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Answers To Chapter 3

This document contains the answers to exercises from Chapter 3 of a physics textbook. It provides numerical answers to multiple choice and free response questions covering concepts such as forces, kinematics, dynamics, impulse, and momentum. The answers are organized by exercise and include calculated values, brief statements, and diagrams as needed.

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Answers to Chapter 3

Exercise 3A
1
3
5
7
8
9
10

39.2 N
2 50 kg
112 N
4 4.2 N
0.3 m s2
6 25 kg
a 25.6 N
b 41.2 N
c P is 34 N, Q is 49 N
a 2.1 kg (2 s.f.)
b 1.7 kg (2 s.f.)
c 0.22 kg (2 s.f.)
a 5.8 m s2
b 2.7 m s2
c 2.7 m s2
a 31.2 N
b 39.2 N
c 41.2 N

Exercise 3B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

8
9
10

2.3 N (2 s.f.)
0.35 N
a 0.9 m s2
b 7120 N
c 8560 N
2.25 N
a 0.5 m s2
b 45 N
a 4 m s2
b 800 N
a 708 N
b 498 N
c Her perception of her weight is the reaction force
that she feels from the floor of the lift.
a 32 s
b 256 m
c Air resistance unlikely to be constant.
a 1.5 m s2
b 60 kg
c 40 kg
a 2.9 m (2 s.f.)
b 3.6 m s1 (2 s.f.)
c 2.17 s (3 s.f.)

Exercise 3E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

Exercise 3C
1

a
b
c
d
e
f
a
b
c

i 11.3 N (3 s.f.)
i 0N
i 5.14 N (3 s.f.)
i 8.66 N (3 s.f.)
i 3.86 N (3 s.f.)
i F cos N
i 2 N
i 8.13 N (3 s.f.)
i P cos Q R sin

ii
ii
ii
ii
ii
ii
ii
ii
ii

4.10 N (3 s.f.)
5 N
6.13 N (3 s.f.)
5 N
4.60 N (3 s.f.)
F sin N
6.93 N (3 s.f.)
10.3 N (3 s.f.)
P sin R cos

Exercise 3D
1

a i
ii
b i
ii
c i
ii
iii
d i
ii
e i
ii

3N
F 3 N and body remains at rest
7N
F 7 N and body remains at rest
7N
F 7 N and body accelerates
1 m s2
6N
F 6 N and body remains at rest
9N
F 9 N and body remains at rest in limiting
equilibrium
f i 9N
ii F 9 N and body accelerates
iii 0.6 m s2
g i 3N
ii F 3 N and body remains at rest
h i 5N
ii F 5 N and body remains at rest in limiting
equilibrium

a
b
c

i 5N
ii F 5 N and body accelerates
iii 0.2 m s2
i 6N
ii F 6 N and body accelerates
iii 1.22 m s2 (3 s.f.)
i 5N
ii F 5 N and body accelerates
iii 3.85 m s2 (3 s.f.)
i 12.7 N (3 s.f.)
ii The body accelerates.
iii 5.39 m s2 (3 s.f.)
R 88 N, 0.083 (2 s.f.)
R 80.679 N, 0.062 (2 s.f.)
R 118 N, 0.13 (2 s.f.)

3.35 m s2 (3 s.f.)
a 27.7 N (3 s.f.)
a 2.43 m s2 (3 s.f.)
28 N
0.20 (2 s.f.)
0.15 (2 s.f.)
a 88.8 N (3 s.f.)
13g
a ____
15
c 2.35 s (3 s.f.)

b 2.12 m s2
b 4.93 m s1 (3 s.f.)

b 0.24 (2 s.f.)
b 23.5 m (3 s.f.)
d 12 .4 m s1 (3 s.f.)

Exercise 3F
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

a 4N
b 0.8 N
a R 45
b 100 N
a 3 m s2
b 2500 N
a 33.6 N (3 s.f.)
b 2_72 m
2
a 0.613 m s (3 s.f.)
b 27.6 N (3 s.f.)
c 39.0 N (3 s.f.)
2.8 m s1
a 0.569 m s2 (3 s.f.)
b 0.56 mg
a 1.12 m s2
b 4100 N
a 1.9 N
b 0.418 (3 s.f.)
c 38 N (2 s.f.)
b 600 N
c 100 m
a 2 m s2

Exercise 3G
1
2
3
4
5

30 m s1
2.5 m s1
2.59 N s
6.5 m s1
3 m s1

Exercise 3H
1
2
3
4
5
6

4 m s1
2 _92 m s1
4.5 m s1
a 2 _32 m s1
b 2 _32 N s
a 1 m s1 and direction unchanged
b 15 N s
10

ANSWERS

2u; direction reversed


a ___
3
b 8 mu

Larger 8 m s1 and smaller 4 m s1


9mu
a 3
b ____
2
a 3 m s1
b 4.5
a 4 m s1 in same direction
b 3 m s1 in opposite direction
a 3 m s1
b 6 kg

9
10
11
12

12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20

Exercise 3I
1
2
3

a 0.103 kg
0.14 (2 s.f.)
a _21 u v

a 0.22 m (2 s.f.)

5
6
7
8

9
10
11

b 4.103 kg

21
22

b 6mu
14g
b ____
25

23

c 1.1 m s1 (2 s.f.)
0.12 (2 s.f.)
a 9.8 N
b 9.8 N
35
a 14 m s1
b __
m
s1
c 0.75 m (2 s.f.)
3
a _31 g
b 3.6 m s1 (2 s.f.)
c 2 _32 m
d i acceleration both masses equal
ii same tension in string either side of pulley
a 540 N
b 180 N
c 450 N
1000 N vertically downwards
a 2000
b 36 m

24
25

26

a 1.75 m s1
a 2.5 m s1
a 0.7 m s1

b 0.45 N s
b 15 000 N s
b unchanged

c 8.25 N s

_4
5

a 1.25 m s1
0.44 (2 s.f.)
a 1.3 N (2 s.f.)

b 0.77 (2 s.f.)
b 19 m (2 s.f.)

5
__
28

a 830 N (2 s.f.)
b 1500 N (2 s.f.)
c 1700 N (2 s.f.)
d Air resistance would reduce speed of lift as it falls
and so impulse would be reduced.
a 18 N (2 s.f.)
b 0.12 m s2 (2 s.f.)
a 243 N (3 s.f.)
b 3.08 m s2 (3 s.f.)
c 36.7 m (3 s.f.)
a 7.5 m s1
b 11 000 (2 s.f.)
c R could be modelled as varying with speed.
12
a __
gN
b 1.2
7
a 3.2 m s2
b 5.3 N (2 s.f.)
c 0.75 (2 s.f.)
d The information that the string is inextenible has
been used when, in part c the acceleration of A
has been taken as equal to the acceleration of B
obtained in part a.
a 18 N (2 s.f.)
b 2
c 4.2 N s
d _72 s

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