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This print-out should have 48 questions. Holt SF 07A 02

Multiple-choice questions may continue on 003 10.0 points
the next column or page – find all choices A beetle sits at the top of a bicycle wheel and
before answering. flies away just before it would be squashed.
Please do the assignment in this distribu- Assuming that the wheel turns clockwise, the
tion. You will get board credit for solving 2 beetle’s angular displacement is π rad, which
of these the next day. ( 1 problem/person). I corresponds to an arc length of 1.0 m.
will choose the questions to be solved on the What is the wheel’s radius?
board.
1-10 - HW for Sat and Sun. BC on Monday Correct answer: 0.31831 m.
02/05 11-15 - HW for Mon. BC onTuesday
02/06 16-20 - HW for Tue. BC on Wednesday Holt SF 07A 04short
02/07 21-25 - HW for Wed. BC onThursday 004 (part 1 of 4) 10.0 points
02/08 25-30 - HW for Thu. BC on Friday Consider the following table:
02/09 30-40 - HW for Sat and Sun. BC on
Monday 02/12 ∆θ ∆s r
a +0.63 m 0.15 m
Ang accel conversion +0.51 rad b 8.7 m
001 10.0 points c −4.5 m 0.80 m
The angular velocity of a rotating wheel in- +132◦ +2.9 m d
creases 2 revolutions per second every minute.
The angular acceleration, in rad/s2 , of this What is the value of a?
wheel is:
1. 0.37931
2. 1.56863
1. 1/30
3. 0.596491
4. 0.493827
2. 4π
5. 1.04396
6. 0.571429
3. π/15 correct
7. 1.26087
8. 0.340206
4. 4π 2
9. 4.2
10. 1.44643
5. 2π
Correct answer: 4.2 rad.
Ang vel of watch
002 10.0 points
005 (part 2 of 4) 10.0 points
The angular velocity in rad/s of the minute
What is the value of b?
hand of a watch is: 1. 4.35
2. 5.976
1. π/60
3. 6.6
4. 6.48
2. π/1800 correct 5. 4.698
6. 6.318
3. 60/π
7. 5.712
8. 6.93
4. 1800/π
9. 4.437
10. 8.366
5. π
Correct answer: 4.437 m.
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10. 10.5042
006 (part 3 of 4) 10.0 points
What is the value of c? Correct answer: 7.58326 m.
1. -431.922
2. -505.551 Rotating Paper Disks
3. -345.46 009 10.0 points
4. -423.107 The speed of a moving bullet can be deter-
5. -322.289 mined by allowing the bullet to pass through
6. -307.441 two rotating paper disks mounted a distance
7. -416.697 80 cm apart on the same axle. From the
8. -319.033 angular displacement 29.1 ◦ of the two bul-
9. -379.034 let holes in the disks and the rotational speed
10. -276.822 1024 rev/min of the disks, we can determine
the speed of the bullet.
Correct answer: −322.289◦ .
v 29.1◦
007 (part 4 of 4) 10.0 points
What is the value of d?
1. 1.15416
2. 0.884714
3. 0.871892
4. 1.11171 1024 rev/min
5. 0.855161
6. 1.20623 80 cm
7. 1.07949
8. 1.25877 What is the speed of the bullet?
9. 0.996448 1. 143.41
10. 1.0305 2. 313.219
3. 168.907
Correct answer: 1.25877 m. 4. 256.899
5. 136.008
6. 165.581
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7. 148.957
008 10.0 points
8. 327.955
When a wheel is rotated through an angle
9. 100.508
of 34◦ , a point on the circumference travels
10. 113.902
through an arc length of 4.5 m. When the
wheel is rotated through angles of 34 rad and
Correct answer: 168.907 m/s.
34 rev, the same point travels through arc
lengths of 258 m and 16 × 102 m, respectively.
What is the radius of the wheel? Zero Angular Accel
1. 6.6587 010 10.0 points
2. 6.30254 The position of a point on a rotating rigid
3. 7.58326 body is given by θ(t) = A + B t2 − C t4 , where
4. 10.2058 A, B and C are positive constants.
5. 5.72958 What is the earliest t > 0 at which the body
6. 6.03113 instantaneously has no angular acceleration?
7. 5.28884 √
8. 3.16635 1. t = B 2 − C
9. 6.20704
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r
3 B
2. t =
4C
r ~a
B 1.
3. t = correct
6C
B
4. t =
C
r
3 4C
5. t =
B
r
B 2. ~a
6. t =
3C
7. Only at t = 0
r
B
8. t =
C
r
C ~a
9. t = 3.
B
Spinning Disk 02
011 (part 1 of 2) 10.0 points
A disk with a radius of 0.1 m is spinning
about its center with a constant angular speed
of 10 rad/sec.
What are the speed and magnitude of the 4. ~a correct
acceleration of a bug clinging to the rim of the
disk?

