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College Physics 7e (Wilson/Buffa/Lou/Gatch)
Chapter 7 Circular Motion and Gravitation

7.1 Conceptual Exercises

1) Is it possible for an object moving with a constant speed to accelerate? Explain.

Answer: Yes, although the speed is constant, the direction of the velocity can be changing.
Diff: 1 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.3

2) An airplane is flying with constant speed along a horizontal circle. Is the direction of its
acceleration constant?
Answer: No. The acceleration is directed towards the center of the circle, so the acceleration
vector rotates as the body rotates.
Diff: 1 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.3

FIGURE 7-1

3) A planet revolves clockwise around a star, with constant speed, as shown in Fig. 7-1. Which
graph shows the direction of the planet's acceleration at point P: graph a, graph b, graph c, or
graph d?
Answer: graph d
Diff: 1 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.3

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 FIGURE 7-2

4) A girl attaches a rock to a string, which she then swings counter-clockwise in a horizontal
circle. The string breaks at point P in Fig. 7-2, which shows a bird's-eye view (i.e., as seen from
above). Which path (A-E) will the rock follow?
Answer: path B
Diff: 1 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.3

5) Imagine yourself in a car traveling around a sharp curve. The "centripetal" force is inward, yet
why do you slide outward and not inward?
Answer: In the absence of an inward force, you want to continue in a straight line which would
cause you to move "outward". The frictional force of the seat or the push of the side of the car
pushes you "inward" and supplies the centripetal force to keep you on your circular path.
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.3

6) The weight of an object on the Moon is what fraction of the weight of the same object on
Earth?
Answer: 1/6
Diff: 1 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.5

7) State Kepler's first law.

Answer: Planets move in elliptical orbits, with the Sun at one of the focal points.
Diff: 1 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.6

8) State Kepler's second law.

Answer: A line from the Sun to a planet sweeps out equal areas in equal lengths of time.
Diff: 1 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.6

9) State Kepler's third law.

Answer: The square of the orbital period of a planet is directly proportional to the cube of the
average distance of the planet from the Sun.
Diff: 1 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.6

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10) How was Newton able to calculate the period of revolution of the Moon using his gravitation
theory, even though he didn't know the value of G or the masses of the Earth and Moon?
Answer: From GmM/r2 = mv2 / r where m,M are lunar and Earth masses and r distance from
Earth to Moon; he got period T = 2π r3/2 / (GM)1/2.
But he knew g=GM/R2 where R is Earth radius, so
T = 2π r3/2 / (gR)21/2 and he knew g, r, and R.
Diff: 3 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.6

11) When a rigid body rotates about a fixed axis all the points in the body have the same angular
displacement.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.1

12) When a rigid body rotates about a fixed axis all the points in the body have the same linear
displacement.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.1

13) When a rigid body rotates about a fixed axis all the points in the body have the same angular
speed.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.2

14) When a rigid body rotates about a fixed axis all the points in the body have the same
tangential speed.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.2

15) When a rigid body rotates about a fixed axis all the points in the body have the same
centripetal acceleration.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.3

16) When a rigid body rotates about a fixed axis all the points in the body have the same angular
acceleration.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.4

17) When a rigid body rotates about a fixed axis all the points in the body have the same
tangential acceleration.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.4

18) Newton never knew the numerical value of "his" universal gravitational constant G.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.5

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19) The net force on an object in orbit is zero.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.6

20) The constant K in Kepler's Third Law is the same for all the planets in our solar system, but
is different for planetary systems orbiting other stars.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 3 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.6

21) Two children are riding on a merry-go-round. Child A is at a greater distance from the axis
of rotation than child B. Which child has the larger angular displacement?
A) Child A
B) Child B
C) They have the same zero angular displacement.
D) They have the same non-zero angular displacement.
E) There is not enough information given to answer the question.
Answer: D
Diff: 1 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.1

22) Two children are riding on a merry-go-round. Child A is at a greater distance from the axis
of rotation than child B. Which child has the larger linear displacement?
A) Child A
B) Child B
C) They have the same zero linear displacement.
D) They have the same non-zero linear displacement.
E) There is not enough information given to answer the question.
Answer: A
Diff: 1 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.1

