PHYSICS 103

Final Exam
TIME: 90 minutes
February 8, 2009

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Useful information
g = 9.8 m/s2; Circumference of a circle of radius R = 2π R.

Part A ( 60 %) Circle ONE answer.

1. Two objects with masses m1 and m2 have equal kinetic energy. How do the
magnitudes of their momenta compare?
(a) p1 < p2
(b) p1 = p2
(c) p1 > p2
(d) not enough information is given

2. A Ferris wheel, rotating initially at an angular speed of 0.50 rad/s, accelerates over a 7.0-
s interval at a rate of 0.040 rad/s2. What is its angular speed after this 7-s interval?

a. 0.78 rad/s
b 0.20 rad/s
c 0.30 rad/s
d 0.46 rad/s

3. A speed boat requires 80 kW to move at a constant speed of 15 m/s. What is the resistive
force of the water at this speed?

a. 2 700 N
b. 5 300 N
c. 6 500 N
d. 7 700 N

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4. Andrea and Chuck are riding horses on a merry-go-round. Andrea rides on a horse
at the outer rim of the circular platform, twice as far from the center of the circular
platform as Chuck, who rides on an inner horse. When the merry-go-round is rotating
at a constant angular speed, Andrea’s angular speed is
(a) twice Chuck’s
(b) the same as Chuck’s
(c) half of Chuck’s
(d) impossible to determine.

5. An object initially at rest explodes, disintegrating into three parts of equal mass.
Parts 1 and 2 have the same final speed v, and the velocity vectors v1 and v2 are
perpendicular to each other. Part 3 will have a final speed of:

Part 2

a) ( 2 )v
b) v/2
c) v / 2 Part 1
d) 2v Part 3

6. Masses are distributed in the xy-plane as follows: 10 kg at (2.0, 6.0) m, 4.0 kg at (2.0,
0.0) m, and 6.0 kg at (0.0, 3.0) m. Where would a 20-kg mass need to be positioned so
that the center of gravity of the resulting four mass system would be at the origin?

a. (1.4, 3.9) m
b. (3.9, 1.4) m
c. (-1.4, -3.9) m
d. (-3.9, -1.4) m

7. A miniature spring-loaded, radio-controlled gun is mounted on an air puck. The

gun’s bullet has a mass of 5.00 g, and the gun and puck have a combined mass of
120 g. With the system initially at rest, the radio controlled trigger releases the
bullet causing the puck and empty gun to move with a speed of 0.500 m/s. What
is the bullet’s speed?

a. 4.80 m/s
b. 11.5 m/s
c. 48.0 m/s
d. 12.0 m/s

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8. A 0.30-m-radius automobile tire accelerates from rest at a constant 2.0 rad/s2 over a 5.0-s
interval. What is the tangential component of acceleration for a point on the outer edge of
the tire during the 5-s interval?

a. 33 m/s2
b 0.60 m/s2
c 6.7 m/s2
d. 0.30 m/s2

9. Two blocks are released from the top of a building. One falls straight down while the
other slides down a smooth ramp. If all friction is ignored, which one is moving faster
when it reaches the bottom?

a They both will have the same speed.

b The block that went straight down.
c The block that went down the ramp.
d. Insufficient information to work the problem.

10. A 5 000-N weight is suspended in equilibrium by two cables. Cable 1 applies a

horizontal force to the right of the object and has a tension, T1. Cable 2 applies a force
upward and to the left at an angle of 37.0° to the negative x axis and has a tension, T2.
Find T2.

a. 4 000 N
b. 6 640 N
c. 3 340 N
d. 8 310 N

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11. Vector A is 3.0 units in length and points along the positive x-axis; vector B is 4.0
units in length and points along a direction 150° from the positive x-axis. What is the
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magnitude of the resultant when vectors A and B are added?

a. 7.0
b. 2.1
c. 4.7
d. 6.7

12. A professional skier reaches a speed of 56 m/s on a 30° ski slope. Ignoring friction, what
was the minimum distance along the slope the skier would have had to travel, starting
from rest?

a. 320 m
b. 160 m
c. 110 m
d. 640 m

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Part B- Problems (40 %) BE NEAT

1. The diagram below depicts two pucks on a frictionless table. Puck B is four times
as massive as puck A. Starting from rest, the pucks are pushed across the
table by two equal forces, F.
a- Compare the kinetic energies of A and B upon
reaching the finish line? Finish

F F

A m 4m B

b- Which puck reaches the finish line first?

c- Which puck has the greater momentum upon reaching the finish line?

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2.. A ball is rolled horizontally off a table with an initial speed of 0.24 m/s. A stopwatch
measures the ball’s trajectory time from table to the floor to be 0.30 s. What is the height of
the table? (g = 9.8 m/s2 and air resistance is negligible)

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3. A 100-N block is motionless a 30° incline. Calculate the coefficient of static friction
between the block and the incline.

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4. A 9.0-kg hanging weight is connected by a string over a pulley to a 5.0-kg block sliding on a
flat table. If the coefficient of sliding friction is 0.20, find the tension in the string.

5 kg
T

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