1. 0.1 m/s and 1 m/s2

Spin Dry Cycle
2 013 10.0 points
2. 10 m/s and 10 m/s
The tub of a washer goes into its spin-dry
3. 1 m/s and 0 m/s2 (Disk spins at constant cycle, starting from rest and reaching an an-
speed.) gular speed of 5.8 rev/s in 6.5 s . At this point
the person doing the laundry opens the lid,
4. 1 m/s and 10 m/s2 correct and a safety switch turns off the washer. The
tub slows to rest in 17.9 s .
012 (part 2 of 2) 10.0 points During the whole process of starting up
Let the turntable spin faster and faster, and stopping, through how many revolutions
with constant angular acceleration ~α. does the tub turn? Assume constant angular
Which sketch qualitatively shows the direc- acceleration while it is starting and stopping.
tion of the acceleration vector ~a of the bug? 1. 92.035
2. 70.76
3. 86.0
4. 42.975
5. 34.8
6. 50.095
7. 64.75
8. 56.4
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9. 45.78 The wheel on an upside-down bicycle moves
10. 48.3 through 17.3 rad in 5.21 s.
What is the wheel’s angular acceleration if
Correct answer: 70.76 rev. its initial angular speed is 1.9 rad/s?
1. 1.23909
Bug Acceleration 2. 0.311509
014 10.0 points 3. 0.638061
A bug is on the rim of a 78 rev/min, 12 in. 4. 0.839397
diameter record. The record moves from rest 5. 0.545312
to its final angular speed in 2.88 s. 6. 0.975398
Find the bug’s centripetal acceleration 1.5 s 7. 1.52416
after the bug starts from rest. (1 in = 2.54 8. 0.304306
cm). 9. 0.421953
1. 2.61115 10. 0.99048
2. 3.57416
3. 3.28252 Correct answer: 0.545312 rad/s2 .
4. 2.75822
5. 3.16162 Rotation Vector Direction
6. 1.99074 017 10.0 points
7. 2.66489 If the angular velocity vector of a spinning
8. 2.15268 body points out from the front of a page then,
9. 2.79694 when you are looking at the front of the page,
10. 3.46376 the body is spinning:

Correct answer: 2.75822 m/s2 . 1. clockwise about an axis that is parallel to

the page
Angular Position of a Wheel
015 10.0 points 2. counterclockwise about an axis that is
At t = 0, a wheel rotating about a fixed axis at parallel to the page
a constant angular deceleration of 0.27 rad/s2
has an angular velocity of 3.8 rad/s and an 3. about an axis that is at 45◦ out of the
angular position of 8.5 rad. page
What is the angular position of the wheel
after 5 s? 4. clockwise about an axis that is perpendic-
1. 12.14 ular to the page
2. 17.645
3. 16.38 5. counterclockwise about an axis that is
4. 16.6 perpendicular to the page correct
5. 14.72
6. 18.98 angular acceleration vector
7. 24.125 018 10.0 points
8. 8.2
9. 6.0
10. 11.74

Correct answer: 24.125 rad.

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016 10.0 points
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4. D

5. None of these

Spinning Disk
020 10.0 points
A disk is spinning about an axis through its
center of mass, and at a given moment has an
angular velocity vector ω
~ as shown.
ω
~

If the disk is slowing down, in what di-

rection is its angular acceleration vector ~α
relative to ~ω ?

