PHYSICS 341, Practice questions

(1)

01
1010
1010
10
1010
m1 m2

Answer:
sin α2 − sin α1
µ=
cos α2 + cos α1

(2) Answer:
F0  
v(t) = τ 1 − e−t/τ
m
F0 

x(t) = τ t + τ 1 − e−t/τ
m
limiting velocity v → F0 τ /m.

(3) Answers
(a) r = Rêr measured with respect to the centre of the circle?
(b) v = Rωêθ , a = −Rω 2 êr j = −Rω 3 êθ .
(c) r · v = 0, r · a = −R2 ω 2 , r · j = 0, and r × v = R2 ω k̂ .
(d) vectors r points from the centre to the circumference, v is perpendicular and shorter than r.
a points inward and is even shorter than v and j is anti parallel to v and shorter still.

(4)

g
(a) a = [sin θ − µ(1 + cos θ)]
2

1
 p
(b) v = gd[sin θ − µ(1 + cos θ)]
Use 2ad = v 2 − v02
sin θ
(c) µ = if θ = 0◦ µ = 0 if θ = 90◦ µ = 1.
1 + cos θ
(5) Answers
(a)  
cos θ 0 − sin θ
 0 0 0 
sin θ 0 cos θ
(b) x′ = −z, y ′ = y, z ′ = x
(c)
z

y y’

x z’
x’