Phys-120 (Midterm2) Date: Mar 13th 2015

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Answer all questions in the booklet that has been provided. A coherent presentation is
expected as part of your solution. Full credit will not be assigned for correct answers that
were obtained using faulty, incomplete, or unexplained reasoning. You are provided with
equations, see below. If you are unable to answer part of a question, try to explain what
you understand, and what you do not understand about the problem.

dr (t)
dv(t)
r (t), v(t) =
, a(t) =
dt
dt

a = 0, v = const. r = r0 vt

1
a = const. v = v0 at, r = r0 v0 t at 2
2
2 R
d
2 v
v2
Circular motion: v =
, = , =
= , ac = v =
T
dt
T
R
R

dp

Fnet = ma = , p = mv, Fweight = mg,

Fspring = kr,
dt

m r

mm
N m2
FGravity = G 1 2 2 , G = 6.67 10 11
, fk = k N, rCM = i
R
kg 2

W = F dl ,

Problems
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total

dx = [

x n+1 x=b
]x=a ,
n +1

Marks

UGravity = mgh +U 0 ,

i i

, vCM

m
i

m v

i i

= i

1
U Spring = kx 2 +U 0 ,
2

1
K = mv 2
2