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VECTORS PART 1

DRAW DIAGRAMS FOR ALL PROBLEMS (not necessarily to scale). A PERIOD AFTER A
MEASUREMENT INDICATES ALL DIGITS ARE SIGNIFICANT (i.e. 240. indicates 3 significant
digits)

1. Draw the indicated vector and determine the x- and y-components for each.

a) A person walks 200. m at 27.0° north of east

b) A car moves 60. m/s at 35° west of south

c) A magnet attracts a steel ball with a force of 220. N at 25.0° north of west.

2. For the following you are given two components of a vector. Calculate and draw the
resultant of the vectors. Include magnitude and direction.

a) A man walks 45 m east, then 23 m south. What is his displacement?

b) A small plane is seen moving at 90. m/s east while drifting north at a speed of 30. m/s
due to high winds. What is its overall velocity?

c) Jane pushes a box with 60. N due west, while Jim pulls the same box due south with a
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force of 42 N. What is the total force on the box?

3. A submarine is travelling at 20. km/h due east. A short time later it is travelling due north at
15 km/h. Calculate the change in velocity of the submarine.

4. A car moving east at 45 km/h turns and travels west at 30. km/h. What is the magnitude and
direction of the change in velocity?

5. A motorboat heads due east at 11 m/s relative to the water across a river that flows due
north at 5.0 m/s. What is the velocity of the motorboat with respect to the shore?
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6. A water skier is towed by a speedboat. The skier moves to one side of the boat in such a
way that the tow rope forms an angle of 55.0° with the direction of the boat. The tension on
the rope is 350. N. What would be the tension on the rope if the skier were directly behind the
boat?

7. You are driving up a long inclined plane. After 2.7 km you notice that signs along the
roadside indicate that your elevation has increased by 70. m.

a) What is the angle of the road above the horizontal?

b) How much farther do you have to drive to gain an additional 45 m of elevation?

8. A plane can travel with a speed of 80. mph with respect to the air. Determine the resultant
velocity of the plane (magnitude only) if it encounters a
a) 10. mph headwind. b) 10. mph tailwind.

c) 10. mph crosswind.

9. An airplane moves at 141 km/h toward 55.0° northeast. What is its component velocity in the
northward direction?

10. Determine the horizontal component of the following vector: 136 N, 32.0° west of south.

11. A motorboat traveling 5.0 m/s, east encounters a current traveling 2.5 m/s, north.

a) What is the resultant velocity of the boat?

b) If the width of the river is 80. metres wide, then how much time does it take the boat to
travel shore to shore?
c) What distance downstream does the boat reach the opposite shore?
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12. A motorboat traveling 6.0 m/s, east encounters a current traveling 3.8 m/s, south.
a) What is the resultant velocity of the boat?

b) If the width of the river is 120 meters wide, then how much time does it take the boat to
travel shore to shore?
c) What distance downstream does the boat reach the opposite shore?

13. An airplane moves at 125 km/h toward 33.0° east of north. What is the vertical component
of the velocity?

14. Jane pushes a box with 60.0 N due west, while Jim pulls the same box due south with a
force of 42.0 N. What is the total force on the box?

15. A rocket accelerates horizontally at 25 m/s2 east while at the same time gravity accelerates
the rocket downward at 10. m/s2. What is the total acceleration of the rocket?

16. A boat sails north at 10.4 m/s (relative to the water) while a current carries it due east at 6.7
m/s. What is its velocity relative to an observer fixed on the dock?
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Answers

1a) x = 178 m, y = 90.8 m b) x = -34 m/s, y = -49 m/s

1c) x = -199 N, y = 93.0 N

2a) 51 m, 27° S of E 2b) 95 m/s, 18° N of E 2c) 73 N, 35° S of W

3) 25 km/h, 37° N of E 4) 15 km/h, east

5) 12 m/s, 24° N of E 6) 201 N

7a) 1.5 ° 7b) 1700 m more

8a) 70 mph 8b) 90 mph 8c) 81 mph

9) 116 km/h 10) – 72.1 N

11a) 5.6 m/s, 27° N of E11b) 16 s 11c) 40. m

12a) 7.1 m/s, 32° S of E 12b) 20. s 12c) 76 m

13) 105 km/h

14) 73.2 N, 35.0° S of W 15) 27 m/s2, 22° S of E

16) 12 m/s, 57° N of E

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VECTORS PART 2

Find the x and y components of the resultant vector R. Use these to find the magnitude
and the direction of the resultant vector R.

Vector x- component y- component

1. A + 12 -27
B + 67 + 31
C -45 - 42

2. A - 34 + 14
B - 120 + 25
C - 110 - 130
D + 35 + 46

3. An airplane takes off and flies 225 km on a course of 25.0° north of west and then
changes direction and flies 135 km due north where it lands. Find the displacement of
the airplane. R = 307 km @ 48.4° north of west

4. A ship travels 135 km from port on a course of 25.0° south of east to an island. It then
travels 122 km on a course 35.5° west of south to a second island. Then it travels 135
km on a course of 10.4° north of west of a third island. Find its displacement.

R = 155 km @ 58.4° south of west

5. A ship travels 145 km from port on a course of 65.0° north of east to an island. It then
travels 112 km on a course of 30.5° west of north to a second island. Then it travels 182
km on a course of 10.4° west of south to a third island. Finally it travels 42.5 km due
south to a fourth island. Find its displacement. R = 29.1 km @ 12.7° north of west
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Forces and Vectors A PERIOD AFTER A MEASUREMENT INDICATES ALL DIGITS

ARE SIGNIFICANT (i.e. 240. indicates 3 significant digits).

1. Give the resultant for the following vectors. Solve mathematically and give both its
magnitude and direction. Sketch a solution.

A 20. N force acts east concurrently with another force of 30. N north.

2. Give the resultant for the following vectors. Solve mathematically and give both its
magnitude and direction. Sketch a solution.

A 40. N force acts west concurrently with a 30. N force acting south.

3. Give the resultant for the following vectors. Solve mathematically and give both its
magnitude and direction. Sketch a solution.

A 40. N force acts east concurrently with a 30. N force acting 30. degrees north of east.

Answers:

1. 36 N @ 56° N of E

2. 50. N @ 37° S of W

3. 68 N @ 13° N of E
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Weight vs. Mass Assume the measurements are exact

1. What force is required to throw a 4.5 kg pumpkin at an acceleration of 2.0

m/s/s?

2. What is the acceleration of a 6.0 kg rock with a 3.0 N applied force?

3. A force of 6 N is used to accelerate a toy car at 3 m/s/s. What it the mass of the
toy car?

4. A person has a mass of 90. kg on Earth. If the person goes to Planet Mellon,
where is the acceleration due to gravity is 3.5 m/s/s, what is the person’s
weight? What is the person’s mass on Planet Mellon?

5. An astronaut has a mass of 85 kg. The astronaut goes to the moon and has a
weight of 136 N. What is the acceleration due to gravity on the moon?

6. What happens to a person’s apparent weight if they are in an elevator that is:

A) Accelerating up:

B) Accelerating down:

C) Moving up at a constant velocity:

D) Moving down at a constant velocity:

E) What happens to their mass in each of the above situations?

7. An astronaut visits a planet where his weight is 500. N. If is mass is 60. kg, what
is the acceleration due to gravity of the planet?

8. If a 20. N force is applied to a 10. kg object, what is the acceleration of the

object?
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Answers:

1. 9.0 N
2. 0.50 N
3. 2 kg
4. 320 N 90 kg
5. 1.6 m/s2
6. a) increases
b) decreases
c) stays the same
d) stays the same
e) always stays the same

7. 8.3 m/s2
8. 2.0 m/s2
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Newton’s 2nd Law and Net Force A PERIOD AFTER A MEASUREMENT INDICATES ALL DIGITS
ARE SIGNIFICANT (i.e. 240. indicates 3 significant digits)

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1. A 100. kg car starts from rest and reaches a speed of 20. m/s over a distance of 15 m.
Calculate the net force acting on the car. (Hint first find acceleration.)

2. A 1500. kg car is pulled to the left with a force of 150. N and to the right with a force of
300. N to the right. Calculate the magnitude and direction of the acceleration of the car.

3. Find the magnitude and direction of the acceleration of the box.

4.0 N
20.o 2.0 kg 6.0 N

(Frictionless surface)

4. A 50. kg block it pulled by three forces. Force 1 pulls with 15 N at an angle of 30.
degrees to the right, Force 2 pulls with a 10. N force directly to the right, and Force 3
pulls with a force of 5.0 N directly to the right.

a) Find the net horizontal force on the block

b) Find the acceleration of the block

Answers:

1. a = 13 m/s2 and F = 1300 N

2. 0.100 m/s2
3. 1.1 m/s2 to the right
4. a) 28 N to the right b) 0.56 m/s2 to the right
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Newton’s Second Law and Friction Problems

Directions: Solve for the problems below using Newton’s Second Law of Motion and the friction
equation.

1. A 35.0 kg box is at rest on the back of a truck. The coefficient of static friction between the
box and the truck bed is 0.300. Find the maximum acceleration the truck can have before
the box slides. a = 2.94 m/s2

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2. A 2.0 kg waxed ski (µ = 0.05) has an initial velocity after coming off the edge of a small

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snowy hill. Once the ski hits the bottom of the hill, it starts to slow down on a horizontal

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surface until it comes to a complete stop. If the initial speed of the ski at the bottom of
the hill was 12 m/s, what is the acceleration of the ski as is comes to a stop?
a = - 0.49 m/s2

3. A refrigerator has a mass of 119 kg and is initially at rest on a horizontal floor. It takes a
horizontal force of 428 N to set it in motion. Once the refrigerator is moving, it takes a
horizontal force of 401 N to keep it moving at a constant velocity.
a. Find the coefficient of static friction between the refrigerator and the floor.
µ = 0.366
b. Find the coefficient of kinetic friction between the refrigerator and the floor.
µ = 0.343

4. A student wishes to pull a 200. N steel box across on a steel surface. Determine the
amount of force needed to move the box at an acceleration of 1.50 m/s/s.
F = 145 N

5. A clerk moves a box of cans down an aisle by pulling on a rope attached to the box. The
clerk pulls with a force of 190. N. The box has a mass of 35.0 kg and the coefficient of
kinetic friction between the box and floor is 0.450. Find the acceleration of the box.
a = 1.03 m/s2
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Friction Problems 2

1. Calculate the force of friction of a 20. kg steel block moving a constant speed on a steel
level surface. µ for steel on steel is 0.58.

2. A 10. kg box is being pulled to the right with a force of 20. N, while a frictional force 5.0
N acts on it.
A. Draw a free-body diagram of all the forces acting on the box.

B. What is the net force acting on the box? (give magnitude with direction)

C. Calculate the acceleration of the box? (give magnitude with direction)

D. Calculate the coefficient of friction between the box and the floor.

3. A 70. kg person on waxed skis is moving along a flat snow covered ground at 5.0 m/s
until coming to a stop. (µ = 0.05)

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A. Draw a free-body diagram of all the forces acting on the person. (Be careful, is there an
applied force in this case???)
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B. Calculate the force of friction acting on the person.

C. What is the net horizontal force of the person?

D. Calculate the acceleration of the skier. (give magnitude and direction)

E. Calculate the distance the skier covers until coming to a stop.

4. What is the minimum force needed to start the motion of a 3000. kg car with rubber
wheels that is at rest on dry asphalt? µ = 0.90
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Answers:

1. 110 N

2. a.
FN = 98 N
Ff 20. N

b. 15 N to the right

c. 1.5 m/s2 to the right

d. 0.051

3. a.
FN = 690 N
Ff

b. 35 N to the left

c. 35 N to the left

d. 0.50 m/s2 to the left

e. 25 m

4. 2.6 x 104 N