Exercise Chapter 3

1. Figure below shows a wooden block of mass 5.0

kg on a smooth surface. The wooden block is
connected to a block of mass M by a light string
passing over a smooth pulley.

5.0 kg

If the wooden block moves with an acceleration

of 2.0 m s-2, what is mass Ml [g = 10 m s-2]
A 1.00 kg C 1.50 kg
B 1.25 kg D 2.50 kg

2. A bullet of mass m moving with velocity u

penetrates a piece of stationary plasticine of mass
M . The bullet emerges from the piece of plasticine
with velocity v in the same direction as the initial
direction of the bullet and the plasticine attached 6.
to the bullet has the same mass as that of the
bullet. The velocity of the remaining plasticine
immediately after the bullet emerges from it can
be expressed as

3.

4.

7.

5.