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EXAM #3

Part 1 - Multiple Choice (10x3 = 30 points)

Please circle the correct answer.

conservative force acts on an object, then the work don

(a) dep ds on the path traveled by the object
(b) is non ero on a round trip that begins and ends at th ame location
~ goes to aste as friction dissipates the object's me anical energy
~is the neg ive of the change in the object's pote ial energy.

2. Saturn is roughly 0 times further fro he Sun than Earth, and it is roughly
100 times more mass e than Earth. S , the gravitational force of the Sun on
Saturn must be roughly
(a) 100 times weaker than e gravita .onal force of the Sun on Earth

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10 times weaker than the ravi lOnal force of the Sun on Earth

(c) equal to the gravitational:5 c of the Sun on Earth

10 times stronger than the itational force of the Sun on Earth.

3. A comet orbiting th Sun at a distanc of 9 AU (between Jupiter and Saturn)

has an orbital period ound the Sun of
(a) 9 years (b) 18 X ars @27 years (d) 81 yea .

4. The line momentum of a system is conserved

(a) if the is a net positive, conservative, external force actin n the system
(b) if ere is a net negative, conservative, external force acting 0
c)' there is no net external force acting on the system

at all times.

5. A particle of mass 2 kg is located at x = -2 m. A second particle of mass 4 kg is

located at x = 4 m. Th~nter of mass of this two-particle system is located at
(a)x=-1 m (b) x = 0~x=2 m (d) x = 3 m.
 6. Say you're standing exactly at the center of mass ofa boat. The boat is at rest
on a calm, frictionless lake. You walk 4 feet toward one end of the boat, and then
tum around and walk back to the boat's center of mass. During your short walk,
the center of mass of the system consisting of you and the boat
((a»remains stationary (b) shifts 4 feet one way, and then 4 feet the other way
'tc) shifts randomly (d) shifts 2 feet one way, and then 2 feet the other way.

7. To save the Earth from an approaching asteroid, a powerful bomb is placed at

the asteroid's center and detonated. The total kinetic ener~y of all the fragments
right after the explosion is LOxl0 21 J, of which 6.0xl02 J are in the form of
internal kinetic energy. The kinetic energy of the asteroid right before the
explosion is
(a) 2.0x10 2o J ®4.0X10 2o J (c) 6.0xl0 20 J . (d) 8.0xl0 2o 1.

8. A particle receives an impulse of 8 kg mls over a time interval of 2 seconds.

The average force on the particle during this time interval is
(a) 0.25 N® 4 N (c) 5 N (d) 16 N.

9. An 0 . ct moves in one dimension under the influence e potential energy

curve sketc below. The force~ the object whe IS located at x=30 m is
(a) -40 N (b) - N (c) +20 N®+40 N.

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10. A 4-kg blob of clay moving at 3 mls has a one-dimensional, totally inelastic
collision with a stationary 2-kg blob of clay on a frictionless, horizontal surface.
After the ~ollision, the combined blob of clay moves with a speed of
(a) I mls®2 mls (c) 3 mls (d) 4 mls.
Part 2 - Word Problems (2x25 + Ix20 = 70 points)

11. (25 pts.) A pendulum consists of a 4.0-kg ball attached to a 1.6-m string.
Keeping the string taut, the ball is displaced to a height of 0.80 m above the
horizontal floor and released from rest At the exact bottom of its swing, the ball
has an elastic collision with a 4.0-kg block at rest, after which the block slides for
a short distance without friction. The block then slides on a rough, horizontal
surface for a while, losing 7.0 Joules of mechanical energy due to friction. This is
followed by a brief slide without friction on a smooth surface as the block
approaches and compresses a spring. At the moment when the spring has been

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EXAM #4

Part 1 - Multiple Choice (IOx3 = 30 points)

Please circle the correct answer.

1. The angular position e (radians) of a rotating object is given as a function of

time t (seconds) by the equation e=4t2'1~ angular acceleration of the object is
(a) 2 radls2 (b) 4 rad/s2 (c) 6 radls2~8 radls2.

