Activity Module One

Forces and Motion

CO1. Use calculus to solve problems in force statics and kinematics; and to solve work and
energy problems.

ILO1. Apply the principles of motion in everyday living.

ILO2. Make accurate and precise computations of vectors.
ILO3. Identify Newton’s laws of motion in daily life activities.

Enabling Learning Outcomes:

1. Examine and solve the different quantities of particle moving in linear

and curvilinear motion.
2. Simplifying forces using vectors.
3. Analyze and apply the laws of motion to daily phenomena.

Overview

In this module, you will learn the first branch of Physics which is known as Mechanics.
You will be able understand and picture out the different forces present in our surrounding that
is basically the reason why objects/bodies are stationary and dynamic. You will also learn the
different quantities and parameters involved in the Newton’s Laws of Motion.
Access the self-paced learning material entitled “SPLM #1 Kinematics, SPLM # 2
Kinetics together with this module and also uploaded on the Moodle Classroom: Physics for
Engineers (Comp E) 2021.

Task #1 Examine and solve the different quantities of particle moving in linear
and curvilinear motion.

Direction: Choose the best answer for each items. Show and write your solutions on an A4 size
bond paper. Emphasize your final answer by writing it inside a box. (10 points each)

1. An automobile is traveling at 25 m/s. It takes 0.3s to apply the brakes after which the
deceleration is 6 𝑚/𝑠2. How far does the automobile travel, before it stops?
a. 52.6 m b. 30.9 m c. 59.6 m d. 28 m

2. A stone is dropped from a balloon at an elevation of 300 m. Two seconds later another
stone is projected vertically upward from the ground with a velocity of 75 m/s. At what
elevation from the ground will the two stones pass each other?
a. 179.162 m b. 26.631 m c. 126.27 m d. 125.302 m
3. A ball is thrown vertically upward with a speed of 30 ft/s from the edge of a cliff 50 ft
above sea level with what velocity with it hit the water?
a. 32.2 ft/s b. 58.6 ft/s c. 64.2 ft/s d. 52.3 ft/s

4. A stone is thrown horizontally with an initial speed of 10m/s from a bridge. Assuming
the air resistance is negligible, how long would it take the stone to strike he water 80 m below
the bridge.
a. 4 sec b. 5 sec c. 6 sec d. 2.6 sec
5. A ball is thrown so that it just clears a 3 m fence 18 m away. If it left the hand 1.5 m
above the ground and at an angle of 60𝑜 with the horizontal, what was the initial velocity of the
ball?
a. 11.2 m/s b. 5.74 m/s c. 20.9 m/s d. 14.6 m/s

6. The angular velocity of a flywheel decreases uniformly from 1000 rpm to 400 rpm in 5s.
How many more seconds are required for the wheel to rest?
a. 4.2 s b. 8 s c. 3.33 s d. 1.5 s
7. Two particles have positions at time t given by the equations s 1 = t3 – t and s2 = 6t2 – t3.
Find their velocities when they have the same acceleration.
a. 2 and 8 b. 2 and 9 c. 3.33 and 4 d. 2 and 4

8. A flywheel revolving at 300 rpm slows down at a constant rate of 15 rad/s 2. What time is
required to stop the flywheel from turning?
a. 2.1 sec b. 1.9 sec c. 2.6 sec d. 1.6 sec

9. A projectile with an initial velocity of 360 m/sec is fired up the hill inclined 20 0. If the
firing angle is 400 from the inclined plane. Find the range of the projectile along the incline.
a. 9,617 m b. 9,267 m c. 9,824 m d. 9,428 m

10. A projectile is projected from the foot of an incline of angle 30°. What should be the
angle of projection, as measured from the horizontal direction so that range on the incline is
maximum? a. 400 b. 750 c. 600 d. 900
Task #2 Simplifying forces using vectors.

