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1. Consider a uniform solid sphere of radius R and mass M rolling without slipping down an
incline. Which form of its kinetic energy is larger, translational or rotational?

A) Its rotational kinetic energy is larger than its translational kinetic energy.
B) Its translational kinetic energy is larger than its rotational kinetic energy.
C) Both forms of energy are equal.
D) You need to know the speed of the sphere to tell.
E) Depends on the angle of inclination

2 A 2000 kg car is accelerating at 1.0 m/s2 up a 5.00 incline. The resistive forces on the
car due to air drag and rolling friction equal to 400 N. If the car is developing
90 hp (1hp =746 W), what is its instantaneous speed?

A) 18 m/s
B) 21 m/s
C) 23 m/s
D) 8.3 m/s
E) 16 m/s
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3. A projectile is launched at an angle of 30.0o above the horizontal. Ignore air resistance.
When the projectile is at the highest point of its trajectory,
A) the horizontal and vertical components of its velocity are zero.
B) its velocity is perpendicular to the acceleration.
C) its acceleration is zero.
D) the horizontal component of its velocity is zero.
E) its velocity and acceleration are both zero.

4. At time t = 0 s, a wheel has an angular displacement of zero radians and an angular velocity
of +29 rad/s. The wheel has a constant angular acceleration of -0.52 rad/s2 . The maximum
angular displacement in the positive direction, in radians, is closest to:

A) +809 B) +1617 C) +1213 D) +1415 E) +1011

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5. Two stones, one of mass m and the other of mass 2m, are thrown directly upward with the
same velocity at the same time from ground level and feel no air resistance. Which statement
about these stones is true?

A) The lighter stone will reach its maximum height sooner than the heavier one.
B) At their highest point, both stones will have the same gravitational potential energy
because they reach the same height.
C) At its highest point, the heavier stone will have twice as much gravitational potential
energy as the lighter one because it is twice as heavy.
D) The heavier stone will go twice as high as the lighter one because it initially had
twice as much kinetic energy.
E) Both stones will reach the same height because they initially had the same amount of
kinetic energy.

6. A 1.55 kg bucket is being lowered into a deep well. At a particular moment the tension in the
rope is 19.0 N. What is the acceleration of the bucket?

A) 0 m/s2 B) 1.36 m/s2 downward C) 6.53 m/s2 downward

D) 2.46 m/s2 upward E) 2.65 m/s2 upward
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7. Two blocks of mass m and 2m are suspended on either side of

a frictionless pulley which is a cylinder of mass M and radius
R and released from rest. Which of the following correctly
indicates the relationship between the tensions on the left and
right portions of the string and the masses?

A) TR = TL > mg
B) 2mg > TR = TL
C) 2mg = TR > TL
D) 3mg = TR = TL
E) TR > TL > mg

8. A cannon with a loaded cannon ball is initially at rest on a horizontal,

frictionless surface. When the cannon ball is fired, it moves through the 2m
long barrel of the cannon with constant horizontal acceleration and exits
with a speed of 100 m/s. The mass of the cannon is 10,500 kg and the mass
of the cannon ball is 3.2 kg. What is the magnitude of the acceleration of the
cannon (recoil) when the cannon ball is accelerating down the barrel?

A) 0.76 m/s2 B) 0.96 m/s2 C) 2500 m/s2 D) 500 m/s2 E) 0.030 m/s2
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9. A board of weight 15 N is balanced level to the ground by hanging a block of mass M

at one end. The board is 1.00 m long and is suspended from the ceiling by a string as
shown. What is the tension in the string?

A) 10 N
B) 20 N
C) 15 N
D) 25 N
E) 35 N

10. The rotating systems shown in the figure differ

only in that the two identical movable masses are
positioned a distance r from the axis of rotation
(left), or a distance r/2 from the axis of rotation
(right). You release the hanging blocks
simultaneously from rest, and call t L the time
taken by the block on the left and t R the time taken
by the block on the right to reach the bottom, respectively. The bar, pulley, and rope
have negligible mass, the rope does not slip, and there is no friction in the axle of the
pulley. Under these conditions

A) t L  12 t R
B) t L  14 t R
C) t L  2t R
D) t L  1
2 R
t
E) t L  t R
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Part II

1. You are lowering two boxes of masses 32.0 kg and 48.0 kg, one on top of the other, down
the ramp shown in the figure by pulling on a rope parallel to the surface of the ramp. Both
boxes move together at a constant speed of 0.140 m/s down the ramp. The coefficient of
kinetic friction between the ramp and the lower box is 0.479, and the coefficient of static
friction between the two boxes is 0.786.

A) What is the tension in the rope? (3 marks)

B) What is the magnitude and direction of the friction force on the upper box?
(2 marks)
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2. A girl of mass m1=30.0 kilograms stands on a spring of spring constant 1000 N/m that
has been compressed a distance x. The girl is initially at rest, standing on the compressed
spring. When the spring is released, she is launched upwards. When she reaches a height
of h = 1.00 m above her starting point she has a speed of 3 m/s. At this point she then
grabs a box of mass m2 .

A) What was the initial compression of the spring x? (2 marks)

B) If her speed immediately after she grabs the box is 2.6 m/s determine the mass of the box
m2 ? (2 marks)

C) What is the maximum height hmax that the girl (with box) reaches? Measure hmax with
respect to the point where she grabbed the box. (1 mark)
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3. Two cars collide at an intersection. Driver E was traveling eastward at 10 m/s in a car of
mass m, and driver N, northward at in a car of mass 2m. The collision is totally inelastic.
After the collision the two cars slide, with locked wheels, before coming to rest. Police on
the scene measure the length d of the skid marks. The coefficient of friction μk between the
locked wheels and the road is equal to 0.7.

A) If the speed of the wreckage just after the collision was 11.1 m/s, what is the length d
of the skid marks? (2 marks)

B) What was the speed of driver N before the collision? (3 marks)

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4. The figure shows two wires that are tied to a 710 g ball that revolves in a horizontal circle at a
constant speed.

A) Draw a free body diagram of the ball. (1 mark)

B) If the magnitude of the net force on the ball is 46.1 N, what is the speed of the ball? (1 mark)

C) What is the tension in the upper wire? (3 marks)

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5. A uniform bar of mass m1 =25 kg is suspended horizontally by a cable attached to its midpoint,
as shown. The cable makes an angle of 600 with the bar. The vertical force supporting the left end
of the bar is the force of friction with the wall. The horizontal force on the left end of the bar is
the normal from the wall. The largest mass that can be suspended from a point one quarter of the
way along the bar from the left without the bar slipping is m2 = 10kg.

A) What is the tension in the cable just before slipping occurs? (2 marks)

B) What is the value of the coefficient of static friction between the bar and the wall? (3 marks)
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6. A cylinder of radius R and mass m with a long thin rod of length 5R and mass 0.24m welded to
one end is placed on rails that are inclined at the angle 300 as shown in the diagram.

A) What is the moment of inertia about the centre of mass of the rolling object in terms of m and
R? (1 mark)
B) If the object starts at rest how far down the rails has it rolled when the speed of the centre of
mass is 4.0 m/s? (2 marks)

C) At the moment the speed of the centre of mass of the object is 6.0 m/s, a blob of dirt on the end
of the rod comes loose and becomes a projectile. The release point occurs from the lowest end of
the rod when the rod is perpendicular to the rail (see figure below). Determine the velocity of the
blob of dirt at the moment it is released. [Use the coordinate system given, and calculate the
components of velocity: Vx and Vy ]. (2 marks)