QUIZ 7

1) Two points on a merry-go-round are located at distances from the center r1 and r2, where r1 < r2.
While the merry-go-round is in the process of speeding up to operational speed, which of the
following equations involving magnitudes of angular speed, angular acceleration, and tangential
speed for these points is incorrect?

2) A grindstone spinning at the rate of 8.3 rev/s has what approximate angular speed?

3) A fan blade, initially at rest, rotates with a constant acceleration of 0.025 rad/s2. What is its
angular speed at the instant it goes through an angular displacement of 4.2 rad?

4) Starting from rest, a wheel undergoes constant angular acceleration for a period of time T. At
what time after the start of rotation does the wheel reach an angular speed equal to its average
angular speed for this interval?

5) A bucket in an old well is hoisted upward by a rope that winds up on a cylinder having a radius of
0.050 m. How many rev/s must the cylinder turn if the bucket is raised at a speed of 0.15 m/s?

6) A 0.40-kg mass, attached to the end of a 0.75-m string, is whirled around in a circular horizontal
path. If the maximum tension that the string can withstand is 450 N, then what maximum speed
can the mass have if the string is not to break?
 7) If a planet has 3 times the radius of the Earth, but has the same density as the Earth, what is the
gravitational acceleration at the surface of the planet? (g = 9.8 m/s2)

8) The escape speed from the surface of the Earth is 11.2 km/s. Estimate the escape speed for a
spacecraft from the surface of the Moon. The Moon has a mass 1/81 that of Earth and a radius
0.25 that of Earth.

9) If the mass of Mars is 0.107 times that of Earth, and its radius is 0.530 that of Earth, estimate the
gravitational acceleration g at the surface of Mars. (gearth = 9.80 m/s2)

QUIZ 8

1) A box slides down a frictionless incline, and a hoop rolls down another incline. Both inclines have
the same height, and both the box and the hoop have the same mass. If both objects start from
rest, upon reaching the bottom of the incline which one will have the greater kinetic energy and
which one will have the greater speed?

2) A vault is opened by applying a force of 300 N perpendicular to the plane of the door, 0.80 m
from the hinges. Find the torque due to this force about an axis through the hinges.

3) Masses are distributed in the x,y-plane as follows: 6.0 kg at (0.0, 0.0) m, 4.0 kg at (2.0, 0.0) m,
and 5.0 kg at (2.0, 3.0) m. What is the x-coordinate of the center of gravity of this system of
masses?
4) Tasha has mass 20 kg and wants to use a 4.0-m board of mass 10 kg as a seesaw. Her friends are
busy, so Tasha seesaws by herself by putting the support at the system’s center of gravity when
she sits on one end of the board. How far is she from the support point?

5) A meter stick is supported by a knife-edge at the 50-cm mark. Doug hangs masses of 0.40 and
0.60 kg from the 20-cm and 80-cm marks, respectively. Where should Doug hang a third mass of
0.30 kg to keep the stick balanced?

6) A 4.0-kg mass is placed at (3.0, 4.0) m, and a 6.0-kg mass is placed at (3.0, -4.0) m. What is the
moment of inertia of this system of masses about the x-axis?

7) A bowling ball has a mass of 7.0 kg, a moment of inertia of 2.8 ´ 10-2 kg×m2 and a radius of 0.10
m. If it rolls down the lane without slipping at a linear speed of 4.0 m/s, what is its angular
speed?

8) A rod of length L is hinged at one end. The moment of inertia as the rod rotates around that
hinge is ML2/3. Suppose a 2.00-m rod with a mass of 3.00 kg is hinged at one end and is held in
a horizontal position. The rod is released as the free end is allowed to fall. What is the angular
acceleration as it is released?
9) A solid sphere with mass, M, and radius, R, rolls along a level surface without slipping with a
linear speed, v. What is the ratio of rotational to linear kinetic energy? (For a solid sphere, I = 0.4
MR^2).

10) An ice skater spins at 2.5 rev/s when his arms are extended. He draws his arms in and spins at 6.0
rev/s. By what factor does his moment of inertia change in the process?