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Holt SF 02Rev 10A
001 (part 1 of 2) 10.0 points
Consider the position-time graph for a squirrel running along a clothesline.
b

b
b

s
sA A

3
2
1

sB

0 tA
tB t
Choose the correct relationship among
vA + vB
quantities v 1 , v 2 , and v3 . v =
when
2
a is a constant.

1. v 1 < v 2 < v 3

2. v 1 = v 2 = v 3 correct

0 b
1

3b

2
time (s)

What is the squirrels displacement at 4.5

s?
Your answer must be within 5.0%
Correct answer: 1 m.
002 (part 2 of 2) 10.0 points
What is the squirrels average velocity during
the time interval between 0.0 s and 4.5 s?
Your answer must be within 5.0%
Correct answer: 0.222222 m/s.
Holt SF 02A 02
003 10.0 points
If Joe rides south on his bicycle in a straight
line for 13 min with an average speed of 12.6
km/h, how far has he ridden?
Correct answer: 2.73 km.
Velocity Relationships 01
004 10.0 points
Consider three position curves between time
points tA and tB .

3. v 1 > v 2 > v 3
Serway CP 02 15
005 (part 1 of 4) 10.0 points
The position versus time for a certain object
moving along the x-axis is shown. The objects initial position is 2 m.
6
position (m)

position (m)

b
b

0
2
4

4 5
time (s)

Find the instantaneous velocity at 1 s.

Correct answer: 3 m/s.
006 (part 2 of 4) 10.0 points
Find the instantaneous velocity at 3 s.
Correct answer: 1 m/s.
007 (part 3 of 4) 10.0 points
Find the instantaneous velocity at 4.5 s.
Correct answer: 0 m/s.
008 (part 4 of 4) 10.0 points

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Find the instantaneous velocity at 8.5 s.

release of the ball and the time it reaches its

maximum height?

Correct answer: 2 m/s.

Correct answer: 0.989796 s.

Correct answer: 1632.73 m/s2 .

Holt SF 02B 03
010 10.0 points
With an average acceleration of 0.94 m/s2 ,
how long will it take a cyclist to bring a bicycle
with an initial speed of 13.5 m/s to a complete
stop?

Ball Thrown Up 12
012 10.0 points
A ball is thrown straight up and passes point
B (at a height of 30.9 m above its starting
point O) in 6.1 s.
The acceleration of gravity is 9.8 m/s2 .
tA is the time
b b b
hA
b b
b
b
b
to reach its
A
b
b
y
b
b
maximum
b
b
height hA
b B
b
30.9 m

Holt SF 02Rev 54
009 10.0 points
A tennis ball with a velocity of 9.58 m/s to
the right is thrown perpendicularly at a wall.
After striking the wall, the ball rebounds in
the opposite direction with a velocity of 8.38
m/s to the left.
If the ball is in contact with the wall for
0.011 s, what is the average acceleration of
the ball while it is in contact with the wall?

b
b

v0

b
b
b

O 6.1 s
tA
Figure is not drawn to scale.
What was its initial speed k~v0 k ?
Correct answer: 34.9556 m/s.

Correct answer: 14.3617 s.

Ball N 03
011 10.0 points
A ball is thrown upward. Its initial vertical speed is 9.7 m/s , acceleration of gravity
is 9.8 m/s2 , and maximum height hmax are
shown in the figure below.
Neglect: Air resistance. The acceleration
of gravity is 9.8 m/s2 .

1. more.

b
bbbb
b b
b b
b b
b

9.8 m/s2

2. unable to determine.

hmax

9.7 m/s

Drop a Rock
013 10.0 points
If you drop a rock from a height of 21 m , it accelerates at g and strikes the ground 2.0702 s
later.
The acceleration of gravity is 9.8 m/s2 .
If you drop the same rock from half that
height, its acceleration will be

What is its time interval, tup , between the

3. about half.
4. the same. correct
5. 0.
Holt SF 03Rev 34
014 10.0 points
The fastest recorded pitch in Major League
Baseball was thrown by Nolan Ryan in 1974.
If this pitch were thrown horizontally, the ball

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would fall 0.809 m (2.65 ft) by the time it
reached home plate, 18.3 m (60 ft) away.
The acceleration of gravity is 9.81 m/s2 .
How fast was Ryans pitch?

Which one offers the greatest resistance and

which one offers the smallest resistance?
1. iron, feathers correct

Correct answer: 45.0605 m/s.

2. All are wrong.

Accelerating Elevator
015 10.0 points
An elevator starts from rest with a constant
upward acceleration and moves 1 m in the first
1.8 s. A passenger in the elevator is holding a
5.4 kg bundle at the end of a vertical cord.
The acceleration of gravity is 9.8 m/s2 .
What is the tension in the cord as the elevator accelerates?

