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Circular Motion & Universal Gravity

1.

A 2.0 kg ball is rotated in a vertical circle by a light, rigid rod oflength 3.0 m attached to
a motor that keeps the ball moving at a speed of 12 mls. Find the tension in the rod at the
highest and lowest points.

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2.

A highway curve can be banked at just the right angle so that when a car moves through

the curve at just the right speed, no friction-is needed between the road and tires to tum
the car while it maintains the same height in the bank. Find the relation between speed
and banking angle.
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3.

A mass m is attached to a length L of string and hung straight down from a pivot. Small

vibrations at the pivot set the mass into circular motion, with the string making an angle a
with the vertical.

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b. Obtain an expression for the speed v of the mass in terms of a, L and g.

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4.

A small block of mass 0.15 kg is placed at point A at a height 2.0 m above the bottom of a track,
as shown in the figure above, and is released from rest. It slides with negligible friction down the
track, around the inside of the loop of radius 0.60 m, and leaves the track at point C at a height
0.50 m above the bottom of the track.

a. Calculate the speed of the block when it leaves the track at point C.
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b. On the figure below, draw and label the forces (not components) that act on the block when it
is at the top of_the loop at point B.

c. Calculate the minimum speed the block can have at point B without losing contact with the
track.

d. Calculate the minimum height hmin above the bottom of the track at which- the block can be
released and still go around the loop without losing contact with the track.

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An experiment is performed using the apparatus above. A small disk of mass m 1 on a

frictionless table is attached to one end of a string. The string passes through a hole in the
table and an attached narrow, vertical plastic tube. An object of mass m2 is hung at the
other end of the string. A student holding the tube makes the disk rotate in a circle of
constant radius r, while another student measures the period P.
a Derive the equation P = 2," ~

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that relates P and m2 .

The procedure is repeated, and the period P is determined for four different values of m2 ,
where m, = 0.012 kg and r = 0.80 m. The data, which are presented below, can be used
to compute an experimental value for g.

nl2 (kg)

0.020

0.040

0.060

0.080

P (s)

1.40

1.05

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b. What quantities should be graphed to yield a straight line with a slope that could be
used to determine g?
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the best-fit line to the data. You may use the blank rows above to record any values
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Find the attractive force between two 50.0 kg people separated by 1.00 m. Compare that
force to the attractive force between the Earth and the Sun.

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7.

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Communication satellites are often put into geosynchronous orbits. Such an orbit takes
exactly one day to complete, so a satellite circling over the equator will be always be
above the same point on Earth. Determine the radius of a geosynchronous orbit.

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8.

A 120 kg satellite is placed in a low Earth circular orbit with a radius of 1.2xl07 m. An
identical satellite is to be placed in circular orbit with twice the orbital period.

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