Practice Questions

1.An electron has a mass of 9.1X10-31 kg. A certain elephant weighs 3000 kg. If this elephant
walked with a velocity of 2.1m/s2, would it be possible for the electron to have the same
energy?
2.A roller coaster starts from rest at the top of a hill of height 50 m. It descends and reaches the
bottom, moving horizontally at 25 m/s. Calculate the work done by non-conservative forces if the
coaster loses 50000 J due to friction and air resistance during its descent.
3. If a net force of 7 N was constantly applied on 400 g object at rest, how long will it take to raise
its velocity to 80 m/s?
4. Which would require a greater force, accelerating a 2 kg mass at 5 m/s2 or a 6 kg mass at 2 m/s2?
5. The velocity of an object moving along X axis is given by v = at+bt3/4+ct4/5. What is the
acceleration at t = 0s and t =3.0 s and t = 5.0s, where a = 1 and b= 4.0 ms-2.
6. What is the angular velocity of the second hand, minute hand, and hour hand of a clock?
7. Calculate the centripetal acceleration of the earth as it goes around the sun. The earth-sun
distance = 150 million km, and the earth takes one year to go around the sun.
8. A 1140 kg car is held in place by a light cable on a very smooth (frictionless) ramp ( as in
Figure). The cable makes an angle of 31 above the surface of the ramp, and the ramp itself rises at
25 above the horizontal.

i. Draw a free body diagram of the car.

ii. Find the Tension in the cable?

Find the Normal force experienced by the car?

9. A gardener moves a lawn roller through a distance of 100m with a force of 50 N. Calculate the
wages, if he is to be paid 10 paise for doing 25J of work. It is given that the applied force is
inclined at 600 to the direction of motion.
10.A machine gun has a mass of 20 kg. It fires 35 g bullets at a speed of 400 bullets per minute with a speed
of 400 m/s. What average force must be applied to the gun to keep it in position?