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Phys 105 First Midterm Examination (Solution) 10:00 – 11:30 (90 Minutes) Saturday, 04-November-2023
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MULTIPLE CHOICE PROBLEMS Do not give your answers by marking choices, but mark your answers on the Gradescope
bubble sheet template in Page 8. Only answers in the template will be graded. Hint: 4 wrong answers will cancel one correct
answer, don't mark if you are not sure. Select the choice with the answer closest to your result.
MULTIPLE CHOICE PROBLEM 1 of 10 (5 points) Mark your answers on the Gradescope bubble sheet template in Page 8.
A car moves along a straight road. The graph given shows the position as a Position
function of time.The graph shows that the car:
(a) speeds up all the time (b) slows down all the time
(c) speeds up part of the time and slows down part of the time
Time
(d) moves at a constant velocity (e) None of the above
The slope of the curve becomes smaller as the time increases and therefore the car slows down all the time.
A stone which is dropped from rest from the top of a water well hits the water after 2 seconds. How fast must the stone be thrown
downwards from the top of the well in order to hit the water after only 1 second? (Take g = 10 m/s2 )
(a) 10 m/s (b) 15 m/s (c) 20 m/s (d) 21.5 m/s (e) None of the above
Choose y positive down with the origin at the top of the well.
1 1
First case: y = y0 + vy0t + gt 2 = 0 + 0 + gt 2 →
2 2
y=
1
2
( )
10 m/s2 ( 2 0 ) →
2
y = 20 m
1 1
(
Second case: y = y0 + vy0t + gt 2 → 20 m = 0 + vy0 (1 s) + 10 m/s2 (1 s) →
2 2
2
) vy0 = 15 m/s
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An object which is at the origin at time t = 0, has initial velocity v 0 = −14.0 î − 7.0 ĵ m/s and constant acceleration )
!
( ) !
a = 6.0 î + 3.0 ĵ m/s2 . What is the position vector r where the object comes momentarily to rest?
(a) 16.3î m (b) 8.16 ĵ m (c) 0 (

(d) 16.3î + 8.16 ĵ m ) ( )
(e) −16.3î − 8.16 ĵ m
!
The final velocity v must be zero for the object to be at rest.
! ! ! !
( ) (
v = v 0 + at → v = −14.0 î − 7.0 ĵ m/s + ⎡ 6.0 î + 3.0 ĵ t ⎤ m/s
⎣ ⎦ )
! 7.0
v = ⎡⎣( −14.0 + 6.0t ) î + ( −7.0 + 3.0t ) ĵ⎤⎦ m/s = 0 → −14.0 + 6.0t = 0 → t = s
3.0
( )
2
! ! ! 1! !
(
r = r0 + v 0t + at 2 → r = 0 + −14.0 î − 7.0 ĵ
2
) ⎛⎜⎝ 3.0 ⎟⎠ m + ( 6.0 î + 3.0 ĵ) ⎜⎝
7.0 ⎞ 1
2
⎛ 7.0 ⎞
⎟
3.0 ⎠
!
m → r = −16.3î − 8.16 ĵ m
A ball is projected with an angle θ with the horizontal from the top of a vertical y
cliff of height h, as shown in the figure. The ball is thrown with an initial velocity v0
of magnitude v0 and it lands a horizontal distance R from the base of the cliff. →
g
Cliff (0, h) Ɵ
What is the height h of the cliff? Use the coordinate system given in the figure.
v02 sin 2θ 0 v02 sin 2 θ 0 gR 2 h

(a) (b) (c)
g 2g 2v02 cos2 θ x
(0, 0) (R, 0)
gR 2 gR 2
(d) + R tan θ (e) − R tan θ
v02 cos2 θ v02 cos2 θ
R
x = x0 + vx0t → R = v0 cosθ t → t =
v0 cosθ
2
1 1 ⎛ R ⎞ 1 ⎛ R ⎞
y = y0 + vy0t − gt 2 → 0 = h + v0 sin θ t − gt 2 → 0 = h + v0 sin θ ⎜ − g
2 2 ⎝ v0 cosθ ⎟⎠ 2 ⎜⎝ v0 cosθ ⎟⎠
gR 2
h= − R tan θ
2v02 cos2 θ
Notice: No correct choice. Therefore, this problem has been treated as if all students solved and answered it correctly.


