the wheel is initially at rest.
5
20°

wheel

axle

Figure 4(a)
(i) Calculate the torque on the wheel.

ANS: ____________________
(ii) Calculate the moment of inertia of the wheel.

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(iii) Calculate the time taken for the wheel to attain an angular velocity of 3 rad/s.

ANS: ____________________
Note: Question 4 continues on page 9
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(b) A tall pole (assumed to be a uniform rod) cracks and falls over as shown in Figure
4(b). If * is the angle (at some particular time during the fall) made by the pole with
the vertical, show that the radial acceleration of the top of the pole is
)
8% = 3-(1 − cos *) and its tangential acceleration is 8&'( = - sin *.
#

Figure 4(b)

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(b) A tall pole (assumed to be a uniform rod) cracks and falls over as shown in Figure
4(b). If * is the angle (at some particular time during the fall) made by the pole with
the vertical, show that the radial acceleration of the top of the pole is
)
8% = 3-(1 − cos *) and its tangential acceleration is 8&'( = - sin *.
#

Figure 4(b)

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Q5 (15 marks)
A heat engine takes a diatomic gas around the cycle shown in Figure 5. You may assume that
the gas behaves ideally.

Figure 5
(a) Determine how many moles of gas are in this engine.

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(b) Determine the temperature at point c.

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(c) Fill in the blanks for each of the quantities in each process. Include the calculations in
that cell.
Work done Heat supplied Change in internal energy
by the gas (J) to the gas (J) of the gas (J)
Process ab

Process bc

Process ca

(d) From your results in the table, calculate the efficiency of this cycle.

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Q6 (15 marks)
Figure 6(a) shows a circuit where ;" , ;# , ;) , ;* = 1 V, 2 V, 3 V, 4 V respectively and
>" , ># , >) , >* , >+ = 1 Ω, 2 Ω, 3 Ω, 4 Ω, 5 Ω respectively. Calculate the current passing through
># .

;)
>+
;*
>*
;"
>)
>" ># ;#

Figure 6(a)

Current through resistor ># : __________________

Note: Question 6 continues on page 13
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(b) Consider a RC circuit in Figure 6(b) with ; = 10 V, >" = 15 Ω and ># = 25 Ω. The
capacitors have capacitances A" = 1 BF, A# = 2 BF and A) = 3 BF.

>"
C
A" A# >#
A)

Figure 6(b)
(i) Immediately after switch C is closed, find the current passing through ># .

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(ii) Switch C has been closed for a long time, then it is opened. Calculate the time,
after switch C is opened, such that the potential difference across ># is 5 V.

ANS: ____________________

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Q7 (10 marks)
A solid insulating sphere of radius a carries a net positive charge Q uniformly distributed
throughout its volume. A conducting spherical shell of inner radius b and outer radius c is
concentric with the solid sphere and carries a net charge -2Q. Using Gauss’s law or otherwise
and assuming electrostatic equilibrium, find the electric field in the regions labelled , ‚, ƒ
and „ in Figure 7.

Figure 7

ANS: ____________________
Note: Question 7 continues on page 15
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(b) Then find the charge distribution on the surfaces of the shell.

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(c) Sketch the electric field versus D in the regions , ‚, ƒ and „.

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Q8 (10 marks)
(a) A long cylindrical conductor of radius > carries a current as shown in Figure 8(a). The
current density (current per cross sectional area) is not uniform. The current density
increases linearly outwards as ED where E is a constant. Using Ampere’s law or
otherwise, derive an expression for the magnitude of the magnetic field at D# .
Current

Figure 8(a)

ANS: ____________________
Note: Question 8 continues on page 17

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(b) The conductor in a) is now placed vertically and a rectangular loop is placed on the
right as shown in Figure 8(b). Assume that > ≪ D, the rectangular loop is pulled to the
right at constant velocity with magnitude ). Derive an expression for the induced EMF
in the rectangular loop.

Current

Figure 8(b)

ANS: ____________________
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