Course Code: GEN108

Course Name: Physics (1)

Academic year: 2010 – 2011
Semester: 16/10/2010
Instructor: Dr. Naser Afify
Section Number ( 2 )

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Question 1 Part 1:
A particle starts from the origin at with an initial velocity having an
component of and a component of . The particle moves in the
with an component of acceleration only, given by .

(A) Determine the components of the velocity vector at any time and the total
velocity vector at any time.

(B) Calculate the velocity and speed of the particle at

(C) Determine the and coordinates of the particle at any time and the
position vector at this time.

Solution Q1 Part 1:

(A) Determine the components of the velocity vector at any time and the total
velocity vector at any time.

, , and, .

(1)

(2)

Therefore

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(B) Calculate the velocity and speed of the particle at

With s, the result from part (A) gives:

To determine the angle that makes with the , we

use the fact that

Where the negative sign indicates an angle of below the positive .

The speed is the magnitude of :

(C) Determine the and coordinates of the particle at any time and the
position vector at this time.

Because

Therefore, the position vector at any time is:

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Question 1 Part 2:

A plane drops a package of supplies to a party of explorers, as shown in Figure 1.

If the plane is traveling horizontally at and is above the ground,
where does the package strike the ground relative to the point at which it is
released?

Figure 1

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Solution Q1 Part 2:

In (1):

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Question 2:
A hockey puck having a mass of slides on the horizontal, frictionless
surface of an ice rink. Two hockey sticks strike the puck simultaneously, exerting
the forces on the puck shown in Figure 2.
The force has a magnitude of , and the force has a magnitude of .
Determine both the magnitude and the direction of the puck’s acceleration.

Figure 2

Solution Q2:

The net force acting on the puck in the is:

The net force acting on the puck in the is:

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Now we use Newton’s second law in component form to find the
components of the puck’s acceleration:

The acceleration has a magnitude of

And its direction relative to the positive is:

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Question 3:
A hockey puck on a frozen pond is given an initial speed of
If the puck always remains on the ice and slides before coming to rest,
determine the coefficient of kinetic friction between the puck and ice.

Solution Q3:

Defining rightward and upward as our positive directions, we apply Newton’s

second law in component form to the puck and obtain:

(1)

(2)

But , and from (2) we see that . Therefore, (1) becomes:

The negative sign means the acceleration is to the left.

Because the velocity of the puck is to the right, this means that the puck is slowing
down. The acceleration is independent of the mass of the puck and is constant
because we assume that remains constant.

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Because the acceleration is constant, we can use:

With

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Question 4:
A ball of mass is attached to the end of a cord long.
The ball is whirled in a horizontal circle as shown in Figure 2.
If the cord can withstand a maximum tension of .
What is the maximum speed at which the ball can be whirled before the cord
breaks? Assume that the string remains horizontal during the motion.

Figure 2

Solution Q4:

Solving for , we have

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Question 5 Part 1:

A man cleaning a floor pulls a vacuum cleaner with a force of magnitude

in Figure 4.
Calculate the work done by the force on the vacuum cleaner as the vacuum cleaner
is displaced to the right.

Figure 4

Solution Q5 Part 1:

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Question 5 Part 2:
A skier of mass is pulled up a slope by a motor-driven cable.

(a) How much work is required to pull him a distance of

(assumed frictionless) at a constant speed of ?

(b) A motor of what power is required to perform this task?

Solution Q5 Part 2:

(a) How much work is required to pull him a distance of

(assumed frictionless) at a constant speed of ?

Because he moves at constant speed.

The skier rises a vertical distance of

Thus,

(b) A motor of what power is required to perform this task?

The time to travel at a constant speed of .

Thus,

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