23) Two children are riding on a merry-go-round. Child A is at a greater distance from the axis
of rotation than child B. Which child has the larger angular speed?
A) Child A
B) Child B
C) They have the same zero angular speed.
D) They have the same non-zero angular speed.
E) There is not enough information given to answer the question.
Answer: D
Diff: 1 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.2

24) Two children are riding on a merry-go-round. Child A is at a greater distance from the axis
of rotation than child B. Which child has the larger tangential speed?
A) Child A
B) Child B
C) They have the same zero tangential speed.
D) They have the same non-zero tangential speed.
E) There is not enough information given to answer the question.

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Answer: A
Diff: 1 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.2

FIGURE 7-3

25) Marilyn (M) and her sister Sheila (S) are riding on a merry-go-round, as shown in Fig. 7-3
(bird's-eye view). Which of the following is true?
A) They have the same speed and the same angular velocity.
B) They have different speeds, and different angular velocities.
C) They have different speeds, but the same angular velocity.
D) They have the same speed, but their angular velocity is different.
Answer: C
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.2

26) Two children are riding on a merry-go-round. Child A is at a greater distance from the axis
of rotation than child B. Which child has the larger centripetal acceleration?
A) Child A
B) Child B
C) They have the same zero centripetal acceleration.
D) They have the same non-zero centripetal acceleration.
E) There is not enough information given to answer the question.
Answer: A
Diff: 1 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.3

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 FIGURE 7-4

27) James is twirling a rock around a horizontal circle on the end of a string. Fig. 7-4 is a top
view (motion is counterclockwise). If the speed is constant what is the acceleration at point A?
A) zero
B) rv2
C) centripetal
D) centrifugal
E) v / r
Answer: C
Diff: 1 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.3

28) A pilot executes a vertical dive. Just before the plane starts to come up from the bottom of
the dive, the force on him is
A) more than g, and pointing down.
B) less than g, and pointing up.
C) more than g, and pointing up.
D) less than g, and pointing down.
E) equal to g, and pointing down.
Answer: C
Diff: 1 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.3

29) A car, driven around a circle with constant speed, must have
A) zero acceleration.
B) a centrifugal acceleration.
C) zero velocity.
D) a centripetal acceleration.
E) a tangential acceleration.
Answer: D
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.3

30) Does the centripetal force acting on an object do work on the object?
A) no, because the object has constant speed
B) yes, since it takes energy to turn an object
C) yes, since a force acts and the object moves, and work is force times distance
D) no, because the force and the displacement of the object are perpendicular
E) yes, because the force and the displacement of the object are perpendicular
Answer: D
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.3

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31) Two horizontal curves on a bobsled run are banked at the same angle, but one has twice the
radius of the other. The safe speed (no friction needed to stay on the run) for the smaller radius
curve is V. Therefore, the safe speed on the larger radius curve is
A) 0.71 V.
B) 0.10 V.
C) 1.4 V.
D) 0.5 V.
E) 2. V.
Answer: C
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.3

32) The banking angle in a turn on the Olympic bobsled track is not constant, but increases
upward from the horizontal. Coming around a turn, the bobsled team will intentionally "climb
the wall," then go lower coming out of the turn. Why do they do this?
A) to reduce the g-force on them
B) to increase the g-force on them
C) to prevent the bobsled from turning over
D) to take the turn at a faster speed
E) to give the team better control, because they are able to see ahead of the turn
Answer: D
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.3

FIGURE 7-5

33) The record playing on the turntable of your stereo is rotating clockwise (as seen from above
in Fig. 7-5). After turning it off, your turntable is slowing down, but hasn't stopped yet. The
direction of the acceleration of point P (at the left) is
A) graph a.
B) graph b.
C) graph c.
D) graph d.
E) graph e.
Answer: A
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Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.4

34) A race car, traveling at a constant speed of 50 m/s, drives around a circular track of radius
250 m. What angular acceleration does it experience?
A) zero
B) 1.0 × 104 rad/s2
C) 6.3 × 102 rad/s2
D) 1.0 × 101 rad/s2
E) 2.0 × 104 rad/s2
Answer: A
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.4

