QUESTIONS FOR TUTORING SESSIONS AND IN GENERAL

1. If Vx = 8.00 units and Vy = -6.00 units, determine (a)the magnitude and (b)direction
of V .

2. For the vectors shown in (Figure 1) , determine B 2A .Caption: Vector magnitudes are
given in arbitrary units.
Express your answer in terms of the unit vectors i^ and j^. To denote vectors in your
answers, be sure to select the unit vector button.
3. For the vectors shown in the figure, determine 2A 3B +2C . Caption: Vector magnitudes
are given in arbitrary units.
Express your answer in terms of the unit vectors i^ and j^. To denote vectors in your
answers, be sure to select the unit vector button.
4. You are given a vector in the xy plane that has a magnitude of 93.0 units and
a y component of -56.0 units.
i.
What are the two possibilities for its x component?
ii.
Assuming the x component is known to be positive, specify the vector V which, if
you add it to the original one, would give a resultant vector that is 79.0 units long
and points entirely in the x direction.
5. (Figure 1) A swimmer wants to cross a river, from point A to point B, as shown in the
figure. The distance d1 (from A to C) is 200 m, the distance d2(from C to B) is 150 m,
and the speed vr of the current in the river is 5 km/hour. Suppose that the swimmer's

velocity relative to the water makes an angle of =45degrees with the line from A to C, as
indicated in the figure.

Part A
To swim directly from A to B, what speed us, relative to the water, should the swimmer have?
Express the swimmer's speed numerically, to three significant figures, in kilometers per
hour.

6. At t= 0, a particle starts from rest at x= 0, y = 0, and moves in the xy plane with an

acceleration a = (4.0i^ + 3.0j^)m/s2. Assume t is in seconds.
i.
Determine the x component of velocity as a function of time t.
ii.

Determine the y component of velocity as a function of time t.

iii.

Determine the speed of the particle as a function of time t.

iv.

Determine the position of the particle as a function of time t.

v.

Calculate the x component of velocity at 2.0s.

vi.

Calculate the y component of velocity at 2.0s

vii.

Determine the speed of the particle at 2.0s.

viii.

Determine the position of the particle at 2.0 s.

7. A diver running 2.0 m/s drives out horizontally from the edge of a vertical cliff and
2.8 s later reaches the water below. How high was the cliff ? How far from its base did
the diver hit the water?
8. A shot-putter throws the shot ( mass = 7.3 kg) with an initial speed of 15.0 m/s at a
33.0 angle to the horizontal. Calculate the horizontal distance traveled by the shot if it
leaves the athlete's hand at a height of 1.80 m above the ground.
9. An
object,
which
is
at
the
origin
at
time t=0,

has

initial

velocity v 0=(14.0i^7.0j^)m/s and constant acceleration a =(6.0i^+3.0j^)m/s2. Find

the position r where the object comes to rest (momentarily). Express your answer in
terms of the unit vectors i^ and j^.
10. The position of a particular particle as a function of time is given by r = ( 9.60ti^ +
8.85j^ - 1.00t2k^)m, where t is in seconds. What is the average velocity of the particle
between t=1.00 s and t=3.00 s? Express your answer in terms of the unit vectors i^,j^,
and k^. What is the magnitude of the instantaneous velocity at 5.00 s ?

11. (Figure 1) A relief airplane is delivering a food package to a group of people stranded on
a very small island. The island is too small for the plane to land on, and the only way to
deliver the package is by dropping it. The airplane flies horizontally with constant speed
of 392 km/hour at an altitude of 925 m . The positive x and y directions are defined in the
figure. For all parts, assume that the "island" refers to the point at a distance D from the

point at which the package is released, as shown in the figure. Ignore the height of this
point above sea level. Assume that the acceleration due to gravity is g = 9.80 m/s2 .
i.
After a package is dropped from the plane, how long will it take for it to
reach sea level from the time it is dropped? Assume that the package, like
the plane, has an initial velocity of 392 km/hour in the horizontal direction.
ii.

Express your answer numerically in seconds. Neglect air resistance.

