PYHSICS 101

PROBLEM SOLVING - 2

Ql: When a rigid body rotates about a fixed axis, all the points in the body have the same
A) tangential speed
B) angular acceleration..
C) tangential acceleration.
D) linear displacement.
E) centripetal acceleration.

Q2: If an irregularly shaped object (such as a wrench) is dropped from rest in a classroom and
feels no air resistance, it will
A) accelerate but will not spin.
B) accelerate and turn until its center of gravity reaches its lowest point.
C) accelerate and tum about its center of gravity with uniform angular speed.
D) accelerate and tum about its center of gravity with uniform angular acceleration.
E) accelerate and spin until its center of gravity reaches its highest point.

Q3: Consider a uniform solid sphere of radius R and mass M rolling without slipping. Which
form of its kinetic energy is larger, translational or rotational?
A) Its translational kinetic energy is larger than its rotational kinetic energy.
B) Its rotational kinetic energy is larger than its translational kinetic energy.
C) Both forms of energy are equal.
D) You need to know the speed of the sphere to tell.
Q4: The tensile strength (the maximum tensile stress it can support without breaking) for a
certain steel wire is 3000 MN/m2. What is the maximum load that can be applied to a wire with a
diameter of 3.0 mm made of this steel without breaking the wire?
A) 64 kN b~ .2 3000 t·UJ IM'1. = 3. 0 ~ 10 s rJ I~ 1.
B) 9.0 kN
C) 42 kN A=- IC ( ¾t"' 1t. ( a. o ~o·3 " ' /= 1-. o "1- " 10' ,.,2-
D) 85 kN
E) 21 kN Fn,o.)( ~ 6flllOX • A

Q5: Two compressible solids are formed into spheres of the same size. The bulk modulus of
sphere two is twice as large as the bulk modulus of sphere one. You now increase the pressure on
both spheres by the same amount. As a result of the increased pressure, how is the change in
volume of sphere two (D..V2) related to the change in volume of sphere one (V1)?
A) ~V2 =2~VI Q. : : ~
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kl)-.:: -q.B v, 8~:s.2.. B i
B) ~V2 =4~VI ->-
A 1G... -AP.\/
~v; ::.
B,
D) AV2 = l/2AVt
E) ~V2 = 114~VI

Q6: Consider a plot of the displacement (x) as a function of the applied force (F) for an ideal elastic
spring. The slope of the curve would be
A) the spring constant. fL·,·/
B) the reciprocal of the spring constant. , ~

C) the acceleration due to gravity.

D) the reciprocal of the acceleration of gravity.
E) the mass of the object attached to the spring.
Q7: A box of mass m is pressed against (but is not attached to) an ideal spring of force constant k
and negligible mass, compressing the spring a distance x. After it is released, the box slides up a
frictionless incline as shown in the figure and eventually stops. If we repeat this experiment but
instead use a spring having force constant 2k

k m

Smooth
A) the box will go up the incline twice as high as before.
B) just as it moves free of the spring, the kinetic energy of the box will be twice as great as
before.
C) just as it moves free of the spring, the speed of the box will be ~ times as great as before.

D) All of the above choices are correct.

E) None of the above choices is correct.
 Q8: A 2.0 kg mass is moving along the x-axis. The potential energy curve as a function of
position is shown in the figure. The kinetic energy of the object at the origin is 12 J. The system
is conservative, and there is no friction.

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P.E. 20
(J)

10

2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0 10.0 Position

(m)

(a) What will be the kinetic energy at 2.0 m along the +x-axis?
(b) What will be the speed of the object at 6.0 m along the +x-axis?

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it.., -t

K1 -+
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 Q9: The angular position 0 of a 0.36m diameter flywheel is given by

0 = (2.0 rad/ s 3 )t 3

(a) Find 0, in radians and in degrees, at t 1 = 2.0s and t 2 = 5.0s.

(b) Find the distanc~ that a particle on the flywheel rim moves from t 1 = 2.0s to t 2 = 5.0s.

(c) Find the average angular velocity, in rad/sand in rev/min, over that interval.

(d) Find the instantaneous angular velocities at t 1 = 2.0s and t 2 = 5.0s.

(e) Find the average angular veocity and acceleration and instantaneous acceleration at t1 = 2.0s
and t 2 = 5.0s.

o.) t.,-: .1. 0 s -l1 = s.o S

3
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2

( J6, rod ) . 3ho·

(,-so rad). (Jw)• ::. 14, 0()0 °
.2.lt. ra«J 'itt. rad

b) anrlor J,"sfhcemurl- ,' !:JI}: &2.. 9, Q )..50 rad - 16 fQd :::. 2 3 L.f raol

ol.:: O. 3b rY> a::a') r = D, l8M

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1
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= is rQal/s
S.os - !2.,D s

d) w· _ }8: =: j_ (1.0rod-/sl).t3 ::. (1.0 rod/s3 ). {3tl.J ~ 3

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in - cH:. dt
t =- i.o s .=;) C6 .o rr:,cl Is 3). ( .l. os) \: '-" ro.cJ Is
1
t.=- 5,Ds ::) (6,otaal/s 3). (5,os) = ISO ,ocl/.s
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cJ... Q.\/Q ::. ~ - -
J ·fa. - t I S,Os - :2.,0s

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dt c:Jt

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.f :: o. 5s -) to lbcl l.r3
 QIO: You have finished watching a movie on Blu-ray and the disc is slowing to a stop. The
disc's angular velocity at t = 0 is 27.5 rad/s, and its angular acceleration is a constant
- 10.0 rad/s 2 • A line PQ on the disc's surface lies along the +x-axis at t = 0

(a) What is the disc's angular velocity at t = 0.300 s?

