ADAMSON UNIVERSITY

Problem Set #3
(Uniform Circular Motion, Work, Energy and Power)

Physics for Engineers

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Room No: Date Submitted:

Page 144 (#1, #2, #5, #8)

_____________ (a) ____________ (b) #1. In the Bohr model of the hydrogen atom, an electron moves in a circular path
around a proton. The speed of the electron is approximately 2.20 x 10 6 m/s. Find (a) the force acting on the
electron as it revolves in a circular orbit of radius 0.529 x 10-10 m and (b) the centripetal acceleration of the
electron.

_____________ (a) ____________ (b) #2. Whenever two Apollo astronauts were on the surface of the Moon, a third
astronaut orbited the Moon. Assume the orbit to be circular and 100km above the surface of the moon, where
the acceleration due to gravity is 1.52 m/s2. The radius of the moon is 1.70 x 106 m. Determine (a) the
astronaut’s orbital speed and (b) the period of the orbit.

_____________ #5. In a cyclotron (one type of particle accelerator), a deuteron (of mass 2.00 u) reaches a final
speed of 10.0 % of the speed of light while moving in a circular path of radius 0.480 m. What magnitude of the
magnetic force is required to maintain the deuteron in a circular path?

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ #8. A
driver is suing the state highway department after an accident on a curved freeway. The driver lost control and
crashed into a tree located a short distance from the outside edge of the curved roadway. The driver is claiming
that the radius of the curvature of the unbanked roadway was too small for the speed limit, causing him to slide
outward on the curve and hit the tree. You have been hired as an expert witness fir the defense, and have been
requested to use your knowledge of physics to testify that the radius of the curvature of the roadway is
appropriate for the speed limit 65 mi/h must be at least 150 m. you build an accelerometer, which is a plumb
bob with a protractor that you attach to the roof of your car. An associate riding in your car with you observes
that the plumb bob hangs at an angle of 15.0o from the vertical when the car is driven at a safer speed of 23.0
m/s on the curve in question. What is your testimony regarding the radius of the curve?

Page 146 (#24, #25)

_____________ (a) ____________ (b) #24. A car travels clockwise at constant speed around a circular section of a
horizontal road as shown in the aerial view of Figure P6.24. Find the directions of its velocity and acceleration
at (a) position A and (b) Position B.

_______________ #25. A string under a tension of 50.0N is used to whirl a rock in a horizontal circle of radius 2.50m
at a speed of 20. 4 m/s on a frictionless surface as shown in Figure P6.25. As the string is pulled in, the speed of
the rock increases. When the string on the table is 1.00 m long and the speed of the rock is 51.0 m/s, the string
breaks. What is the breaking strength, in newton’s, of the string?

Page 148 (#44)

_______________ #44. A model airplane of mass 0.750 kg flies with a speed of 35.0 m/s in a horizontal circle at the
end of a 60.0 m long control wire as shown in Figure P6.44a. The forces exerted on the airplane are shown in
Figure P6.44b: the tension in the control wire, the gravitational force, and aerodynamic lift that acts at 𝜃 = 20.0o
inward from the vertical. Compare the tension in the wire, assuming it makes a constant angle of 𝜃 = 20.0 with
the horizontal.

Page 204 (#2, #3)

_____________ (a) ____________ (b) #2. A 20.0 kg cannonball is fired from a cannon with muzzle speed of 1000m/s
at an angle of 37.0o with the horizontal. A second ball is fired at an angle of 90.0o. Use the isolated system model
to find (a) the maximum height reached by each ball and (b) the total mechanical energy of the ball-Earth
system at the maximum height for each ball. Let y = 0 at the cannon.

_____________ (a) ____________ (b) #3. A block of mass m = 5.00 kg is released from point A and slides on the
frictionless track shown in Figure P8.3. Determine (a) the block’s speed at points B and C and (b) the net work
done by the gravitational force on the block as it moves from point A to point C.

Page 208 (#35)

_____________ (a) ____________ (b) _____________ (c) ____________ (d) #35. A horizontal spring attached to a wall has a
force constant of k = 850 N/m. A block of mass m = 1.00 kg is attached to the spring and rests on a frictionless,
horizontal surface as in Figure P8.55. (a) The block is pulled to a position x 1 = 6.00 cm from equilibrium and
released. Find the elastic potential energy stored in the spring when the block is 6.00 cm from equilibrium and
when the block passes through equilibrium (b) Find the speed of the block as it passes through the equilibrium
point (c) What is the speed of the block when it is at a position x 1/2 = 3.00 cm? (d) Why isn’t the answer to
part (c) half the answer to part (b)?

ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS:

_____________ (a) ____________ (b) _____________ (c) #1. A tow truck pulls a car 5.00 km along a horizontal roadway
using a cable having a tension of 850 N. (a) How much work does the cable do on the car if it pulls horizontally?
If it pulls at 35 degrees above the horizontal? (b) How much work does the cable do on the tow truck in both
cases of part (a)? (c) How much work does gravity
do on the car in part (a)?

_____________ (a) ____________ (b) #2. A 75.0-kg painter climbs a ladder that is 2.75 m long leaning against a vertical
wall. The ladder makes a 30 degree angle. (a) How much work does gravity do on the painter? (b) Does the
answer to part (a) depend on whether the painter climbs at constant speed or accelerates up the ladder?

_____________ (a) ____________ (b) _____________ (c) ____________ (d) #3. To stretch a spring 3.00 cm from its
unstretched length, 12.0 J of work must be done. (a) What is the force constant of this spring? (b) What
magnitude force is needed to stretch the spring 3.00 cm from its unstretched length? (c) How much work must
be done to compress this spring 4.00 cm from its unstretched length, and (d) what force is needed to compress
it this distance?

________________ #4. A 20.0-kg rock is sliding on a rough, horizontal surface at and eventually stops due to friction.
The coefficient of kinetic friction between the rock and the surface is 0.200. What average power is produced
by friction as the rock stops?

________________ #5. An elevator has mass 600 kg, not including passengers. The elevator is designed to ascend,
at constant speed, a vertical distance of 20.0 m (five floors) in 16.0 s, and it is driven by a motor that can provide
up to 40 hp to the elevator. What is the maximum number of passengers that can ride in the elevator? Assume
that an average passenger has mass 65.0 kg.