Sample Problem Exam1 PDF
Sample Problem Exam1 PDF
PHYSICS 151
EXAM I
SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
You have 110 minutes (one class period) to complete this exam.
NO BOOKS, NO NOTES
Calculators are permitted, but only for performing calculations. Cell phones may not be used as
calculators. Databases of formulas or other stored information may not be used. Use of stored
information constitutes cheating and will be dealt with harshly!
Please assume, for the sake of this exam, unless otherwise told: there is no friction, there is no
air-resistance, the Earth is FLAT, and the strength of the Earth’s gravitational field near the
Earth's surface is 9.8 MKS units.
For your own sake, read each question carefully. Be sure that you answer the question that is
asked.
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Some potentially useful formulas: O
dr
v K .E. 12 mv 2 H 2 O 2 A2 SOHCAHTOA
dt A
mv 2 d
A frame1 A frame2 Dconnect1to2 Fc p mv
r dt
dv d 2 r b b 2 4ac
a J net mv r 12 at 2 v0 t r0 x
dt dt 2 2a
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F ma v 2f vi2 2ad radians E 12 I 2
r
Ff s N Ff k N v f a t vi
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Name:_________________________
For each problem, put the final numerical answer and the equation that led
to that number in the relevant boxes on the answer sheet. Please do show
as much work as possible on this sheet as it will be used to determine
partial credit if the submitted answers are incorrect.
(This sample problem is from a Mastering Physics assignment that you have not yet
done.)
Two runners start simultaneously from the same point on a circular 200 m track
m
and run in opposite directions. One runs at a constant speed of 6.20 , and the other
s
m
runs at a constant speed of 5.40 .
s
a) When they first meet, for how long a time will they have been running?
b) When they first meet how far will fast runner have run along the track?
c) When they first meet how far will slow runner have run along the track?
Part (a):
v1t 200m v2 t
so
200m
t 17.2s
v1 v2
2
Note that in this simple problem, either or both of the equations above would
be useful to put into the final answer box. Don’t go overboard with this!
m
d v fast t 6.2 17.2s 106.6m
s