35) A moon is in orbit around its mother planet. Which of the following statements is always true
about its kinetic energy (K), and its gravitational potential energy (U)?
A) K is negative, and U is negative.
B) K is negative, and U is positive.
C) K is positive, and U is negative.
D) K is positive, and U is positive.
Answer: C
Diff: 1 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.5

36) A spaceship is traveling to the moon. At what point is it beyond the pull of Earth's gravity?
A) when it is closer to the moon than it is to Earth
B) when it gets above the atmosphere
C) when it is half-way there
D) when it is three-fourths of the way there
E) It is never beyond the pull of Earth's gravity.
Answer: E
Diff: 1 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.5

37) For a spherical planet to act like a "point mass", so that externally F=GmM/r2, it
A) must have constant density throughout.
B) must have a mass << r c2 / (2G).
C) must have spherical mass symmetry.
D) can not be hollow inside.
Answer: C
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.5

38) A spherically symmetric planet has four times the Earth's mass and twice its radius. If a jar of
peanut butter weighs 12. N on the surface of the Earth, how much would it weigh on the surface
of this planet?
A) 18 N
B) 12 N
C) 30 N
D) 6 N
E) 24 N
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Answer: B
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.5

39) A satellite encircles Mars at a distance above its surface equal to 3 times the radius of Mars.
The acceleration of gravity at the satellite, as compared to the acceleration of gravity on the
surface of Mars, is
A) one-ninth as much.
B) zero.
C) the same.
D) one-third as much.
E) one-sixteenth as much.
Answer: E
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.5

40) Two asteroids, of the same mass, have a gravitational potential energy U. If a third asteroid,
of the same mass, moves toward them, to a position such that the distances between the three
asteroids are the same, the gravitational potential energy of the system will have changed by
A) 4U.
B) 2U.
C) 3U.
D) U.
E) 5U.
Answer: B
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.5

41) Who was the first person to realize that the planets move in elliptical paths around the sun?
A) Kepler
B) Copernicus
C) Brahe
D) Einstein
E) Galileo
Answer: A
Diff: 1 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.6

42) The speed of Halley's comet, while traveling in its elliptical orbit around the sun,
A) decreases as it nears the sun.
B) increases as it nears the sun.
C) is zero at two points in the orbit.
D) is zero at four points in the orbit.
E) is constant.
Answer: B
Diff: 1 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.6

43) Kepler's discovery that T2 /r3 = K applies

A) to orbits where K is a universal constant.
B) only to circular orbits.
C) to lunar motion provided K is the same for planetary motion.
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D) to elliptical orbits where r is the average distance.
Answer: D
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.6

44) The speed for a "low" circular orbit about the Earth is about
A) 1.7 × 104 km/s.
B) 7.6 km/s.
C) 2.1 km/s.
D) 2.5 × 104 km/s.
E) 17. km/s.
Answer: B
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.6

45) If the Earth had four times its present mass, what would be its new period of revolution
around the sun, compared to its present orbital period?
A) two times as much
B) one-fourth as much
C) four times as much
D) one-half as much
E) the same
Answer: E
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.6

46) A planet is discovered to orbit around a star in the galaxy Andromeda, with the same orbital
diameter as the Earth around our sun. If that star has 4 times the mass of our sun, what will the
period of revolution of that new planet be, compared to the Earth's orbital period?
A) four times as much
B) one-half as much
C) one-fourth as much
D) twice as much
E) 2 times as much
Answer: B
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.6

47) The following statements refer to man-made, artificial satellites in orbit around Earth. Which
is an accurate statement?
A) The velocity required to keep a satellite in a given orbit depends on the mass of the satellite.
B) The period of revolution of a satellite moving about the Earth is independent of the size of the
orbit it travels.
C) A satellite in a large diameter circular orbit will always have a longer period of revolution
about the Earth than will a satellite in a smaller circular orbit.
D) It is possible to have a satellite traveling at either a high speed or at a low speed in a given
circular orbit.
E) Only circular orbits are possible for artificial satellites.
Answer: C
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.6

