ANSWER KEY:SW1-ME111-Jan16,2015.

List the given and required parameters. Draw a diagram

describing the system. Solve the following problems. Final
answer should be boxed and expressed in two decimal
places with proper units.
1. An enclosure consists of two compartments, A and B,
separated by a membrane. Compartment A has 1.5 kg
air and volume 0.8m3 while compartment B has 0.75 m3
air with density 1.2 kg/m3. What is the final density of
the air in the enclosure if the membrane is broken and
the air comes to a uniform state?
Given:
mA=1.5 kg
VB=0.75 m3
VA=0.8 m3
B=1.2 kg/m3
Required: Final density, F
Membrane is
Diagram:
A
B
broken

Initial state
Solution: =

Final State

+ +
+

3)
(
)
0.75
3
0.83 + 0.753

1.5 + (1.2

48

=
= 1.548387097 .
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2. At a location where the local gravitational acceleration

is 9.6 m/s2, a 7-kg rock is thrown upward with a force
of 120N. What is the acceleration of the rock?
Given: g= 9.6 m/s2
F= 120 N
mROCK= 7kg
Required: acceleration of the rock, aROCK
Diagram:
F = 120N
=
mROCK aROCK
WROCK= mROCKg
Solution:
F - WROCK = mROCK aROCK
120N

1
2
1

7(9.6 2 )

= 7kg(aROCK)
(12067.2)(

aROCK=

2 )
1

aROCK= 7.542857143 .

(since aROCK is positive)