CC2404 Applied Physics and Instrumentation in Health Care

Problems Unit 1

Examples 1.1

1. How many millimeters are there in

a 1 cm (10 mm), b 4 cm (40 mm), c 0.5 cm (5 mm), d 6.7 cm (67 mm), e 1 m (1000 mm)

2. What are these lengths in meters:

a 300cm (3 m), b 550 cm (5.5 m), c 870 cm (8.7 m), d 43 cm (0.43 m), e 100 mm (0.1 m)

3. a Write the following as powers of ten with one figure before the decimal point:
100 000 (1x105) 3500 (3.5× 103) 428 000 000 (4.28× 108) 504 (5.04× 102) 27 056
(2.7056× 104)

b Write out the following in full:

103 (1000) 2× 106 (2 000 000) 6.9× 104 (69 000) 1.34× 102 (134) 109 (1 000 000 000)

4. a Write these fractions as powers of tens:

1/1000 (10-3) 7/1000 0000 (7× 10-7) 1/10 000 000 (10-7) 3/60 000 (5× 10-5)

b Express the following decimals as powers of ten with one figure before the decimal point:
0.5 (5× 10-1) 0.084 (8.4× 10-2) 0.000 36 (3.6× 10-4) 0.001 04 (1.04× 10-3)

5. How many significant figures are there in a length measurement of

2.5 cm (2 sig. fig.) 5.32 cm (3 sig. fig.) 7.1080 cm (5 sig. fig.) 0.042 cm (2 sig. fig.)

6. A rectangular block measures 4.1 cm by 2.8 cm by 2.1 cm. Calculate its volume giving your
answer to an appropriate number of significant figures.
24.1 cm3 (3 sig. fig.)

Example 1.2

1. Which one of the following statements is not true?

A The molecules in a solid vibrate about a fixed position.
B The molecules in a liquid are arranged in a regular pattern. (NOT true)
C The molecules in a gas exert negligibly small forces on each other, except during collisions.
D The densities of most liquids are about 1000 times greater than those of gases because liquid
molecules, are much closer together than gas molecules.
E The molecules of a gas occupy all the space available.
Example 1.3

1. a. If the density of wood is 0.5 g/cm3 what is he mass of

(i) 1 cm3 (0.5 g) (ii) 2 cm3 (1.0 g) (iii) 10cm3 (5.0 g)
b. What is the density of a substance of
(i) mass 100 g and volume 10cm3 (10 g/cm3), (ii) volume 3 m3 and mass 9 kg (3 kg/m3)
c. The density of gold is 19 g/cm3. Find the volume of
(i) 38 g (2 cm) (ii) 95 g of gold (5 cm).

2. A piece of steel has a volume of 12 cm3 and a mass of 96 g. What is its density in
a. g/cm3 (8 g/cm3) b. kg/m3 (8 000 kg/m3)

3. What is the mass of 5 m3 of cement of density 3000 kg/m3? (15 000 kg)

4. What is the mass of air in a room measuring 10 m × 5.0 m × 2.0 m if the density of air is 1.3
kg/m3 ? (130 kg)

5. When a golf ball is lowered into a measuring cylinder of water, the water level rises by 30 cm3
when the ball is completely submerged. If the ball weighs 33 g in air, find its density. (1.1
g/cm3)

Example 1.4
1. A body of mass of 1 kg has weight 10N at a certain place. What is the weight of
a. 100g (1 N) b. 5 kg (50 N) , c. 50 g (0.5 N)

2. The force of gravity on the Moon is said to be one-sixth of that on the Earth. What would a mass
of 12 kg weigh
on the Earth (120 N) b. on the Moon (20 N)

3. What is the force constant of a spring which is stretched

a. 2 mm by a force of 4 N (2 000 N/m) , b. 4 cm by a mass of 200 g (50 N/m)

4. The spring in the figure stretches from 10 cm to 22 cm when a force of 4 N is applied. If it obeys
Hooke’s law, its total length in cm when a force of 6 N is applied is
a. A. 28 B. 42 C. 50 D. 56 E. 100
5. 10N.
6. What energy is described as being the energy due to its position?
a. heat energy; b. potential energy, c. kinetic energy

7. What energy is described as being the energy due to its speed?

a. nuclear energy, b. potential energy, c. kinetic energy