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Exam 2 Practice Problems

This document contains practice problems and solutions related to physics concepts like forces, energy, work, and motion. There are multiple questions presented about blocks on inclined planes or surfaces, masses connected by ropes or strings over pulleys, and objects like buckets or bags with applied forces. The questions involve calculating values like accelerations, tensions, energies, distances, speeds, and forces. Complete solutions are provided in the form of calculated numerical answers.

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Exam 2 Practice Problems

This document contains practice problems and solutions related to physics concepts like forces, energy, work, and motion. There are multiple questions presented about blocks on inclined planes or surfaces, masses connected by ropes or strings over pulleys, and objects like buckets or bags with applied forces. The questions involve calculating values like accelerations, tensions, energies, distances, speeds, and forces. Complete solutions are provided in the form of calculated numerical answers.

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Exam 2 Practice Problems

(hr05-049) In the figure to the right, a block of mass m = 5.00 kg is


pulled along a horizontal frictionless floor by a cord that exerts a
force of magnitude F = 12.0 N at an angle θ = 25.0°. (a) What is the
magnitude of the block’s acceleration? (b) The force magnitude F is
slowly increased. What is its value just before the block is lifted
(completely) off the floor? (c) What is the magnitude of the block’s
acceleration just before it is lifted (completely) off the floor?

Answer (a) 2.18 m/s2 (b) 116 N (c) 21.0 m/s2

(hr05-073) In the figure to the right, a tin of antioxidants (m1 = 1.0 kg)
on a frictionless inclined surface is connected to a tin of corned beef
(m2 = 2.0 kg). The pulley is massless and frictionless. An applied
upward force of magnitude F = 6.0 N acts on the corned beef tin,
which has a downward acceleration of 5.5 m/s2. What are (a) the
tension in the connecting cord and (b) angle β ?

Answer: (a) 2.6 N (b) 17°

(hr06-029) In the figure to the right, blocks A and B have


weights of 44 N and 22 N, respectively. The coefficient of
static friction 𝜇𝑠 between block A and the table is 0.20. (a) If
block C has weight of 121 N, find the magnitude of the friction
force between block A and the table. (b) Determine the
minimum weight of block C to keep A from sliding on the
table. (b) Block C suddenly is lifted off A. What is the
acceleration of block A if 𝜇𝑘 between A and the table is 0.15?

Answer: (a) 22 N (b) 66 N (c) 2.3 m/s2

(hr06-059) In the figure to the right, a 1.34 kg ball is connected by means


of two massless strings, each of length L = 1.70 m, to a vertical, rotating
rod. The strings are tied to the rod with separation d = 1.70 m and are
taut. The tension in the upper string is 35 N. What are the (a) tension in
the lower string, (b) magnitude of the net force 𝐹⃗𝑛𝑛𝑛 on the ball, and (c)
speed of the ball? (d) What is the direction of 𝐹⃗𝑛𝑛𝑛 ?

Answer: (a) 8.74 N (b) 37.9 N (c) 6.45 m/s (d) radially inward
4. (yf04-037) Two adults and a child want to push a wheeled cart in
the direction marked x in the figure to the right. The two adults push
with horizontal forces 𝐹⃗1 and 𝐹⃗2 as shown in the figure. (a) Find the
magnitude and direction of the smallest force that the child should
exert. You can ignore the effects of friction. (b) If the child exerts the
minimum force found in part (a), the cart accelerates at 2.0 m/s2 in the
+x-direction. What is the weight of the cart?

Answer (a) 17 N, at 90° clock-wise from the +x axis (b) 840 N

(yf05-059) A solid uniform 45.0-kg ball of diameter 32.0 cm is supported


against a vertical, frictionless wall using a thin 30.0-cm wire of negligible
mass, as shown in Fig. P5.59. (a) (With the help of a free-body diagram) Find
the tension in the wire. (b) How hard does the ball push against the wall?

Answer (a) 470 N (b) 163 N

(yf05-127) A ball is held at rest at position A, in the figure


to the right, by two light strings. The horizontal string is cut
and the ball starts swinging as a pendulum. Point B is the
farthest to the right the ball goes as it swings back and forth.
You are given that the angle 𝛽 =37°. What is the ratio of
the tension in the supporting string at position B to its value
at A before the horizontal string was cut?