1. ~α is in the opposite direction to that

shown for ω
~ . correct

2. ~α at right angles (90◦ ) to ~ω .

3. ~α is in the same direction as ~

ω.
Angular Velocity 03
019 10.0 points
Seen from outer space, every point on the 4. Not enough information is provided.
surface of the earth moves from West to East
(which, of course, is why the sun appears to Ang acc to lin acc
rise in the East and set in the West). 021 10.0 points
A particle moves in a circular path of radius
A 0.1 m with a constant angular velocity of
5 rev/s.
The acceleration of the particle is:
D B
1. (0.1 m/s2 )π

C 2. (500 m/s2 )π

Which vector represents the angular veloc- 3. 0.5 m/s2

ity ω
~ of the planet?
4. (1000 m/s2 )π 2
1. A correct
5. (10 m/s2 ) π 2 correct
2. C
Beetle on a Pendulum
3. B
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022 (part 1 of 3) 10.0 points 10. 190.8
A beetle takes a joy ride on a pendulum. The
string supporting the mass of the pendulum Correct answer: 333 cm/s.
is 185 cm long.
If the beetle rides through a swing of 42 ◦ , Bond in N2
how far has he traveled along the path of the 025 10.0 points
pendulum? The length of each of the bonds between
1. 158.336 the atoms of a molecule of nitrogen (N2 ) is
2. 135.612 0.0469 nm. The mass of a nitrogen atom is
3. 69.883 2.32 × 10−11 pg.
4. 83.7758 Determine the moment of inertia of the
5. 97.3371 molecule about an axis passing through the
6. 86.0273 center of mass perpendicular to the line join-
7. 108.106 ing the two atoms.
8. 121.58 1. 1.58792e-13
9. 147.445 2. 2.7869e-13
10. 128.648 3. 4.79601e-14
4. 1.08695e-13
Correct answer: 135.612 cm. 5. 2.55155e-14
6. 3.31308e-13
023 (part 2 of 3) 10.0 points 7. 1.10046e-13
What is the displacement experienced by the 8. 1.13692e-13
beetle while moving theough the same angle 9. 1.72654e-13
42◦ ? 10. 5.16071e-14
1. 141.445
2. 150.493 Correct answer: 2.55155 × 10−14 pg · nm2 .
3. 116.165
4. 139.104 Disk Inertia 01
5. 120.391 026 10.0 points
6. 132.596 A non-uniform disk of mass M and radius R
7. 102.594 has its mass distributed in such a way that
8. 117.655 the mass per unit area is a function of the
9. 68.3851 radial distance r from the center of the disk:
10. 130.474 σ(r) = b r ,
Correct answer: 132.596 cm. where b is a constant to be determined.
What is the rotational inertia of this disk
about an axis through the center of mass and
024 (part 3 of 3) 10.0 points
perpendicular to the plane of the disk? The
If the pendulum at some instant is swinging
area differential can be written as a ring of
at 1.8 rad/s, how fast is the beetle traveling?
radius r and thickness dr: dA = 2 π r dr .
1. 298.8
2. 471.2
1. M R2
3. 264.6
4. 333.0 2
5. 570.9 2. M R2
3
6. 256.7 1
7. 302.1 3. M R2
4
8. 591.6
1
9. 637.0 4. M R2
5
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tia of the sphere about its center of mass is
4 2 2
5. MR Isphere = m r 2 .
5 5
1
6. M R2
2
3
7. M R2 correct
5
2
8. M R2
5
m θ
Four Point Masses C
1
027 10.0 points L r= L
9
Four equal masses m are so small they can
be treated as points, and they are equally m
spaced along a long, stiff wire of neglible
mass. The distance between any two adja-
cent masses is ℓ .
Find the moment of inertia of the rod plus
ℓ ℓ ℓ mass system with respect to the pivot point.
m m m m The acceleration of gravity is 9.8 m/s2 .
What is the rotational inertia I cm of this
1. None of these
system about its center of mass?
671
1 2. I = m L2
1. m ℓ2 375
2
307
2. 6 m ℓ2 3. I = m L2
180
1541
3. 7 m ℓ2 4. I = m L2
960
637
4. m ℓ2 5. I = m L2 correct
405
5. 2 m ℓ2 173
6. I = m L2
105
6. 4 m ℓ2 moment of inertia (concept)
029 10.0 points
7. 5 m ℓ2 correct