Direction: Choose the best answer for each items. Show and write your
solutions on an A4 size bond paper. Emphasize your final answer by writing it
inside a box. (10 points each)

1. A person going for a walk follows the path shown in Fig 1. The total trip consists of four
straightline paths. At the end of the walk, what is the person’s resultant displacement
measured from the starting point?
a. 240 m at 150° b. 260 m at 237° c. 300 m at 247° d. 240 m at
237°

2. A man pushing a mop across a floor causes it to undergo two displacements. The first has a
magnitude of 150 cm and makes an angle of 120° with the positive x axis. The resultant
displacement has a magnitude of 140 cm and is directed at an angle of 35.0° to the positive x
axis.
Find the magnitude and direction of the second displacement.
a. 156 cm at 45° b. 146 cm at 345° c. 155 cm at 145° d. 196 cm at 15°

3. A novice golfer on the green takes three strokes to sink the ball. The successive displacements
of the ball are 4.00 m to the north, 2.00 m northeast, and 1.00 m at 30.0° west of south (Fig. 2).
Starting at the same initial point, an expert golfer could make the hole in what single
displacement?
a. 4.64 m at 78.6° N of E
b. 5.64 m at 32.6° E of N
c. 3.64 m at 28.4° N of E
d. 5.24 m at 38.4° E of N

4. A rope is stretched between two rigid poles 40 ft apart. A load of 100 lbs was placed at the
midpoint of the rope that caused it to sag 5 ft. What is the approximate tension in the rope in
lbs?
a. 190 lbs b. 180 lbs c. 206 lbs d. 215 lbs

5. A box is being pulled by a force of 20 lb exerted in a rope inclined 30 0 with the horizontal.
What is the effective component of the force pulling the box?
a. 15.89 lbs b. 16.21 lbs c. 17.32 lbs d. 18.12 lbs

6. An electric post is supported by a guy wire which exerts a pull of 100 N on the top of the post.
If the angle between the guy wire and the ground is 60 0, determine the vertical component of
the force supporting the pole.
a. 86.6 N b. 66.6 N c. 76.6 N d. 96.6 N
7. The five forces shown in figure 3 acts at point O. What is the magnitude of the resultant force?
a. 115.8 N b. 151.8 N c. 155.8 N d. 158.1 N

8. The helicopter view in Fig. 4 shows two people pulling on a stubborn mule. The person on the
right pulls with a force F 1 of magnitude 120 N and direction of 𝜃1 =60.0°. The person on the
left pulls with a force F2 of magnitude 80.0 N and direction of 𝜃2 = 75.0°. Find the single force
that is equivalent to the two forces shown.
a. 185 N at 77.80 b. 151.8 N at 320 c. 115.8 N at 820 d. 165 N at 72.80

9. A bag of cement weighing 325 N hangs in equilibrium from three wires as suggested in Fig. 5.
Two of the wires make angles 𝜃1 = 60.0° and 𝜃2= 40.0° with the horizontal. Assuming the
system is in equilibrium, find the tensions T1, T2, and T3 in the wires.
a. 22,32, and 48 b. 253, 165, and 325 c. 125, 720, and 48 d. 265, 134, and 128

10. The distance between two telephone poles is 50.0 m. When a 1.00-kg bird lands on the
telephone wire midway between the poles, the wire sags 0.200 m. How much tension does the
bird produce in the wire? Ignore the weight of the wire.
a. 613 N b. 258 N c. 181 N d. 528 N
 Fig 2 Fig 3
Fig 1

Fig 4 Fig 5

Task #3 Analyze and apply the laws of motion to daily

phenomena.