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48) Kepler's 3rd law says T2 /r3 = K. What does the constant K depend upon?
A) period
B) frequency
C) size
D) mass
E) temperature
Answer: D
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.6

49) Consider a small satellite moving in a circular orbit (radius r) about a spherical planet (mass
M). The period does not depend upon
A) g at the satellite position.
B) the planet mass.
C) the satellite mass.
D) the radius r.
E) the universal gravitational constant.
Answer: C
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.6

50) Satellite A has twice the mass of satellite T, and rotates in the same orbit. Which of the
following is true?
A) The speed of T is twice the speed of A.
B) The speed of T is one-fourth the speed of A.
C) The speed of T is half the speed of A.
D) The speed of T is three-fourths the speed of A.
E) The speed of T is equal to the speed of A.
Answer: E
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.6

51) Consider an Earth satellite in an elliptical orbit. Its centripetal acceleration is

A) zero.
B) > g at the satellite.
C) < g at the satellite.
D) constant.
E) g at the satellite.
Answer: E
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.6

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52) Your starship, the TOP-QUARK, is in a counter-clockwise "parking orbit" around the planet
VULCAN, as shown in Fig. 7-6. In order to achieve escape velocity, the direction your retro-
rockets should be facing is
A) graph a
B) graph b.
C) graph c.
D) graph d.
E) none of the above.
Answer: C
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.6

53) The escape velocity is how many times the orbital velocity?
A) 2
B) 2
C) 2 2
D) 4
E) 3
Answer: A
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.6

7.2 Quantitative Exercises

1) What is the arc length subtended by an angle of 30° on a circle of radius 10 cm?
Answer: 5.2 cm
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.1

2) A bicycle wheel has an outside diameter of 66 cm. How far does a point on the rim travel
when the wheel rotates through an angle of 70°?
Answer: 40. cm
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.1

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3) What is the angular speed in rad/s of an electric motor that rotates at 1.80 × 103 rpm?
Answer: 188 radian/s
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.2

4) What is the angular speed of a point on the earth's surface at 60.0° north latitude? What is the
linear speed of such a point?
Answer: 7.27 × 10-5 rad/s ; 0.232 km/s
Diff: 3 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.2

5) A pilot makes an outside vertical loop of radius 320 m. At the top of his loop he is pushing
down on his seat with only one-half of his normal weight. How fast is he moving?
Answer: 39.6 m/s
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.3

6) The maximum acceleration a pilot can stand is about 7.0 g. What is the minimum radius of
curvature that a jet plane's pilot, pulling out of a vertical dive, can tolerate at a speed of 250 m/s?
Answer: 911 m
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.3

7) Jenny drives at a constant speed of 15 m/s around a circular drive of diameter 60 meters.
(a) Determine her acceleration in m/s2.
(b) Is her acceleration tangential, centripetal, or centrifugal?
(c) Is her velocity tangential, centripetal, or centrifugal?
Answer:
(a) 7.5 m/s2
(b) centripetal
(c) tangential
Diff: 3 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.3

8) Fred swings around a 0.40 kg ball attached to a string at constant speed in an almost
horizontal circle of radius 1.3 meters. If one revolution takes 1.4 s:
(a) What is the angular speed of the ball?
(b) What centripetal force is exerted on the ball?
Answer:
(a) 4.5 rad/s
(b) 10. Newtons
Diff: 3 Var: 5 Page Ref: Sec. 7.3
Skill: Algorithmic

9) A tooth polisher on a dentist's drill reaches a speed of 1800 rpm in 8.0 s. What is its average
angular acceleration?
Answer: 24. rad/s2
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.4

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10) Mary is 3.00 meters from the center of a merry-go-round. Her tangential speed is 1.88 m/s.
(a) What is her angular speed in rad/s?
(b) What is her acceleration while her speed remains 1.88 m/s?
Answer:
(a) 0.627 radians/s
(b) 1.18 m/s2
Diff: 3 Var: 5 Page Ref: Sec. 7.4
Skill: Algorithmic

11) A turntable was revolving at 33 1/3 rpm. It was shut off and uniformly slowed down and
stopped in 5.5 seconds.
(a) What was the angular acceleration?
(b) Through how many revolutions did it turn?
Answer:
(a) -0.10 rev/s2 = -0.63 radians/s2
(b) 1.5 revolutions
Diff: 3 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.4

12) Consider a merry-go-round which makes 20. revolutions in 4.0 minutes.

