Chapter 4 : Forces and the Laws of Motion

#2
If a man weighs 900 N on the Earth, what would he weigh on Jupiter, where the free-fall acceleration is
    ?

#8
(a) A car with a mass of 850 kg is moving to the right with a constant speed of 1.44 m/s. What is the
total force on the car? (b) What is the total force on the car if it is moving to the left?

#14
A brick of mass M has been placed on a rubber cushion of mass m. Together they are sliding to the
right at constant velocity on an ice-covered parking lot. (a) Draw a free-body diagram of the brick and
identify each force acting on it. (b) Draw a free-body diagram of the cushion and identify each force
acting on it. (c) Identify all of the action– reaction pairs of forces in the brick–cushion–planet system.

#19
Two forces 
  and 
  act on a 5.00-kg object. Taking   20.0 N and   15.0 N, find the
accelerations of the object for the configurations of forces shown in parts (a) and (b) of Figure.
#23
A 1 000-kg car is pulling a 300-kg trailer. Together, the car and trailer move forward with an
acceleration of 2.15   . Ignore any force of air drag on the car and all friction forces on the trailer.
Determine (a) the net force on the car, (b) the net force on the trailer, (c) the force exerted by the
trailer on the car, and (d) the resultant force exerted by the car on the road.

#29
Assume the three blocks portrayed in Figure move on a frictionless surface and a 42N force acts as
shown on the 3.0kg block. Determine (a) the acceleration given this system, (b) the tension in the cord
connecting the 3.0kg and the 1.0kg blocks, and (c) the force exerted by the 1.0kg block on the 2.0kg
block.

#40
An object of mass     placed on a frictionless, horizontal table is connected to
s string that passes over a pulley and then is fastened to a hanging object of mass
    as shown in Figure. (a) Draw free-body diagrams of both objects. Find (b)
the magnitude of the acceleration of the objects and (c) the tension in the string.

#47
A block is given an initial velocity of 5.00 m/s up a frictionless incline of angle   20.0°. How far up
the incline does the block slide before coming to rest?
#61
A 3.00-kg block starts from rest at the top of a 30.0° incline and slides a distance of 2.00 m down the
incline in 1.50 s. Find (a) the magnitude of the acceleration of the block, (b) the coefficient of kinetic
friction between block and plane, (c) the friction force acting on the block, and (d) the speed of the
block after it has slid 2.00 m.

#65
Two blocks connected by a rope of negligible mass are being dragged by
a horizontal force. Suppose   68.0 N,   12.0  kg,   18.0 kg,
and the coefficient of kinetic friction between each block and the surface
is 0.100. (a) Draw a free-body diagram for each block. Determine (b) the
acceleration of the system and (c) the tension T in the rope.

#89
A crate of weight  is pushed by a force   on a horizontal floor as
shown in Figure. The coefficient of static friction is  , and 
  is directed
at angle  below the horizontal. Show that the minimum value of P that
will move the crate is given by

sec
 
   tan