Phys 220 Second Exam Oct.

31, 2012

Phys 220 Exam 2

Oct. 31, 2012
test number 13

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5. Answer all questions. Each are worth 10 points.
Phys 220 Second Exam Oct. 31, 2012

Translation Rotation Momenta of inertia

x  hollow sphere 2MR2/3

v av   av  solid sphere 2MR2/5
t t hollow cylinder MR2
v
aav  solid cylinder MR2/2
t  ML2/12
 av  rod (center)
v  v 0  at t rod (end) ML2/3

x  x 0  v  v 0  t
1
2    0  t
   0     0  t
1 1
x  x0  v 0t  at 2
2 2
v  v 0  2ax  x 0 
2 2 1
   0   0 t  t 2
Gravitational Force
  2
 F  ma
   0  2    0 
  2 2 Gm1m 2
p  mv F
 r2
 p
 Fav    I
t Gm1m2
U 
L  I r
W  Fr cos 
L
1  av 
K  mv 2 t
2
W  
1
U  mgy  kx2 Constants
2 1
K  I 2
2 g  9.8m / s 2
P  Fv cos
P  
f  N G  6.67  1011N  m2 / kg2

I   mi r i
2
F  kx
ME  5.98  1024 kg
Translation  Rotation I | |  I cm  Mh 2

Conversion
RE  6.37  106 m
v  r
v2 water  1000 kg / m3
ar    2r
r
at  r
  r F  rF  rF sin 
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1. A centrifuge has a momentum of inertia of 6.51·10-3 kg ·m2. How much energy must be supplied
to bring it from rest to 406 rad/s?

A. 1149 J
B. 307 J
C. 939 J
D. 537 J

2. A weightless rod, 10.0 m long, supports three weights (the figure below ). Where is its center of
gravity?

A. 5.83 m
B. 6.03 m
C. 6.19 m
D. 5.00 m
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3. A man is doing push-ups (the figure below). He has a mass of 68 kg and his center of gravity is
located at a horizontal distance of 0.70 m from his palms and 1.00 m from his feet. Find the
forces exerted by the floor on his palms and feet.

A. palms: 370 N; feet: 240 N

B. palms: 390 N; feet: 270 N
C. palms: 360 N; feet: 240 N
D. palms: 410 N; feet: 300 N

4. An LP turntable must spin at 33.3 rpm (3.49 rad/s) to play a record. How much torque must the
motor deliver if the turntable is to reach its final angular speed in 2.0 revolutions, starting from
rest? The turntable is a uniform disk of diameter 30.5 cm and mass 0.22 kg.

A. 0.0024 N·m
B. 0.0006 N·m
C. 0.0012 N·m
D. 0.0003 N·m
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5. A sports car traveling along a straight line increases its speed from 20.0 mi/h to 60.0 mi/h. (a)
What is the ratio of the final to the initial magnitude of its momentum? (b) What is the ratio of
the final to the initial kinetic energy?

A. (a) 3.00; (b) 9.00

B. (a) 6.00; (b) 6.00
C. (a) 6.00; (b) 3.00
D. (a) 3.00; (b) 6.00
E. (a) 3.00; (b) 3.00

6. A ball of mass 5.0 kg moving with speed of 2.0 m/s in the +x-direction hits a wall and bounces
back with the same speed in the -x-direction. What is the change of momentum of the ball?

A. 20 kg·m/s in the +x direction

B. 20 kg·m/s in the -x direction
C. 40 kg·m/s in the -x direction
D. 10 kg·m/s in the +x direction
Phys 220 Second Exam Oct. 31, 2012
7. A soccer ball of diameter 31 cm rolls without slipping at a linear speed of 2.8 m/s. Through how
many revolutions has the soccer ball turned as it moves a linear distance of 18 m?

A. 27 rev
B. 22 rev
C. 18 rev
D. 11 rev

8. The rotor (the figure below) is an amusement park ride where people stand against the inside of
a cylinder. Once the cylinder is spinning fast enough, the floor drops out. (a) What force keeps
the people from falling out the bottom of the cylinder? (b) If the coefficient of friction is 0.40
and the cylinder has a radius of 2.5 m, what is the minimum angular speed of the cylinder so that
the people don't fall out? (Normally the operator runs it considerably faster as a safety measure.)

A. (a) centripetal force; (b) 5.3 rad/s

B. (a) static friction; (b) 5.3 rad/s
C. (a) static friction; (b) 3.1 rad/s
D. (a) centrifugal force; (b) 3.1 rad/s
E. (a) centripetal force; (b) 5.9 rad/s
Phys 220 Second Exam Oct. 31, 2012
9. A cart moving to the right passes point 1 in the figure below at a speed of 20.0 m/s. Let g = 9.81
m/s2. (a) What is the speed of the cart as it passes point 3? (b) Will the cart reach position 4?
Neglect friction.

A. (a) 7 m/s; (b) no

B. (a) 14 m/s; (b) yes
C. (a) 20 m/s; (b) no
D. (a) 7 m/s; (b) yes
E. (a) 28 m/s; (b) no

10. A car moving at 30 mi/h is stopped by jamming on the brakes and locking the wheels. The car
skids 50 ft before coming to rest. How far would the car skid if it were initially moving at 60
mi/h? [Hint: You will not have to do any unit conversions if you set up the problem as a
proportion.]

A. 300 ft
B. 200 ft
C. 150 ft
D. 100 ft
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11. A marksman standing on a motionless railroad car fires a gun into the air at an angle of 30.0°
from the horizontal (the figure below). The bullet has a speed of 173 m/s (relative to the ground)
and a mass of 0.010 kg. The man and car move to the left at a speed of 10-3 m/s after he shoots.
What is the mass of the man and car?

A. 5000 kg
B. 3000 kg
C. 1500 kg
D. 1000 kg

12. Two pendulum bobs have equal masses and lengths (5.1 m). Bob A is initially held horizontally
while bob B hangs vertically at rest (the figure below). Bob A is released and collides elastically
with bob B. How fast is bob B moving immediately after the collision?

A. 15 m/s
B. 5 m/s
C. 10 m/s
D. 20 m/s
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13. A solid sphere of radius R and mass M rolls without slipping down a loop-the-loop track (the
figure below). The sphere starts from rest at a height of h above the horizontal. Assume that the
radius of the sphere is small compared to the radius r of the loop. Find the minimum value of h
in terms of r so that the sphere remains on the track all the way around the loop.

A. 5/10 r
B. 33/10 r
C. 27/10 r
D. 17/10 r
E. 1/10 r

14. A beetle sits near the rim of a turntable that rotates without friction about a vertical axis. What
happens to the angular speed of the turntable as the beetle walks toward the axis of rotation?

A. Decreases
B. Increases
C. Remains the same
D. Turntable stops
E. Not enough information
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15. A large nuclei decays into two pieces and some binding energy is converted into the kinetic
energy of the decay products. Which of the two scenarios is possible (arrows indicate velocity of
the debris):

before after

A B

A. A
B. B
C. Both
D. Neither