8. 3 m ℓ2

Hinged Rod With Mass 07

028 10.0 points
Consider a thin rod of length L which is piv-
oted at one end. A uniformly dense spherical
1 
object with mass m and radius r = L
9
is attached to the free end of the rod. The
moment of inertia of the rod about an end
1
is Irod = m L2 and the moment of iner-
3
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cm cm cm
5. Isquare > Iring > Idisk correct
cm cm cm
6. Isquare > Idisk > Iring

Spoked Wheel
031 (part 1 of 2) 10.0 points
A wheel is formed from a hoop of mass 3.1 kg
and four equally spaced spokes, each of mass
0.15 kg. The hoop’s radius is the length
0.31 m of each spoke.
0.31 m

0.15 kg

3.1 kg

Find the moment of inertia of the wheel

about an axis through its center and perpen-
Inertia of Disk Ring Square dicular to the plane of the wheel.
030 10.0 points 1. 2.21349
Consider three objects of equal masses but 2. 1.97871
different shapes: a solid disk, a thin ring, and 3. 1.38445
a thin hollow square. The ring and the square 4. 1.80338
are hollow and their perimeters carry all the 5. 0.122976
mass, but the disk is solid and has uniform 6. 0.31713
mass density over its whole area. 7. 0.437472
disk ring square 8. 0.212879
9. 1.35406
10. 1.1821

Correct answer: 0.31713 kg · m2 .

R R 2R
032 (part 2 of 2) 10.0 points
Compare the three objects’ moments of in- Determine the moment of inertia of the wheel
ertia when rotated around their respective about an axis through its rim and perpendic-
centers of mass. ular to the plane of the wheel.
1. 3.43633
cm cm cm
1. Iring > Isquare > Idisk 2. 1.00457
3. 0.6727
cm cm cm
2. Idisk > Isquare > Iring 4. 2.85768
5. 1.11155
cm cm cm
3. Idisk > Iring > Isquare 6. 3.2768
7. 0.973728
cm cm cm
4. Iring > Idisk > Isquare 8. 3.6652
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9. 2.92843 2F
10. 1.5246

Correct answer: 0.6727 kg · m2 . 3R

AP B 1998 MC 68 2R
033 10.0 points F
A rod can pivot at one end and is free to
F
rotate without friction about a vertical axis,
as shown. A force F ~ is applied at the other F
end, at an angle θ to the rod. What is the magnitude of the net torque on
L the system about the axis?

1. τ = 2 F R correct
m
θ
2. τ = 5 F R
F
3. τ = 0
~ were to be applied perpendicular to
If F
the rod, at what distance d from the axis 4. τ = F R
of rotation should it be applied in order to
produce the same torque ~τ ? 5. τ = 14 F R