Direction: Choose the best answer for each items. Show and write your
solutions on an A4 size bond paper. Emphasize your final answer by writing it
inside a box. (10 points each)

1. A 43.8-kg sign is suspended by two wires, as fig.1 shows. Find the tension in wire 1 and in wire 2.
a. 317.3 N & 248.86 N b. 213 N & 322 N c. 117.8 N & 286.9 N d. 517 N & 238.8 N

2. A force of 15 N acts on a 16 kg body for 2 s. If the body is initially at rest, how far it is displaced by
the force?
a. 1.67 m b. 1.87 m c. 2.3 m d. 2.08 m

3. In fig.2 the weight of the block on the table is 422N and that of the hanging block is 185 N.
Ignoring all frictional effects and assuming the pulley to be massless, find the acceleration and
tension in the cord.
a. 3.5 m/s2 & 126.9 N b. 2.5 m/s2 & 122.9 N c. 2 m/s2 & 128.96 N d. 3 m/s2 & 128.62 N

4. A girl is sledding down a slope that is inclined at 30 0 with respect to the horizontal. A moderate
wind is aiding the motion by providing a steady force of 105N that is parallel to the motion of the
sled. The combined mass of the girl and sled is 65 kg, and the coefficient of kinetic friction
between the runners of the sled and the snow is 0.150. How much time is required for the sled to
travel down a 175-m slope, starting from rest?
a. 9.82 sec b. 6.28 sec c. 8.28 sec d. 18.72 sec

5. A truck weighing 1.4 kN moves up a slope of 15 0. What is the force generated by the engine if the
truck is accelerating at a rate of 3 m/s2? Assume the coefficient of friction is 0.1.
a. 0.28 kN b. 0.56 kN c. 0.48 kN d. 0.69 kN
6. Find the acceleration and the tension of the two objects shown in fig.3. If the coefficient of kinetic
friction between the 3 kg and the plane is 0.25.
a. 5.2 m/s2 & 36.9 N b. 2.5 m/s2 & 23 N c. 4.6 m/s2 & 38 N d. 5.4 m/s2 & 44 N

7. Three objects are connected on a table as shown in fig.4 . The coefficient of kinetic friction
between the block of mass m 2 and the table is 0.350. The objects have masses m 1 = 4 kg, m2 = 1kg,
and m3 = 2 kg as shown, and the pulleys are frictionless. Determine the tensions on the ropes, and
the acceleration of the blocks
a. 2.31 m/s2 ,30 & 24.2 N b. 2.32 m/s2 ,20 & 14 N c. 3.4 m/s2 ,18 & 24.2 N

8. A 1500 N block is in contact with a level plane whose coefficient of kinetic friction is 10%. If the
block is acted upon by a horizontal force of 250 N, what time will elapse before the block reaches
a velocity o 14.5 m/s, starting from rest?
a. 15 sec b. 22.2 sec c. 8.24 sec d. 20.6 sec
9. Two blocks of mass 3.50 kg and 8.00 kg are connected by a massless string that passes over a
frictionless pulley (Fig. 5). The inclines are frictionless. Find the magnitude of the acceleration
of each block and the tension in the string.
a. 2.2 m/s2 & 27.4 N b. 5.5 m/s2 & 23.2 N c. 3.6 m/s2 & 28 N d. 6.8 m/s2 & 24 N

10. Two people pull as hard as they can on horizontal ropes attached to a boat that has a
mass of 200 kg. If they pull in the same direction, the boat has an acceleration of 1.52 m/s 2 to
the right. If they pull in opposite directions, the boat has an acceleration of 0.518 m/s 2 to the
left. What is the magnitude of the force each person exerts on the boat? Disregard any other
horizontal forces on the boat.
a. 100 and 70 N b. 100 and 204 N c. 80 and 224 N d. 80 and 100 N

Fig 1 Fig 2

Fig 2
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Requirements on answering:
1. Write your solutions and answers on an A4 size bond paper.
2. On the upper left of the bond paper, write your full name and under it is your
course. Ex. JUAN DELA CRUZ, JR.
BSEE
3. On the upper center, write the Module number and title
Ex. Module #1 – Forces and Motion
4. On the upper right, write the date you have started the exercises and affix your
signature right next to it.
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5. Deadline: 3rd week of April

Annex A.

RUBRIC IN PROBLEM SOLVING

Rating Scale:

4 1.0 – 1.5

3 1.6 - 2.5

2 2.6 – 3.0

1 3.1 – 3.5 Conditional