Test 1

1/ An object starts from the rest and accelerates at a rate of 1.5 m/ s2 in a staight line until it
reaches a speed of 30 m/ s2. The object then slows at a constant rate of 2.0 m/ s2 until it stops.

(a) How much time elapses from start to stop ?

(b) How far does the object travel from start to stop ?

2/ A ball is kicked from the ground into the air with velocity ⃗ v o . At a height of 12 , the
v o ( magnitude and direction ).
velocity of the ball is ⃗v = 20,2 i⃗ +7,1 ⃗j . Determine ⃗

3/A boy is swimming due North at a speed of 5.3 m/s relative to the winter of a river. The
water is moving due East at a speed of 2.1 m/s relative to the ground. What is the velocity of
the boy relative to the ground.

4/ A force of 20N parallel to a frictionless incline with a slope of 300 is applied to block A of
1kg against block B as shown in Figure 1. The block slide up the inclinewith an acceleration
of 2.0 m/ s2. Determine the contact forces between the blocks.

5/ A block of 4kg is at rest on a tough floor. The coefficents of stame friction and kinetie are
u (1) = 0,4 and u(2) = 0,25. If a horizontal force F is acted on the block, calculate the
frictional force in the following cases

(a) F = 12N

(b) F = 20N
Test 2
1/ On level ground an object is fired with an initial velocity of 80.0 m/s at 6 00 above the
horizontal and feels no appreciable air resistance.

(a) Find its maximum height above the ground

(b) At its highest point, find the horizontal and vertical components of its acceleration and
velocity.

2/ A woman walks on an east- west street at a speed of 4m/min. The wind blows of the
northwest at a speed of 3m/min. Find the velocity ( magnitude and direction ) of the wind
relative to the woman if she walk west.

3/ When a bus rounds a fat curve at a constant speed, a box with mass 0.5 kg, suspended
from the ceiling of the bus by a string 1,8m long, is found to hang a rest relative to the bus
when the string makes an angle of 300 with the vertical. In this position the box is 50.0m from
the center of curvature of the curve. What is the speed of the bus ?

4/ A robot moves in the xy-plane . It has x- and y- coordinates that vary with time

X = 2.0m - (0,25m/ s2)t 2 and y = (1,0 m/s)t + (0,025 m/ s3)t 3

a) Find the robot 's coordinates and its distance from the origin O at t= 2,0 m/s

(b) Derive a general expression for the robot 's instantenous velocity vector. Express this
instantaneous velocity at t = 2,0 sin component from and also in terms of magnitude and
direction. Sketch this vector.
Test 3
1./A stone is dropped vertically downward from the top of a 100-m tall building (a) How far
will the stone travel in 2.0s?

(b) What is its speed when it hits the ground ?

2/ A ball is kicked from the roof of a building with an initial velocity of 20m/s a an angle of
300 above the horizontal ( see Figure 1) How far from the base of the building will the hand
land ? The height of the building is 40m.

3/ A constant force F of magnitude 27N is applied to block A of mass m A =4,0 kg ,which

(a) the net force acting on the block B

(b) the net force acting on block A.

4/ A 1,0 kg block slides on a horizontal surface. A part of the surface is smooth( frictionless)
and the other part is rough. A horizontal force is applied to the block is 5 m/ s2, while it is 2.0
m/ s2 on the rough part. Find the coefficent of kinetic friction on the rough part.
Test 4
1/ A particle moves in the xy plane, starting from the origin at t=0 with an initial velocity
having an x component of 20m/s and y component of-15 m/s. The particle experience an
acceleration in the x direction in the x direction, given by a x =4 m/s 2.

(a) Write the total velocity vector at any time in terms of unit vector i⃗ , ⃗j.

(b) Calculate the speed of the particle at t = 5,0 s and the angle the velocity vector makes
with the x axis.

(c) Determine the position vector of the particle at any time t in terms of unit vectors i⃗ , ⃗j

2/ A bomber is flying horizontally over level terrain, with a speed of 275 m/s relative to the
ground, at an altitude of 3000m. Neglect the effects of air resistance.

(a) How far will a bomb travel horizontally between its release from the plane and its impact
on the ground ?

(b) If the plane maintains its original course and speed, where will it be when the bomb hits
the ground ?

3/ A man is towing his 20,0 kg suitcase at constant by speed by pulling on a strap at an angle
α above the horizontal. He pulls on the strap with a 35N- force and the friction force on the
suitcase its 20N.

(a) What angle α does the strap make with the horizontal ?

(b) What is the magnitude of the normal force that the ground exerts on the suitcase ?
Test 5
1/ A stone is thrown down the vertically from a bridge of 35m high to the river. The stone's
speed when it strikes the water is 28 m/s. Find its initial speed.

2/ A particle starts from the origin at t=0 with a velocity of 5.1 m/s and moves in the xy plane
with constant acceleration ( 2,6i +4,2j) m/s 2. What is the particle's velocity ( magnitude and
direction ) when its x coordinate is 11.7m?

3/ Drain drops verticallt at a constant speed of 12 m/s, while a bus is travelling on a straight,
horizontal and at a speed ò 45km/h.

(a) At what angle from the vertical that the raindrops are view by passengers on the bus ?

(b) Sketch a figure that shows these relative velocites and the above angle.

4/ A worker pushes a 52kg box up to an inclined floor of 25 to the horizontal. He exerts a

5/ A child stands on the outer rim of a merry-go-round that has a radius of 3.82m and a
rotational period of 30s.

(a) What is the speed of the child with respect to the ground ?

(b) Find the lowest static friction between the child and merry-go-round that allows him to
stay on the ride ?

Test 6:
1/A stone is dropped from the bridge to the river at 42.0m high. Another stone is thrown
vertically 1.0s after the first dropped. The stones strike the water at the same time . What is
the initial speed of the second stone ?

2/ A ball is shot from the ground with an initial speed v o=20 m/s at an angle ∅ o = 47,3 0 with
the horizontal ground. Determine :

(a) The maximum height of the hail above the ground ?

(b) The ball velocity when it strikes the ground.

3/ A worker pushes a force of magnitude 150N horizontallly on a 45kg box. The coeffiencent
of static friction between the box and the floor is μs = 0,37. Find the maximum value of static
friction force under this circumtance? Does the box move or still stay at rest ?

4/ A roller- coaster car has a mass of 900kg fully loaded with passengers. The circular hill
has a radius R = 15m. Assume that its speed is not changing when the car passes over the top
of the circular hill. The car's speed is 13 m/s when it passes over the top of the circular hill.
What are the magnitude and direction ( up or down) of the normal force on the car from the
track at this postion ? Please draw a free-body diagram fro solving this question?

5, A 1,5kg snowballl is fired at initial velocity v o=9 m/s from a cliff h=12m high. The
frictionless cliff is inclined at ∅ o= 300 as shown in Figure 2. Find :

(a) The work done on the snowball by the gravitational force during its flight to the flat
ground below the cliff ?

(b) The velocity of the snowball when it reaches the flat ground ?