THE INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY (IU) – VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY - HCMC

MID-TERM EXAMINATION – CLASS

Student Name: ______________________ Student ID: __________________
DATE: JUNE 2021
Duration: 48 hours (8:00 AM 28/6/2021 – 8:00 AM 30/6/2021)
GROUP 1
SUBJECT: PHYSICS 1
Chair of Department of Physics: Lecturer: Phan Hiền Vũ
Signature: Signature:

Full name: Phan Bảo Ngọc

Question 1 (20 pts) Fig. 1 shows three forces of magnitude F1 = 6 N, F2 = 2

N, and F3 = 4 N act on a package of 5 kg sliding across a frictionless floor
 F3
through a 1 m distance. Force F3 is angled down by  = 600. Assume the F2 F1
package is initially stationary.
Fig. 1
a/ For the 1 m displacement, what is the net work done on the package by all
forces on the package? Explain the physical meaning of your results.

b/ What is its speed at the end of the displacement?

c/ What is the average power due to the forces during the displacement?

Question 2 (20 pts) A ball of mass m = 100 g is thrown from the top of a building with an initial velocity
of v0 = 10 m/s at an angle of  = 30° above the horizontal. Using energy methods, do:
a/ Determine the kinetic energy of the ball when it reaches the maximum height.

b/ Compute its speed when it is 5 m below the initial position.

c/ If the initial angle  increases, how is the ball’s speed when it is 5 m below the initial position? More
than, less than or the same? Why?

Question 3 (3 pts) Fig. 2 shows a 0.2 kg ball with a speed of vi = 8 m/s strikes a wall at an r
angle of θi = 450 and then rebounds with the same speed vr and angle θr. It is in contact vr
with the wall for 10 ms.
vi
a/ Determine the impulse on the ball from the wall. i
b/ Compute the average force on the wall from the ball? What is the origin of this average
Fig. 2
force?

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Question 4 (20 pts) Block A of 5 kg with a speed of 3 m/s collides with block B of 10 kg that has a speed
of 2 m/s in the same direction. After the collision, block B travels in the original direction with a speed of
2.5 m/s.

a/ What is the velocity of block A immediately after the collision?

b/ How much does the total kinetic energy of the system of two blocks change due to the collision?

c/ Suppose that block B ends up with a speed of 4 m/s, what is the change in the total kinetic energy?
Explain the physical meaning of your result.

Question 5 (20 pts) In Fig. 3, a solid sphere of radius R = 5 cm and

mass M = 2 kg rolls from rest a D = 50 cm distance down a  = 300
incline. Assume that the incline and the horizontal surface have the D
same fictional coefficient.
a/ Compute the angular velocity at the bottom of the incline. 
b/ Determine the angular acceleration of the sphere on the incline. Fig. 3
c/ If the sphere and a marble of radius r = 5 mm release together from
rest at the initial location, is the sphere’s time to the bottom more than, less than, or the same as the
marble’s? why?

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 THE INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY (IU) – VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY - HCMC
MID-TERM EXAMINATION – CLASS
Student Name: ______________________ Student ID: __________________
DATE: JUNE 2021
Duration: 48 hours (8:00 AM 28/6/2021 – 8:00 AM 30/6/2021)
GROUP 2
SUBJECT: PHYSICS 1
Chair of Department of Physics: Lecturer: Phan Hiền Vũ
Signature: Signature:

Full name: Phan Bảo Ngọc

Question 1 (20 pts) Fig. 1 shows three forces of magnitude F1 = 2 N, F2 = 4 F3

N, and F3 = 1 N act on a package of 1 kg sliding across a frictionless floor 
through a 50 cm distance. Force F3 is angled down by  = 450. Assume the F2 F1
package is initially stationary.
Fig. 1
a/ For the 50 cm displacement, what is the net work done on the package by
all forces on the package? Explain the physical meaning of your results.

b/ What is its speed at the end of the displacement?

c/ How long does it take for the package sliding through the displacement?

Question 2 (20 pts) A ball of mass m = 50 g is thrown from the top of a building with an initial velocity of
v0 = 5 m/s at an angle of  = 60° above the horizontal. Using energy methods, do:
a/ Determine the potential energy of the ball when it reaches the maximum height.

b/ Compute its speed when it is 1 m below the initial position.

c/ If the ball is heavier, how is the speed of the ball when it is 1 m below the initial position? More than,
less than or the same? Why?

