College Physics Quiz 2

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1. In a 2-dimensional Cartesian system, the x-component of a vector is known, and the angle

between vector and x-axis is known. Which operation is used to calculate the magnitude of the
vector? (taken with respect to the x-component) dividing by sine
2. A cue ball of weight W is falling with an acceleration downward of g/3 and speed v. What is the
magnitude of the drag force on the ball at this moment? 0.67W
3. A man of weight Wman is standing on the second floor and is pulling on a rope to lift a box of
weight Wbox from the floor below. The rope, which is of negligible weight, has tension T in it, but
the pull of the rope is insufficient to lift the box off the floor. What is the magnitude of the
normal force that the second floor exerts on the man in this situation? Wman + T
4. A cheetah can run at approximately 100 km/hr and a gazelle at 80.0 km/hr. If both animals are
running at full speed, with the gazelle 60.0 m ahead, how long before the cheetah catches its
prey? 10.8 s
5. Find the tension in an elevator cable if the 1000-kg elevator is ascending with an acceleration of
1.2 m/s2, upward. 1200 N
6. When NASA was communicating with astronauts on the Moon, the time from sending on the
Earth to receiving on the Moon was 1.33 s. Find the distance from Earth to the Moon. (The
speed of radio waves is 3.00 × 108 m/s.) 399,000 km
7. A ball rolls down an incline, starting from rest. If the total time it takes to reach the end of the
incline is T, how much time has elapsed when it is halfway down the incline? > 0.5 T
8. Two blocks of masses 20 kg and 8.0 kg are connected together by a light string and rest on a
frictionless, level surface. Attached to the 20-kg mass is another light string, which a person uses
to pull both blocks horizontally. If the two-block system accelerates at 0.50 m/s 2 what is the
tension in the connecting string between the blocks? 10 N
9. The coefficient of friction between a racecar's wheels and the track is 1.0. The car starts from
rest and accelerates at a constant rate for 300 m. Find the maximum speed at the end of the
race. 77 m/s
10. A cart of weight 60 N is accelerated across a level surface at 0.15 m/s 2. What net force acts on
the cart? (g = 9.8 m/s2) 0.92 N

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1. A bird, accelerating from rest at a constant rate, experiences a displacement of 37 m in 11 s.

What is the average velocity? 3.4 m/s
2. A fireman, 51.1 m away from a burning building, directs a stream of water from a fire hose at an
angle of 33.2° above the horizontal. If the initial speed of the stream is 48.9 m/s, at what height
will the stream of water strike the building? 25.8 m
3. A rock is thrown straight up with an initial velocity of 24.1 m/s. What maximum height will the
rock reach before starting to fall downward? (Take acceleration due to gravity as 9.80 m/s 2.)
29.6 m
4. A strobe photograph shows equally spaced images of a car moving along a straight road. If the
time intervals between images is constant, which of the following cannot be positive? the
acceleration of the car
5. A ball is rolled horizontally off a table with an initial speed of 0.21 m/s. A stop watch measures
the ball's trajectory time from table to the floor to be 0.2 s. How far away from the table does
the ball land? (g = 9.8 m/s2 and air resistance is negligible) 0.042 m
6. A basketball player can jump 1.5 m off the hardwood floor. With what upward velocity did he
leave the floor? 5.4 m/s.
7. Three identical 6.0-kg cubes are placed on a horizontal frictionless surface in contact with one
another. The cubes are lined up from left to right and a force is applied to the left side of the left
cube causing all three cubes to accelerate to the right at 3.0 m/s 2. What is the magnitude of the
force exerted on the right cube by the middle cube in this case? 18 N
8. A 50-g ball traveling at 27.0 m/s is bounced off a brick wall and rebounds at 21.0 m/s. A high-
speed camera records this event. If the ball is in contact with the wall for 3.00 ms, what is the
average acceleration of the ball during this time interval? 16,000 m/s2
9. A barefoot field-goal kicker imparts a speed of 30 m/s to a football at rest. If the football has a
mass of 0.50 kg and time of contact with the football is 0.020 s, what is the force exerted on the
foot? 750 N
10. Plane A is flying at 400 mph in the northeast direction relative to the earth. Plane B is flying at
520 mph in the north direction relative to the earth. What is the direction of motion of Plane B
as observed from Plane A? 40° N of W