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    This document contains examples and practice problems related to circular motion for an AP Physics class. It includes examples calculating centripetal acceleration, minimum static friction, and tension in a string. Practice problems ask students to calculate linear speed, centripetal acceleration, force, time and distance for an object on a string being swung in a circle or thrown horizontally. The final practice problem involves drawing and labeling the forces on an object in circular motion and calculating string tension just before it breaks.

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    This document contains examples and practice problems related to circular motion for an AP Physics class. It includes examples calculating centripetal acceleration, minimum static friction, and tension in a string. Practice problems ask students to calculate linear speed, centripetal acceleration, force, time and distance for an object on a string being swung in a circle or thrown horizontally. The final practice problem involves drawing and labeling the forces on an object in circular motion and calculating string tension just before it breaks.

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    Ramsay A.P.

    Physics Fall 2013

    Spring Woods High School

    Name:______________________________________________________ Date: ___________

    In-Class Examples Circular Motion


    4.11 The blade of a windshield wiper moves through an angle of 90 degrees in 0.28
    seconds. The tip of the blade moves on the arc of a circle that has a radius of 0.76m.
    What is the magnitude of the centripetal acceleration of the tip of the blade?

    4.12 What is the minimum coefficient of static friction necessary to allow a penny to
    !
    rotate along a 33 ! rpm record (diameter = 0.300 m), when the penny is placed at the
    outer edge of the record?

    Unit 4: Dynamics

    Ramsay A.P. Physics Fall 2013

    Spring Woods High School

    4.14 A 75 g toy airplane is fastened to one end of a 44 cm string while the other end is
    held fixed at the ceiling. The plane whirls in a horizontal circle with an angle to the
    vertical of 30.
    a. What provides the centripetal force?

    b. Calculate the speed of the plane. (2.75 m/s)

    c. Calculate the tension of the string. (1.47 N)

    4.13
    a. A car makes a turn, what force is required to keep it in circular motion?

    b. A bucket of water is tied to a string and spun in a circle, what force is required to
    keep it in circular motion?

    c. The moon orbits the Earth, what force is required to keep it in circular motion?

    Unit 4: Dynamics

    Ramsay A.P. Physics Fall 2013

    Spring Woods High School

    Name:______________________________________________________ Date: ___________

    Practice Circular Motion


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    Complete and submit scans (or pictures) of #4 through #7 in .pdf format to Canvas by Monday, Oct. 7 at 9:42am.

    1. A 2 kg object is tied to a cord and swung in a horizontal circle of radius 1 m with


    a frequency of 80 rpm. Determine:
    a. The linear speed, (8.35 m/s)

    b. The centripetal acceleration, (69.8 m/s2)

    c. The centripetal force. (139.6 N)

    d. What happens if the cord breaks?

    Unit 4: Dynamics

    Ramsay A.P. Physics Fall 2013

    Spring Woods High School

    2. A 25 cm diameter record turns on a record player at 78 rpm. A bug rests on the


    record 2.5 cm from the outside edge.
    a. If the bug's mass is 0.01 kg, what force acts on him? (0.0667 N)

    b. What exerts this force?

    c. Where should the bug crawl if he wishes to reduce his force by one-half?
    (0.05 m)

    3.
    a. What must the speed of a satellite be just above the surface of the earth if it is to
    travel in a circular orbit about the earth? (Rearth= 4000 mi, 1 mi = 1609 m) (7941.8 m/s)

    b. What is the nature of the centripetal force in this case?

    Unit 4: Dynamics

    Ramsay A.P. Physics Fall 2013

    Spring Woods High School

    4. An object of mass M on a string is whirled with increasing speed in a horizontal circle,


    as shown above. When the string breaks, the object has speed vo and the circular path
    has radius R and is a height h above the ground. Neglect air friction.
    a. Determine the following, expressing all answers in terms of h, vo, and g.
    i. The time required for the object to hit the ground after the string breaks. (
    t = 2h / g )

    ii. The horizontal distance the object travels from the time the string breaks until it
    hits the ground. ( x = v0 2h / g )

    iii. The speed of the object just before it hits the ground.( vR = v02 + 2 gh )
    (Careful, the question asks for resultant velocity not just vy)

    Unit 4: Dynamics

    Ramsay A.P. Physics Fall 2013

    Spring Woods High School

    b. On the figure below, draw and label all the forces acting on the object when it
    is in the position shown in the diagram.

    c. Determine the tension in the string just before the string breaks. Express your
    answer in terms of M, R, vo, and g.

    v 4
    FT = M g 2 + 02

    Unit 4: Dynamics

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