AP Physics 1: Forces Assessment 1 Name:

Ramon pushes horizontally on a bed as shown in the figure below. The bed is touching the wall and the bed does not
move significantly when Ramon is pushing on it. Draw a free body diagram showing all the forces acting on the bed.
Clearly label each of the forces.

Free body diagram

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AP Physics 1: Forces Assessment 2 Name:

A student is investigating the effect of a varying unbalanced force on the time it takes for a cart to travel a fixed 1.00
m distance along a level track. The mass of the cart is kept constant and the cart is accelerated from rest for each trial.

1. The student has the following AP Physics equations available:

v x =v o +a x t 2 2
v x =v o +2 a x (x −x o)

1 2 ⃗
F net
x=x o + v o t + a x t a⃗ =
2 m
Develop an expression for the relationship between the net unbalanced force acting on the cart and the time
required to travel the fixed 1.00 m distance from rest.
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2. The following data is recorded.

Manipulation of time
Unbalanced force (N) Time (s)
1.00 1.23
1.50 0.99
2.00 0.86
2.50 0.78
3.00 0.72
3.50 0.65

a) Draw a graph of Force versus Time for the data provided. Even though time is the dependent variable, plot
time along the horizontal axis.
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b) Does the graph of Force vs. time support the expression developed in #1? Explain.
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c) Based on the relationship identified in #1 manipulate the “time” data in order to produce a second graph
which yields a linear relationship for the data. A second column in the data table has been provided to input
the “manipulated” values of time.
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d) Use the linearized graph from c) and the expression developed in #1 to determine the mass of the cart.
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