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B. 1.68 D. 6.72
Situation 1-2:
A 20 Newton wooden chair is attached Situation 8-10:
on 1.30-m ropes to form a swing is A light-year is the distance light
0.90 m above the ground. travels in a year (300,000,000 m/s)
1. Determine the velocity needed to push while Astronomical Units (AU) is the
the a person seating on the wooden average distance from Earth to the Sun
chair so its highest elevation above (150,000,000 km).
the ground is 1.50 m. 8. How many meters are there in 1.00
A. 3.43 m/s C. 3.34 light-year?
B. 4.33 D. 4.34 A. 9.64 x1015 m C. 6.94
2. From the previous problem, if the B. 9.46 D. 6.49
total allowable tensile force of the 9. How many AU are the in 1.00 light-
ropes is 1385 N, determine the year?
maximum weight that the swing could A. 4.62 x107 AU C. 4.33
support. B. 6.42 D. 6.31
A. 541 N C. 719 10. What is the speed of light is AU/hr?
B. 700 D. 539 A. 4943 C. 7329
B. 5274 D. 7203
Situation 3-5:
Situation 11-14:
A satellite of 5450 kg is floating at
an altitude of 225 km along its orbit
around Earth. The radius and mass of
Earth is 6371 km and 5.97x1024 kg.
11. Calculate the force of attraction
A between the satellite and Earth. Hint:
95 N cart with a 640 N passenger is to G = 6.67x10-11 N-m2/kg2.
be pushed at point A to reach point B. A. 49881 N C. 53466
Neglecting friction: B. 42867843 D. 53465
3. What should be the minimum velocity of 12. What is the orbital velocity of the
the cart at point A to clear the loop? satellite?
A. 0.00 m/s C. 7.67 A. 1330 m/s C. 7770
B. 3.81 D. 9.14 B. 2550 D. 6480
13. What is the orbital period of the
4. What should be the minimum velocity of satellite?
the cart at point A to clear the pit? A. 1.00 hr C. 1.50
A. 0.00 m/s C. 7.67 B. 2.00 D. 2.50
B. 3.81 D. 9.14 14. What is the new orbital period of the
5. If the initial velocity of the cart at satellite if it increases its altitude
point A is 12.00 m/s, what is the by 325 km?
force exerted by the passenger on the A. 1.50 hr C. 1.70
chair of the cart at the highest point B. 1.60 D. 1.80
in the loop?
A. 981.38 N C. 246.38 Situation 15-17:
B. 854.54 D. 214.54 A pulley is used to lift a 4450 N
block of stone at a distance of 3 m by
Situation 6-7: the application of a force of 670 N
6. A balsa wood of 55 g floats in a lake, for a distance of 24 m.
bobbing up and down at a frequency of 15. What is the actual mechanical
3.0 Hz. What is the effective spring advantage (AMA)?
constant of the water in the lake? A. 6.64 C. 8.00
A. 19.54 N/m C. 0.495 B. 0.15 D. 0.13
B. 771.48 D. 0.00 16. What is the ideal mechanical advantage
7. A pendulum of unknown length is (IMA)?
observed to swing 1.3 sec to reach its A. 6.64 C. 8.00
highest elevation from its vertical B. 0.15 D. 0.13
position. What is the length of the 17. What is the efficiency of the pulley?
pendulum? A. 83.00 % C. 86.67
A. 0.42 m C. 3.78 B. 1.88 D. 2.26
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when rounding horizontal curve is 600

Situation 18-19: m. Determine the minimum radius of the
A ball is dropped freely at a vertical horizontal curve if the length of the
height of 6 m from a frictionless curve is 550 m.
floor. The coefficient of restitution A. 1117.20 m C. 937.50
between the floor and the ball is B. 1125.00 D. 945.30
0.85.
18. Find how high will the ball bounce Situation 25-27
back vertically? A plant produces 300 units of auto air
A. 7.06 m C. 8.30 conditioners a month at Php 3,600
B. 5.10 D. 4.34 each. A unit sells for Php 4,800. The
19. What is the displacement of the ball company has 10,000 shares of stock at
upon its rest? Php 200 par value whose annual
A. 11.30 m C. 8.50 dividend is 20%. The cost of
B. 15.61 D. 6.00 production is Php 120,000 of capacity.
25. What is the break-even point?
Situation 20-22: A. 128 C. 100
B. 127 D. 101
26. What is the unhealthy point?
A. 128 C. 100
B. 127 D. 101
27. What is the profit or loss if
production of 60% of capacity.
A. Php 62,667 C. Php 61,173
The loot box has a weight of W, and B. Php 96,000 D. Php 75,433
the coefficients of static and kinetic
frictions are 0.2 and 0.3, 28. Six grocers in a town each sell a
respectively. Force P is applied at a different brand of 4-oz packets at
angle ϴ with the horizontal. 25 cents per packet. One of the
grocers gives short weight, each
packet of his brand weighing only
20. If W = 150 N, ϴ = 30ᵒ, and P = 200 N, 3.75 oz. If I can use a scale only
determine the friction force on the
for one weighing, what is the
floor.
A. 10.00 N C. 15.00 minimum amount I must spend to be
B. 173.20 D. 50.00 sure of finding the grocer who
21. If W = 350 N, ϴ = 45ᵒ, and P = 100 N, gives short weight?
determine the friction force on the A. $ 5.25 C. $ 1.50
floor. B. $ 3.75 D. $ 1.25
A. 279.30 N C. 83.80
B. 70.70 D. 55.90 29. Smith's chance of hitting his
22. If W = 350 N and the static friction target on a given shot is twice of
coefficient is 0.3, determine the his fellow guard, Jones. One dark
smallest possible force P that has to
night, they each had time to fire
be applied to the cord so that the
crate is on the verge of moving. one shot at an escaping prisoner.
A. 103.30 N C. 114.20 Given that the prisoner has an
B. 138.20 D. 100.60 even chance of avoiding injury,
what is the real probability of
Situation 23-24: Jones?
23. The clearance to an obstruction is 9 m A. 0.809 C. 0.618
and the desirable sight distance when B. 0.191 D. 0.382
rounding a horizontal curve is 180 m.
Determine the minimum radius of the 30. What is the smallest nominal rate
horizontal curve.
to yield an effective rate of
A. 450 m C. 550
B. 500 D. 600 10.15%?
24. The clearance to an obstruction is 40 A. 9.79% C. 9.71%
m and the desirable sight distance B. 9.67% D. 9.69%

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