If the package is to land right on the island, at what horizontal

distance D from the plane to the island should the package be released?
iii.
What is the speed vf of the package when it hits the ground?
12. The speed of a boat in still water is v. The boat is to make a round trip in a river whose
current travels at speed u.
i.
Derive a formula for the time needed to make a round trip of total distance D if
the boat makes the round trip by moving upstream and back downstream.
ii.

Express your answer in terms of the variables D, v, and u.

Derive a formula for the time needed to make a round trip of total distance D if
the boat makes the round trip by moving directly across the river and back.

Express your answer in terms of the variables D, v, and u.

13. A projectile is fired with an initial speed of 43.6 m/s at an angle of 45.2 above the
horizontal on a long flat firing range. Determine the maximum height reached by the
projectile. Determine the total time in the air. Determine the total horizontal distance
covered (that is, the range). Determine the speed of the projectile 1.10 s after firing.
Determine the direction of the motion of the projectile 1.10 s after firing.
14. An elevator (mass 4700 kg ) is to be designed so that the maximum acceleration is
7.00102g. What is the maximum force the motor should exert on the supporting cable?
What is the minimum force the motor should exert on the supporting cable?

Two snowcats in Antarctica are towing a housing unit to a new location, as shown in the
figure (Figure 1) . The sum of the forces F Aand F B exerted on the unit by the horizontal
cables is parallel to the line L, and FA=4200 N
i.
Determine FB.
ii.
Determine the magnitude of F A+F B
15. A particle of mass m, initially at rest at x=0, is accelerated by a force that increases in
time as F=Ct2. Determine its velocity v as a function of time. Determine its position x as
a function of time.
16. A 65.0-kg person stands on a scale in an elevator. What does the scale read (in N) when
the elevator is at rest? What does the scale read (in kg) when the elevator is at rest? What
does the scale read (in N) when the elevator is climbing at a constant speed of 3.0 m/s?
What does the scale read (in kg) when the elevator is climbing at a constant speed of
3.0 m/s? What does the scale read (in N) when the elevator is descending at 3.0 m/s?
What does the scale read (in kg) when the elevator is descending at 3.0 m/s? What does
the scale read (in N) when the elevator is accelerating upward at 2.0 m/s2 ? What does
the scale read (in kg) when the elevator is accelerating upward at 2.0 m/s2 ? What does
the scale read (in N) when the elevator is accelerating downward at 2.0 m/s2 ? What does
the scale read (in kg) when the elevator is accelerating downward at 2.0 m/s2 ?

A woman rides on a Ferris wheel of radius 16m that maintains the same speed throughout
its motion. To better understand physics, she takes along a digital bathroom scale (with
memory) and sits on it. When she gets off the ride, she uploads the scale readings to a
computer and creates a graph of scale reading versus time. (Figure 1) Note that the graph
has a minimum value of 510N and a maximum value of 666N. The acceleration due to
gravity, g=9.80m/s2.
17. What is the woman's mass?

A 3.0-kg block sits on top of a 5.0-kg block which is on a horizontal surface. The 5.0kg block is pulled to the right with a force F as shown in the figure(Figure 1) . The
coefficient of static friction between all surfaces is 0.56 and the kinetic coefficient is 0.40.
18. What is the minimum value of F needed to move the two blocks? If the force is 10%
greater than your answer for (a), what is the acceleration of each block?
19. An object moves in a circle of radius 30 m with its speed given by v = 3.6 + 1.5t2,
with v in meters per second and tin seconds. At t = 3.5 s . Find the tangential acceleration.
Find the radial acceleration.

A ball of mass m = 1.4 kg at the end of a thin cord of length r = 0.70 m revolves in a
vertical circle about point O, as shown in the figure(Figure 1) . During the time we
observe it, the only forces acting on the ball are gravity and the tension in the cord. The
motion is circular but not uniform because of the force of gravity. The ball increases in
speed as it descends and decelerates as it rises on the other side of the circle. At the
moment the cord makes an angle = 40 below the horizontal, the ball's speed is
6.0 m/s . At this point, determine the (a)tangential acceleration, (b)the radial acceleration,
and (c)the tension in the cord, FT Take increasing downward as shown.
20. Find tangential acceleration, radial acceleration and Ft.