2. An object, initially at rest, begins rotating with a constant angular acceleration

of 211: rad/s2. After 4.21econds, how many revolutions has it made?
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(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6 8.

3. A Ferris wheel takes 30 s to complete one revolution. The centripetal (or radial)
acceleration experi~ed by passengers located 10m from the axis of rotation is
(a) 0.0044 mls2 ~0.44 mls 2 (c) 2.1 mls2 (d) 13 mls2.

4. A thin hoop rolls without slipping along a floor. What percentage of its kinetic
energy is in rotational form?
(a) 25% ®50% (c) 75% (d) 100%.

5. A golf ball, which is a solid sphere, rolls without slipping along the putting
green grass. The velocity of its center-of-mass is 0.75 mis, and it has a radius of
0.015 m. The angular velocity of the golfball around its axis is
(a) 12.5 radls (b) 25 radls @50 rad/s (d) 100 radls.
 6. A twirler's baton is a thin rod with mass 0.50 kg and length 0.60 m. As it
rotates around its center-of-mass with angular velocity 20 rad/s, its rotational
ki~ energy must be
~3 J (b) 6 J (c) 12 J (d) 24 J.

7. A uniform disk has mass M and radius R. The rotational inertia about an axis
parallel to the center-of-mass axis, but through the edge of the disk, is
(a) MR2/2 (b) MR2 @MR 2/2 (d) 2MR2.

8. An object rotates with an angular momentum of 20 kg m 2/s around its

symmetry axis. A constant torque is applied that brings it to rest after 4.0 seconds.
Th?r:~~gnitude of this torque must be
®.ONm (b)20Nm (c)24Nm (d)80Nm.

9. A force F has magnitude F. It is applied to an object located by position vector

r at a distance r from the origin, which is the reference point for computing
torque. The resulting torque is only one-half of the maximum possible value for
the given magnitudes F and r. The angle between the force vector F and position
ve)}~ r could be
~30° (b) 45° (c) 60° (d) 120°.

10. A planet is in an elliptical orbit around a star (no external torques act on the
planet-star system). Its speed is 20 km/s when it is furthest from the star, at
8.0x108 km. When it is clo~~to the star, at only 4.0xl08 km, its speed will be
(a) 20 km/s (b) 30 km/S~40 km/s (d) 80 km/s.
Part 2 - Word Problems (2x25 + Ix20 = 70 points)

11. (25 pts.) A solid sphere is mounted on a table, such that it can rotate about a
vertical axis through its center of mass; it has mass M j = 5.0 kg and radius R j =
0.50 m. A pulley in the form of a uniform disk is mounted at the edge of the
table, such that it can rotate about a horizontal axis through its center of mass; it
has mass M2 = 2.0 kg and radius R2 = 0.25 m. A string is wrapped around the
sphere and runs horizontally to the pulley; here, its tension is Tj • Below the pulley,
the string drops vertically and is attached to a block of mass m; here, its tension is
T2 • The solid sphere rotates with angular acceleration at 8.0 rad/s 2 •
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(b) Find the tangential acceleration at of a point on the surface of the solid sphere.
at -::,L,f-, =- CX')CO,J)~B

(c) Find the angular acceleration a2 of the pulley.

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a vertical wall, and at its lower end by a rope that is attached to the same wall. The
angle between the rope and the wall is 30°, and the angle between the rope and the
beam is also 30°. The beam has a weight of200 N; its length is unknown.
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13. (20 pts.) An ice skater is initially in a spin with anns extended. Being
physicists, we will model the skater's extended anns as rods rotating about one
end; each rod has a mass of 6.0 kg and a length of 0.50 m. And we will model the -
rest of the skater's body as a cylinder of mass 60 kg and radius 0.20 m. In this
initial configuration, the cyliriaer+rods object rotates around its center of mass
with initial angular velocity 20 rad/s.
Then the skater draws herlhis anns inward to herlhis side; in this final
configuration, we will model the skater as a cylinder of total mass 72 kg and
radius 0.20 m rotating about its center of mass.
Find the final angular velocity (Of of the rotating skater.
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