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PHYS0110 (Fall 2024) Homework 5

1. Figure 1 gives an overhead view of the path taken by a 0.165 kg cue ball as it bounces
from a pool table rail. The ball’s initial speed is 2.00 m/s, and the angle θ1 is 30.0◦ .
The bounce reverses the y component of the ball’s velocity but does not alter the x
component. What are (a) angle θ2 and (b) the change in the ball’s linear momentum in
unit-vector notation? (The fact that the ball rolls are irrelevant to the problem.)

Figure 1: Caption

2. In Fig. 2, block 2 (mass 1.0kg) is at rest on a frictionless surface and touching the end of
an unstretched spring of spring constant 200 N/m. The other end of the spring is fixed
to a wall. Block 1 (mass 2.0 kg), travelling at speed v1 = 4.0 m/s, collides with block 2,
and the two blocks stick together. When the blocks momentarily stop, by what distance
is the spring compressed?

Figure 2: Question 2

3. In Fig. 3, puck 1 of mass m1 = 0.20 kg is sent sliding across a frictionless lab bench, to
undergo a one-dimensional elastic collision with stationary puck 2. Puck 2 then slides
off the bench and lands a distance d from the base of the bench. Puck 1 rebounds from
the collision and slides off the opposite edge of the bench, landing a distance of 2d from
the base of the bench. What is the mass of puck 2? (Hint: Be careful with signs.)

Figure 3: Question 3
4. The wheel in Fig. 10-30 has eight equally spaced spokes and a radius of 30 cm. It is
mounted on a fixed axle and is spinning at 2.5 rev/s. You want to shoot a 20-cm-long
arrow parallel to this axle and through the wheel without hitting any of the spokes.
Assume that the arrow and the spokes are very thin. (a) What minimum speed must
the arrow have? (b) Does it matter where between the axle and rim of the wheel you
aim? If so, what is the best location?

Figure 4: Question 4

5. A pulsar is a rapidly rotating neutron star that emits a radio beam the way a lighthouse
emits a light beam. We receive a radio pulse for each rotation of the star. The period T of
rotation is found by measuring the time between pulses. The pulsar in the Crab Nebula
has a period of rotation of T = 0.033 s that is increasing at the rate of 1.26×10−5 s/y. (a)
What is the pulsar’s angular acceleration α? (b) If α is constant, how many years from
now will the pulsar stop rotating? (c) The pulsar originated in a supernova explosion
seen in the year 1054. Assuming constant α, find the initial T.
6. A uniform spherical shell of mass M = 4.5 kg and radius R = 8.5 cm can rotate about a
vertical axis on frictionless bearings (Fig. 5). A massless cord passes around the equator
of the shell, over a pulley of rotational inertia I = 3.0 × 10−3 kg.m2 and radius r = 5.0
cm, and is attached to a small object of mass m = 0.60 kg. There is no friction on the
pulley’s axle; the cord does not slip on the pulley. What is the speed of the object when
it has fallen 82 cm after being released from rest? Use energy considerations.

Figure 5: Question 6

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