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8. A projectile is thrown with a speed of l 00 ft/sec

ENGINEERING MECHANICS 02 in a direction 30° above the horizontal.
(SOLVED PROBLEMS) Determine the highest point to which it rises.
A. 83.24 ft C. 38.82 ft
RECTILINEAR MOTION B. 342.45 ft D. 12.34 ft
1. A motorist is travelling at 70 kph when he sees a
traffic light in an intersection 250 m ahead turn 9. A projectile is fired from a cannon with a initial
red. The light's red cycle in 15 sec. The motorist velocity of 1000 mis and at an angle 30° from the
wants to enter the intersection without stopping horizontal. What distance from the cannon will
his vehicle, just as the light turns green. What the projectile strike the ground if the point of
uniform deceleration of the vehicle will just put impact is 1500 m below the point of release?
the motorist in the intersection when light turns A. 8200 m C. 67 300 m
green? B. 78 200m D. 90 800m
A. - 0.37 mls 2 C. 0.37 mls2
2
B. - 0.73 mls D. 0.73 mls 2
CURVILINEAR MOTION

2. A stone is thrown vertically upward at the rate of 10. An automobile weighing 1455 kg traverses a 458
20 mis. Find the highest point reached by the m curve at a constant speed of 48 kph. Assuming
stone. no banking on the curve, find the force acting on
A. 10.4 m C. 30.4 m the tires necessary to maintain motion along the
B. 20.4m D. 40.4 m _--(\~\)TE FOJ curve.
A. 3243 N C. 565 N
3. A stone is dropped down a well, 2.47 sec after B. 943 N D. 656 N
the stone is released, a splash is heard. If the
velocity of the sound in air is 342 mis, find the 11. Determine the angle of super elevation of a hi-
distance to the surface of the water in the well? way curve of 183 m radius so that there will no
A. 2.4 m C. 7.2 m side thrust for a speed of 72 kph.
B. 28m D. 30m A. 11.35° C. 12.56°
B. 21.56° D. 11.53°
4. What is particles initial velocity whose MECHANICS 03
curvilinear motion is represented by the equation
IMPULSE-MOMENTUM THEOREM
s = 20t + 4t2 - 3t3 .
A. 20 mis C. 25 mis 1. A 12kg aluminum box is dropped from rest onto a
B. 30 mis D. 32 mis., large wooden beam. The box 0.2m before
contacting the beam. After impact, the box
5. What is the acceleration of the particle at t = 0 bounces 0.05m above the beam's surface. What
whose curvilinear motion is represented by th~ - \.) impulse does the beam impact on the box?
equation S = 20t + 4t2 - 3t3 . A. 36.6 N · s
A. 2 mls 2 C. 3 mls 2 B. 63.5 N · s
2
B. 5 mls D. 8 mls2 C. 35.6 N · s
D. 53.6 N · s
PROJECTILE
BODIES IN COLLISION
6. What is the range of a projectile if the initial
velocity is 30 mis at an angle of 30° with the 2. Two identical balls hit head on in a perfectly
horizontal? elastic collision. Given that the initial velocity of
A. 92.41 m C. 57.23 m one ball is 0.85 mis and the initial velocity of the
B. 79.45 m D. 30m other is - 0.53 mis, what is the relative velocity of
each ball after the collision?
7. A baseball is thrown from a horizontal plane with A. v~ = -0.53 , v; = 0.85
an initial velocity of 100 mis at an angle of 30° B. v~ = -0.35 , v; = 0.85
above the horizontal. How long after will the ball C. v~ = -0.53 , v; = 0.58
attains its original vertical level? D. v~ = -0.85, v; = 0.53
A. 10.19 s C. 57.23 s
B. 19.45 s D. 30.2 s

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3. Two masses collide in a perfectly inelastic TRANSLATIONAL AND ROTATIONAL MOTION

collision. Given the data in the figure, find the
velocity and direction of the resulting combined 8. A solid cylinder is placed at the top of a 30 deg
mass. incline. When released, it freely rolls down. What
A. v' = 4 (to the left) will be its linear speed at the foot of the incline
B. v' = 4 (to the right) which is 1.5 m below the initial position of the
C. v' = 5 (to the left) cylinder?
D. v' = 5 (to the right) A. 4.33 m/s
B. 4.43 m/s
4. A ball is dropped onto a solid floor from an initial C. 3.43 m/s
height, h1. if the coefficient ofrestitution, e is 0.90, D. 4.83 m/s
how high will the ball rebound?
Q initial poaltlon
9. A truck weighing 1.4 kN moves up a slope of 15
deg. What is the force generated by the engine if
I
I the truck is accelerating at rate of 3mls2 ? Assume
..-r, the coefficient of friction is µ=O .1 .
( I / rebound poaltlon
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1 A. 876 kN C. 930 kN
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I B. 926KN D . 958 kN
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A. 0.41 h1 10. A lead hammer weighs 45 N. In one swing of the

B.
C.
0.81 h1
0.85 h1 ~ t,
hammer, the nail is driven 1.5 cm inches into a
wood block. The velocity of the hammer's head at
D. 0.9h1 & ,., impact 4.5 mis. What is the average resistance of
the wood block?
5. A ball is thrown an angle of 35 deg from the A. 3090 N C. 3100 N
horizontal towards a smooth floor. At what angle
will it rebound of the coefficient of between the
B. 3920N .,
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ball and the floor is 0.75? 11. A bullet of mass 25 grams is fired and strike a 2
A. 0 = 27.51° kg block resting on a frictionless surface with a
B. 0 = 72.71° velocity of 600 mis. If the block is attached to a
C. 0 = 27.71° spring (k=30 kN/m). How long will the spring be
D. 0 = 25.71° compressed until the block and the block and the

6. A 588.6 kN car moving at 1 km/hr instantaneously-

u bullet are brought to a stop?
A. 68.86mm
collides a stationary 392.4 kN car. If the collision B. 66.86mm
is perfectly inelastic, what is the velocity of the C. 60.86mm
cars after collision? D. 80.86mm
A. 0.55 kph C. 0.4 kph
B. 0.6 kph D. 0.5 kph 12. A 0.05 kg mass is attached to a spring (k=0.5 N/m)
is accelerated to a velocity of 0.4 mis. What is the
total energy, E, for the body in the following
CENTRIPETAL (CENTRIFUGAL) FORCE diagram? Neglect the spring mass.
A. 0.0065 erg
7. A simplifies of a carousel is illustrated. The 8 m
long arms AB and AC attach the seat B and C, B. 0.0065 J
each with a mass of 200 kg, to a vertical rotating C. 0.0065 dyne
shaft. What is the maximum angle of tilt for the D. 0.0065 ft - lb
seats, if the carousel operates at 12rpm?
A. 39 deg C. 45 deg
B. 40 deg D. 51 deg

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mass of 2 kg. a constant force of 10 N is applied
tangentially at a varying, but unknown, distance
from the center of the disk. The disk accelerates
about its axis at 3t rad/s 2 • What is the distance
from the center of the disk at which the force is
applied at t=12s?
A. 32.4 cm
B. 54 cm
C. 36 cm
D. 108 cm

D'ALEMBERT'S PRINCIPLE (REF)

14. A constant force of 750 N is applied through a
pulley system to lift a mass of 50 kg, as shown.
Neglecting the mass and friction of the pulley
system. What is the acceleration of the 50 kg
mass?
A. 5.20 m/s 2 C- 8.72 m/s 2
2
B. 16.2 m/s D. 20.2 m/s 2

PERIOD AND FREQUENCY

15. What is the period of an oscillating body whose
mass is 0.025 kg if the spring constant k
0.44N/m?
A. 0.5 s C. 1.1 s (
B. 1.5 s D. 2.1 s

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MECHANICS 02 & 03 1S. A man standing at a window S meters tall watches a falling ball pass by
the window in 0.3 second. From how high above the top of the window
PSE MODULE 11 .2 was the ball released?
I. What is the definition of instantaneous velocity? A. 8.2m C. 12m
A. V = dx dt C. V = dx/dt B. 9.6m D.2lm

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B. V- xdt D. V= Lim~
ti.1-+o ~x
16. A car starting from rest moves with a constant acceleration of IS km/hr
or 1 hour, then decelerates at a constant - 7.5 km/ hr2 until it comes to a
stop. How far has it traveled?
2. The position of a particle moving along the x-axis is given by x (t) = t 2 - t A. 15 km C. 25 km
+ 8, where x is in units of m, and t is in the seconds. Find the velocity of B. 23 km D. 35 km
the particle when t = S seconds.
A. 9 mis C. 11 mis 17. A train with a top speed of 75 km/hr cannot accelerate or decelerate
B. 10 mis D. 12 mis faster than 1.2 mls 2. What is the minimum distance between two train
stops in order for the train to be able to reach its stop speed?
3.If a particle's position is given by the x (t) = 3.4t3 - S.4t meters, what is the A. 300 m C. 360 m
acceleration of the particle after t= S seconds? B. 350m D. 365 m
A. l.OOm / s2 C.18m/s 2
B. 3.4m / s2 D.lOOm / s2 18. A stream flows at v, = 4.5 km/h. At what angle, 0, upstream should a
boat travelling at Vb= 12 km/hr be launched in order to reach the shore
4.A car starts from rest and moves with a constant acceleration of 6 mls 2 .
directly opposite to the launch point?
What is the speed of the car after 4 seconds?
A. 22° C. 26°
A. 18 m / s C. 35 m / s
B.24° D. 28°
B. 24 m / s D. 55 m I s
19. An object is launched at 45° to the horizontal on level ground as shown.
S.A car starts from rest and has a constant acceleration of3 mlsec 2 . What is
What is the range of the projectile if its initial velocity is 55 mis? Neglect
the average velocity during the first 10 seconds of motion?
air resistance?
A . 12 mis C . 14 mis
A. 309 m C. 624m
B.13 ft / sec D. 15 mis ...,., \T J: B. 617 m D. 680m

6.A truck increases its speed uniformly from 13 km/hr to SO km/hr in 25 20. A cyclist on a circular track of radius r = 240 m is travelling at 8 mis.
seconds. What is the acceleration of the truck? His speed in the tangential direction increases at the rate of 1 mls 2 . What
A. 0.22 mls 2 C. 0.62 mls2 is the cyclist's total acceleration?
B. 0.41 mls 2 D. 0.92 rn/s 2 A. - 0.9 mls 2 C. 0.9 mls2
B. 0.7 m1s 2 D. 1.0 mls 2
7 .A car travels with an initial velocity of 36 kph. If it is decelerating at a rate 21. A motorcycle moves at a constant speed ofV = 12 mis around a curved
of 3 mls2, how far in meters, does it travel before stopping? road of radius r = 100 m . What is the magnitude and general direction
A. 16.67 m C. 12.S m of the motorcycle's acceleration?
B. 14.57 m D. 11.S m A. 1.1 mls2 away from the center of curvature
B. 1.1 mls2 towardthe center of curvature
8.A flywheel is revolving at 200 rpm. How long will it take to stop the C. 1.4 mls2 away from the center of curvature
flywheel if it is decelerated at a constant rate of2 rad/s 2 D. 1.4 mls2 toward the center of curvature
A. 10.47 s C. 14.S s
22. A 3 kg block is moving at a speed of S mis. What is the force required
B. 12.45 s D. 11.2 s
to bring the block to a stop to a stop in 8 x 104 seconds?
A. lOkN C.15 kN
9.A particles position ( in inches) along the x-axis after t seconds of travel is B. 13.2 kN A.. D. 19 kN
given by the equation x = 24t 2 - t3 + 10. What is the particle's average
velocity during the first 3 seconds of travel? Where is the particle and how
23 . A rope is used to tow an 800 kg car on a smooth, level road. The rope
fast it is moving after 3 seconds?
will break if the tension exceeds 2000 N. What is the greatest
A. 199 inches, 117 in/sec C. 205 inches, 183 in/sec
acceleration that the car can reach without breaking the rope?
B. 102 inches, 124 in/s D. 109 inces, 423 i.it/sec
LA. 1.2 mls2
B. 2.5 m1s2
C. 3.8 mls2
D. 4.5 mls 2
2
10. A bicycle moves with a constant deceleration of - 2 m / s . If the initial
velocity of the bike was 4.0 m / sec, how far does it travel in 3 seconds?
24. A force of IS N acts on a 16 kg body for 2 seconds. If the body is
A. 2.0 m C. 3.0 m
initially at rest, how far is it displaced by the force?
B. 2.Sm D.4.0m
A. 1.1 m C. 1.9 m
B. 1.5 rn D. 2.1 m
11. A ball is dropped from a height of 60 meters above ground. How long
does it take to hit the ground?
25. A car of a mass m = 1SO kg accelerates in 10 seconds from rest at a
A. 1.3 s C. 3.5 s
constant rate to a speed of v = 6 mlsec. What is the resultant force on
B. 2.1 s D. 5.5 s
the car due to this acceleration?
A. 75N C.9SN
12. A man driving a car at 65 kph suddenly sees an object in the road 20 m B.90N D.98N
ahead. What constant deceleration is required to stop the car in this
distance? 26. A man weighs himself twice in an elevator. When the elevator is at rest,
A. 7.1 ml s2 C. 8.0 m I s 2 he weighs 824 N; when the elevator starts moving upwards, he weighs
B. 7.5 m l s 2 D. 8.lm / s2 932N. How fast is the elevator accelerating, assuming constant
accelerations?
13 . A ball is thrown vertically upward with an initial speed of24 mis. How A. 0 .64 mls2 C. 1.3 mls 2
long will it take for the ball to return to the thrower? B. 1.1 mls 2 D. 9.8 mls 2
A.2.3s C.4.1s 27. A truck weighing 1.4 kN moves up a slope of 15°. What is the force
B. 2.6 s D. 4.9 s generated by the engine if the truck is accelerating at a rate of 3 mls 2?
14. A projectile is launched upward from level ground at an angle of 60° Assume the coefficient of friction is µ = 0.1 .
with the horizontal. It has an initial velocity of 45 mis. How long will it A. 876 N C. 930N
take before the projectile hits the ground? B. 926 N D. 958 N
A. 4.1 s C. 7.9 s
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28. In the ballistic balance, a bullet is fired into a block of mass M, which 42. A I 00 lb wooden crate is pushed across a stone floor with a horizontal
can swing freely. Which of the following is true for the system after force of 45 lbs. How long will it take for the crate starting from rest to
impact? travel 200 ft. Assume µ between the crate and the floor to be 0.4.
A . 12.5 s C. 20.2 s
A. Both mechanical energy and momentum are conserved. B. 17.4 s D. 15.8 s
B. Mechanical energy is conserved; momentum is not conserved.
43 . A projectile is fired at an angle of20° with the horizontal at the top of a
C. Momentum is conserved; mechanical energy is not conserved.
30-m high building. The muzzle velocity is 300 mis. What is the total
D. Neither mechanical energy nor momentum is conserved.
time of flight?
A. 32.6 s C. 25.7 s
29. A train running at 60 kph decelerated at 2 m/min 2 for 14 minutes.
B. 21.2 s D. 18.5 s
Determine the distance traveled in km.
A. 12.4 C. 20.3
B. 13.8 D. 18.3 44. A block of ice is released at the top of a 30° inclined 10 m above the
ground. If the slight melting of the ice renders the surface frictionless,
30. What is the maximum velocity, in miles per hour, for an automobile determine its velocity block at the foot of the incline.
rounding a level curve of 200-ft radius if µ, between the tires and A. 13 mis C. 12 mis
roadbed is 1.0. B. 14m/s D. lOm/s
A . 54.5 mi/hr C. 45 .7 mi/hr
B. 43.5 mi/hr D. 24.6 mi/hr 45 . A projectile is fired an angle of 7 5° with the horizontal with an initial
velocity of 420 mis. Ho high can it travel after 2 seconds?
31. A 5 kg mass hangs at the end of a cord. Find the tension in the cord if A . 792 m C. 800 m
the acceleration of the mass is 1.5 m/s 2 down? B. 721 m D. 742 m
A. 41.5 N C. 43.8 N
B . 45.5 N D. 56.7 N 46. A stone is dropped into a well and 4 seconds later the sound of the
splash is heard. If sound travels at a speed of 340 m/sec, how deep is the
32. A 400 g block with an initial velocity of 80 emfs slides along a well?
horizontal table top against a friction force of 0. 70 N. How far will it A. 70.48 m C. 68.32 m
slide before stopping? B. 64.24m D. 72.26 m
A. 0.183 m C. 0.213 m
B. 0.786 m D. 0.324 m 47. A 5 kg mass hangs at the end of a cord. Find the tension in the cord if
the acceleration of the mass is 1.5 m/s 2 up?
33 . An airplane has a takeoff speed of 80 mis, which it reaches 35 seconds A. 56.5 N C. 41.5 N
after starting from rest. How much time does it takes in going from O to B. 45.7 N D. 82.9 N
20 mis?
A . 8.8 s C. 6.6 s 48. A 200 gram object attached to a 1.5 m long string is whirled around a
B. 7.7 s D. 5.5 s horizontal circle at a speed of 6 mis. Determine the centripetal
acceleration of the object.
34. A car moving at 70 kph has a mass of 1700 kg. What force is A. 20 C. 22
necessary to decelerate it at a rate of 40 cm/s2?

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A. 420 N C. 540 N
B.680N D . 425N 49. Starting from rest, an elevator weighing 9000 N attains an upward
velocity of5 mis in 4 seconds with a uniform acceleration. Find the
35. On a normal day, the speed limit of a iii-way curve whose radius of apparent weight of a 600 N man standing inside the elevator during the

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curvature is 600 ft is 45 mph. At what speed will skidding impend if ascent.
the coefficient of friction between tires and roadway is O.3? A. 634.5 N C. 643.5 N
A. 62.21 mph C. 71.l S mph B . 676.5 N D. 667.5 N
B. 70.62 mph D. 68.27 mph 50. A horizontal cable pulls a 200 kg cart along a horizontal track. The
36. What is the minimum initial velocity of a rocket must have if it is to be tension in the cable is 500 N. Starting from rest how long will it take the
able to hit a target 1000 km away? (.. cart to reach a speed of 8 mis?
A. 3032 mis C. 3132 mis A.3.2 s C. 1.3 s
B. 3232 mis D. 3332 mfs\. B. 2.3 s D. 4.4 s

3 7. A box slides down an incline with uni form acceleration. It starts from '
51. A ball is thrown horizontally from the roof of a building, 60 m high at
80 mis. What w ill be the ball's velocity when its strikes the ground?
rest and attains a speed of2.7 mis in 3 s. Find the distance moved in the
first 6 seconds. I r- \J A. 67 mis C. 72 mis
A. 17.2m C. 16.2m '-- /--...__ L.. B. 82 mis D. 87 mis
B. 16.7 m D. 13 .2 m 52. A 12 kg box is released from the top of an incline that is 5 m long and
38. A ball is thrown vertically upward on the moon returns to its starting makes an angle of 40° to the horizontal. A 60 N friction force impedes
point in 4 seconds. The acceleration due to gravity there is 1.60 m/s 2 the motion of the box. How long will it take to reach the bottom of the
downward. Find the ball's original speed. incline?
A. 4.30 mis C. 3.20 mis A. 2.8 s C. 1.5 s
B. 2.30 mis D. 1.30 mis B. 2.3 s D. 2.7 s

39. A cable whose maximum permissible tension is 5000 lb suspends an 53 . A 180-lb pilot is executing a vertical loop of radius 2000 ft at 350 mi/hr.
elevator when weighing 2000 lb fully loaded. What is the greatest With what force does the seat press upward against him at the bottom of
upward acceleration possible for the elevator under these the loop?
circumstances? A . 915 lb C. 576 lb
A. 46 ft/s 2 C. 48 ft/s 2 B. 967 lb D. 1067 lb
B. 50 ft/s 2 D. 52 ft/s 2 54. A lead hammer weighs 10 !bf. In one swing of the hammer, the nails is
40. An elevator weighing 3200 lb rises with an acceleration of 4 ft/sec/sec. driven 0.6 inches into a wood block. The velocity of the hammer's head
What is the tension of the supporting cable? at impact is 18 ft/sec. What is the average resistance of the wood block?
A. 3500 lbs C. 3800 lbs A. JOJO C. 2010
B. 3100 lbs D. 3600 lbs B. 1800 D. 3600

41. A ball is dropped from the top of a building 150 m high at the same
instant another is thrown upward from the ground. The balls pass each 55 . A I 2 kg box is released from the top of an incline that is 5 m long and
other at a point 60 m above the ground. What was the initial velocity of makes an angle of 40° to the horizontal. A 60 N friction force impedes
the second ball the motion of the box. What will be the acceleration of the box?
A. 30 mis C. 32 mis A. 1.30 m/s2 C. 1.45 m/s 2
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56. Traffic is expected to move around a cuive of radius 200 m and 90 69. A bullet is fired an initial velocity of350 mis and an angle of 50° with
km/hr. What should be the value of the banking angle ifno impedance the horizontal. Neglecting air resistance, how long will the bullet travel
is to be placed on fuction? before hitting the ground?
A . 8.7° C. 17.7° A. 54.66 s C. 52.21 s
B. 12.5° D. 11.7° B. 49.32 s D. 50.62 s
57. An automobile tire is 30 inches in diameter. How fast in rpm does the 70. A hose lying on the ground shoots a stream of water upward at an angle
wheel turns on the axle when the automobile maintains a speed of 45 of 40° to the horizontal. The speed of water is 20 mis as it leaves the
mph? hose. How high up will it strike a wall which is 8 m away?
A. SOS rpm C. 486rpm A. 5.4 m C.3.6 m
B. 468 rpm D. SIS rpm B. B. 7.2 m D. 2.3 m
58. A 600 N object is to be given an acceleration of0.70 mls 2 • How large
an unbalanced force must act upon it? 71. A football leaves the toes of a punter at an angle of 40° above the
A. 54N C.40N horizontal. What is its minimum initial speed if it travels 120 feet?
B. 43N D. 59N A. 62 ft/s C. 64 ft/s
B. 66 ft/s D. 68 ft/s
59. A rotating wheel has a radius of2 feet and 6 inches. A point on the rim 72. A 50,000 N car traveling with a speed of 150 km/hr rounds a CU!Ve
of the wheel moves 30 feet in 2 sec. Find the angular whose radius is ISO m. Find the centripetal force.
velocity of the wheel. A. 65 kN C. 38 kN
A. S rad/s C. 10 rad/s B. 70kN D. 59kN
B. 6 rad/s D. 8 rad/s
73. A marksman aimed his rifle at the bull's eye of a target SO m away. If
60. A stone is dropped from a high altitude and 3 seconds later another is the bullet's speed is 350 mis, how far below the bull's eye does the bullet
projected vertically downward with a speed of 1SO ft/s. When will the strikes the target?
second overtake the first? A.Scm C. 8cm
A. 4.53 C. 5.32 B. 10cm D.12cm
B. 5.67 D. 6.72
74. A 60 kg operator is standing on a spring scale in a 600-kg elevator
61. A 20-kg block resting on the floor is acted by a horizontal force of 100 which is accelerating 6 mls2 up. What is the tension in the cables?
N and reaches a velocity of 12 mis in a distance of 40-m. Determin:ithe A. 10,200 N C. 10,400 N
coefficient of friction between the block and the floor. B. 10,300 N D. 10,500 N
A. 0.364 C. 0.256
75. A man keeps a 1 kg toy airplane flying horizontally in a circle by
B. 0.422 D. 0.326
holding onto a 150 cm long string attached to its wing tip. The string
62. A flywheel is turning at the rate of250 rpm. How many seconds will it is always in the plane of the circular flight path. If the plane flies at 10
take for the flywheel to tum 2500it radians? mis, find the tension in the string.
A. 250 s C. 300 s A. 66.67 N C. 68.32 N
B. 420 s D. 280 s B. 100 N D. 83.76 N
63. On a normal day, the speed limit of a hi-way CU!Ve is 42 mph. If the 76. A wheel accelerates uniformly from rest to a speed of200 rpm in 1/2
cuive has a radius of 600 ft, at what speed will skidding impend if the sec. It then rotates at1b.at speed for 2 sec before decelerating to rest in
coefficient of fuction between tires and roadway is 0.25? 1/3 sec. How many revolutions does it make during the entire time

