Honor Physics Lecturer: Dr.
Zhang Basis Bilingual School, Shenzhen
Name: Number: Class:
Circular Motion 2
HW36
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
16) A 600‐kg car is going around a banked curve with a radius of 110 m at a steady speed of 24.5 m/s. What is the
appropriate banking angle so that the car stays on its path without the assistance of friction? 16) ______
A) 13.5° B) 56.2° C) 60.9° D) 33.8° E) 29.1°
17) The curved section of a speedway is a circular arc having a radius of 190 m. This curve is properly banked for racecars
moving at 34 m/s. At what angle with the horizontal is the curved part of the speedway banked?
A) 32° B) 28° C) 34° D) 26° E) 30°
18) What is the proper banking angle for an Olympic bobsled to negotiate a 100‐m radius turn at 35 m/s without
skidding?
A) 51° B) 41° C) 31° D) 61°
SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.
19) A curved portion of highway has a radius of curvature of 65 m. As a highway engineer, you want to bank this curve at
the proper angle for a steady speed of 22 m/s.
(a) What banking angle should you specify for this curve?
(b) At the proper banking angle, what normal force and what friction force does the highway exert on a 750‐kg car going
around the curve at the proper speed?
HW37
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
20) A 20‐g bead is attached to a light 120‐cm‐long string as shown in the figure. This bead moves in a horizontal circle
with a constant speed of 1.5 m/s. What is the tension in the string if the angle α is measured to be 25°?
A) 0.20 N B) 0.46 N C) 0.089 N D) 0.041 N E) 0.22 N
21) A 20‐g bead is attached to a light 120 cm‐long string as shown in the figure. If the angle α is measured to be 18°, what
is the speed of the mass?
A) 1.1 m/s B) 0.55 m/s C) 1.3 m/s D) 2.0 m/s E) 3.8 m/s
22) A car moving at a steady 10 m/s on a level highway encounters a depression that has a circular cross‐section with a
radius of 30 m. The car maintains its speed as it drives through the depression. What is the normal force exerted by the
seat of the car on a 60.0‐kg passenger when the car is at the bottom of the depression?
A) 390 N B) 590 N C) 200 N D) 790 N E) 490 N
SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.
23) A Ferris wheel has radius 5.0 m and makes one revolution every 8.0 s with uniform rotation. A person who normally
weighs 670 N is sitting on one of the benches attached at the rim of the wheel. What is the apparent weight (the normal
force exerted on her by the bench) of the person as she passes through the highest point of her motion?
16) E
17) A
18) A
19) (a) 37° (b) 9200 N (normal force), 0 N (friction)
20) E
21) A
22) D
23) 460 N