(a) What is the average angular speed in radians/s?
(b) For a child 3.5 m from the center, how far does he travel in the 4.0 minutes?
Answer:
(a) 0.52 rad/s
(b) 0.44 km
Diff: 3 Var: 5 Page Ref: Sec. 7.4
Skill: Algorithmic

13) Consider the planet Mars:

[Earth mass = 6.0 × 1024 kg = 9.3 × Mars mass;
Earth radius = 6380.km = 1.89 × Mars radius]

What is the acceleration of gravity on Mars?

Answer: 3.8 m/s2
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.5

14) By how many Newtons does the weight of a 100. kg person change when he goes from sea
level to an altitude of 5.00 km?
Answer: 1.54 N
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.5

15) What is the gravitational force on a 70. kg person on the Earth, due to the moon? The mass
of the moon is 7.36 × 1022 kg and the distance to the moon is 3.82 × 108 m.
Answer: 0.0024 N
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.5

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16) For a spacecraft going from the earth toward the sun, at what point will the gravitational
forces due to the sun and the Earth cancel?
[Earth's mass: me = 5.98 × 1024 kg
sun's mass: ms = 1.99 × 1030 kg
Earth-sun distance: r = 1.50 × 1011 m]
Answer: 2.60 × 108 m from Earth
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.5

17) Consider a 2.4 kilogram feather (Big Bird) on the planet Mars. [Earth mass = 6.0 × 1024 kg
= 9.3 × Mars mass; Earth radius = 6380. km = 1.89 × Mars radius]

(a) What does the feather weigh on Mars?

(b) What would the same feather weigh on Earth?
Answer:
9.1 N on Mars
24. N on Earth
Diff: 3 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.5

18) A 63. kg astronaut walks upon the surface of the planet Krypton which has 100. times the
mass of the Earth and 100. times the diameter of the Earth. What does she weigh on Krypton?
Answer: 63.× 9.8 × 100 /1002 = 6.2 Newtons
Diff: 3 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.5

19) An astronaut lands on a previously unknown planet of radius 2350. km and she measures the
acceleration of gravity to be 3.20 m/s2.
(a) What is the mass of this new planet?
(b) What does the astronaut weigh on this new planet if she weighs 384. N on Earth?
Answer:
(a) 0.26 × 1024 kg
(b) 125. Newtons
Diff: 3 Var: 5 Page Ref: Sec. 7.5
Skill: Algorithmic

20) A mass which weighs 19.6 Newtons on Earth is 2.3 meters away from a 2.00 kg mass.
(a) Determine their mutual gravitational attraction to each other.
(b) How much work would have to be done to put a very large distance between the two masses?
Answer:
(a) 5.0 × 10-11 N
(b) 12. × 10-11 Joules
Diff: 3 Var: 5 Page Ref: Sec. 7.5
Skill: Algorithmic

21) Our second closest star, Alpha Centauri, is 4.0 lightyears distant. On a particular night, it is
located 37.° up from the horizon, in a vertical plane. What are its x and y coordinates in this
plane?
Answer: x = 3.2 ly, y = 2.4 ly
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22) The diameter of the sun is 13.9 × 108 m, and the distance from the Earth to the sun is 1.5 ×
1011 m. How long does it take for the sun to disappear after it touches the horizon?
Answer: 2.1 min
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.6

23) As you know, the Earth has an orbital period of one year at an orbital radius of one AU. If a
new "minor planet" were to be found in a circular orbit with radius 13. AU, what would be its
period?
Answer: Remembering Kepler's 3rd law: T2 =k R3 so T = 47. years at R=13. AU.
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.6

24) A satellite orbits the Earth once every 6.0 hours in a circle. What is its angular velocity (in
radians/s)?
Answer: 2.9 × 10-4 rad/s
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.6

25) An Earth satellite is in circular orbit 230 km above the surface of the Earth. It is observed to
have a period of 89 min. From this information, estimate the mass of the Earth.
Answer: 6.0 × 1024 kg
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.6