-
(b) What angle does the line PQ make with the +x-axis at this time?

A line PQ on a routing Blu-ny disc at t • 0. -l=O

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oln:uaion
Luo !:\ ,1. +. s rod/s
c,(
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8.• =- 0

a) t.. :. D. l co s .::..) W = ?

w: l!/, 5 rc.,d Is

b) & ?. 0 + Wo"e + -~' ~ -t~

0
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-+ J.. {-IO,O rod ts') (o. 3oos)
t). 2 0 t (l-1,'5 rocl/s). ( o.ioos) .,,

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 Qll: We wrap a light, nonstretching cable around a solid cylinder, of mass 50 kg and
diameter 0.120 m, that rotates in frictionless bearings about a stationary horizontal axis. We
pull the free end of the cable with a constant 9.0-N force for a distance of2.0 m; it turns the
cylinder as it unwinds without slipping. The cylinder is initially at rest. Find its final angular
speed and the final speed of the cable.

A cable unwinds from a cylinder (side view). -h cdlinde..r ~s oo p,e.c.~o.l'\1c.o..l

ene~~ lost in 3-'ic..\.iorol 11..1ort •

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 Q12: A primitive yo-yo has a massless string wrapped around a solid cylinder with mass Mand
radius R. You hold the free end of the string stationary and release the cylinder from rest. The
string unwinds but does not slip or stretch as the cylinder descends and rotates. Using energy
considerations, find the speed Vcm of the cylinder's center of mass after it has descended a
distance h.

(a) (b)
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 Q13: An electric motor exerts a constant 10-N.m torque on a grind-stone, which has a moment of
inertia of 2.0 kg.m 2 m 2 about its shaft. The system starts from rest. Find the work W done by the
motor in 8.0 sand the grindstone's kinetic energy Kat this time. What average power Pav is
delivered by the motor?

.: '5. 0 rad/ s 1...

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2 J..

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Q14: A turbine fan in a jet engine has a moment of inertia of2.5 kg.m2 about its axis of rotation.
As the turbine starts up, its angular velocity is given by Wz = (40 rad/s 3 )t 2 .

(a) Find the fan's angular momentum as a function of time, and find its value at t = 3.0 s.

(b) Find the net torque on the fan as a function of time, and find its value at t = 3.0 s.

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~= '3,0s --> (100 ~IW't/,s-3). ( l.o~ ya--,. 'loo ~Mis

 QlS: A physics professor stands at the center of a frictionless turntable with arms outstretched
and a 5.0-kg dumbbell in each hand. He is set rotating about the vertical axis, making one
revolution in 2.0 s. Find his final angular velocity if he pulls the dumbbells inward to his
stomach. His moment of inertia (without the dumbbells) is 3.0 kg.m 2 with arms outstretched and
2.2 kg. m 2 with his hands at his stomach. The dumbbells are 1.0 m from the axis initially and
0.20 m at the end.

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'2. 'l.
;r ~ 3.o~M -+ ~. rnr

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I,:. 3.o ~""1.-+ 2..(s,o~) (l.o~)
(DOU
dumbbell)
r, =- •3 ~1112-
w,::. ~ .: O. 50 rt..JJ/5
:,i.,o.s

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Ii -= l.~~""1.+ 1mr'l.
1. 'l.
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fS: W 1 : ( O.So re.v{s). ~ = '3. ly rod fs

re..v

-- l-f\
('<JI
rod = tS. + rod Is
Q16: You throw a ball with a mass of 0.40 kg against a brick wall. It is moving horizontally to
the left at 30 mis when it hits the wall; it rebounds horizontally to the right at 20 mis.

(a) Find the impulse of the net force on the ball during its collision with the wall.

(b) If the ball is in contact with the wall for 0.010 s, find the average horizontal force that the
wall exerts on the ball during the impact.

a) lrripulse_ e.~uo.ls -+~ d,C(JO e.

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~--------x

P.>c ,._ M. tAx .:. C1).40 ~) {-U> M /4)

P.x = - {2- ~tw1/.s

r~~ ~ "1, l(_'( = (o. 40 ~). ( 1D ~Is) ';:\ i ~r.-\l,s

J = f2.'t. - P,x =- (i ~f,\ls )- (- 11 ~mis J ~ :i-o N,S

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 Q18: A uniform wheel in the shape of a solid disk is mounted on a frictionless axle at its center.
The wheel has mass 5.00 kg and radius 0.800 m. A thin rope is wrapped around the wheel, and a
block is suspended from the free end of the rope. The system is released from rest and the block
moves downward. What is the mass of the block if the wheel turns through 8.00 revolutions in
the first 5.00 s after the block is released?

f): .l.n. ~ :..1R. 8.oo ~ /brt rod

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l.t-to1..
"' =;:I l
S,oo) (0.800)
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= J_ • /,O k...3

b, 4l N,M tJ
-Q,800M
--- = O
0.04

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