UNIVERSITY OF BALAMAND

Division of Special Programs Freshman

PHYS100 Final
Spring semester, May 28, 2018 Duration: 90 min

Ex. I

A 2.00-kg block (M1) and a 6.00-kg block (M2) are connected by a massless string. Applied forces,
F1 = 10.0 N and F2 = 5.00 N, act on the blocks, as shown in the figure.
a) What is the acceleration of the blocks?
b) What is the tension in the string?
c) What is the net force acting on M1? (Neglect friction between the blocks and the table.)

Ex. II

In a truck-loading station at a post office, a small 0.200-kg package is released from rest at point A on
a track that is one quarter of a circle with radius 1.60 m. The package can be treated as a particle. It
slides down the track and reaches point B with a speed of 4.80 m/s. From point B, it slides on a level
surface a distance of 3.00 m to point C, where it comes to rest.
a) Find the speed of the package at B.
b) What is the coefficient of kinetic friction on the horizontal surface?
c) How much work is done on the package by friction as it slides down the circular arc from A to B?
d) Find the thermal energy produced due to that friction.

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Ex. III

A spring with a spring constant of 500. N/m is used to propel a 0.500-kg mass up an inclined plane. The
spring is compressed 30.0 cm from its equilibrium position and launches the mass from rest across a
horizontal surface and onto the plane. The plane has a length of 4.00 m and is inclined at 30.0°. Both
the plane and the horizontal surface have a coefficient of kinetic friction with the mass of 0.350. When
the spring is compressed, the mass is 1.50 m from the bottom of the plane.
a) What is the speed of the mass as it reaches the bottom of the plane?
b) What is the speed of the mass as it reaches the top of the plane?
c) What is the total work done by friction from the beginning to the end of the mass’s motion?

Ex. IV

A rifle bullet with mass 8.00 g strikes and embeds itself in a block with mass 0.992 kg that rests on a
frictionless, horizontal surface and is attached to a coil spring. The impact compresses the spring 15.0
cm. Calibration of the spring shows that a force of 0.750 N is required to compress the spring 0.250 cm.
a) Find the magnitude of the block’s velocity just after impact.
b) What was the initial speed of the bullet?

Good Luck 

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