Problem:

1. Find the weight on earth of a body whose mass is a) 50kg, b) 500g, c) 60 slugs.

2. A 20.0 kg object that can move freely is subjected to a resultant force of 45.0N in the
-x-direction. Find the acceleration of the object.
3. A 5.0 kg object is to be given an upward acceleration of 0.30 m/s² by a rope pulling
straight upward on it. What must be the tension in the rope?

4. A horizontal force of 140N is needed to pull a 60.0kg box across the horizontal floor at
constant speed. What is the coefficient of friction between the floor and box?
5. The only force acting on a 5.0 kg object has the components 𝐹𝑥 = 20𝑁 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐹𝑦 = 30𝑁.
Find the acceleration of the object.

6. A 600N object is to be given an acceleration of 0.70 m/s². How large an unbalance force
must act upon it?
7. A constant force acts on a 5.0 kg and reduces its velocity from 7.0 m/s to 3.0 m/s in a
time of 3.0 sec. Find the force.

8. A 400g block with an initial speed of 80 cm/s slides along a horizontal tabletop against a
friction force of 0.70N. a) How far will it slide before stopping? B) What is the coefficient
of friction between the block and the tabletop?
9. A 600 kg car is moving on a level road at 30 m/s. a) How large a retarding force (assumed
constant) is required to stop it in a distance of 70m? b) What is the minimum coefficient
of friction between tires and roadway if this is to be possible? Assume the wheels are not
locked, in which case we are dealing with static friction.
10. An 8000 kg engine pulls a 40,000 kg train along a level track and it gives it an
acceleration of 𝑎1 = 1.20 𝑚/𝑠 2 ? What acceleration 𝑎2 would the engine give to a 16,000
kg train?
11. Suppose, as shown in figure below, that a 70 kg box is pulled by a 400N force at an
angle of 30° to the horizontal. The coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.50. Find the
acceleration of the box.
12. As shown in figure below, a force of 400N pushes on a 25kg box. Starting from rest, the
box achieves a velocity of 2.0 m/s in a time of 4.0 sec. Find the kinetic friction between
box and floor.
13. A 200N wagon is to be pulled up a 30° incline at constant speed. How large a force
parallel to the incline is needed if friction effects are negligible?
14. A cord passing over an easily turned pulley (one that is both massless and frictionless)
has a 7.0 kg mass hanging from one end and a 9.0 kg mass hanging from the other, as
shown in figure below. Find the acceleration of the masses and the tension in the cord.
15. Two wooden blocks are attached by a massless rope that is placed over a pulley. One
block, 𝑚1 , is resting on a wooden table while the other block, 𝑚2 , is suspended by the
opposite end of the rope as seen in the image below. Block one, 𝑚1 , has a mass of 24kg
and block two, 𝑚2 , has a mass of 15kg. If the coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.2, and block
two, 𝑚2 , accelerates downward, what is the acceleration of the system?