26) Europa, a moon of Jupiter, has an orbital diameter of 1.34 × 109 m, and a period of 3.55
days. What is the mass of Jupiter?
Answer: 1.89 × 1027 kg
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.6

27) A satellite orbits the Earth once every 6.0 hours in a circle. What is the radius of the orbit if it
is a 2000. Kg satellite?
Answer: 1.7 × 107 m
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.6

28) A satellite is in a low circular orbit about the Earth (i.e., it just skims the surface of the
Earth). How long does it take to make one revolution around the Earth?
Answer: 87 min
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.6

29) What is the escape velocity from the solar system (SUN) leaving from our position 93.
million miles from the sun?
Answer: 4 × 104 m/s (almost 105 mph)
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.6

30) A satellite orbits the Earth once every 6.0 hours in a circle. What is the acceleration of the
satellite (direction too)?
Answer: 1.4 m/s2 toward center of Earth
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31) James moves in a circular path (radius 15.0 m) with a speed of 60.0 m/s. His ANGULAR
VELOCITY is
A) 120/π rpm.
B) 120 radians/s.
C) 120. rev/s.
D) 120π radians/s.
E) 120/π radians/s.
Answer: A
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.2

32) A fan blade, whose diameter is 1.0 m, is turning with an angular velocity of 2.0 rad/s. What
is the tangential velocity of a point on the tip of the blade?
A) 2.0 m/s
B) 5.0 cm/s
C) 1.0 m/s
D) 0.50 m/s
E) 1.5 m/s
Answer: C
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.2

33) A pulsar (a rotating neutron star) emits pulses at a frequency of 0.40 kHz. The period of its
rotation is
A) 2.5 ms.
B) 2.5 s.
C) 0.025 s.
D) 0.25 s.
E) 25 ms.
Answer: A
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.2

34) What is the angular speed of a record that rotates at 33-1/3 rpm?
A) 1.74 rad/s
B) 33.3π rad/s
C) 33.3/π rad/s
D) 3.49 rad/s
E) 2.77 rad/s
Answer: D
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35) A race car, traveling at a constant speed of 50. m/s, drives around a circular track of radius
250. m. What magnitude acceleration does it experience?
A) 1.0 m/s2
B) zero
C) 10. m/s2
D) 0.63 km/s2
E) 2.2 m/s2
Answer: C
Diff: 1 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.3

36) A flywheel, of radius 1 m, is spinning with a constant angular velocity of 2 rad/s. What is the
centripetal acceleration of a point on the wheel's rim?
A) 6 m/s2
B) 2 m/s2
C) 4 m/s2
D) 1 m/s2
E) 8 m/s2
Answer: C
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.3

37) What is the centripetal acceleration of a point on the perimeter of a bicycle wheel of diameter
70. cm when the bike is moving 8.0 m/s?
A) 91 m/s2
B) 1.8 × 102 m/s2
C) 2.7 × 102 m/s2
D) 66 m/s2
E) 2.1 × 10-2 m/s2
Answer: B
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.3

38) A space station of diameter 40. meters is turning about its axis at a constant rate. What is the
period of revolution of the space station if the outer rim experiences an acceleration of 2.5 m/s2?
A) 10. s
B) 14. s
C) 11. s
D) 13. s
E) 18. s
Answer: E
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39) A jet plane flying 600. m/s experiences an acceleration of 4.0 g when pulling out of the dive.
What is the radius of curvature of the loop in which the plane is flying?
A) 1.2 km
B) 5.8 km
C) 0.64 km
D) 9.2 km
E) 7.0 km
Answer: D
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.3

40) A car traveling 20 m/s rounds an 80 m radius horizontal curve with the tires on the verge of
slipping. How fast can this car round a second curve of radius 320 m? (Assume the same
coefficient of friction between the car's tires and each road surface.)
A) 40 m/s
B) 70 m/s
C) 30 m/s
D) 1.6 × m/s
E) 80 m/s
Answer: A
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.3

