TUTORIAL 4

1. A horizontal force of 200 N drags a 12 kg chest across a level floor where μk =

0.4. Find the resulting acceleration.
[12.7 ms-2]

2. A freight elevator is lifted upward with an acceleration of 2.5 ms-2. If the tension
in the supporting cable is 9600 N, determine the mass of the elevator and its
contents.
[780 kg]

3. A 5 kg block is pulled along a horizontal surface by a 28 N force to the right.

Compute the acceleration if the block if the surface is
a. Smooth
b. Rough with a coefficient of kinetic friction of 0.23 between the block and
the surface
[5.6 ms-2, 3.34 ms-2]

4. An object is pulled with 85 N force inclined at 27o along a horizontal surface

ABC where AB is smooth but BC is rough.
a. Compute the mass of the object if the object moves with an acceleration of
5 ms-1 along AB
b. When it enters BC the acceleration is reduced to 3 ms-1. Compute the
coefficient of kinetic between the object and BC.
[15.14 kg, 0.20]

5. Two weights of 40 N and 70 N are hung at the ends of a light inelastic string over
a light and frictionless pulley. Take g = 10 ms-2
a. Compute the acceleration of the weights and the tension in the string.
b. Determine the weight needed to be added to the 70 N weight in order to
increase the downward acceleration to 5ms-2
[2.73 ms-2, 50.92 N, 50 N]

6. A 4 kg box is pulled along a horizontal surface (μk = 0.23) by a light and inelastic
string over a light and frictionless pulley by a 3 kg hanging mass.
a. Find the acceleration of the box, and the tension in the rope.
[2.91 ms-2, 20.66 N]

b. Compute the acceleration of the box, and the tension in the rope if the 3 kg
mass is placed on a smooth inclined plane with an angle of inclination of
57o.
[2.24 ms-2, 17.99 N]

7. A 100 kg ball is lowered by means of a cable with a downward acceleration of 5

ms-2. Find the tension in the cable.
[480 N]
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8. A 5 kg block m1 rests on a frictionless tabletop. A cord attached to it passes over a
light frictionless pulley and is attached to a mass m2, as shown.

m1

mm
m1
2
2

a. Determine m2 to the system accelerate at 2 ms-2.

b. Determine the tension in the cord for this arrangement.
[1.28 kg, 10 N]
9. Consider the masses m1 = 20 kg and m2 = 18 kg in the system represented by
figure below. Assume that the coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.1 and the
inclination angle is 30o.

m1

30o
m2
a. Find the acceleration of the system
b. Calculate the tension in the cord
[1.62 ms-2, 147 N]