Questions:123456

Physics1120:MathReviewSolutions

1. Convertthefollowing:
(a)3.5km2tom2

(b)56g/cm3tokg/m3

2. Writevectorsequationsforeachdiagrambelow.
(a) (b)

(c) (d)

(e) (f)
 (a) (b)
(c) (d)
(e) (f)

3. Momentumisavectorquantitygivenbyp=mv.Asystemconsistsof2particles:oneofmass150g
movingat125cm/sat15.0westofnorth,andtheotherofmass200gmovingat90cm/sat30.0south
ofeast.Whatisthenetmomentumofthesystem?

Firstwegetthemagnitudeofthemomenta: and
.Nextweneatlysketchtheproblemanditssolution.

Vectorproblemsaresolvedbybreakingthegivenvectorsintotheiriandjcomponents.


UsingPythagoras'Theorem, .Weusetrigonometrytofindthe

direction.Theangleis .Thetotalornetmomentumisthus0.141kgm/sat
40.3northofeast.

4. Twoforcesactonabody.ThefirstisF1=135Nat25.0westofsouth,andthesecondisF2=190N
actingat40.0southofeast.Findthenetforceactingonthebody.

Firstweneatlysketchtheproblemanditssolution.

Vectorproblemsaresolvedbybreakingthegivenvectorsintotheiriandjcomponents.


UsingPythagoras'Theorem, .Weusetrigonometrytofindthedirection.

Theangleis .Thetotalornetforceisthus260Nat70.1southofeast.It
wouldbemorecommontostatethisas260Nat19.9eastofsouth.

5. ApersonontheshoreatEnglishBayobservesthatthenetvelocityofapersoninaboatis2.75m/sat
17.0northofeast.Theboatismovingrelativetothewaterat1.90m/sheading10.0southofeast.
Determinethevelocityofthewatercurrentrelativetothepersononshore.

First,wemustrealizethatthevelocitythattheobserverseesisthesumofthevelocityoftheboatandthe
velocityofthecurrent,i.e. .Sincewearelookingfor ,wearedealingwith
thesubtractionofvectorswhichistheadditionofthenegativeofavector,i.e.
.Tosolvethis,oranyothervectorproblem,wesketchthe
solutionfirst.

Vectorproblemsaresolvedbybreakingthegivenvectorsintotheiriandjcomponents.


UsingPythagoras'Theorem, .Weusetrigonometrytofindthe

direction.Theangleis .Thevelocityofthecurrentisthus1.36m/sat56.2
northofeast.

6. Thenetforceoftwoforcesactingonabodyis3500Nat14.5westofsouth.Oneforceis2100Nat
22.0eastofsouth.Whatistheotherforce?

Sincewearetoldthetotalforceandoneoftheforces,theotherforceisgivenby
.Tosolvethis,oranyothervectorproblem,wesketchthesolutionfirst.

Vectorproblemsaresolvedbybreakingthegivenvectorsintotheiriandjcomponents.


UsingPythagoras'Theorem, .Weusetrigonometrytofindthedirection.The

angleis .Thesecondforceisthus2200Nat40.9southofwest.

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