Question 3 (3 pts) Fig. 2 shows a 0.3 kg ball with a speed of vi = 10 m/s strikes a wall at
r
an angle of θi = 300 and then rebounds with a speed vr = 6 m/s and an angle θr.= 600. It is in
vr
contact with the wall for 10 ms.

a/ Determine the impulse on the ball from the wall. i

vi
b/ Compute the average force on the wall from the ball? What is the origin of this average
Fig. 2
force?

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Question 4 (20 pts) Block A of 10 kg with a speed of 2 m/s collides with block B of 5 kg that is stationary.
After the collision, block B travels with a speed of 2 m/s.

a/ What is the velocity of block A immediately after the collision?

b/ How much does the total kinetic energy of the system of two blocks change due to the collision?

c/ Suppose that block B ends up with a speed of 4 m/s, what then is the change in the total kinetic energy?
Explain the physical meaning of your result.

Question 5 (20 pts) In Fig. 3, a solid brass cylinder of radius R = 50

cm and mass M = 10 kg rolls from rest a D = 5 m distance down a  =
D
300 incline. Assume that the incline and the horizontal surface have the
same fictional coefficient.
a/ Compute the speed of the center of mass of the cylinder at the 
bottom of the incline. Fig. 3
b/ Determine the acceleration of the center of mass of the cylinder on
the incline.
c/ If the solid brass cylinder and a solid wood cylinder having the same radius and mass release together
from rest at the initial location, which cylinder reaches the bottom first? Why?

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 THE INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY (IU) – VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY - HCMC
MID-TERM EXAMINATION – CLASS
Student Name: ______________________ Student ID: __________________
DATE: JUNE 2021
Duration: 48 hours (8:00 AM 28/6/2021 – 8:00 AM 30/6/2021)
GROUP 3
SUBJECT: PHYSICS 1
Chair of Department of Physics: Lecturer: Phan Hiền Vũ
Signature: Signature:

Full name: Phan Bảo Ngọc

Question 1 (20 pts) Fig. 1 shows a 2 kg package sliding rightward across a

frictionless floor through a distance d = 20 cm while three forces act on the  F3
package. The two horizontal forces have the magnitudes F1 = 5 N and F2 = 1 F2 F1
N. The third force F3 is angled down by  = 600. For the 20 cm displacement,
Fig. 1
the package’s acceleration is 3 m/s2. Assume the package is initially stationary.

a/ Compute the force F3 in vector notation.

b/ Determine the net work done on the package by all forces on the package. Explain the physical meaning
of your results.

c/ Determine the package’s speed at the end of the displacement.

Question 2 (20 pts) A ball is thrown from the top of a building with an initial velocity of v0 = 8 m/s at an
angle of  = 30° above the horizontal. The kinetic energy of the ball at the top of its flight is 1.2 J. Using
energy methods, do:

a/ Compute the ball’s mass.

b/ Compute its speed when it is 3 m below the initial position.

c/ If the initial angle  decreases, how is the ball’s speed when it is 3 m below the initial position? More
than, less than or the same? Why?

Question 3 (3 pts) Fig. 2 shows a 0.4 kg ball with a speed of vi = 10 m/s strikes a wall at
an angle of θi = 600 and then rebounds with a speed vr = 8 m/s and an angle θr.= 300. It is in vr r
contact with the wall for 10 ms.

a/ Determine the impulse on the ball from the wall. vi

i
b/ Compute the average force on the wall from the ball? What is the origin of this average
Fig. 2
force?

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Question 4 (20 pts) Block A of 5 kg with a speed of 3 m/s collides with block B of 10 kg that is stationary.
After the collision, block B travels with a speed of 2 m/s.

a/ What is the velocity of block A immediately after the collision?

b/ How much does the total kinetic energy of the system of two blocks change due to the collision?

c/ Suppose that block B ends up with a speed of 4 m/s, what then is the change in the total kinetic energy?
Explain the physical meaning of your result.

Question 5 (20 pts) In Fig. 3, an annular copper cylinder of radii Router

= 40 cm, Rinner = 20 cm and mass M = 5 kg rolls from rest a D = 10 m
D
distance down a  = 300 incline. Assume that the incline and the
horizontal surface have the same fictional coefficient.
a/ Compute the speed of the center of mass of the cylinder at the end of 
the incline. Fig. 3
b/ How long does the cylinder reach to the bottom of the incline?
c/ If the annular copper cylinder and a solid wood cylinder having the same radius R outer and mass release
together from rest at the initial location, which cylinder reaches the bottom first? Why?

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