41) A roller coaster car is on a track that forms a circular loop in the vertical plane. If the car is to
just maintain contact with track at the top of the loop, what is the minimum value for its
centripetal acceleration at this point?
A) g downward
B) 2 g upward
C) 0.5 g downward
D) g upward
E) 2 g downward
Answer: A
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.3

42) A roller coaster car (mass = M) is on a track that forms a circular loop (radius = r) in the
vertical plane. If the car is to just maintain contact with the track at the top of the loop, what is
the minimum value for its speed at that point?
A) Mrg
B) 2 Mrg
C) 2rg
D) rg
E) rg / 2
Answer: D
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.3

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43) A future use of space stations may be to provide hospitals for severely burned persons. It is
very painful for a badly burned person on Earth to lie in bed. In a space station, the effect of
gravity can be reduced or eliminated. With what period of rotation would a doughnut-shaped
hospital of 200. m radius have to rotate, if persons on the outer perimeter are to experience 1/10
the gravity effect of Earth?
A) 91. min
B) 1.5 min
C) 8.7 min
D) 4.6 min
E) 0.011 min
Answer: B
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.3

44) A horizontal curve on a bobsled run is banked at a 45° angle. When a bobsled rounds this
curve at the curve's safe speed (no friction needed to stay on the run), what is its centripetal
acceleration?
A) 1.0 g
B) 2 g
C) g / 2
D) 2.0 g
E) 0.5 g
Answer: A
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.3

45) A potter's wheel decelerates from 50 rev/min to 30 rev/min in 5.0 s, with a constant
deceleration. What is the magnitude of the deceleration?
A) 4.0 rad/s2
B) 0.42 rad/s2
C) 25 rad/s2
D) 38 rad/s2
E) 20 rad/s2
Answer: B
Diff: 1 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.4

46) A fan is turned off, and its angular speed decreases from 10.0 rad/s to 6.3 rad/s in 5.0 s. What
is the magnitude of the angular acceleration of the fan?
A) 0.86 rad/s2
B) 0.74 rad/s2
C) 0.37 rad/s2
D) 11.6 rad/s2
E) 1.16 rad/s2
Answer: B
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47) How long does it take for a rotating object to speed up from 15.0 to 33.3 rad/s if it has an
angular acceleration of 3.45 rad/s2?
A) 4.35 s
B) 5.30 s
C) 9.57 s
D) 10.6 s
E) 63.1 s
Answer: B
Diff: 1 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.4

48) How long does it take a wheel that is rotating at 33.3 rpm to speed up to 78.0 rpm if it has an
angular acceleration of 2.15 rad/s2?
A) 20.8 s
B) 4.75 s
C) 10.4 s
D) 2.18 s
E) 5.20 s
Answer: D
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.4

49) The flywheel of a machine is rotating at 126 rad/s. Through what angle will the wheel be
displaced from its original position after 6.0 s?
A) 21. radians
B) 7.3 × 102 radians
C) 1.2 × 102 °
D) 0.32 revolutions
E) 7.3 × 10-2 revolutions
Answer: D
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.4

50) How does the escape speed from Mars compare with that of the Earth?
[ MEarth=9.31∗ MMars; REarth=1.88 ∗ RMars]
A) 222.%
B) 22.5%
C) 44.9%
D) 66.2%
E) 20.2%
Answer: C
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51) If the newly discovered planet of Krypton has 100. times the mass of the Earth and 100.
times the diameter of the Earth, what would be the period of a "low" orbiting satellite around
Krypton?
A) 1.5 hours
B) 1.5 × 103 hours
C) 15. hours
D) 1.5 × 102 hours
E) 0.15 hours
Answer: D
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.6

52) An astronaut goes out for a "space-walk" at a distance above the Earth equal to the radius of
the Earth. Her acceleration will be
A) g.
B) 1/2 g.
C) zero.
D) 1/4 g.
E) 2 g.
Answer: D
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.6

53) The escape speed from the moon is what fraction of Earth's escape speed?
(Earth/Lunar mass ratio = 81.3; Earth/Lunar radius ratio = 3.67)
A) 0.045
B) 0.17
C) 0.61
D) 0.41
E) 0.21
Answer: E
Diff: 2 Var: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 7.6

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