Physics 201 MWF10:20 Fall 1993 (Ford)
Exam I Chapts. 1-5 in SZY College Physics

Show all your work. Partial credit will be given if earned. Write your answers in the blanks provided.


(14 pts) 1. What are the magnitude and direction (angle measured counterclockwise from the +x-axis) of the vector C that is the sum of the vectors A and B shown in the sketch (C = A + B)? Vector A has magnitude 4.0 m and vector B has magnitude 8.0 m.

Ans. C = _______________________

= __________________


(20 pts) 2. At the instant the traffic light turns green, a car stopped at the intersection starts forward with a constant acceleration of 2.0 m/s2. At the same instant a truck traveling in the same direction at a constant speed of 6 m/s passes the car. If the truck continues traveling with constant speed,

a) what distance does the car travel before it overtakes and passes the truck?

Ans. ____________________________

b) how fast is the car traveling when it passes the truck?

Ans. ___________________________________


(20 pts) 3. A 6.0 kg box is placed on a frictionless incline that slopes upward at 37° . What magnitude of horizontal force F is required to push the box up the incline at constant speed? (Note that F is horizontal and not parallel to the incline.)

Ans. ______________________________


(22 pts) 4. A hammer slides off a roof that slopes downward at an angle of 37° . It leaves the edge of the roof with a velocity that is at 37° below the horizontal and that has magnitude v0 The edge of the roof is a height h above the ground. The hammer strikes the ground 2.0 s after leaving the edge of the roof. The hammer lands a distance of 20 m from the base of the building.

a) What is the initial speed v0 of the hammer?

Ans. ____________________________________

b) What is the height h of the edge of the roof above the ground?

Ans. ____________________________________


(24 pts) 5. The system shown in the sketch consists of two hanging blocks connected by two light ropes to a 10-kg block that is on a horizontal tabletop. One hanging block has mass 5 kg and the other block has unknown mass m. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the 10-kg block and the tabletop is µk = 0.2. When the system is released the 5 kg block accelerates upward with magnitude of acceleration a = 2 m/s2.

a) While the blocks are moving, what is the tension T1 in the rope connected to the 5 kg block?

Ans. T1 = _________________________

b) While the blocks are moving, what is the tension T2 in the rope connected to the block that has mass m?

Ans. T2 = __________________________

c) What is the mass m?

Ans. m = ________________________