Answer: cos 2 𝛽 = 0.64

(hr07-019) In the figure to the right, a block of ice slides down a


frictionless ramp at angle 𝜃 = 50° while an ice worker pulls on the
block (via a rope) with a force 𝐹⃗𝑟 that has a magnitude of 50 N and is
directed up the ramp. As the block slides through distance d = 0.50 m
along the ramp, its kinetic energy increases by 80J. How much greater
would its kinetic energy have been if the rope had not been attached to
the block?

Answer: 25 J
(hr07-057) A 230 kg crate hangs from the end of a rope of length L = 12.0 m.
You push horizontally on the crate with a varying force 𝐹⃗ to move it distance
d = 4.00 m to the side, as shown in the figure to the right. (a) What is the
magnitude of 𝐹⃗ when the crate is in this final position? During the crate’s
displacement, what are (b) the total work done on it, (c) the work done by the
gravitational force on the crate, and (d) the work done by the pull on the crate
from the rope? (e) Knowing that the crate is at rest at the start and end of its
displacement, use the answers to (b), (c), and (d) to find the work your force
𝐹⃗ does on the crate. (f) Why is the work of your force not equal to the
product of the horizontal displacement and the answer to (a)?

Answer: (a) 797 N; (b) 0; (c) −1.55 kJ; (d) 0; (e) +1.55 kJ;
(f) (the product would be 3.19 kJ) F varies during displacement

(hr08-031) A block with mass m = 2.00 kg is placed against a


spring on a frictionless incline with angle 𝜃 = 30.0° (see attached
figure). (The block is not attached to the spring.) The spring, with
spring constant k = 19.6 N/cm, is compressed 20.0 cm and then
released. (a) What is the elastic potential energy of the compressed
spring? (b) What is the change in the gravitational potential energy
of the block–Earth system as the block moves from the release point
to its highest point on the incline? (c) How far along the incline is
the highest point from the release point?

Answer: (a) 39.2 J; (b) 39.2 J; (c) 4.00 m

(hr08-093) A playground slide is in the form of an arc


of a circle that has a radius of 12 m. The maximum
height of the slide is h = 4.0 m, and the ground is
tangent to the circle (see figure). A 25 kg child starts
from rest at the top of the slide and has a speed of 6.2
m/s at the bottom. (a) What is the length of the slide?
(b) What average frictional force acts on the child over
this distance? If, instead of the ground, a vertical line
through the top of the slide is tangent to the circle, what
are (c) the length of the slide and (d) the average frictional force on the child?

Answer: (a) 10 m; (b) 49 N; (c) 4.1 m; (d) 1.2×102 N


(yf06-087) Consider the system shown in the figure. The rope
and pulley have negligible mass, and the pulley is frictionless.
Initially the 6.00-kg block is moving downward and the 8.00-kg
block is moving to the right, both with a speed of 0.900 m/s. The
blocks come to rest after moving 2.00 m. Use the work–energy
theorem to calculate the coefficient of kinetic friction between
the 8.00-kg block and the tabletop.

Answer: 0.786

(yf07-041) At a construction site, a 65.0-kg bucket of


concrete hangs from a light (but strong) cable that passes over
a light, friction-free pulley and is connected to an 80.0-kg box
on a horizontal roof (see figure). The cable pulls horizontally
on the box, and a 50.0-kg bag of gravel rests on top of the
box. The coefficients of friction between the box and roof are
shown. (a) Find the friction force on the bag of gravel and on
the box. (b) Suddenly a worker picks up the bag of gravel.
Use the concepts of work, kinetic and potential energy to find
the speed of the bucket after it has descended 2.00 m from
rest. (You can check your answer by solving this problem
using Newton’s laws.)

Answer: (a) zero on the bag of gravel, 637 N on the box (b) 2.99 m/s

(yf07-077) A small block with mass 0.0500 kg slides in a vertical circle of radius 𝑅 = 0.800 m
on the inside of a (vertical) circular track. There is no friction between the track and the block. At
the bottom of the path of the block, the normal force the track exerts on the block has magnitude
3.40 N. What is the magnitude of the normal force that the track exerts on the block when it is at
the top of the path of the block?

Answer: 0.456 N

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