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Midterm Exam 2
Midterm Exam 2
This and the next two questions related to the following situation.
A 1.00kg glider attached to a spring with a force constant of 25.0 N/m oscillates on a horizontal, frictionless air track.
At t=0 the glider is released from rest at x= -3.00cm. (That is, the spring is compressed by 3.00 cm). Find:
1. the period of its motion.
A. 0.75s B. 1.26s C. 0.15s D. 3s
This and the next two questions related to the following situation.
A simple pendulum with a length of 2.23m and a mass of 6.74kg is given an initial speed of 2.06m/s at its equilibrium
position. Assume it undergoes simple harmonic motion, and determine its
4. period.
A. 0.75s B. 1.26s C. 0.15s D. 3s
5. total energy
A. 75J B. 25.5J C. 14.3J D. 23J
7. A vacuum cleaner produces sound with a measured sound level of 70.0 dB. What is the intensity of this sound
in W/m2?
A. 10-5 W/m2. B. 2 W/m2 C. 69 W/m2 D. 96 W/m2
9. A material having an index of refraction of 1.30 is used as an antireflective coating on a piece of glass (n =1.50).
What should be the minimum thickness of this film in order to minimize reflection of 500-nm light?
A. 10-5 nm B. 2 nm C. 69 nm D. 96 nm
10. Potassium iodide (KI) has the same crystalline structure as NaCl, with atomic planes separated by 0.353 nm. A
monochromatic x-ray beam shows a first-order diffraction maximum when the grazing angle is 7.60°. Calculate
the x-ray wavelength.
A. 4.55nm. B. 0.455nm. C. 9nm. D. 0.9nm.
11. Helium–neon laser light (632.8 nm) is sent through a 0.300-mm-wide single slit. What is the width of the central
maximum on a screen 1.00 m from the slit?
A. 4.35 mm. B. 4.22 mm. C. 547 mm. D. 0.118 mm.
12. A beam of green light is diffracted by a slit of width 0.550 mm. The diffraction pattern forms on a wall 2.06 m
beyond the slit. The distance between the positions of zero intensity on both sides of the central bright fringe is
4.10 mm. Calculate the wavelength of the laser light.
A. 4.35 nm. B. 4.22 nm. C. 547 nm. D. 0.118 nm.
13. A screen is placed 50.0 cm from a single slit, which is illuminated with 690-nm light. If the distance between
the first and third minima in the diffraction pattern is 3.00 mm, what is the width of the slit.
A. 0.15mm B. 0.23mm C. 0.25mm D. 0.3mm