Problem Set 1 Finals

Cagayan State University – Carig Campus
College of Engineering and Architecture

PHY 121
Problem Set 1
Instructions: Show your complete and coherent solution to the following

items. Express your final answers in scientific notation with 3 significant
figures.
1. Two objects are connected by a light string passing over a light, frictionless
pulley. The object of mass m1 is 7.00 kg is released from rest at a height h
= 4.00 m above the table. Using conservation of mechanical energy,
(a) determine the speed of mass m2 = 3.00 kg just as the 7.00-kg object hits
the table; and
(b) find the maximum height above the table to which the 3.00-kg object rises.
2. A 36.0 kg crate is initially moving with a velocity that has a magnitude of

3.73 m/s in a direction 37.0° west of north. How much work must be done on
the crate to change its velocity to 5.40 m/s in a direction 63.0° south of east?
3. A horizontal spring attached to a wall has a force

constant of k=850 N/m. A block of mass m=20.0 kg is
attached to the spring and rests on a frictionless,
horizontal surface. (a) The block is pulled to a
position x0=6.00 cm from equilibrium and released.
Find the elastic potential energy stored in the
spring when the block is 6.00 cm from equilibrium and
when the block passes through equilibrium.(b) Find
the speed of the block as it passes through the
equilibrium point. (c) What is the speed of the block when it is at a position x0/2 = 3.00 cm?
(d) Why isn’t the answer to part (c) half the answer to part (b)?
4. Jane, whose mass is 50 kg, needs to swing across a river (having width D)
filled with person-eating crocodiles to save Tarzan from danger. She must
swing into a wind exerting constant horizontal force 𝐹⃑ , on a vine having
length L and initially making an angle 𝜃 with the vertical. Take D=50.0 m,
F=110 N, L=40.0 m, and 𝜃 =50.08. (a) With what minimum speed must Jane
begin her swing to just make it to the other side? (b) Once the rescue is
complete, Tarzan and Jane must swing back across the river. With what
minimum speed must they begin their swing? Assume Tarzan has a mass of 80.0
kg.
5. Use the work–energy theorem to solve each of these problems. You can use Newton’s laws to
check your answers. (a) A skier moving at 5.00 m/s encounters a long, rough horizontal patch
of snow having a coefficient of kinetic friction of 0.220 with her skis. How far does she
travel on this patch before stopping? (b) Suppose the rough
patch in part (a) was only 2.90 m long. How fast would the skier be moving when she reached
the end of the patch? (c) At the base of a frictionless icy hill that rises at 25.0° above
the horizontal, a toboggan has a speed of 12.0 m/s toward the hill. How high vertically above
the base will it go before stopping?
6. A block of ice with mass 2.00 kg slides 1.35 m down an inclined plane that slopes downward
at an angle of 36.9° below the horizontal. If the block of ice starts from rest, what is its
final speed? Ignore friction.
7. A spring of force constant 300.0 N/m and unstretched length 0.240 m is stretched by two
forces, pulling in opposite directions at opposite ends of the spring, that increase to 15.0
N. How long will the spring now be, and how much work was required to stretch it that
distance?
8. At a waterpark, sleds with riders are sent along a slippery, horizontal surface by the release
of a large, compressed spring. The spring, with force constant k = 4100 N/m and negligible
mass, rests on the frictionless horizontal surface. One end is in contact with a stationary
wall. A sled and rider with total mass 74.0 kg are pushed against the other end, compressing
the spring 0.395 m. The sled is then released with zero initial velocity. What is the sled’s
speed when the spring (a) returns to its uncompressed length and (b) is still compressed
0.220 m?
9. A physics professor is pushed up a ramp inclined upward at 30.0° above the horizontal as she
sits in her desk chair, which slides on frictionless rollers. The combined mass of the
professor and chair is 85.0 kg. She is pushed 2.50 m along the incline by a group of students
who together exert a constant horizontal force of 600 N. The professor’s speed at the bottom
of the ramp is 2.00 m/s. Use the work–energy theorem to find her speed at the top of the
ramp.
10.You are designing a delivery ramp for crates containing exercise equipment. The 1520 N crates
will move at 2.2 m/s at the top of a ramp that slopes downward at 21.0 degrees. The ramp
exerts a 544 N kinetic friction force on each crate, and the maximum static friction force
also has this value. Each crate will compress a spring at the bottom of the ramp and will
come to rest after traveling a total distance of 7.6 m along the ramp. Once stopped, a crate
must not rebound back up the ramp. Calculate the largest force constant of the spring that
will be needed to meet the design criteria.
11.A ski tow operates on a 14.0° slope of length 340 m. The rope moves at 11.5 km/h and provides
power for 55 riders at one time, with an average mass per rider of 70.0 kg. Estimate the
power required to operate the tow.
12.You are applying a constant horizontal force F⃑⃑ = -8.00 N î + 3.00 N ĵ to a crate that is sliding
on a factory floor. At the instant that the velocity of the crate is v ⃑⃑ = 2.30 m/s î +
3.20 m/s ĵ, what is the instantaneous power supplied by this force?

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Cagayan State University – Carig Campus

College of Engineering and Architecture

Instructions: Show your complete and coherent solution to the following

2. A 36.0 kg crate is initially moving with a velocity that has a magnitude of

3. A horizontal spring attached to a wall has a force

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