AP Physics 1

Problem Set 34

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• Solve each problem on a separate sheet of blank paper or graph paper. Do not use lined paper.
• You must have a complete justification (to the best of your ability) before you collaborate.
• You must obey the five-foot rule during collaboration. See syllabus for more details.

Per the syllabus, your 4th exam is next week on February 8th or 9th. All assessments are cumulative.

1) Get a blank sheet OR graph paper, and title it "Non-electricity-powered Clock Pivot Lab."
Log into your Pivot account and find the assignment titled “Non-electricity powered clock”.

(a) Use measurements, observations and calculations to determine the average power provided by
earth's gravity to keep this clock running. Record your work on the separate sheet of paper;
make sure the work is neat and organized.

(b) What is maximum number of these clocks that could be run using the same power as a 100-Watt
lightbulb? Record your work/solution on the same sheet of paper.

2) Log into your AP Classroom account on College Board, and watch three AP Daily Videos to review
first-semester concepts (i.e. kinematics, forces, circular motion, and energy). Write down the title of
the videos* you’ve watched in the space below.

1_________________________________________________________________________________

2_________________________________________________________________________________

3_________________________________________________________________________________

Optional Extra _____________________________________________________________________

*This is to help you keep track during the semester what you’ve watched.

3) A 9.9-kg six-year-old is playing outside, wearing a harness attached to a very long leash. The child’s
guardian is distracted and does not notice the child climbing up a very slippery, essentially frictionless
slide that is inclined at 40 degrees. The leash gets hooked on the slide as the child prepares to slide
down. The leash can hold a maximum tension of 50 N.

(a) When the child slides down the ramp, does the rope break, and if so, what is the acceleration of the
child?

(b) Assuming the rope does break and that the child started from rest, what is the slide’s length if the
child’s velocity at the bottom of the slide is 6 m/s?
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4) Block A of mass 4.0 kg is on a horizontal, frictionless tabletop and is placed against a spring of negligible mass
and spring constant 650 N/m. The other end of the spring is attached to a wall. The block is pushed toward the
wall until the spring has been compressed a distance x, as shown above. The block is released and follows the
trajectory shown, falling 0.80 m vertically and striking a target on the floor that is a horizontal distance of 1.2 m
from the edge of the table. Air resistance is negligible. Annotate all calculations with a description of your
approach.

(a) Calculate the time elapsed from the instant block A leaves the table to the instant it strikes the floor.

(b) Calculate the speed of the block as it leaves the table.

(c) Calculate the distance x the spring was compressed.

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Block B, also of mass 4.0 kg, is now placed at the edge of the table. The spring is again compressed a distance x, and
block A is released. As it nears the end of the table, it instantaneously collides with and sticks to block B. The blocks
follow the trajectory shown in the figure below and strike the floor at a horizontal distance d from the edge of the
table.

(d) Calculate d if x is equal to the value determined in part (c).

(e) Consider the system consisting of the spring, the blocks, and the table. How does the mechanical energy E2
of the system just before the blocks leave the table compare to the mechanical energy E1 of the system just
before block A is released? Check one, and justify your answer.

_____E2 < E1 _____E2 = E1 _____E2 > E1

Justify your answer: