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The figure shows an airplane moving horizontally with a constant velocity of +115 m/s at an altitude of 1050 m.

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directions to the right and upward have been chosen as the positive directions. The plane releases a “care package” that
falls to the ground along a curved trajectory. Ignoring air resistance, determine the time required for the package to hit
the ground. Find the magnitude v and the directional angle of the final velocity vector that the package has just before it
strikes the ground.

A placekicker kicks a football at an angle of 40.0° above the horizontal


axis. The initial speed of the ball is v0 = +22 m/s. find the maximum
height H that the ball attains and the range R of the projectile.

A marble rolls off the edge of a table top with an initial speed of 15.0 m/s. In 0.50 s, how far does it travel (a) vertically
and (b) horizontally.

A dolphin leaps out of the water at an angle of 35° above the horizontal. The horizontal component of the dolphin’s
velocity is 7.7 m/s. Find the magnitude of the vertical component of the velocity.

A hot-air balloon is rising straight up with a speed of 3.0 m/s. A ballast bag is released from rest relative to the balloon
when it is 9.5 m above the ground. How much time elapses before the ballast bag hits the ground?

A football is kicked with an initial velocity of 25 m/s at an angle of 45-degrees with the horizontal. Determine the time of
flight, the horizontal displacement, and the peak height of the football.

A pool ball leaves a 0.60-meter high table with an initial horizontal velocity of 2.4 m/s. Predict the time required for the
pool ball to fall to the ground and the horizontal distance between the table's edge and the ball's landing location.

A soccer ball is kicked horizontally off a 22.0-meter high hill and lands a distance of 35.0 meters from the edge of the hill.
Determine the initial horizontal velocity of the soccer ball.

A long jumper leaves the ground with an initial velocity of 12 m/s at an angle of 28-degrees above the horizontal.
Determine the time of flight, the horizontal distance, and the peak height of the long-jumper.

The wheel of a car has a radius of 0.29 m and is being rotated at 830 revolutions per minute (rpm) on a tire-balancing
machine. Determine the speed (in m/s) at which the outer edge of the wheel is moving.

An object is launched at a velocity of 20 m/s in a direction making an angle of 25° upward with the horizontal. What is
the maximum height reached by the object? What is the total flight time (between launch and touching the ground) of
the object? What is the horizontal range of the object? What is the magnitude of the velocity of the object just before it
hits the ground?

John kicks the ball and ball does projectile motion with an angle of 53º to horizontal.
Its initial velocity is 10.0 m/s, find the maximum height it can reach, horizontal
displacement and total time required for this motion.

In the given picture you see the motion path of cannonball. Find the maximum
height it can reach, horizontal distance it covers and total time from the given
information. The angle between cannonball and horizontal is 53º.
Two people are pushing a stalled car. The mass of the car is 1850 kg. One person applies a force of 275 N to the car,
while the other applies a force of 395 N. Both forces act in the same direction. A third force of 560 N also acts on the car,
but in a direction opposite to that in which the people are pushing. This force arises because of friction and the extent to
which the pavement opposes the motion of the tires. Find the acceleration of the car.

In the amusement park ride known as Magic Mountain Superman, powerful magnets accelerate a car and its riders from
rest to 45 m/s (about 100 mi/h) in a time of 7.0 s. The combined mass of the car and riders is 5.5 x 103 kg. Find the
average net force exerted on the car and riders by the magnets.

When a 58-g tennis ball is served, it accelerates from rest to a speed of 45 m/s. The impact with the racket gives the ball
a constant acceleration over a distance of 44 cm. What is the magnitude of the net force acting on the ball?

A man is stranded on a raft (mass of man and raft = 1300 kg). By paddling, he causes an average force of 17 N to be
applied to the raft in a direction due east. The wind also exerts a force on the raft. This force has a magnitude of 15 N
and points 67º north of east. Ignoring any resistance from the water, find the x and y components of the raft’s
acceleration. At the moment that the forces F1 and F2 begin acting on the raft, the velocity of the raft is 0.15 m/s, in a
direction due east. Assuming that the forces are maintained for 65 s, find the x and y components of the raft’s
displacement during this time interval.

Two forces act on a moving object that has a mass of 27 kg. One force has a magnitude of 12 N and points due south,
while the other force has a magnitude of 17 N and points due west. What is the acceleration of the object?

