Physics I
Physics I
10. Compute the mass of the Earth, assuming to be sphere of radius 6370km.
11. What is the acceleration at a point 20,000 km above the earth’s surface?
12. A body weighs 700N on the surface of the earth. How much will it weigh at an altitude of 10,000m?
Work-Energy Theorem
13. Assume that an object is being pulled along the ground by a 75 N force directed 28° above the horizontal. How
much work does the force do in pulling the object in 5m?
14. If eating a burger enables a person to perform 60 KJ of work. How high should a 60 kg person can climb after
eating a burger?
15. An advertisement claims that a certain 1200 kg car can accelerate from rest to a speed of 25 m/s in a time of 8.0 s.
What average power in (a) Watts (b) horsepower (c) (ft-lb)/s must the motor produce to cause this acceleration?
Ignore friction losses.
16. A 20 kg object strikes the unstretched spring attached to a vertical wall having a spring constant of 30KN/m. Find
the maximum deflection of the spring when the velocity of the object before it strikes the spring is 80m/s.
17. A 1500 kg car is to accelerate from rest to a speed of 20 m/s in a time of 15 sec as it climbs a 15° hill. Assuming
uniform acceleration, what minimum horsepower is needed to accelerate the car in this way?
18. A 0.50 kg block slides across a tabletop with an initial velocity of 20 cm/s and comes to rest in a distance of
70cm. Find the average friction force that retarded its motion.
19. A projectile is shot upward from the earth with a speed of 20m/s. How high is it when its speed is 8 m/s? Ignore
air friction.
20. The constant forces F1= i +2j+ 3k N and F2= 4i-5j-2k N act together on a particle during a displacement from
position r2 = 7k cm to position r1= 20i + 15j cm. Determine the total work done on the particle.
Law of Conservation of Momentum
21. An 8.0 g bullet is fired horizontally into a 9.0 kg cube of wood, which is at rest and sticks in it. The cube is free to
move and has a speed of 40 cm/s after impact. Find the initial velocity of a bullet and type of collision.
22. A 16g mass is moving in the +x direction at 30cm/s while a 4g mass is moving in the –x direction at 50cm/s. They
collide head on and stick together. Find their velocity after the collision and type of collision.
23. The nucleus of an atom has a mass of 3.80 x 10-25 kg and is at rest. The nucleus is radioactive and suddenly ejects
a particle mass of mass 6.6 x 10-27 kg and speed 1.5 x 1027 m/s. Find the recoil speed of the nucleus that is left
behind.
24. A 15g bullet is fired horizontally into a 3 kg block of wood suspended by a long cord. The bullet sticks in the
block. Compute the speed of the bullet if the impact causes the block to swing 10cm above its initial level.
25. A ball is dropped from a height h onto a fixed horizontal plane. If the coefficient of restitution is e, calculate the
total distance travelled before the ball comes to rest.
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