UNITY UNIVERSITY

ADAMA CAMPUS
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

Course Title: General Physics (Phys1011) Course Code: Phys1011

Worksheet I
Assignments #1, #4, #7, #11, #14, #19, #21, #27, #30

1. A rock is thrown downward from the top of a 40.0-m-tall tower with an initial speed of
12 m/s. assuming negligible air resistance, what is the speed of the rock just before
hitting the ground?
2. A cannon shell is fired straight up from the ground at an initial speed of 225 m/s. After
how much time is the shell at a height of 6.20 × 102 m above the ground and moving
downward?
3. What is the magnitude of the vector (10 𝑖̂ − 10 𝑘̂) m/s?
4. A vector lying in the xy plane has components of opposite sign. The vector must lie in
which quadrant?
5. What is the y component of the vector (3 𝑖̂ − 8 𝑘̂) m/s?
6. A projectile is launched at some angle to the horizontal with some initial speed 𝑣𝑖 , and
air resistance is negligible. (a) Is the projectile a freely falling body?
(b) What is its acceleration in the vertical direction?
(c) What is its acceleration in the horizontal direction?
7. A rock is thrown upward from level ground in such a way that the maximum height of
its flight is equal to its horizontal range R. at what angle 𝜃 is the rock thrown?
8. If a car is traveling due westward with a constant speed of 20 m/s, what is the resultant
force acting on it?
9. A ball is thrown directly downward with an initial speed of 8.00 m/s from a height of
30.0 m. After what time interval does it strike the ground?
10. If a car is traveling due westward with a constant speed of 20 m/s, what is the resultant
force acting on it?
11. A 3.00-kg object undergoes an acceleration given by 𝒂 ⃗ = ( 2.00 𝒊̂ + 5.00 𝒋̂) 𝑚/𝑠 2 .
Find (a) the resultant force acting on the object and (b) the magnitude of the resultant
force.
12. Two objects are connected by a light string that passes over
a frictionless pulley as shown in Figure 1 below. Assume
the incline is frictionless and take 𝑚1 = 2.00 kg, 𝑚2 =
6.00 kg, and 𝜃 = 55.0°. (a) Draw free-body diagrams of
both objects. Find (b) the magnitude of the acceleration of
the objects, (c) the tension in the string, and (d) the speed of
each object 2.00 s after it is released from rest
Figure 1
13. A bag of cement weighing 325 N hangs in equilibrium
from three wires as suggested in Figure 2. Two of the wires
make angles 𝜃1 = 60.0° and 𝜃2 = 40.0° with the
horizontal. Assuming the system is in equilibrium, find the
tensions𝑇1 , 𝑇2 , and 𝑇3 in the wires.

Figure 2

14. An object of mass 𝑚1 = 5.00 kg placed on a frictionless,

horizontal table is connected to a string that passes over a
pulley and then is fastened to a hanging object of mass
𝑚2 = 9.00 kg as shown in Figure 3. (a) Draw free-body
diagrams of both objects. Find (b) the magnitude of the
acceleration of the objects and (c) the tension in the string.

Figure 3

15. Objects with masses 𝑚1 = 10.0 kg and 𝑚2 = 5.00 kg are connected by a light string
that passes over a frictionless pulley as in shown the above Figure 3. If, when the system
starts from rest, 𝑚2 falls 1.00 m in 1.20 s, determine the coefficient of kinetic friction
between 𝑚1 and the table.
16. An object of mass M is held in place by an applied force 𝑭 ⃗ and a
pulley system as shown in Figure 4. The pulleys are massless and
frictionless. (a) Draw diagrams showing the forces on each pulley.
Find (b) the tension in each section of rope, 𝑇1 , 𝑇2 , 𝑇3 , 𝑇4 , and 𝑇5 and
(c) the magnitude of ⃗𝑭

Figure 4

17. If the net work done by external forces on a particle is zero, which of the following
statements about the particle must be true? (a) Its velocity is zero. (b) Its velocity is
decreased. (c) Its velocity is unchanged. (d) Its speed is unchanged. (e) More
information is needed
18. If the speed of a particle is doubled, what happens to its kinetic energy?
19. Object 2 has twice the mass of object 1. Both are moving so that they have the same
speed. If the kinetic energy of object 1 is K, what is the kinetic energy of object 2
20. A certain spring that obeys Hooke’s law is stretched by an external agent. The work
done in stretching the spring by 10 cm is 4 J. How much additional work is required to
stretch the spring an additional 10 cm
21. A force ⃗𝑭 = (6 𝒊̂ − 2 𝒋̂) N acts on a particle that undergoes a displacement ∆𝒓 ⃗ =
(3 𝒊̂ + 𝒋̂) m. Find (a) the work done by the force on the particle and (b) the angle
between 𝑭 ⃗ and ∆𝒓
⃗.
22. A particle is subject to a force 𝑭𝒙 that varies with position
as shown in Figure 5. Find the work done by the force on
the particle as it moves (a) from 𝑥 = 0 to 𝑥 = 5.00 m, (b)
from 𝑥 = 5.00 m to 𝑥 = 10.0 m, and (c) from 𝑥 = 10.0
m to 𝑥 = 15.0 m. (d) What is the total work done by the
force over the distance 𝑥 = 0 to 𝑥 = 15.0 m?
Figure 5

23. A 4.00-kg particle is subject to a net force that varies with position as shown in Figure
5. The particle starts from rest at 𝑥 = 0. What is its speed at (a) 𝑥 = 5.00 m, (b) 𝑥 =
10.0 m, and (c) 𝑥 = 15.0 m?
24. A block of mass 0.250 kg is placed on top of a light, vertical spring of force constant
5000 N/m and pushed downward so that the spring is compressed by 0.100 m. After
the block is released from rest, it travels upward and then leaves the spring. To what
maximum height above the point of release does it rise?
25. A bead slides without friction around a loop-the-loop (Figure 6.).
The bead is released from rest at a height ℎ = 3.50𝑅. (a) What is
its speed at point A? (b) How large is the normal force on the bead
at point A if its mass is 5.00 g?

Figure 6

26. The momentum of an object is increased by a factor of 4 in magnitude. By what factor

is its kinetic energy changed?
27. The kinetic energy of an object is increased by a factor of 4. By what factor is the
magnitude of its momentum changed?
28. If two particles have equal kinetic energies, are their momenta equal?
29. An object has a kinetic energy of 275 J and a momentum of magnitude 25.0 kg? m/s.
Find the speed and mass of the object.
30. A 10.0-g bullet is fired into a stationary block of wood having mass 𝑚 = 5.00 kg. The
bullet imbeds into the block. The speed of the bullet-plus-wood combination
immediately after the collision is 0.600 m/s. What was the original speed of the bullet?