University of the Philippines Manila

College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Physical Sciences and Mathematics

Physics 61 2nd Semester A.Y. 2019-2020

Problem Set # 1 (Review: High School Physics)
Write your answers on a yellow paper.
Submission Deadline: January 23, 2020 (Thursday) during our class

1. Resultant Vector: The five coplanar forces in the figure act on an object. Find their
resultant.

2. A stone is thrown straight upward with a speed of 20m/s. It is caught on its way down at
a point 5.0m above where it was thrown. (a) How fast (velocity) it going when it was
caught? (b) How long did the trip take?

3. A stone is thrown straight upward on the Moon (g = 1.60 m/s2) with an initial speed of
35m/s. Compute (a) the maximum height reached by the ball, (b) the time taken to reach
that height, (c) its velocity 30s after it is thrown, and (d) the time when the ball’s height is
100m.

4. A stunt flier is moving at 15 m/s parallel to the flat ground 100 m below, as shown in the
figure. How large must the distance x from plan to target be if a sack of flour released
from the plane is to strike the target?
Question # 5
Which of the following graphs represents the motion of an object whose speed is increasing?

6. Draw the free body diagram of the systems shown below. Assume there is no friction and air
resistance. (Use g = 9.81m/s2)

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7. A box rests on the floor and a boy pulls on it with a 10 N force. Rank the situations shown
below according to the magnitude of the normal force exerted by the floor on the box, least to
greatest.

A. 1, 2, 3
B. 2, 1, 3
C. 2, 3, 1
D. 3, 2, 1

8. The inertia of a body tends to cause the body to:

A. speed up
B. slow down
C. resist any change in its motion
D. fall toward Earth

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