3. iron, water

Correct answer: 56.2533 N.

4. sand, water
5. feathers, iron
Conceptual 04 Q17
019 10.0 points
Two 35 N forces and a 70 N force act on a
hanging box as shown.
35 N

Tipler PSE5 04 29
016 10.0 points
A bullet of mass 0.0015 kg moving at 550 m/s
impacts a large fixed block of wood and travels
6.8 cm before coming to rest.
Assuming that the acceleration of the bullet
is constant, find the force exerted by the wood
on the bullet.
Correct answer: 3.3364 kN.
Jumping From the Fire
017 10.0 points
A person of mass 75 kg escapes from a burning
building by jumping from a window situated
33.1 m above a catching net.
The acceleration of gravity is 9.8 m/s2 .
If air resistance exerts a force of 80.2 N
on him as he falls, determine his speed just
before he hits the net.
Correct answer: 24.041 m/s.
Hewitt CP9 04 E11
018 10.0 points
In the orbiting space shuttle you are handed
four identical boxes. The first one is filled
with sand. The second one is filled with iron.
The third one is filled with water. The last
one is filled with feathers. Shake the boxes.

35 N

70 N
Will the box experience acceleration?
1. Unable to determine without the angle.
2. Yes; upward.
3. Yes; downward. correct
4. No; it is balanced.
Conceptual 05 Q8
020 10.0 points
The Earth exerts an 780 N gravitational force
on a man.
What force does the man exert on the
Earth?
Correct answer: 780 N.
Hewitt CP9 05 E33
021 10.0 points

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Consider a stone at rest on the ground. There
are two interactions that involve the stone.
One is between the stone and the Earth; Earth
pulls down on the stone and the stone pulls
up on the Earth.
What is the other interaction?

4. The truck exerts the same amount of

force on the car as the car exerts on the truck.
correct
5. Not enough information is given to pick
one of these answers.
6. The truck exerts a greater amount of force
on the car than the car exerts on the truck.

1. between the Earth and air

2. All are wrong.

023 (part 2 of 2) 10.0 points

The car is moving much faster than the heavier truck when they collide.

3. between the ground and air

4. between the stone and the ground correct

1. Not enough information is given to pick

one of these answers.

5. between the ground and the Earth

Force and Motion 15
022 (part 1 of 2) 10.0 points
The following 2 questions refer to the collisions between a car and a truck whose weight
is much heavier than the car (M m). For
each description of a collision below, choose
the one answer from the possibilities that best
describes the size (or magnitude) of the forces
between the car and the truck.
Assume: Friction is so small that it can be
ignored.
M

They are both moving at the same speed

when they collide.
1. None of these answers describes the situation correctly.
2. The car exerts a greater amount of force
on the truck than the truck exerts on the
car.
3. Neither exerts a force on the other; the
car gets smashed simply because it is in the
way of the truck.

2. The car exerts a greater amount of force

on the truck than the truck exerts on the
car.
3. The truck exerts a greater amount of force
on the car than the car exerts on the truck.
4. None of these answers describes the situation correctly.
5. Neither exerts a force on the other; the
car gets smashed simply because it is in the
way of the truck.
6. The truck exerts the same amount of
force on the car as the car exerts on the truck.
correct
Holt SF 04Rev 63
024 (part 1 of 5) 10.0 points
Three blocks are in contact with each other
on a frictionless horizontal surface. A 341 N
horizontal force is applied to the block with
mass of 2.5 kg as shown in the figure below.
The acceleration of gravity is 9.8 m/s2 .
F

2.5 kg

6.4 kg

8 kg

a) What is the net force on the block with

mass 2.5 kg?

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rest, it has traveled a distance of 3.2 m along

the incline.

Correct answer: 50.4438 N.

025 (part 2 of 5) 10.0 points
b) What is the resultant force on the block
with mass 6.4 kg?
Correct answer: 129.136 N.
026 (part 3 of 5) 10.0 points
c) What is the resultant force on the block
with mass 8 kg?
Correct answer: 161.42 N.
027 (part 4 of 5) 10.0 points
d) What is the magnitude of the force between
the block with mass 6.4 kg and 8 kg?
Correct answer: 161.42 N.
028 (part 5 of 5) 10.0 points
e) What is the magnitude of the force between
the block with mass 2.5 kg and 6.4 kg?

Correct answer: 5.84464 m/s.

031 (part 3 of 3) 10.0 points
What is the magnitude of the perpendicular
force that the block exerts on the surface of
the plane at a distance of 3.2 m down the
incline?
Correct answer: 30.8211 N.
Atwood Machine 15
032 10.0 points
A light, inextensible cord passes over a light,
frictionless pulley with a radius of 4.9 cm.
It has a(n) 18 kg mass on the left and a(n)
9.1 kg mass on the right, both hanging freely.
Initially their center of masses are a vertical
distance 1.4 m apart.
The acceleration of gravity is 9.8 m/s2 .