During a circus performance, a 72-kg human cannonball is shot out of an 18-m-long cannon. If the human cannonball
spends 0.95 s in the cannon, determine the average net force exerted on him in the barrel of the cannon.

A worker applies a constant horizontal force with magnitude 20 N to a box with mass 40 kg resting on a level floor with
negligible friction. What is the acceleration of the box?

A waitress shoves a ketchup bottle with mass 0.45 kg to her right along a smooth, level lunch counter. The bottle leaves
her hand moving at 2.8 m/s, then slows down as it slides because of a constant horizontal friction force exerted on it by
the countertop. It slides for 1.0 m before coming to rest. What are the magnitude and direction of the friction force
acting on the bottle?

A 68.5-kg skater moving initially at 2.40 m/s on rough horizontal ice comes to rest uniformly in 3.52 s due to friction
from the ice. What force does friction exert on the skater?

A box rests on a frozen pond, which serves as a frictionless horizontal surface. If a fisherman applies a horizontal force
with magnitude 48.0 N to the box and produces an acceleration of magnitude 3.00 m/s2, what is the mass of the box?

A crate with mass 32.5 kg initially at rest on a warehouse floor is acted on by a net horizontal force of 140 N. (a) What
acceleration is produced? (b) How far does the crate travel in 10.0 s? (c) What is its speed at the end of 10.0 s?

Suppose that the mass of the spacecraft in the figure is ms = 11 000 kg and that the mass of the astronaut is mA = 92 kg.
In addition, assume that the astronaut exerts a force of 36 N on the spacecraft. Find the accelerations of the spacecraft
and the astronaut.

Determine the force of gravitational attraction between the earth (m = 5.98 x 1024 kg) and a 70-kg physics student if the
student is standing at sea level, a distance of 6.38 x 106 m from earth's center.

Determine the force of gravitational attraction between the earth (m = 5.98 x 1024 kg) and a 70-kg physics student if the
student is in an airplane at 1000 meters above earth's surface. This would place the student a distance of 6.39 x 10 6 m
from earth's center.

You are very attracted to your crush. Your mass is 55.0 kg and your crush’s mass is 52.0 kg. If you are standing 10.0
meter away from your crush, what is the gravitational force between you and your crush? If you move 1 m closer to your
crush, what is now the new gravitational force between the two of you? If you move 50 m away from your crush, what is
now the new gravitational force between the two of you?

The weight of an object on or above the earth is the gravitational force that the earth exerts on the object. The weight
always acts downward, toward the center of the earth. On or above another astronomical body, the weight is the
gravitational force exerted on the object by that body.
The mass of the Hubble Space Telescope is 11 600 kg. Determine the weight of the telescope when it was resting on the
earth and as it is in its orbit 598 km above the earth’s surface. (radius of the earth = 6.38x106 m)

A 5.0-kg rock and a 3.0 x 10-4-kg pebble are held near the surface of the earth. (a) Determine the magnitude of the
gravitational force exerted on each by the earth. (b) Calculate the magnitude of the acceleration of each object when
released.

A space traveler whose mass is 115 kg leaves earth. What are his weight and mass (a) on earth and (b) in interplanetary
space where there are no nearby planetary objects?

A raindrop has a mass of 5.2 x 10-7 kg and is falling near the surface of the earth. Calculate the magnitude of the
gravitational force exerted (a) on the raindrop by the earth and (b) on the earth by the raindrop.

Saturn has an equatorial radius of 6.00 x 107 m and a mass of 5.67 x 1026 kg. (a) Compute the acceleration of gravity at
the equator of Saturn. (b) What is the ratio of a person’s weight on Saturn to that on earth?

Synchronous communications satellites are placed in a circular orbit that is 3.59 x 107 m above the surface of the earth.
What is the magnitude of the acceleration due to gravity at this distance?

The drawing (not to scale) shows one alignment of the sun, earth, and moon. The gravitational force FB that the sun
exerts on the moon is perpendicular to the force FEM that the earth exerts on the moon. The masses are: mass of sun =
1.99 x 1030 kg, mass of earth = 5.98 x 1024 kg, mass of moon = 7.35 x 1022 kg. The distances shown in the drawing are rSM
= 1.50 x 1011 m and rEM = 3.85 x 108 m. Determine the magnitude of the net gravitational force on the moon.

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