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IB Physics
It Aint Over Yet - Free Body Diagrams (HW9)
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. --Martin Luther King, Jr.

1. A ball is kicked at an angle of 38.0 to the horizontal with a speed of 15.8 m/s. How far does
it travel?
0
sin 15.8 sin 38.0 9.73
y
m m
v v
s s
u = = =
0
cos 15.8 cos 38.0 12.45
x
m m
v v
s s
u = = =
0 y y
v v at = +
0
2
9.73 9.73
1.986
9.8
y y
m m
v v
s s
t s
m
a
s

= = =

x
x
v
t
= ( ) 12.45 1.986 24.7
x
m
x v t s m
s
= = =
2. What is the mass of a 235 N acrobat?
w mg =
2
2
1
235 24.0
9.8
w kg m
m kg
m
g s
s
| |
|

= = = |
|
|
\ .


3. A 25.6 kg rocket accelerates upward at 105 m/s
2
. What is the thrust pushing it up?

2 2
2.56 105 2.56 9.8 294
T T
m m
ma F w F ma w kg kg N
s s
| | | |
= = + = + =
| |
\ . \ .


4. A 12 250 kg boulder hangs from two cables which are at the angles shown. Calculate the
tensions in the two cables.


1 2
0 sin sin 0
y
F T T mg u | = = + =

0
1 2 1 2 2 2 0
cos cos81.8
0 cos cos 0.1559
cos cos 23.8
x
F T T T T T T
|
u |
u
= = = = =

( )
( )
1 2 2 2 2
sin sin 0.1559 sin sin
0.1559 sin sin
mg
T T mg T T mg T u | u |
u |
+ = + = =
+

( )
2
2 0 0
12 250 9.8
114 000
0.1559 sin 23.8 sin81.8
m
kg
s
T N
| |
|
\ .
= =
+


( )
1 2
0.1559 0.1559 114 000 17 800 T T N N = = =
23.8
81.8
u
T
1
T
2
|
m g
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5. A big dump truck is at rest on a section of road that is at an angle of 5.00 to the horizontal.
The trucks mass is 15 500 kg. What force must the brakes exert to keep the truck from
rolling down the sloped road?

6. A ultra low friction pulley deal is as shown. The two weights experience an acceleration of
0.450 m/s
2
. Find the mass of the second weight.

Substitute in for Tension:

) (

7. A Find the acceleration of the system shown in the drawing if the coefficient of kinetic
friction between the 7.00 kg mass and the plane is 0.280.

) (

) (

1 . 0 8 k g
a
35.0
7.00 kg
6.50 kg
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8. What net force is required to accelerate a 135 000 kg aircraft from rest to a speed of 35.0 m/s
in 11.0 s?

9. Two masses are connected by a light string which passes over a
frictionless pulley as shown. (a) What is the acceleration of the
system? (b) What are the tensions in the string?




5.00 kg
5.25 kg