WERABE UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND COMPUTATIONAL SCEINCE

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

MECHANICS AND HEAT FOR MATHEMATICS DISTANCE STUDENTS

GROUP ASSIGNMENT (25%)

1. Given two vectors ⃗ A=−2 i+3^ ^j+ 4 k^ and ⃗ ^ ^j−3 k^ ) N do the following.
B=( 3 i+
a) Find the magnitude of each vector.
b) Write an expression for the vector difference ⃗ A−⃗ B using unit vectors.
⃗
c) Find the magnitude of the vector difference A−B . ⃗
2. A snowmobile is originally at the point with position vector 29 m at 95°
counterclockwise from the x axis, moving with velocity 4.5 m/s at 40°. It moves with
constant acceleration 1.90 m/s 2 at 200°. After 5 s have elapsed, find
a) its velocity
b) its position vector.
3. The scalar product of vectors ⃗ A and ⃗ B is 48 m2. Vector ⃗ A has magnitude 9 m and
direction west of south. If vector ⃗ 0
B has direction 39 south of east, what is the magnitude
⃗
of B?
4. A stone is projected at a cliff of height h with an initial speed of 42 m/s directed at angle
v o=60 ° above the horizontal. The stone strikes at A, 5.5 s after launching. Find
a) the height h of the cliff,
b) the speed of the stone just before impact at A, and
c) the maximum height H reached above the ground

5. A rifle is aimed horizontally at a target 30 m away. The bullet hits the target 1.9 cm
below the aiming point. What are
a) the bullet’s time of flight and
b) its speed as it emerges from the rifle?
6. An athlete swings a ball, connected to the end of a chain, in a horizontal circle. The
athlete is able to rotate the ball at the rate of 8.00 rev/s when the length of the chain is
0.600 m. When he increases the length to 0.900 m, he is able to rotate the ball only 6.00
rev/s.
a) Which rate of rotation gives the greater speed for the ball?

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 b) What is the centripetal acceleration of the ball at 8.00 rev/s?
c) What is the centripetal acceleration at 6.00 rev/s?

MECHANICS AND HEAT PHYSICS DEPARTMENT,WRU, 2016