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Newton’s Laws
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 4-kg mass is acted on by a resultant force of (a) 4N, (b) 8N, and (c) 12N. What are
the resulting accelerations?
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a) b) c)
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2.
A constant force of 20 N acts on a mass of (a) 2 kg, (b) 4 kg, and (c) 6 kg. What are the
resulting acceleration?
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a) b) c)
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3.
A constant force of 60 Lb acts on each of three objects, producing accelerations of 4, 8
and 12 ft/s2. What are the masses?
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a) b) c)
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4.
What resultant force is necessary to give a 4-kg hammer an acceleration of 6 m/s 2?
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4.
It is determined that a resultant force of 60 N will give a wagon an acceleration of 10
m/s2. What force is required to give the wagon an acceleration of only 2 m/s 2?
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5.
A 1000-kg car moving north at 100 km/h brakes to a stop in 50 m. What are the
magnitude and direction of the force?
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6.
a) What is the weight of a 4.8-kg mailbox? b)What is the mass of a 40-N tank?
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a) b)
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7.
What is the mass of a 60-lb child? What is the weight of a 7-slugs man?
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a) b)
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8.
A woman weighs 180 lb on earth. When she walks on the moon, she weighs only 30 lb.
What is the acceleration due to gravity on the moon and what is her mass on the moon?
On the Earth?
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a) b) c)
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9.
What is the weight of a 70-kg astronaut on the surface of the earth. Compare the
resultant force required to give him or her an acceleration of 4 m/s 2 on Earth with the
resultant force required to give the same acceleration in space where gravity is
negligible?
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10.
Find a body's mass and weight if a resultant force of 16 N will give it an acceleration of
5 m/s2.
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11.
Find the mass and weight of a body if a resultant force of 200 lb causes its speed to
increase from 20 ft/s to 60 ft/s in a time of 5 s.
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12.
Find the mass and weight of a body if a resultant force of 400 N causes it to decrease
its velocity by 4 m/s in 3 s.
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ANSWER (S)
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