Newtons Laws Review

Tuesday 4/5/11
1) In the situation shown below, what is the tension in string 1?

(A) 69.3N

(B) 98N

(C) 138.6N

(D) 147.6N

(E) 155N

2) Two masses, M and m, are hung over a massless, frictionless pulley as shown
below. If M>m, what is the downward acceleration of mass M?

(A) g

(B)

( M m) g
M m

(C)

Mg
m

(D)

Mmg
M m

(E) Mmg

3) A 0.25 kg mass is attached to a string and swung in a vertical circle whose radius
is 0.75m. At the bottom of the circle, the mass is observed to have a speed of
10m/s. What is the magnitude of the tension in the string at that point?
(A) 2.45N
(B) 5.78N
(C) 22.6N
(D) 35.7N
(E) 44.7N
4) A hockey puck with a mass of 0.3kg is sliding along ice that can be considered
frictionless. The pucks velocity is 20 m/s. The puck now crosses over onto a floor
that has a coefficient of kinetic friction equal to 0.35. How far will the puck travel
across the floor before it stops?
(A) 3m
(B) 87m
(C) 48m
(D) 92m
(E)
58m

5) The coefficient of static friction between a box and aramp is 0.5. The ramps
incline angle is 30o. If the box is placed at rest on the ramp, the box will do which of
the following?
(A) accelerate down the ramp
(B) accelerate briefly down the ramp, but then slow down and stop
(C) move with constant velocity down the ramp.
(D) Not move.
(E) cannot be determined from the information given.
6) If all the forces acting on an object balance so that the net force is zero, then
(A) the object must be at rest.
(B) the objects speed will decrease.
(C) the object will follow a parabolic trajectory
(D) The objects direction of motion can change, but not its speed.
(E) None of the above will occur.
7) A block of mass m is at rest on a frictionless, horizontal table placed in a
laboratory on the surface of the Earth. An identical block is at rest on a frictionless,
horizontal table placed on the surface of the Moon. Let F be the net force
necessary to give the Earth-bound block an acceleration of a across the table.
Given that gmoon is one-sixth of gearth, the force necessary to give the Moon-bound
block the same acceleration a across the table is
(A) F/12
(B) F/6
(C) F/3
(D) F
(E) 6F
8) A crate of mass 100kg is at rest on a horizontal floor. The coefficient of static
friction between the floor and the crate is 0.4, and the coefficient of kinetic friction
is 0.3. A force of magnitude 344N is then applied to the crate, parallel to the floor.
Which of the following is true?
(A) The crate will accelerate across the floor at 0.5 m/s 2
(B) The static friction force will also have a magnitude of 344N.
(C) The crate will slide across the floor at a constant speed of 0.5 m/s.
(D) The crate will not move.
(E) none of the above
9) Two crates are stacked on top of each other on a horizontal floor; Crate #1 is on
the bottom, and Crate #2 is on the top. Both crates have the same mass.
Compared to the strength of the force F1 necessary to push only Crate #1 at a
constant speed across the floor, the strength of the force F2 necessary to push the
stack at the same constant speed across the floor is greater than F1 because
(A) the normal force on Crate #1 is greater.
(B) the coefficient of kinetic friction between Crate #1 and the floor is greater.
(C) the force of kinetic friction, but not the normal force, on Crate #1 is greater.
(D) The coefficient of static friction between Crate #1 and the floor is greater.
(E) The weight of Crate #1 is greater.

10) A 20-N force is pushing two block horizontally along a frictionless floor as

shown.
11) A force of 20N acts on a mass of 10kg being pushed up a frictionless incline that
makes a 30o angle with the horizontal as shown below.

The magnitude of the acceleration of the mass up the incline is equal to

(A) 1.9 m/s2 (B) 2.2 m/s2 (C) 3.17 m/s2
(D) 3.87 m/s2
(E)4.3 m/s2
12) According to the diagram below, what is the tension in the connecting string if
the table is frictionless?

(A) 6.4N

(B) 13N

(C) 19.7N

(D) 25N

(E) 32N

13) A mass, M, is released from rest on an incline that makes a 42 o angle with the
horizontal. In 3s, the mass is observed to have gone a distance of 3m. What is the
coefficient of kinetic friction between the mass and the surface of the incline?
(A) 0.8
(B) 0.7
(C) 0.6
(D) 0.5
(E)
0.3
14) A planet has half the mass of Earth and half the radius. Compared to the
acceleration due to gravity near the surface of Earth, the acceleration due to gravity
on the other planet is

(A) 2 as much
the same

(B) one-forth as much

(E) zero

(C) half as much

(D)

15) An object moves at constant speed in a circular path. Which of the following
statements is/are true?
I. The velocity is constant.
II. The acceleration is constant.
III. The net force on the object is zero
(A) II only
(B) I and III (C) II and III (D) I and II (E) none of the above
16) What is the gravitational force of attraction between two trucks, each of mass
20,000kg, separated by a distance of 2m?
(A) 0.057N (B) 0.013N (C) 0.0067N (D) 1.20N
(E) 0N
17) The gravitational force between two masses is 36N. If the distance between
the masses is tripled, the force of gravity will be
(A) the same(B) 18N
(C) 9N
(D) 4N
(E) 27N
For 18 and 19: A 60cm rope is tied to the handle of a bucket which is then whirled in
a vertical circle. The mass of the bucket is 3kg.
18) At the lowest point in its path, the tension in the rope is 50N. What is the speed
of the bucket?
(A) 1m/s
(B) 2m/s
(C) 3m/s
(D) 4m/s
(E) 5m/s
19) What is the critical speed below which the rope would become slack when the
bucket reaches the highest point in the circle?
(A) 0.6m/s (B) 1.8m/s (C) 2.4m/s (D) 3.2m/s (E) 4.8m/s
20) An object moves at a constant speed in a circular path of radius r at a rate of 1
revolution per second. What is its acceleration?
(A) 0
(B) 22r
(C) 22r2
(D) 42r
(E) 42r2
Free response
1) A curved road is banked at an angle of , such that friction is not necessary for a
car to stay on the road. A 2500kg car is traveling at a speed of 25 m/s, and the
road has a radius of curvature equal to 40m.
(a) Draw a free body diagram for the situation described above.
(b) Find angle .
(c) Calculate the magnitude of the force that the road exerts on the car.
2) The question concerns the motion of a crate being pulled across a horizontal floor
by a rope. In the diagram below, the mass of the crate is m, the coefficient of
kinetic friction between the crate and the floor is , and the tension in the rope is F T.

(a) Compute the normal force acting on the crate in terms of m, FT, , and g.
(b) Compute the acceleration of the crate in terms of m, FT, , , and g.
3) In the figure shown, assume tha the pulley is frictionless and massless.

(a) If the surface of the inclined plane is frictionless, determine what value(s) of
will cause the box of mass m1 to
(i) accelerate up the ramp
(ii) slide up the ramp at a constant speed.
(b) If the coefficient of kinetic friction between the surface of the inclined plane and
the box of mass m1 is k, derive (but do not solve) an equation satisfied by the value
of which will cause the box of mass m1 to slide up the ramp at a constant speed.

Newtons Laws Review solutions

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