1. d = L sin θ correct Beam Instability

035 10.0 points
2. d = L tan θ A non-uniform beam with a mass 3 M and
length L is in stable equilibrium when placed
3. d = L at the edge of a table with half its length
√ sticking off the table edge. But when a point-
4. d = 2 L like mass M is placed at the far end of the part
of the beam off the table, the beam is brought
5. d = L cos θ to unstable equilibrium; i.e., it is right on the
verge of tipping off the table.
AP M 1998 MC 5 M
034 10.0 points 3M
A system of two wheels fixed to each other is L
free to rotate about a frictionless axis through
2
the common center of the wheels and per-
pendicular to the page. Four forces are ex- At what distance to the left of the table
erted tangentially to the rims of the wheels, edge is the center of mass of the beam located?
as shown below.
L
1.
5
2L
2.
3
L
3.
7
L
4.
2
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Problems 08 06
L 037 (part 1 of 2) 10.0 points
5.
4 To tighten a bolt, you push with a force of
2L 74 N at the end of a wrench handle that is
6.
5 0.24 m from the axis of the bolt.
4L What torque are you exerting?
7. 1. 16.47
5
3L 2. 22.1
8. 3. 23.75
4
4. 12.4
5L 5. 18.96
9.
6 6. 17.76
L 7. 15.2
10. correct
6 8. 25.2
9. 21.3
Net Torque on a Wheel
10. 13.2
036 10.0 points
A circular-shaped object of mass 11 kg has
Correct answer: 17.76 N · m.
an inner radius of 15 cm and an outer radius
of 28 cm. Three forces (acting perpendicular
to the axis of rotation) of magnitudes 12 N, 038 (part 2 of 2) 10.0 points
24 N, and 13 N act on the object, as shown. If you move your hand inward to be only
The force of magnitude 24 N acts 20 ◦ below 0.15 m from the bolt, what force do you have
the horizontal. to exert to achieve the same torque?
1. 141.647
12 N 2. 118.4
3. 91.25
4. 201.6
ω 5. 108.333
20◦
6. 112.154
7. 172.714
24 N
8. 143.182
13 N 9. 120.522
10. 132.0
Find the magnitude of the net torque on
the wheel about the axle through the center Correct answer: 118.4 N.
of the object.
1. 6.36 PS 303 7 9
2. 4.08 039 10.0 points
3. 3.21 It is specified that a certain nut be tightened
4. 3.89 to a torque of 40 N · m.
5. 2.31 If the mechanic is using a 86 cm long
6. 3.48 wrench, how much force must he apply to
7. 3.44 the end of the wrench to meet specs?
8. 4.43 1. 73.6842
9. 4.17 2. 69.2308
10. 3.4 3. 43.2836
4. 93.3333
Correct answer: 3.4 N · m. 5. 62.6506
6. 61.1111
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7. 47.0588 is the net torque about the pivot on the rod
8. 46.5116 greatest, and in which of the four positions is
9. 25.974 it the least?
10. 75.5102
1. Greatest at D; least (zero) at A
Correct answer: 46.5116 N.
2. The same in all four positions, since the
PS 303 7 10 L
force M g acts with lever arm in all four
040 10.0 points 2
positions.
A mother and daughter are on a seesaw in the
park.
3. Greatest at A; least (zero) at D correct
How far from the center must the 117 lb
mother sit in order to balance the 55 lb daugh-
4. Not enough information is provided.
ter sitting 9 ft from the center?
1. 2.72222
2. 2.09016 Wheel Torque
3. 1.96154 042 10.0 points
4. 2.37209 Four forces of the same magnitude but differ-
5. 2.32143 ing directions act at and tangent to the rim of
6. 4.23077 a uniform wheel free to spin about its center
7. 3.71053 of mass (CM).
8. 3.968
9. 3.44531
10. 4.11207

Correct answer: 4.23077 ft.

Swinging Rod 01
041 10.0 points
A uniform, rigid rod of mass M and length L
is pivoted frictionlessly at its upper end. If
the rod is dropped from an initially horizontal Which statement about the wheel is cor-
position, it swings freely through a vertical rect?
position, as shown.
1. None of these
b A
2. Neither the net force on the wheel, nor
the net torque on the wheel about the CM is
zero.

3. The net force on the wheel is zero but the

B net torque about the CM is not zero.

