LUSAKA APEX MEDICAL UNIVERSITY

Second Semester Examinations-2018

INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS I

P191

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NOV 22ND 2018

3 hours

You may lose marks if you do not show your working or if you do not use appropriate units.

Candidates answer on the question paper

Part A is compulsory
Part B has six questions and you are required to attempt five questions only

PART1

Q1

Q2

Q3

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Q5

Q6

TOTAL

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Acceleration of free fall, g = 9.81 m s–2

Gravitational constant, G = 6.67x10–11 Nm2 kg–2

Work= K.E+ P.E

P = WORK /TIME

Materials

F=Kx

E.P.E=I/2Fx

Y=stress/strain

CIRCULAR MOTION

F=mv2/r

=2π/T =v/r

F=Gmm/r2

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PART 1 ( MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS)

Q1 In which of the following is a vector fully described?

A A car travels north. B A crane moves a load 20 m east.
C A train travels at a rate of 35 m s -1 D A lift moves upwards with a kinetic energy of 2.5 kJ.

Q2 A box of weight 150 N is placed on an inclined plane. The component of the box’s
weight acting along the plane is W´.

W´ in newtons is given by

A 150/ cos15° B 150 × cos 15° C 150/ sin15° D 150 × sin 15°

Q4 A lift and its load have a combined mass of 650 kg. The lift moves the load upwards
through a vertical height of 140 m in 25 s. What is the approximate value of the power developed?

A 900000 W B 90000 W C 40000 W D 4000 W C

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Q5 Displacement can be found from the
A area under a distance-time graph. B area under a velocity-time graph.
C gradient of a distance-time graph. D gradient of a velocity-time graph.

Q6 Which of the following is a list of fundamental units only?

A. kilogram, mole, kelvin B. kilogram, coulomb, kelvin
C. ampere, mole, centigrade D. coulomb, mole, celsius

Q7 Which of the following is a correct statement of Newton’s second law?

A. The change in momentum of a body is proportional to the external force acting on the body.
B. The force acting on a body is equal to the acceleration of the body.
C. The rate of change of momentum of a body is equal to the external force acting on the body.
D. The force acting on a body is proportional to the mass of the body.

Q8 A projectile is fired from the top of a cliff at an angle to the horizontal. Air resistance is negligible. Which of the
following is constant during its flight?
A. Vertical component of velocity B. Horizontal component of velocity
C. Potential energy D. Kinetic energy

Q9 Which statement, involving multiples and sub-multiples of the base unit meter (m), is correct?
(A) 1 pm = 10 -9 m (B) 1 nm = 10 -6m (C) 1 mm = 10 6μm (D) 1 km = 10 6mm

Q10 An athlete jumping vertically on a trampoline leaves the surface with a velocity of 8.5 m/s upward.
What maximum height does she reach?
(A) 13 m (B) 2.3 m (C) 3.7 m (D) 0.27 m

PART B (STRUCTURED QUESTIONS)

QUESTION NO 1

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QUESTION NO 2

1) Define work and power (2)

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2) A car of mass 1000Kg drives up a hill of length 750m and inclination =2.40 to the horizontal. The
resistance forces are negligible. Calculate the driving force of the engine given that the speed of the foot
of the hill is 25m/s and the speed at the top of the hill is 20m/s. (5)

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3)Calculate the work done by the gravitational potential energy. (3 )

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QUESTION NO 3

This question is about the application of dynamics to a system of two connected bodies.
Figure 1 below shows two blocks of masses M and m, connected by a long cord over a pulley.
Mass M is greater than mass m, i.e. Assume M m the cord and the pulleys have negligible mass
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 We wish to analyse the forces in this system and derive an expression for the acceleration a of the
blocks and the tension T in the cord, in terms of the variables M, m and the gravitational field
strength g.

(a) In Figure 2 above, draw free-body force diagrams for each block, showing and labeling all
the forces acting on each. The lengths of force vectors should reflect their comparative
magnitudes. [3]

(b) (i) Apply Newton’s second law to each block separately, and hence obtain two equations
for the two unknowns a and T. (2)

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 (ii) By solving these equations simultaneously, show that the acceleration of the system is given by

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QUESTION NO 4

(a) State Hooke’s Law (2)

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(b) A spring is compressed by applying a force. The variation with compression x of the
force F is shown in Fig. 1

(i) Calculate the spring constant. (2)

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(ii) Show that the work done in compressing the spring by 36 mm is 0.81 J. (3)
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(c) A child’s toy uses the spring in (b) to shoot a small ball vertically upwards. The ball has
a mass of 25 g. The toy is shown in Fig. 2.

The spring in the toy is compressed by 36 mm. The spring is released.

Assume all the strain energy in the spring is converted to kinetic energy of the ball. Using the result
in (b)(ii), calculate the speed with which the ball leaves the spring (3)

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QUESTION NO 5

Part1

A car M and a truck 2M are both travelling at the speed limit of 60 km/h but in opposite directions as
shown. The truck has twice the mass of the car.

The vehicles collide head-on and become entangled together.

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 (a) During the collision, how does the force exerted by the car on the truck compare with the
force exerted by the truck on the car? Explain. [2]
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(b) Determine the speed (in kmh) of the combined wreck immediately after the collision
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Part2

(a) Use the definition of work done to show that the SI base units of energy are kg m2 s−2. (2)

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(b) A bird flies 100 m due east from a tree, then 200 m northwest (that is, 45 0north of west). Use the
algebraic addition of vectors to find the bird’s net displacement? (4)

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QUESTION NO 6

A 0.50-kg ball that is tied to the end of a 1.5-meter light cord is revolved in a horizontal plane, with the
cord making a 30 0angle with the vertical.
(a) Determine the ball’s speed. (4)

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(b)The Earth may be considered to be a uniform sphere of radius 6.38x10 6 m. Its mass is assumed to
be concentrated at its centre. The mass of the Earth is 5.99x10 24 kg. A satellite is placed
in geostationary orbit around the Earth.

(i)Define universal law of gravitation (1)

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