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A. 65 mph C. 71 mph inteival?
B. 62 mph D. 68-mph A. 7.03 C. 8.51
B. 7.80 D. 8.06
64. A body is projected upward from the level ground at an angle of SO
degrees with the horizontal has an initial speed of 40 mis. How long 77. A man throws a baseball upward with an initial velocity of SO ft/sec
will it take to hit the ground? and plans to catch it with a baseball glove. When will the ball strike
A. 6.3 s C. 12.7 s the glove? Assume the glove is position in the same elevation when the
B. 7.2 s D. 5.3 s ball left his hand.
65. An object is placed 3 feet from the center <if"
a horizontally rotating
A. 2.42 sec.
B. 3.11 sec.
C. 1.60 sec.
D. 3.70 sec
platform. The coefficient of friction is 0.30. The object will begin to
slide off when the platform speed is nearest to: 78. In what distance can a 6000-lb truck be stopped from a speed of 44
A. 12 rpm
B. 17 rpm
C. 22 rpm
D. 26 rpm
\., E \,} ft/s, if the coefficient of friction between tires and roadway is 70%.
A. 43.214 ft C. 41.522 ft
B. 40.264 ft D. 42.414 ft
66. A projectile launched at 2000 ft/sec and 30° from A impacts at the same 79. A punching machine flywheel accelerates from rest with 7 rad/sec 2 . In
elevation at B. Assume no in-flight propulsion and no aerodynamic 10 seconds, how many radians are achieved?
drag. Horizontal distance in miles between A and B is nearest to: A. 45 C. 250
A. 7.9 C. 15.9 B. 35 D. 350
B. 10.2 D. 20.3
80. The equation of motion of a particle is S = 8t2+3t - 10, where s is in
67. A heavy brass plumb-bob suspended from a 38-inch cord was obseived meters and tis in seconds. Compute the initial velocity of
to have a natural period of oscillation of about two seconds if pulled 24 the particle.
inches to one side and then allowed to swing freely. If an astronaut was A. 11 C. 3
to repeat this experiment on the moon where the gravitational attraction B.S D.6
is approximately I/6 th that of the earth, the obseived period would be: 81. A boy tied a 80 gram stone to a string which he rotated to form a circular
A. 0.33 seconds C. 4.90 seconds motion with a diameter of 1000 mm. Compute for the pull exerted on
B. 0.82 seconds D. 12.00 seconds the string by the stone if it got loose leaving at a velocity of 25 mlsec.
A. 10.2kg. C. 10.11 kg.
68. An automobile moving at a constant velocity of 1S mis passes a B. 11.11 kg. D. 11.12 kg.
gasoline station. Two seconds later, another automobile leaves the
gasoline station and accelerates at a constant rate of2 mls 2 . How soon 82. A plane dropped a bomb at an elevation 1000 meter from the ground
will the second automobile overtake the first? intended to hit a target which elevation is 200 m. from the ground. If the
A. 15.3 s C. 16.8 s plane was flying at a velocity of 300 kph at what distance from the target
must the bomb be dropped to hit the target? Wind velocity and
B. 13.S s D. 18.6 s
atmospheric pressure to be disregarded.
A. 1064.17m. C. 1170.25 m.
B. 1068.20 m. D. 1066.18 m.

