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PHYS-1130(4) (Kaldon-40519) Name __________S O L U T I O N_________ Taking A Physics Test By Force (50,000 points)
WMU - Fall 2006
1.) Bert is pushing a 185 kg crate of parts horizontally across a floor. (a) If the
Exam 2A - 100,000 points Book Title ________________________________________________
Rev. 10/24/06 Tu.5 crate is accelerating at ax = 0.300 m/s and there is no friction, find the force F1
State Any Assumptions You Need To Make Show All Work Circle Any Final Answers Bert is applying to the crate.
Use Your Time Wisely Work on What You Can Be Sure to Write Down Equations
Short Answers Should Be Short! Feel Free to Ask Any Questions b
F = ma = 185kg 0.300m / s2 gc h
= 5550
. N

EXAM 2 [FORM - A] (b) Suppose there is friction and Bert is pushing the crate with a force F2 = 535 N at a constant speed of v =
0.300 m/s. Identify the relevant coefficient of friction and find its value.

F y = FN - mg = 0
PHYS-1130 (KALDON-4) F x = F2 - Ff ,k = 0
F2 = Ff , k = m k FN = m k mg

FALL 2006 Need KINETIC friction.


F2 = m k mg
F2 535 N
mk = = = 0.2948
b gc
mg 185kg 9.81m / s2 h
WMU (c) Bert goes to push the crate up a 26 ramp with a force F2 = 535 N
and finds that it wont move (but if he pushed just a little harder, it
would). Identify the type and find the magnitude of the friction force.
Does it point UP or DOWN the ramp?
NOTE: wx > F2, so the STATIC friction
will have to point UP the incline to
Whats round and hold the crate. (However, once you
break the static friction barrier, the
got a flaky crust, brown spicy custard center crate will slide down the ramp Oops!)
and represents the circumference
wx = mg sin q
divided by the diameter?
b gc
= 185kg 9.81m / s2 sin 26 h
= 795.6 N

Its Pumpkin p ! F x = F2 + Ff ,s - wx = 0
Ff , s = wx - F2 = 795.6 N - 535 N
= 260.6 N
Happy Halloween A Week Early
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Block 1 (20.0 kg) and Block 2 (8.00 kg) are connected by a single cable and a pulley as shown. Block 1 is also The New Hit Music Group The Exploding Pumpkins! (50,000 points)
being pushed by a spring compressed 10.0 cm. There is no friction. (d) Draw the Free Body Diagrams for both
2.) Billy and Katie carve a lovely pumpkin for Halloween next week. Unfortunately,
blocks. (e) If the blocks stay at rest, find the spring constant k.
Johnny puts a big firecracker inside and explodes the pumpkin, breaking it into two pieces.
(a) If the left half has a mass of 3.00 kg and travels to the left at v1 = 12.0 m/s, and the right
half has a mass of 2.00 kg, what is the speed v2 and direction of the right half?

pbefore = pafter

(d) 0 = - m1v1 + m2 v2
m2 v2 = m1v1
F 2y = T1 - m2 g = 0
v2 =
m1v1
=
b gb
3.00kg 12.0m / s g
F 1y = FN - m1 g = 0 m2 b
2.00kg g
= 18.00m / s
F 1x = T1 - Fs = 0
T1 = m2 g Since the left half is going to the left,
Fs = T1 the right half must be going TO THE RIGHT.
(e) kx = m g
2 (b) Excluding the noise, flash and splatter what was the energy of the firecracker? If you didnt get an answer

mg
k= 2 =
b gc
8.00kg 9.81m / s 2 h to (a), use v2 = 12.0 m/s.

x 0100
. m W = DKE = KE f - KEi = KE f
= 784.8 N / m
= 21 m1v12 + 21 m2 v22
Fs = -kx, but we can ignore the minus sign here. = 1
2 b3.00kggb12.0m / sg + b2.00kggb18.0m / sg
2 1
2
2

= 216.0 J + 324.0 J
= 540.0 J

The energy of the firecracker must supply the work which becomes
the Kinetic Energy of the two halves.
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(c) Rodney is undergoing U.C.M. and is traveling at a speed v on an


95.0 cm string. The string is 5.00 pound test that means a tension
equal to an five pound weight (22.3 N) will cause the string to fail.
If Rodney has a mass m = 1.00 kg, how fast of a v can Rodney
safely go? Ignore gravity in this problem.
mv 2
Fc ,max = = 22.3 N
r
r Fc ,max
v2 =
m

v=
r Fc ,max
=
b0.950mgb22.3N g = 4.603m / s
m b100
. kg g

An Amtrak train of weight 2,250,000 N is heading to Chicago traveling at 100 mph (45.0 m/s). The coefficients
of friction for steel wheels on steel rail: s = 0.740, k = 0.570 . (d) Use Newtons Laws and the kinematic
equations to find the minimum distance it will take to stop this train if it is under control.

Ff ,s ,max = m s FN = m s mg = ma
b gc
a x = - m s g = - 0.740 9.81m / s2 = -7.259m / s2 h
2 2
v = v + 2 a x x - x0
0 b g
2
0 = v + 2a x x
0

2a x x = - v02

x=
-v02
=
- 45.0m / s b
= 139.5m
g 2

c
2a x 2 -7.259m / s2 h
(e) Use Work and Energy to find the distance it will take to stop this train if it is sliding.
W = Fd = - Ff ,k d = - m k FN d = - m k mgd
W = DKE = KE f - KEi = - KEi
- m k mgd = - 21 mv 2
m k gd = 21 v 2

d=
v2
=
b
45.0m / s
= 1811
.m
g 2

b gc
2 m k g 2 0.570 9.81m / s2 h
Note that the sliding distance > controlled stop.

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