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A pilot takes a small airplane out for a flight. The airplane is headed due south-east y
(i.e., at an angle of 45° south of east) with a speed of 190 km/h relative to still air. North
The wind is blowing due north at 50 km/h. Using the coordinate system given find x
! 0
the velocity vector v PG of the airplane relative to the ground in component form? East
Use P for airplane, A for air and G for ground. (sin 45° = cos 45° = 0.707)
( )
(a) 134 î − 84.4 ĵ km/h ( )
(b) 134 î + 84.4 ĵ km/h ( )
(c) 84.4 î −134 ĵ km/h ( )
(d) 84.4 î +134 ĵ km/h (e) Not enough information
!
y North v AG = 50 ĵ km/h
→
vAG
45°
!
(
v PA = 190 cos 45° î −190sin 45° ĵ km/h )
( )
x ! ! ! !
0 East v PG = v PA + v AG → v PG = ⎡ 190 cos 45° î −190sin 45° ĵ + 50 ĵ⎤ km/h
→
vPG ⎣ ⎦
!
→
vPA v PG = ⎡⎣190 cos 45° î + ( 50 −190sin 45°) ĵ⎤⎦ km/h
!
( )
v PG = 134 î − 84.4 ĵ km/h
Three blocks of masses m1 , m2 , and m3 are arranged as in the figure given. All of the m1
surfaces are frictionless. The block of mass m2 hangs vertically. For what value of the →
g
!
acceleration a is there no relative motion among the masses? m3
m2
m − m1 m − m2 m m →
(a) 2 g (b) 1 g (c) 1 g (d) 2 g a
m3 m3 m2 m1
!
(e) There is no relative motion among the masses for all accelerations a .
For no relative motion, m2 stays at the same height. Assume that the tension in the string connecting the blocks is FT .
m2 : FT = m2 g
m1 : FT = m1a
m2
m1a = m2 g → a = g
m1

A block is launched up from the bottom of a rough inclined plane with an angle θ = 45°, as
→
shown in the figure. It travels a distance L along the inclined plane, stops momentarily and g
returns to the bottom of the inclined plane. The time of ascent (upward movement) is tup µ
tup m Ɵ = 45°
and the time of descent (downward movement) is tdown . If = 2 find the coefficient of
tdown
friction µ between the block and the inclined plane. (sin 45° = cos 45° = 0.707)
(a) 0.3 (b) 0.15 (c) 0.6 (d) 0.45 (e) None of the above
Going up: Going down:

aup = − ( gsin θ + µ g cosθ ) adown = gsin θ − µ g cosθ
1 2L
0 = v02 − 2 ( gsin θ + µ g cosθ ) L → L =
v02 L= ( gsin θ − µ g cosθ ) tdown
2
→ tdown
2
=
gsin θ − µ g cosθ
2 ( gsin θ + µ g cosθ )
2
2
0 = v0 − ( gsin θ + µ g cosθ ) tup → v0 = ( gsin θ + µ g cosθ ) tup tup sin θ + µ cosθ
= = 4 → 4sin θ − 4 µ cosθ = sin θ + µ cosθ
2
tdown sin θ − µ cosθ
1 2L
L= ( gsin θ + µ g cosθ ) tup2 → tup2 = 3sin θ 3
2 gsin θ + µ g cosθ 3sin θ = 5µ cosθ → µ = = tan 45° → µ = 0.6
5cosθ 5
A small metal cylinder of mass m rests on a circular turntable that is rotating at a constant speed →
g Turntable
v. The coefficient of static friction between the cylinder and the turntable is µ and the cylinder R m
is at a distance R from the center of the turntable, as shown in the figure. What is the maximum
speed vmax that the cylinder can have without slipping off the turntable?
µ gR
(a) 2gR (b) 4gR (c) 2 µ gR (d) µ gR (e)
2
→
→ FN mv 2 mv 2 mv 2
Ffr Ffr = → µ FN = max → µ mg = max
R R R
m
vmax = µ gR
→
mg


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A puck of mass m1 revolves in a horizontal circular path of radius R on a frictionless table

top. It is connected to a dangling mass m2 through a central hole by a massless cord, as m1 R
shown in the figure. What is the speed of the puck if m2 remains at rest?
m2 gR 2m2 gR 2m1gR m1gR m2

(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) None of the above
m1 m1 m2 m2
→
FN
→
FT Hanging mass: FT − m2 g = 0 → FT = m2 g
m1v 2 m1v 2
m1
→
m2 Rotating puck: FT = → m2 g = →
FT R R
→ → m2 gR
m 1g m 2g v=
m1
Consider a ball of mass m = 2 kg at the end of a string of length R = 2 m that revolves in a

vertical circle, as shown in the figure. What is the magnitude of the tangential acceleration
(
atan at θ = 45° below the horizontal? g = 10 m/s2 ; sin 45° = cos 45° = 0.707 ) →
g
2 Ɵ
(a) 9.8 m/s 2
(b) −9.8 m/s 2
(c) 7.1 m/s
R
(d) −7.1 m/s2 (e) None of the above m
Ɵ mg cosθ
R
→
FT atan = = g cosθ = g cos 45°
m
atan = 7 m/s2
Ɵ
→
v →
mg

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Phys 105 First Midterm Examination (Solution) 10:00 – 11:30 (90 Minutes) Saturday, 04-November-2023

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(a) 16.3î m (b) 8.16 ĵ m (c) 0 (

v02 sin 2θ 0 v02 sin 2 θ 0 gR 2 h

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Going up: Going down:

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A puck of mass m1 revolves in a horizontal circular path of radius R on a frictionless table

m2 gR 2m2 gR 2m1gR m1gR m2

Consider a ball of mass m = 2 kg at the end of a string of length R = 2 m that revolves in a

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