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SECTION A
This section consists of two (2) questions.
Answer all.

1. a. i. What is the density of a cube of sugar weighing 11.2 grams

measuring 2 cm on a side? (Give your answer in SI units)
(5 marks)

ii. 90 kN/m2 into N/mm2

(2 marks)

iii. List five (5) derived quantities with its units.

(5 marks)

b. A traffic light in Figure 1 weighing 125 N hangs from a cable tied to two
other cables fastened to a support in Figure 1. The upper cables make
angles of 37.0° and 53.0° with the horizontal. Find the tension in the three
cables.
(8 marks)

Figure 1

2. a. A metal wire is 2.5 mm diameter and 2 m long. A force of 12 N is applied to

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it and it stretches 0.3 mm. Assume the material is elastic. Determine the
following.
(8 marks)
i. The stress in the wire 

ii. The strain in the wire 

b. Two forces act on the hook in Figure 2. Calculate the magnitude and
direction of the resultant force.
(12 marks)

Figure 2

SECTION B

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This section consists of five (5) questions.

Answer three (3) question only.

1. a. Four forces act on the hook in Figure 3. Determine the magnitude and
direction of the resultant force.
(16 marks)

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Figure 3

b. A feather is dropped on the moon from a height of 1.40 meters. The

acceleration of gravity on the moon is 1.67 m/s2. Determine the time for the
feather to fall to the surface of the moon.
(4 marks)

2. a. A tank with a mass of 120 kg as in figure 1 has a part of rectangle and a

cylinder shape with the same length is fully filled with a liquid. Given width,
l = 1.5 m, height, t = 2.5 m, length, p = 5 m and the diameter, d = 1.5m.
Solve
the:

i. Total volume of the tank

(3 marks)
ii. Density of the liquid if its relative density is 0.7
(2 marks)

iii. Total mass of liquid in the tank

(4 marks)

iv. Work done to move the tank at a distance of 5 m if the it is fully filled
with the liquid.
(3 marks)

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b. A block of mass, m = 10 kg is sitting on a surface inclined at angle θ = 45°.

Given that the coefficient of static friction is μs = 0.5 between block and
surface, what is the minimum force, F necessary to prevent slipping? What
is
the maximum force F that can be exerted without causing the block to slip?

(8 marks)

μs = 0.5

10kg
10 kg

Figure 4

3. a. A baseball is popped straight up into the air and has a hang-time of

6.25 s. Determine the height to which the ball rises before it reaches
its peak. (Hint: the time to rise to the peak is one-half the total hang-
time). NOTE: the time required to move to the peak of the trajectory is
one-half the total hang time - 3.125 s.)
(9 marks)

b. The strength of gravity at the earth’s surface is 10N per killogram. Calculate
the weight of a car with a mass of 1500kg.
(2 marks)

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c. Identify three (3) special properties of each solid, liquid and gas.
(9 marks)

4. a. Determine the number of turn of rope to be wound around the trunk of a

tree
in order to support a man weighing 800 N in a pan as shown in figure ()
with
a force of 10 N. The coefficient of friction, μ = 0.3.
(8 marks)

Figure : A trunk of tree

b. A plane has a takeoff speed of 88.3 m/s and requires 1365 m to reach that
speed. Determine the acceleration of the plane and the time required to
reach this speed.
(9 marks)

c. Calculate the pressure due to water (density = 1 000 kg m-3) at a point

20 m below the water surface.
(3 Marks)

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5. a. A test for mild steel rod is being done with a maximum load showed by the
tester is 170 kN. The radius of the mild steel rod is 10 cm and with a length
of 0.8 m. The Young Modulus for the mild steel is 210 GPa. Assume Factor
of safety is 3.5. Calculate the
i. Ultimate Stress
(3 marks)

ii. Working Stress

(3 marks)

iii. Strain (3 marks)

iv. Elongation

(3 marks)

b. The cylindrical piston of a hydraulic jack has a cross-sectional area of 0.08

m2 and the plunger has a cross-sectional area of 0.004m2.

i. The upward force for lifting a load placed on top of the large piston is
11 000 N. calculate the downward force on the plunger required.
(4 marks)

ii. If the distance moved by the plunger is 95cm, what is the distance
moved by the large piston?
(4 marks)

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