PHYS 131 XTut 3

1. If 𝑉x = 6.80 units and 𝑉y = —7.40 units, determine the magnitude and direction of
⃗.
𝑉

2. ⃗ 1 is 6.6 units long and points along the negative x axis. Vector 𝑉
Vector 𝑉 ⃗ 2 is 8.5
units long and points at +450 to the positive x axis. (a) What is the x and y components of
each vector? (b) Determine the sum 𝑉 ⃗1 + 𝑉⃗ 2 in terms of (i) components, (ii) magnitude
and angle with the x axis.

3. Three vectors are shown in the figure below. Their magnitudes are given in
arbitrary units. Determine the sum of the three vectors.

a. Give the resultant in terms of (a) components, (b)

magnitude and angle with the x axis.
b. Determine the vector 𝐴 − 𝐶 , given the vectors 𝐴
and 𝐶 in the figure.
c. Given the vectors 𝐴 and 𝐵 ⃗ as shown in the figure,
determine 𝐵 ⃗ − 𝐴. Determine 𝐴 − 𝐵 ⃗ without using
your answer above. Then compare your results and
see if they are opposite.

4. An aircraft flying horizontally with speed of 200 m s-1 drops an object from a height
of 1960 m above level ground. Calculate (a) the position of the object 3.0 seconds after
release, (b) the complete time of flight of the object and (c) the velocity of the object when
it hits the ground.

5. A body is projected with a speed of 19.6 m s-1 at an angle of 300 above the horizontal from
the top of a tower 39.2 m high. Calculate (a) the maximum height the body reaches above
the ground, (b) the time taken for the body to reach the ground and (c) the angle subtended
by the tower at the point of impact with the ground. Assume the ground to be horizontal and
neglect air resistance.
6. An object is projected from a height of 2.5 m. After covering a horizontal distance of
12 m, it is at a height of 1 m. (a) What was its initial velocity? (b) What was its velocity
just before it hits the ground.

7. An object is projected downwards at an angle of 300 to the horizontal, with an initial

speed of 40 m s-1 , from the top of a tower 150 m high. What will be the vertical
component of its velocity when it strikes the ground? In what time will it strike the
ground? How far from the tower will it strike the ground? At what angle with the
horizontal will it strike?

8. What constant force is required to give a 0.49 kg mass an acceleration of 1.50 m s-2?

9. A car is towing a trailer. The driver starts from rest and accelerates to a speed of 11 m
s-1 in a time of 28 s. The mass of the trailer is 410 kg. What is the tension in the hitch
that connects the trailer to the car?

10. A car of mass 1380 kg is moving due east with an initial speed of 27.0 m s-1. After 8.00
s the car slowed down to 17 m s-1. Find the magnitude and direction of the net force
that produced the deceleration.

11. A rescue helicopter is lifting a man with a weight of 822 N from a capsized boat by
means of a cable and harness. (a) What is the man's mass (b) What is the tension in the
cable when the man is given an initial upward acceleration of 1.10 m s-2? (c) What is
the tension during the remainder of the rescue when he is pulled upward at a constant
velocity?

12. A student is skateboarding down a ramp that is 6.0 m long and inclined at 180 with
respect to the horizontal. The initial speed of the skateboarder at the top of the ramp is
2.6 m s-l. Neglect friction and find (a) the acceleration and the speed at the bottom of
the ramp.

13. A lunar landing craft (mass m = 11400 kg) is about to touch down on the surface of the
moon, where the acceleration due to gravity is l.6 m s-2. At an altitude of 165 m the
craft's downward velocity is 18.0 m s-l. To slow down the craft, a retrorocket is fired
to provide an upward thrust. Assuming the decent is vertical, find the magnitude of the
thrust needed to reduce the velocity to zero at the instant when the craft touches the
lunar surface.