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This document is a test paper for PH110: Introductory Physics at The Copperbelt University, dated April 12, 2024. It includes instructions for answering questions, with each question worth 25 marks, covering topics such as significant figures, dimensional analysis, vector quantities, and various physics problems involving forces and motion. Students are required to show essential working and provide personal details such as names and computer numbers.

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PH 110 Test 1 - 2024

This document is a test paper for PH110: Introductory Physics at The Copperbelt University, dated April 12, 2024. It includes instructions for answering questions, with each question worth 25 marks, covering topics such as significant figures, dimensional analysis, vector quantities, and various physics problems involving forces and motion. Students are required to show essential working and provide personal details such as names and computer numbers.

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THE COPPERBELT UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL SCIENCES


DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

PH110: Introductory Physics, TEST 1, DATE: 12TH APRIL 2024


INSTRUCTIONS: Duration: 2.0 HRS 30 MINUTES ( 2 12 hrs).

ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS: Each question carries 25 marks, you may tackle the
questions in any order provided they are correctly and clearly numbered.
Essential working must be shown to avoid loss of marks. Clearly write your full
names, computer number and lecture group.

Where necessary, use the following: g  9.8 m s-2, 2.54 cm = 1 inch,


 b  b 2  4ac
1.609 km = 1 mi, x  , 1 ton = 1000 kg.
2a

QUESTION 1

(a) How many significant figures are in the following numbers?


(i) 2.26 x 10-6 (ii) 0.0053 (ii) 4.244 x 108 [3]

(b) A CBU student decided to paint his room that is in form of a cube with each
side having length 3 m. He ran out of paint and only managed to paint 5
sides of his room. If 45000 cm of paint was used, find the thickness of the
paint on the wall. [5]

(c) Express the following in terms of prefixes


(i) 0.00085l A (ii) 5.44 x 10-13 g (iii) 73,000,000 m [3]

(d) List three limitations of dimensional analysis. [3]


(e) The velocity of a particle is given by 𝑣 = 𝑎𝑡 + 𝑏𝑡 where 𝑣 is in 𝑚/𝑠, time 𝑡 is
in seconds and a, b are the constants. Determine the unit of quantity [𝑎𝑏].
[3]
(f) The centripetal force 𝐹 acting on a particle depends on the mass 𝑚 of the
particle, its velocity 𝑣 and radius 𝑟 of the circle. Derive dimensionally the
formula for force 𝐹. [8]

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QUESTION 2

(a) Distinguish between a scalar quantity and a vector quantity. [2]

(b) A bank in town A is robbed. The thieves escape from the police to town B by
helicopter making four successive flights described by the following
displacements: 14 km east, 15 km at 30° east of north, 16 km at 45° west of
north and 13 km at 60° east of south. At the end of the fourth flight, they are
captured. In order to apprehend the thieves faster, a police helicopter flies
directly from town A to town B in a straight line. In what direction and how far
will the police helicopter travel in this direct flight? [10]

(c) (i) Find the values of a for which vectors 𝐴⃗ = 𝑎i − 2j + k and 𝐵⃗ = 2𝑎i + 𝑎j −
4k are perpendicular to each other. [6]

(ii) If 𝐴⃗ = 4i − j + 3k and 𝐵⃗ = −2i + j − 2k , find a unit vector perpendicular


to both 𝐴⃗ and 𝐵⃗. [7]

QUESTION 3

(a) In Figure 3.1 shows a velocity-time graph for a particle moving in a straight
line. Calculate the displacement from points A to E. [5]

Figure 3.1: velocity-time graph

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(b) A person stands at the edge of a straight 20 m high cliff and throws the ball
directly upward with an initial speed of 5 m/s. Determine:

(i) Vertical distance reached by the ball measured from the base of the
cliff. [4]
(ii) How long it takes the ball to hit the ground at the base of the
cliff, 20m below. [3]

(c) An arrow is shoot with a velocity of 45.0 m/s at an angle of 50.0° with the
horizontal. A person standing on the level ground 150 m away from the
launch point throws a ripe mango vertically upwards with the minimum
initial speed necessary to meet the path of the arrow.
(i) At what speed does the mango leave your assistant’s hand? [8]
(ii) At what time after the arrow launch should the mango be thrown so that
it is hit by the arrow? [5]

QUESTION 4

(a) A ball of mass 𝑚 = 2 kg and a block of mass 𝑚 = 10 kg are attached by a


lightweight cord that passes over a frictionless pulley of negligible mass, as
shown in figure 4.1. The block lies on a rough incline of angle 𝜃 = 37°. The
coefficient of kinetic friction between the block and the incline is 0.25.
Determine the magnitude of the acceleration of the two objects and the
tension in the lightweight cord. [13]

Fig. 4.1

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(b) (i) State two conditions for a system to be in static equilibrium. [2]

(ii) A 5.0 m uniform ladder of weight 150 N stands against a wall at an angle of
37o above the horizontal as shown in Fig. 4.2. There is no friction between the
ladder and the wall but the coefficient of static friction between the ladder and
the floor is 0.5. An electrician weighing 700 N slowly climbs the ladder to fix a
light bulb, he then senses that the ladder is at the verge of slipping and stops
at a position x m from the base of the ladder. Determine the value of x measured
from the base of the ladder? [10]

Fig. 4.2

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