4.9 cm
Correct answer: 290.556 N.

Down a Smooth Incline

029 (part 1 of 3) 10.0 points
A 3.75 kg block slides down a smooth, frictionless plane having an inclination of 33 .
The acceleration of gravity is 9.8 m/s2 .

18 kg
1.4 m
9.1 kg

3.

2m

5
3. 7

At what rate are the two masses accelerating when they pass each other?

kg
33

Find the acceleration of the block.

Correct answer: 5.33746 m/s2 .
030 (part 2 of 3) 10.0 points
What is the blocks speed when, starting from

Correct answer: 3.21845 m/s2 .

Centripetal Acceleration
033 10.0 points
A car rounds a curve while maintaining a
constant speed.
Is there a net force on the car as it rounds
the curve?
1. No its speed is constant.

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Correct answer: 1944.68 J.

2. Yes. correct
3. It depends on the sharpness of the curve
and speed of the car.

038 (part 3 of 5) 10.0 points

What is the sign of the work done by the
frictional force?

Horizontal Circle 04
034 10.0 points
A 2.9 kg mass attached to a light string rotates
on a horizontal, frictionless table. The radius
of the circle is 0.68 m, and the string can
support a mass of 15.1 kg before breaking.
The acceleration of gravity is 9.8 m/s2 .
What maximum speed can the mass have
before the string breaks?

039 (part 4 of 5) 10.0 points

Find the work done by the normal force.

Correct answer: 5.89057 m/s.

Correct answer: 0 J.

Kinetic Energy Comparison

035 10.0 points
Suppose an automobile has a kinetic energy
of 2500 J.
When it moves with four times the speed,
what will be its kinetic energy?

040 (part 5 of 5) 10.0 points

What is the net work done on the block?

Correct answer: 40000 J.

Dragging a Block 02
036 (part 1 of 5) 10.0 points
A 19.9 kg block is dragged over a rough, horizontal surface by a constant force of 152 N
acting at an angle of angle 27.7 above the
horizontal. The block is displaced 82.3 m,
and the coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.19.

152

27. 7

19.9 kg
= 0.19
Find the work done by the 152 N force. The
acceleration of gravity is 9.8 m/s2 .
Correct answer: 11075.9 J.
037 (part 2 of 5) 10.0 points
Find the magnitude of the work done by the
force of friction.

1. negative correct
2. zero
3. positive

Correct answer: 9131.24 J.

Holt SF 06Rev 55
041 (part 1 of 2) 10.0 points
A constant force of 2.3 N to the right acts on
a 2.2 kg mass for 0.68 s.
a) Find the final velocity of the mass if it is
initially at rest.
Correct answer: 0.710909 m/s.
042 (part 2 of 2) 10.0 points
b) Find the final velocity of the mass if it
is initially moving along the x-axis with a
velocity of 2.8 m/s to the left.
Correct answer: 2.08909 m/s.
Serway CP 04 02
043 10.0 points
A football punter accelerates a 0.34 kg football from rest to a speed of 9 m/s in 0.25 s.
What constant force does the punter exert
on the ball?
Correct answer: 12.24 N.
Spring Between Blocks 02
044 10.0 points

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Two blocks of masses M and 3 M are placed
on a horizontal, frictionless surface. A light
spring is attached to one of them, and the
blocks are pushed together with the spring
between them.

Serway CP 04 15
047 (part 1 of 2) 10.0 points
Consider a 747 N cat burglar supported by a
cable as in the figure.

3M

34.2

Before
(a)
v
3M

M
After
(b)

A cord holding them together is burned,

after which the block of mass 3 M moves to
the right with a speed of 35 m/s. What is the
speed of the block of mass M?
Correct answer: 105 m/s.
Pitching Machine Recoil
045 10.0 points
A baseball player uses a pitching machine to
help him improve his batting average. He
places the 43.4 kg machine on a frozen pond.
The machine fires a 0.0546 kg baseball horizontally at a speed of 44.8 m/s.
What is the magnitude of the recoil velocity
of the machine?
Correct answer: 0.0563613 m/s.
Blocks Compress a Spring 02
046 10.0 points
Two blocks of masses 8 kg and 4.3 kg are
placed on a horizontal, frictionless surface. A
light spring is attached to one of them, and
the blocks are pushed together with the spring
between them. A cord holding them together
is burned, after which the block of mass 4.3 kg
moves to the right with a speed of 6.7 m/s.
What is the velocity of the other mass in
m/s?
Correct answer: 3.60125 m/s.

Find the tension in the inclined cable.

Correct answer: 1328.98 N.
048 (part 2 of 2) 10.0 points
Find the tension in the horizontal cable.
Correct answer: 1099.18 N.