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Non-Marked Problem Set 2 Course Review and Exam Practice
Non-Marked Problem Set 2 Course Review and Exam Practice
Question 10: A 5.0 kg block has an acceleration of 0.20 m/s2 when a force is exerted on it. A
second block as an acceleration of 0.10 m/s2 when subject to the same force. What is the mass
of the second block?
a. 10 kg
b. 5.0 kg
c. 2.5 kg
d. 7.5 kg
Question 11. A person pulling an empty wagon causes it to accelerate at 1.4 m/s2. What will
the acceleration be if he pulls with the same force when the wagon contains a child whose mass
is three times that of the wagon? [Assume friction between the wagon and the ground is small,
and doesn’t change much when the child gets in the wagon.]
Question 12: True or False? “In order to lift a bucket of concrete, you must exert more force on
the bucket than the bucket exerts on you.”
Question 13. You are in a train traveling on a horizontal track and notice that a piece of luggage
on the floor starts to accelerate directly toward the front of the train. From this observation, you
can conclude that this train is
Question 14. A person is using a rope to lower a 0.51-kg bucket into a well with a constant
speed of 2.0 m/s. What is the magnitude of the force exerted by the rope on the bucket?
a) 12 N
b) 16 N
c) 20 N
d) 24 N
e) 28 N