Review Problems

REVIEW PROBLEMS
1. A net force of 25.0 N is applied for 5.70 s to a 12.0 kg box initially at rest. What is the speed of
the box at the end of the 5.70 s interval?
A) 1.80 m/s B) 11.9 m/s C) 3.07 m/s D) 7.52 m/s
2. A 2.00-kg projectile is fired upward at an angle of 20.0°. What is the magnitude of the force
exerted on the projectile when it is at the highest position in its trajectory? Neglect any effects of
air resistance.
A) 6.24 N B) 10.4 N C) 19.6 N D) 0.68 N
3. A rope is tied between two walls and a mass of 7.90 kg is then hung from its center. If the angle
θ the rope makes with the horizontal is 6°, what is the rope tension?
A) 371 N B) 790 N C) 960 N D) 233 N
4. As you increase the force that you apply while pulling on a rope, which of the following is NOT
affected?
(a) The stress on the rope. (b) The strain on the rope.
(c) The Young’s modulus of the rope. (d) All of the above.
5. A rubber band is stretched by 1.0 cm when a force of 0.35 N is applied to each end. If instead a
force of 0.70 N is applied to each end, estimate how far the rubber band will stretch from its
unstretched length:
(a) 0.25 cm. (b) 0.5 cm. (c) 1.0 cm. (d) 2.0 cm.
6. During hockey practice, two pucks are sliding across the ice in the same direction. At one instant,
a 0.18-kg puck is moving at 16 m/s while the other puck has a mass of 0.14 kg and a speed of 3.8
m/s. What is the velocity of the center of mass of the two pucks?
A) 5.6 m/s B) 7.0 m/s C) 9.0 m/s D) 10.7 m/s
7. A machine gun fires 25.0 g bullets at the rate of 4 bullets per second. The bullets leave the gun
at a speed of 1000 m/s. What is the average recoil force experienced by the machine gun?
A) 10.0 N B) 20.0 N C) 100 N D) 200 N
8. Two objects of equal mass traveling toward each other with equal speeds undergo a head on
collision. Which one of the following statements concerning their velocities after the collision is
necessarily true?
A) They will exchange velocities
B) Their velocities will be reduce
C) Their velocities will be reduced by a factor of 2
D) Their velocities may be zero
9. How much energy is dissipated in braking a 1.20×103 kg car to a stop from an initial speed of
30.0 m/s?
A) 2.80×105 J B) 2.40×103 J C) 5.40×105 J D) 8.20×105 J
10. A stationary 4.00 kg shell explodes into three pieces. Two
of the fragments have a mass of 1.00 kg each and move along
the paths shown with a speed of 10.0 m/s. The third fragment
moves upward as shown. What is the speed of the third
fragment?
A) zero m/s B) 9.00 m/s
C) 8.00 m/s D) 5.00 m/s
11. A 0.50-kg bomb is sliding along an icy pond (frictionless
surface) with a velocity of 2.0 m/s to the west. The bomb
explodes into two pieces. After the explosion, a 0.20-kg piece moves south at 4.0 m/s. What are
the components of the velocity of the 0.30-kg piece?
A) 4.0 m/s north, 0 m/s west B) 2.7 m/s north, 3.3 m/s west
C) 4.0 m/s north, 2.7 m/s west D) 0 m/s north, 2.0 m/s east
12. Which one of the following statements concerning kinetic energy is true?
A) Kinetic energy can be measured in watts.
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B) Kinetic energy is always equal to the potential energy.
C) Kinetic energy is always conserved.
D) Kinetic energy is always not negative.
13. Two boxes are connected to each other as shown. The
system is released from rest and the 1.00 kg box falls
through a distance of 1.00 m. The surface of the table is
frictionless. What is the kinetic energy of box B just
before it reaches the floor?
A) 9.81 J C) 39.2 J
B) 4.90 J D) 2.45 J
14. A 51.0 kg woman runs up a flight of stairs in 5.00 s.
Her net upward displacement is 5.00 m. Approximately,
what average power did the woman exert while she was running?
A) 5.60 kW B) 1.00 kW C) 0.75 kW D) 0.50 kW
15. A mass, m = 80.0 kg, traveling at a velocity of +15.8 m/s prior to being subjected to a force, F
= 2900 N in the opposite direction, for 0.750 s. What is the speed of the mass afterward?
A) +43.0 m/s B) –11.4 m/s C) –25.2 m/s D) +17.8 m/s
16. A puck slides on a board a total of 12 m before coming to rest. The coefficient of kinetic
friction is 0.10 between the puck and the board. What was the initial speed of the puck?
A) 9.72 m/s B) 4.85 m/s C) 5.50 m/s D) 7.64 m/s
17. Consider the head on collision of a Garbage Truck with a Chevy Volt without any rebound.
Which vehicle experiences the largest force? The largest magnitude of force is always experienced
by the vehicle with the
A) the largest initial speed
B) the smallest initial speed
C) the largest mass
D) Both vehicles experience the same magnitude of force.
18. A 10.0-N weight is suspended by two cords as shown in
Fig. 1. What can you say about the tension in the two cords?
(a) The tension in both cords is 5.0 N.
(b) The tension in both cords is equal but not 5.0 N.
(c) The tension in cord A is greater than that in cord B.
(d) The tension in cord B is greater than that in cord A
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