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 Part 1: 40 points

1. (4 pts) Four expert skiers travel down the ski trails shown below. All have the same initial height and
the same final height at the bottom (far right). There is no friction and air drag can be neglected.
Which of the following statements are true (Select all that apply.)

a) The skiers all arrive at the bottom with the same speed.
b) The skiers all arrive at the bottom at the same time.
c) The skier in Figure C probably arrives at the far right last.
d) Skier B has the lowest the lowest speed of all.

2. (4 pts) A treasure chest is resting on a rough floor. A force of F = 15 N is applied on the treasure
chest as shown in the figure. The chest does not move because of static frictional force. What is true
about the applied force F and the frictional force, fS ?
a) fS < 15 N
b) fS = 15 N
c) fS > 15 N
d) We cannot answer the question without knowing the weight of the treasure chest.

3. (4 pts) A large crate of mass m is place on the flatbed of a truck but not tied down. As the truck
accelerates forward with acceleration a, the crate remains at rest relative to the truck. What force
causes the crate to accelerate?
a) The gravitational force.

b) The “ma” force.

c) No force is required.

d) The static friction force.

e) The normal force.

 4. (4 pts) A force F is pushing the book to the wall. The wall is rough. The
book is sliding down the wall at constant speed. Which of the following
diagrams best represents the Free Body Diagram of all the forces acting
on the book? The forces are not drawn to scale. Wall

N
fk N fk N

fk F N F F
F
fk
Fg Fg Fg Fg

(a) (b) (c) (d) e) No ne of these

5. (4 pts) A small smart car is involved in a head on collision with a large SUV.
Which of the following is true? (Select all that apply.)
a) The force of the SUV on the smart car is greater than the force of the smart car on the SUV.
b) The force of the SUV on the smart car equals the force of the smart car on the SUV.
c) The force of the SUV on the smart car is less than the force of the smart car on the SUV.
d) The acceleration of the SUV is greater than the acceleration of the smart car.
e) The acceleration of the smart car is greater than the acceleration of the SUV.

6. (4 pts) A crate of mass m remains stationary after it has been placed on a ramp inclined at an
angle θ with the horizontal. Which of the following statements must be true about the magnitude
of the frictional force that acts on the crate? Here µS is the co-efficient of static friction and N is
the normal force. +y

a) It is equal to µSN .
b) It is larger than the weight of the crate.
c) It is at least equal to the weight of the crate. +x
d) It is equal to the x-component of the gravitational force. θ
e) It is greater than the x- component of the gravitational force.

7. The spring of a vertical spring gun stores 3.0 J of energy when compressed. A marble of mass
0.020 Kg is resting against the spring. When the spring is released and the marble is launched
vertically, which statement below is true?
a) Initial kinetic energy is converted into final potential energy.
b) The spring force does zero work on the marble.
c) A non-conservative force does work on the marble.
c) The change in gravitational potential energy will be equal to 3.0 J.
8. (4 pts) A 800 N (about 180 lbs) man is standing on a
bathroom on a 10 degree slope.
What does the scale read?

a) 800 N (same 180 lbs)

b) Something less than 800 N
c) Something more than 800 N
d) It depends on friction

Bonus: What does the scale read in Newtons? _________________

9. A car is towed to the right at constant speed. Which is the correct free-body diagram?

10. (4 pts) An object experiences a net force vs x

position as shown in the graph. The object
starts with some speed at x = 0. When the
object is at x = 60 m how has it changed?
a) The speed is larger
b) The speed is smaller
c) The speed has not changed
d) Its speed is zero
 Part 2: 60 points

11. (15 pts) A 7.0 kg solid ball is hanging from the ceiling. The angle θ = 60.0°.

a) (7 pts) Draw a free body diagram of the forces acting on the ball.
b) (8 pts) Find the tension forces, T1 and T3.

12. (15 pts) A 900 kg car is being towed and it takes 5 seconds for the tow truck to get the car up to a
speed of 15 m/s. While the car is speeding up, what is the tension in the cable?
13. (15 pts) A suitcase of mass m = 21.5 Kg is being pulled by a constant force F= 32.0N at an angle of
θ =51.3° by the woman. She moves the suitcase by 5.0 m along a leveled ground.
a) (5 pts) Draw free body diagram of the forces acting on the suitcase.
b) (10 pts) What is the normal force acting on the suitcase ?
c) (Bonus) If the surface is smooth and there is no friction. What is the work done by the force F over
a distance of 5 meters?
14. (15 pts) A large potted plant is holding up a hanging sale sign. The sale sign has a
mass of 27.2 kg. If the potted plant dries out and its mass decreases to less than
mpot = 68.0 kg, the sale sign will pull the plant off the wall.

a) (7 pts) Draw free body diagrams for (i) the potted plant and (ii) the sale sign.
b) (8 pts) What is the coefficient of static friction between the potted plant and
the top surface of the wall?