4. The net force on the wheel is not zero but

the net torque about the CM is zero. correct
C
D 5. The net force on the wheel and the net
torque on the wheel about the CM are zero.
In which of the four positions illustrated
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Cable Over a Pulley
043 10.0 points
A cable passes over a pulley. Because the m
cable grips the pulley and the pulley has non-
ω0
zero mass, the tension in the cable is not the
same on opposite sides of the pulley. The
force on one side is 159 N, and the force on
the other side is 60 N. µ
Assuming that the pulley is a uniform disk
of mass 1.85 kg and radius 0.338 m, find the How long after the first contact with the
magnitude of its angular acceleration. [For a surface does it take for the disk to roll without
uniform disk, I = (1/2)mr 2.] slipping?
1. 120.12
9 R ω0
2. 18.5255 1. t =
3. 161.113 19 µ g
4. 390.496 3 R ω0
2. t = correct
5. 78.3869 7 µg
6. 64.4308 1 R ω0
7. 62.0148 3. t =
3 µg
8. 69.9521 7 R ω0
9. 316.648 4. t =
16 µ g
10. 136.333
8 R ω0
5. t =
Correct answer: 316.648 rad/s2 . 17 µ g
4 R ω0
6. t =
Contacting a Surface C 03 13 µ g
044 10.0 points 2 R ω0
7. t =
A disk has mass m and outer radius R with 5 µg
a radial mass distribution (which may not 7 R ω0
be uniform) so that its moment of inertia is 8. t =
15 µ g
3
m R2 . The disk is rotating at angular speed 5 R ω0
4 9. t =
ω0 around its axis when it touches the surface, 11 µ g
as shown. The disk is carefully lowered onto 5 R ω0
10. t =
a horizontal surface and released at time t0 13 µ g
with zero initial linear velocity along the sur-
face. Assume that when the disk lands on the Rope Around Cylinder
surface it does not bounce. The coefficient of 045 10.0 points
friction between the disk and the surface is µ . A massless rope is wrapped around a uniform
The kinetic friction force between the sur- cylinder of radius R and mass M .
face and the disk slows down the rotation of
the disk and at the same time gives it a hor- ω
izontal acceleration. Eventually, the disk’s
linear motion catches up with its rotation,
and the disk begins to roll (at time trolling ) M
without slipping on the surface.
R
What is the linear acceleration of the cylin-
der? Assume the unwrapped portion of the
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rope is vertical and the axis of the cylinder 7. 8.42148
remains horizontal. 8. 4.30244
g 9. 6.07229
1. a = 10. 14.1931
2
g
2. a = Correct answer: 4.30244 N · m.
5
3g
3. a = Ferris Wheel Motor 02
5 047 10.0 points
4. a = g A motor keep a Ferris wheel (with mo-
ment of inertia 5.69 × 107 kg · m2 ) rotating
g
5. a = at 7.4 rev/hr. When the motor is turned off,
3 the wheel slows down (because of friction) to
3g 4.6 rev/hr in 20 s.
6. a =
4 What was the power of the motor that kept
7. a = 2 g the wheel rotating at 7.4 rev/hr despite fric-
tion?
2g 1. 21.6126
8. a =
5 2. 19.4594
2g 3. 243.371
9. a = correct 4. 108.153
3
g 5. 140.963
10. a = 6. 396.873
4
7. 186.473
Rope Rotates a Cylinder 8. 179.567
046 10.0 points 9. 95.2532
A 4 kg mass is attached to a string, which is 10. 441.817
wrapped several times around a uniform solid
cylinder of radius 9 m and moment of inertia Correct answer: 179.567 W.
of 4 kg · m2 .
r Complex Atwood Machine
048 10.0 points
An Atwood machine is constructed using two
wheels (with the masses concentrated at the
rims). The left wheel has a mass of 1.9 kg and
radius 24.64 cm. The right wheel has a mass
I = 4 kg · m2 of 2.6 kg and radius 26.42 cm. The hanging
mass on the left is 1.8 kg and on the right
4 kg 1.49 kg.

Find the torque on the cylinder. Assume

the cylinder can rotate freely and the acceler-
ation of gravity is 9.8 m/s2 . m1 m2
1. 7.30651
2. 3.24414
3. 13.0667 m4
m3
4. 8.90909
5. 9.66575 What is the acceleration of the system?
6. 7.12727 The acceleration of gravity is 9.8 m/s2 .
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1. 0.748185
2. 0.761282
3. 0.364894
4. 0.583164
5. 0.537337
6. 0.511749
7. 0.389987
8. 0.41372
9. 0.451046
10. 0.691611

Correct answer: 0.389987 m/s2 .