Conceptual Questions (30 points)

(a) (10 points) A ball thrown straight up has zero velocity at its highest point. Is the ball in
equilibrium at this point? Why or why not? Explain.

If the sum of forces acting upon on object is zero then the object is said to be in equilibrium. The weight of
the ball (mg) acts on the ball even at the highest point. So, the ball is not in equilibrium.

(b) (10 points) An object is moving on the x-axis. Position vs. time graph at various time points
is given below. The object (at t = 0) starts from the origin with positive x-velocity ~v0 . Draw the
x-velocity vs. time and x-acceleration vs. time graphs.
x Position vs. time vx Velocity vs. time ax Acceleration vs. time

C v0
B
D

A E t A B C D E F A B C D E F G
G t t

(c) (10 points) A woman weighs herself in an ascending (i.e. moving up) elevator with decreasing
speed. How does her apparent weight compare to her actual weight? More, less or the same?
Explain.
N
+y

v Elevator
N mg = m( a)
-y
N = m(g a)
Less than the actual weight!

a
mg
Problem (2) (30 points) v0 = 5 m/s
θ=45˚

A projectile is launched from the edge of a building A

(point A) of height H1 =50 m with an initial velocity
v0 =5 m/s that is ✓=45 above the horizontal. If
B
the projectile lands on the edge of another building H1= 50 m
of height H2 =20 m (point B), what should be the
H2= 20 m
distance D between these two buildings? D=?

(Take g=10m/s2 )

p
1 2 2
y(t) = y(0) + v0 sin(45 )t gt = 50 + 5 t 5t2
2 2

p
2 0 2
y(t0 ) = 30 = 50 + 5 t 5t0
2

p
t0 = 2 2sec

p
0 2 p
D = v0 cos(45 )t = 5( )(2 2) = 10 m
2
Problem (3) (30 points)

A bob of mass m = 1.0 kg is swinging at the end of a

L = 0.5 m cord on a vertical plane. When the pendulum
L
makes an angle of ↵ = 36.9 with respect to the vertical
the bob is moving with speed in the direction shown.
(Take g=10m/s2 ) v

At this instant,
(a) (10 pts.) draw the free-body diagram of the bob.
+y
T ↵

+x

mg
(b) (10 pts.) find , if the tension in the cord is T = 16 N.

v2
+y T mg cos ↵ = m
T ↵
L
v2
4 v2
arad = 16 (1)(10)( ) = (1)
L 5 0.5
+x v = 2 m/s
mg sin ↵ mg cos ↵

(c) (10 pts.) the cord breaks. Find the highest point the bob reaches above this level.

+y
vy (t) = v sin ↵ gt
v sin ↵ v vy (t0 ) = 0
↵ 3
(2)( ) (10)(t0 ) = 0
5
↵ v cos ↵ t0 = 0.12 sec
+x hmax =
1 02
gt =
72
m = 7.2 cm
hmax =
2 1000
•••33 A 1000 kg boat is traveling at 90 km/h when its engine
:
is shut off. The magnitude of the frictional force f k between boat
and water is proportional to the speed v of the boat: fk ! 70v, where
Problem (4) (30 points)
v is in meters per second and fk is in newtons. Find the time required
for the boat
In the figure,to
a slow to
slab of mass45 km/h.
m =40 1 kg rests on a floor
where the coefficient of kinetic friction µ =0.1 between
k
the slab and the floor, and a block of mass m2 =10 kg rests
•••34 In Fig. 6-37, a slab of mass
on top of the slab. Between block and slab, the coefficient F m2
m1
m1 ! 40 kg rests on a frictionless
of static friction is µs =0.95, and the coefficient of kinetic
friction is µk =0.60. A horizontal force F~ of magnitude 100 µµ = 0.1
k = 0
x
floor, and a block of mass m ! 10
N begins to pull directly on the block, as shown. If the
object with mass m2 is moving with the object 2 with mass
kg rests on top of the slab. Between
m1 without sliding Figure 6-37 Problem 34.
(Take g=10 m/s2 )
block and slab, the coefficient of
static(a)friction is the
(10 pts.) draw 0.60, anddiagrams
free body the coefficient ofblock,
for the slab and the kinetic friction
and write is 0.40. A
Newton’s Second
:
horizontal force+yF of magnitude 100 N begins
Law for these objects.
+y to pull directly on
~
the block, as shown. In unit-vector notation, what are the resulting
N m1 /m2 ~
N ground/m1

accelerations ~ of (a) the block and (b) the slab?

F
fs +x fk +x
fs
•••35 ILW The two m2 g
blocks (m ! 16 ~ m g m 1
N
kg and M ! 88 kg) in Fig. 6-38 are
m2 /m1

(b) (10 pts.) find the acceleration of the system. F

not attached to each +yother. The coef- M
ficient of static friction between the
N~ ground/m1

blocks is ms~! 0.38, but the surface Frictionless

Nground/m1 = (m1 + m2 )g = 500 N
F µ k N F = masystem
beneath the larger block is fk friction-
ground/m1
+x (0.1)(500) 100 = 50asystem
less. What is the minimum magnitude Figure 6-38 Problem 35.
asystem = 1.0 m/s2
:
of the horizontal force (m1F+ m required
2 )g to negative sign means that the acceleration is
in the same direction with F.
f=
keep the smaller block from slipping down the larger block?
(c) (10 pts.) find the friction force on the 10-kg block.

Module 6-2 The Drag Force and Terminal Speed

•36 The fs terminal
100 = m 2 asystem
speed of a sky diver is 160 km/h in the spread-
eagle position
fs 100 and= 310
(10)(km/h1) in the nosedive position. Assuming
that the diver’s dragfs coefficient
= 90 N C does not change from one posi-
tion to the other, find the ratio of the effective cross-sectional area
A in the slower position to that in the faster position. a=

••37 Continuation of Problem 8. Now assume that

Eq. 6-14 gives the magnitude of the air drag force on the typical
20 kg stone, which presents to the wind a vertical cross-sectional