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83. The flywheel of a puncher is to be brought to a complete stop in 8 97. Traffic travels at 65 mi/hr around a banked highway curve with a radius
seconds from a speed of 60 revolutions per minute. Compute for the of 3000 ft . What banking angle is necessary such that friction will not
number of turns the flywheel will still make if its deceleration is be required to resist the centrifugal force?
uniform. A.3~ C. 5~
A. ?turns C. 6 turns B. 2.5° D. 18°
B. 4 turns D. 5 turns
98. An elevator weighing 2,000 lb attains an upward velocity of 16 fps in 4
84. A shot is fired at an angle of 45° with the horizontal and a velocity of sec with uniform acceleration. What is the tension in the supporting
300 fps. Calculate, to the nearest, the range of the projectile. cables?
A. 3500 ft C. 1200 ft A . 2,150 lb C. 1,950 lb
B. 4000 ft D. 932 yards B. 2,495 lb D. 2,250 lb

85. A solid disk flywheel (I= 200 kg-m) is rotating with a speed of900 rpm. 99. A car travels I 00 km to city A in 2 hours, then travels 200 km to city B
What is the rotational kinetic energy? in 3 hours. What is the average speed of the car for the trip?
A. 730 x 10 3 J C. 888 x I 0 3 J A. 45 km/hr C. 60 km/hr
B. 680x 103 J D. II00x 103 J B. 58 km/hr D. 66 km/hr

86. A cyclist on a circular track of radius r = 800 ft is travelling at 27 ft/sec. 100. A flywheel is brought from rest up to a speed of 1,500 rpm in I minute.
His speed in the tangential direction increases at the rate of 3 ft/sec 2 . What is the average angular acceleration a ?
What is the cyclist's total acceleration? A . 2.617 rad per second 2 C. 157 rad per sec 2
A. 2.8 ft/sec 2 C. -5.1 ft/sec 2 B. 333 radians per second D. 5.23 rad per sec 2
B. -3.12 ft/sec 2 D. 3.13 ft/sec 2

87. One Joule of work is done by a force of one Newton acting through a
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88. The first derivative of kinetic energy with respect to time is: \}TE -,
A. power C. momentum
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89. An automobile travels on a perfectly horizontal, unbanked circular track

ofradius R. The coefficient of friction between the tires and track is 0.3.
If the car's velocity is 15 mis, what is the smallest radius it may travel

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without skidding?
A. 68 m. C. 76.5 m.
B. 69.4m. D . 71.6 m.

90. The first derivative of kinetic energy with respect to velocity is: r
A. power
B. work
C. momentum
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91. A pick-up truck is travelling forward at :25 mis. The bed is loaded with
boxes, whose coefficient of friction with the bed is 0.4. What is the
shortest time that the truck can be brought to a stop such that the boxes
do not shift?
A. 4.75 C. 5.45
B. 2.35 D. 6.37

92. What momentum does a 40 Ihm projectile possess if the projectile is,
moving at 420 mph?
A. 24,640 lbf-sec C. 765 )bf-sec
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B. 16,860 )bf-sec D. 523 .6 lbf-sec

93 . A rocket is moving through a vacuum. It changes its velocity from 9020

ft/sec . to 5 JOO ft/sec. in 48 sec. How much power is required to
accomplish this if the rocket's massis 13,000 slugs?
A. 13.6 x 10 6hp C. 36.1 x 106 hp
B. 16.3 x !06hp D. 31.6 x 106hp

94. The muzzle velocity of a projectile is 1,500 fps. and the distance of the
target is IO miles. The angle of elevation of the gun must be.
A. 24°32' C. 22°41'
B. 21°59' D. 25°18 '

95. A force of 200 lbf acts on a block at an angle of 28° with respect to
horizontal. The block is pushed 2 feet horizontally. What is the work
done by this force?
A. 320 J C. 540 J
B. 480 J D. 215 J

96. A body weighing 40 lb starts from rest and slides down a plane at an
angle of 30° with the horizontal for which the coefficient of friction f =
0.3. How far will it move during the third second?
A. 19.63 ft C. 18.33 ft
B. 19.33 ft D. 19.99 ft

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