Physics 11

Fall 2015

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Quiz #5: Inclined Planes and Uniform Circular Motion

Problem 1 (2 points)
A boy is whirling a stone around his head in a horizontal circle by means of a string. The string
makes one complete revolution every second, and the tension in the string is T. The boy then
speeds up the stone, keeping the radius of the circle unchanged, so that the string makes two
complete revolutions every second. What happens to the tension in the string?
a) The tension is unchanged.
b) The tension reduces to half of its original value.
c) The tension increases to twice its original value.
d) The tension reduces to one-fourth of its original value.
e) The tension increases to four times its original value.
Problem 2 (3 points)
A fly lands on the end of the second hand of a clock that has a length of 8.75 cm. What is the
speed and centripetal acceleration of the fly?

Problem 3 (5 points)
A stuntman is driving his motorcycle around a vertical loop of radius
r = 15.0 m at a constant speed of 25.0 m/s. The combined mass of the
stuntman and motorcycle is 185 kg.
a) What is the normal force on the motorcycle at the lowest point?

b) What is the normal force on the motorcycle at the highest point?