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ENGINEERING MECHANICS a. 35.02 m/sec c. 36.89 m/sec

b. 37.12 m/sec d. 38.65 m/sec
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PROJECTILE MOTION
LINEAR MOTION WITH CONSTANT ACCELERATION 9. A projectile is fired at the top of 30 m building at an
1. The train changes its speed from 60 mph to 30 mph in angle of 200 with the horizontal. If the muzzle velocity
a distance of 1500 ft. What is its acceleration? of the projectile is 300 m/sec, how long will it take for
a. -1.94 ft/sec2 c. -2.04 ft/sec2 the projectile to reach the ground?
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b. 2.04 ft/sec d. 1.94 ft/sec2 a. 20.6 sec c. 21.2 sec
2. An automobile moving at a constant velocity of 15 b. 22.7 sec d. 18.5 sec
m/sec passes a gasoline station. Two seconds later, 10. A ball is thrown at an angle of 300 to the horizontal and
another automobile leaves the gasoline station and lands on the top edge of the building 5 m high. If the
accelerates at a constant rate of 2 m/sec2. How soon will building is 20 m away, determine the initial velocity of
the second automobile overtake the first? the ball?
a. 15.3 sec c. 13.5 sec a. 19 m/sec c. 21 m/sec
b. 16.8 sec d. 18.6 sec b. 20 m/sec d. 22 m/sec
3. A car starts from rest and has a constant acceleration of 11. A golf ball leaves the golf club at an angle of 600 above
3 ft/sec2. Find the average velocity during the first 10 the horizontal reference with a velocity of 25 m/sec.
seconds of motion. How high does it go?
a. 13 ft/sec c. 14 ft/sec a. 23.89 m c. 25.90 m
b. 15 ft/sec d. 12 ft/sec b. 24.12 m d. 26.12 m
4. A man driving his car at a constant speed of 42 mph 12. From the top of the hill inclined at an angle of 30 0, a
suddenly sees a cow crossing the road 60 feet ahead. At projectile is fired with an initial velocity of 50 ft/sec If
what constant deceleration (in ft/sec2) is required to the projectile is positioned perpendicular to the surface
avoid hitting the animal. Assume a reaction time of 0.30 of the hill, determine its range down the hill.
sec before the man applies the break. a. 103.52 ft c. 105.89 ft
a. 43.895 c. 45.695 b. 104.65 ft d. 106.70 ft
b. 44.129 d. 46.982
NEWTON’S SECOND LAW OF MOTION
FALLING BODIES 13. A car moving at 70 kph has a mass of 1700 kg. What
5. A ball is dropped from a height of 60 m above the force is necessary to decelerate it at a rate of 40
ground. How long does it take to hit the ground? cm/sec2?
a. 2.1 sec c. 5.5 sec a. 4250 N c. 680 N
b. 3.5 sec d. 1.3 sec b. 0.680 N d. 42.5 N
6. A baseball player throws a ball upward with an initial 14. What force is necessary to accelerate a 30 000 lb.
velocity of 40 ft/sec and plans to catch it with a baseball railway electric car at a rate of 1.25 ft/sec2 if the force
glove. When will the ball strike the glove? Assume the required to overcome the frictional resistance is 400
glove is position in the same elevation when the ball lb.?
left his hand. a. 1465.89 lb. c. 1671.27 lb.
a. 2.48 sec c. 3.20 sec b. 1564.59 lb. d. 1790.02 lb.
b. 1.60 sec d. 3.10 sec 15. A 3500 kg car accelerates from rest. The constant
7. A ball is thrown vertically upward from the ground and forward tractive force of the car is 1000 N and the
a student gazing out of the window sees it moving constant drag force is 150 N. What distance will the car
upward pass him at 5 m/sec. The window is 10 m above travel in 3 seconds?
the ground. How high does the ball go above the a. 0.19 m c. 1.1 m
ground? b. 1.3 m d. 15 m
a. 15.25 m c. 9.97 m
b. 14.87 m d. 11.30 m ROTATIONAL MOTION
8. A ball is dropped from the top of the tower 100 m high 16. A flywheel of a motor is rotating at a rate of 200 rpm.
at the same instant a second ball is thrown upward from If it is decelerated by 2 rad/sec2, how long will it take
the ground. If the two balls meet each other at a point to stop the flywheel?
60 m above the ground, determine the initial velocity of a. 11.90 sec c. 10.47 sec
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b. 12.10 sec d. 10.60 sec 25. A steel ball weighing 200 lb. slides on a flat, horizontal
17. A car tire is 30 inches in diameter. How fast in rpm does floor surface and strikes a stationary wooden ball
the wheel turns on the axle when the automobile weighing 200 lb. If the steel ball has a velocity of 16.7
maintains a speed of 30 mph? ft/sec before the impact, what is its velocity
a. 305 rpm c. 368 rpm immediately after the impact? Assume a frictionless
b. 336 rpm d. 315 rpm floor and the collision is perfectly elastic.
18. A wheel starting from rest is to accelerate to reach an a. 8.35 ft/sec c. -16.7 ft/sec
angular velocity of 30 rad/sec in 6 seconds. How many b. 16.7 ft/sec d. 0
revolutions does it make in the process? 26. A ball is dropped onto a solid floor from an initial
a. 11.12 rev c. 13.54 rev height ho. If the coefficient of restitution, e, is 0.90, how
b. 12.43 rev d. 14.32 rev high will the ball rebound?
19. A 200-gram object attached to a 1.5 m long string is a. 0.81ho c. 0.45ho
whirled around a horizontal circle at a speed of 6 m/sec. b. 0.85ho d. 0.90ho
Determine the centripetal acceleration (in m/sec2) of the
object.
a. 21 c. 23
b. 22 d. 24
20. A stone with a mass of 0.2 kg is tied to one of the string
1.2 m long and is whirled around in a vertical circle. If
the breaking strength of the string in tension is 90 N,
what is the angular velocity at which the cord will
break?
a. 36.57 rpm c. 34.98 rpm
b. 35.67 rpm d. 37.89 rpm
21. A car is moving at a speed of 25 m/sec around a level
curve of radius 100 m. What is the minimum coefficient
of friction between the tires and the road required to
prevent the car from skidding?
a. 0.547 c. 0.478
b. 0.346 d. 0.637
22. Determine the superelevation for a highway curve 183
m in radius so that there will be no “side thrust” for a
speed of 72 kph.
a. 10.230 c. 12.560
b. 11.430 d. 13.780

IMPULSE AND MOMENTUM

23. A 5 kg block is moving at a speed of 3 m/sec. What is
the force required to bring the block to stop in 8 x 10-4
sec?
a. 18.8 kN c. 15.4 kN
b. 13.2 kN d. 9.2 kN
24. Two masses collide on a frictionless horizontal floor
and in perfectly inelastic collision. Mass A is four times
that of mass B. Velocity of mass A = 10 m/sec to the
right while the velocity of mass B = 20 m/sec to the left.
What is the velocity and direction of the resulting
combined mass?
a. 10 m/sec to the right
b. 4 m/sec to the right
c. 10 m/sec to the left
d. 15 m/sec to the left

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