Problem Sheet-3

Physics 1
Doç.Dr.Serda KEÇEL GÜNDÜZ, Dr. E.U.SAKA
November 17, 2020

Problem 1. 4.1. Two forces have the same magnitude F. √ What is the angle between the
two vectors if their sum has a magnitude of (a) 2F? (b) 2F ? (c) zero? Sketch the three
vectors in each case.

Problem 2. 4.4. A man is dragging a trunk up the loading ramp of a mover’s truck. The
ramp has a slope angle of 20.0”, and the man pulls upward with a force 1 whose direction
makes an angle of 30.0” with the ramp (Fig. 4.32). (a) How large a force 1 is necessary for
the component F. parallel to the ramp to be 60.0 N? (b) How large will the component Fy
perpendicular to the ramp then be?

Problem 3. 4.7. If a net horizontal force of 132 N is applied to a person with mass 60 kg
who is resting on the edge of a swimming pool, what horizontal acceleration is produced?

Problem 4. 4.10. A dockworker applies a constant horizontal force of 80.0 N to a block

Problem 5. 4.12. A crate with mass 325 kg initially at rest on a warehouse floor is acted
on by a net horizontal force of 140 N. (a) What acceleration is produced? (b) How far does
the crate travel in 10.0 s? (c) What is its speed at the end of 10.0 s?

Problem 6. 4.15. A small 8.00-kg rocket burns fuel that exerts a time-varying upward force
on the rocket. This force obeys the equation F = A + Bt2 . Measurements show that at t =
0, the force is 100.0N, and at the end of the first 2.00 s, it is l50.0N. (a) Find the constants
A and B, including their SI units. (b) Find the net force on this rocket and its acceleration
(i) the instant after the fuel ignites and (ii) 3.00 s after fuel ignition. (c) Suppose you were
using this rocket in outer space, far from all gravity. What would its acceleration be 3.00 s
after fuel ignition?

Problem 7. 4.19. At the surface of Jupiter’s moon io, the acceleration due to gravity is
g = 1.81m/s2 . A watermelon weighs 44.0 N at the surface of the earth. (a) What is the
watermelon’s mass on the earth’s surface? (b) What are its mass and weight on the surface
of Io?

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Problem 8. 4.21. World-class sprinters can accelerate out of the starting blocks with an
acceleration that is nearly horizontal and has magnitude 15m/s2 . How much horizontal force
must a 55-kg sprinter exert on the starting blocks during a start to produce this acceleration?
Which body exerts the force that propels the sprinter: the blocks or the sprinter herself?

Problem 9. 4.24. The upward normal force exerted by the floor is 620 N on an elevator
passenger who weighs 650 N. What are the reaction forces to these two forces? Is the
passenger accelerating? If so, what are the magnitude and direction of the acceleration?

Problem 9. 4.27. Two crates, A and B, sit at rest side by side on a frictionless horizontal
surface. The crates have masses mA and mB A horizontal force 1 is applied to crate A and
the two crates move off to the right. (a) Draw clearly labeled free-body diagrams for crate
A and for crate B. Indicate which pairs of forces, if any, e third-law action-reaction pairs.
(b) If the magnitude of force F is less than the total weight of the two crates, will it cause
the crates to move? Explain.

Problem 10. 4.28. A person pulls horizontally on block B in Fig. 4.35, causing both blocks
to move together as a unit. While this system is moving, make a carefully labeled free-body
diagram of block A if (a) the table is frictionless and (b) there is friction between block B
and the table and the pull is equal to the friction force on block B due to the table.

Problem 11. 4.31. A chair of mass 12.0 kg is sitting on the horizontal floor; the floor is
not frictionless. You push on the chair with a force F = 40.0 N that is directed at an angle
of 37.0 below the horizontal and the chair slides along the floor. (a) Draw a clearly labeled
free-body diagram for the chair. (b) Use your diagram and Newton’s laws to calculate the
normal force that the floor exerts on the chair.

Problem 12. 4.37. Two adults and a child want to posh a wheeled cart in the direction
marked x in Fig. 4.36. The two adults Rush with horizontal forces F1 and F2 as shown in
the figure. (a) Find the magnitude and direction of the smallest force that the child should
exert. You can ignore the effects of friction. (b) If the child exerts the minimum force found
in part (a), the cart accelerates at 2.0 m/S2 in the + x-direction. What is the weight of the
cart?

Problem 13. 4.43. Two crates, one with mass 4.00 kg and the other with mass 6.00 kg, sit
on the frictionless surface of a frozen pond, connected by a light rope (Fig. 4.38). A woman
wearing golf shoes (so she can get traction on the ice) polls horizontally on the 6.00-kg crate
with a force F that gives the crate an acceleration of 250 m/S2. (a) What is the acceleration
of the 4.00-kg crate? (b) Draw a free- body diagram for the 4.00-kg crate. Use that diagram
and New- ton’s second law to find the tension T in the rope that connects the two crates.
(c) Draw a free-body diagram for the 6.00-kg crate. What is the direction of the net force
on the 6.00-kg crate? Which is larger in magnitude, force T or force F? (d) Use part (c) and
Newton’s second law to calculate the magnitude of the force F.