Self Assessment Answers 16 Asal Physics CB
Self Assessment Answers 16 Asal Physics CB
Self Assessment Answers 16 Asal Physics CB
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Chapter 16
Self-assessment questions 7 speed = v =ω r = 0.105 × 1.8 = 0.19 cm s-1
π
1 full circular face of clock = 360°; clock
a ∆θ 2
face divided into twelve sections, so 8 a angular speed = = = 0.105 rad s −1
∆t 15
angular displacement of hour hand per
hour = 360°/12 = 30° b speed v = ωr = 0.105 × 50 = 5.2 m s−1
i angular displacement of minute hand =
b v 7800
half the clock face = 180° 9 ω= = = 1.1× 10 −3 rad s −1
r 7000 ×103
ii angular displacement of hour hand =
10 a
The gravitational pull of the Earth on the
3.5 × 30° = 105°
Moon
2 a Angle of 30° = 30 × π /180 = 0.52 rad
Angle of 90° = 90 × π /180 = 1.57 rad b he frictional force of the road on the
T
wheels
Angle of 105° = 105 × π /180 = 1.83 rad
c ension in the string supporting the
T
b Angle of 0.5 rad = 0.5 × 180 /π = 28.6° pendulum
Angle of 0.75 rad = 0.75 × 180 /π = 43.0°
11 T
here will be no frictional force between
Angle of π rad = π × 180 /π = 180° the road and the wheels. If the driver turns
Angle of 12 π rad = 12 π × 180/ π = 90° the steering wheel, the car will continue in a
straight line.
c angle of 30° = 30 × π/180 = π/6 rad
12 S
peed and kinetic energy are scalar quantities,
angle of 120° = 120 × π/180 = 2π/3 rad the others are vectors. Speed is constant;
angle of 270° = 270 × π/180 = 3π/2 rad velocity has a constant magnitude but
continuously changing direction (the direction
angle of 720° = 720 × π/180 = 4π rad
is tangential to the circle); kinetic energy
3 he magnitude of the velocity remains the
T is constant; momentum has a constant
same (the speed is constant). magnitude but continuously changing
4 a
Speed is a scalar quantity and is constant, direction (the direction is tangential to the
so change in speed = 0 m s−1 circle); the centripetal force has a constant
magnitude but continuously changing
b elocity changes to be in the opposite
V direction (the direction is always towards
direction, so change in velocity = 0.2 − the centre of the circle); the centripetal
(−0.2) = 0.2 + 0.2 = 0.4 m s−1 acceleration behaves in the same way as the
5 econd hand turns through 360° in 1 minute,
S centripetal force.
or 2π rad in 1 minute, which is 2π/60 rad in
v2
1 second; angular velocity ω = 2π/60 = 0.105 13 acceleration a = ,
rad s−1 r
ω 2r2
6 number of revolutions per second =
a v = ωr, therefore, v2 = ω2r2 , so a = = ω2r
r
1200/60 = 20 rev s−1
b angular velocity = 20 × 2π = 40π rad s−1 =
130 rad s−1
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