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Ciencias Naturales-3ro Básico
Act. Formativa K Leyes de Newton Fecha: _________________Sección: _______________
Walter Moscoso Zschech

Application for single body problems

Utiliza los conceptos de cinemática y dinámica traslacional, así como las leyes
COMPETENCIA de Newton, para la comprensión y la resolución de problemas relacionados
con este tipo de situaciones de la vida cotidiana
INDICADOR DE Aplica los principios físicos y criterios necesarios en la descripción del
LOGRO movimiento y la resolución de problemas que lo incluyen a partir de
situaciones del entorno.

Solve the following problems by showing all your work in the space provided. Remember:
a) To write your answers with pen and your procedure with pencil, you can also use pencil and
highlighter to write your answers.
b) To use the correct units and the number of significant figures must be 3 (three)
c) NO CREDITS WITHOUT THE COMPLETE PROCEDURE.

1.
A 2500-lb of weighting an automobile is speeding at 55 mi/h. What resultant force is required to stop
the car in 200 ft on a level road. What must be the coefficient of kinetic friction?
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2.
What horizontal pull is required to drag a 6-kg sled with an acceleration of 4 m/s 2 if a friction force of
20 N opposes the motion?
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3.
A 10-kg mass is lifted upward by a light cable. What is the tension in the cable if the acceleration is (a)
zero, (b) 6 m/s2 upward, and (c) 6 m/s2 downward?
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+
T

10
kg
W = mg

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4.
A 64-lb load hangs at the end of a rope. Find the acceleration of the load if the tension in the cable is
(a) 64 lb, (b) 40 lb, and (c) 96 lb.
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+
T
m = W/g
W

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5.
An 800-kg elevator is lifted vertically by a strong rope. Find the acceleration of the elevator if the
rope tension is (a) 9000 N, (b) 7840 N, and (c) 2000 N.
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5.
A horizontal force of 100 N pulls an 8-kg cabinet across a level floor. Find the acceleration of the
cabinet if k = 0.2.
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