Force

1. A ball was travelling at a constant speed of 5ms-1. A force of 10N acted on the ball for 5 seconds,
making the ball move faster at 10ms-1. What is the mass of the ball?

2. A block of mass 3kg is placed on a rough surface and is pulled by a force F as shown in the diagram
below. The friction between the block and the surface is 3N.
a) Find the acceleration of the block when F equals 6N.
b) What is the magnitude of F when the block moves with constant speed?
c) If F is reduced to 2N when the block is moving, find the acceleration of the block.

3kg F
3. A block of mass 2kg is placed on a rough surface and is pulled by a string as shown in the diagram
below.
a) The block starts to move at constant speed when F is increased to 2N. What is the friciton
between the block and the surface?
b) Find the acceleration of the block when F is increased to 4N.
c) The string is broken when the block is moving. Find the subsequent acceleration of the block.

2kg F

4. As shown in the figure below, the mass of object A is 10kg, and the mass of object B is 5kg.
a) If the table is smooth, what will be the acceleration of object A?
b) If there is a friction of 3N between mass A and the table, what will be the acceleration?
c) If object A is at rest on the table, what will be the value of the frictional force?

B
5. Two blocks of mass 2kg and 3kg are tied together on a horizontal table. The system is pulled by a
horizontal force of 15N as shown in the diagram below.
Find the acceleration of the system and the tension in the string connecting the blocks if
a) the table is smooth
b) the friction between the table and each block is 2N.

3kg 2kg 15N

6. A 5kg mass is suspended by 2 identical strings as shown in the diagram below. The strings are
connected to two rubber pads which can be moved along a horizontal rod.
a) What is the weight of the 5kg mass?
b) Find the tension in the strings.
c) Find the fricitonal force between the rubber pads and the rod.

40o 40o

5kg
7. A man is pulling a 10kg block up a smooth but inclined plan which makes an angle of 30o to the
horizontal.
a) What is the force P, if the block is moving with constant velocity?
b) What is the force P, if it moves with acceleration of 2ms-2 up the plane?

30o

8. A 4kg mass is placed on a smooth horizontal table and is connected to a 1kg mass by a string passing
over a smooth pulley.
a) What is the acceleration of the system?
b) What is the tension in the string?
c) What is the velocity of the 4kg mass when the 1kg mass reaches the ground?
d) What is the time the 1kg mass takes to reach the ground?

4kg

6m

1kg

4m
9. A 2kg block is projected up a rough inclined plane with initial speed of 4ms-1. The friction between
the block and the surface of the inclined plan remains constant at 2N.
a) Find the acceleration of the block as it moves up the inclined plane.
b) How far does the block move up the plane?
c) After the block reaches its highest point, it starts to slide down the inclined plane. Find the
acceleration of the block as it moves down the inclined plane.

-1
s
4m

20o

10. A car of mass 2000kg is in tow by a struck of mass 3000kg using a rope of negligible mass. The
frictional forces acting on the car and the truck are 400N and 600N respectively.
a) The car and the truck are moving with uniform velocity. What is the tension in the rope?
b) When the car and the truck are moving with uniform acceleration of 2ms-2, what is the tension in
the rope?
c) The maximum tension the rope can tolerate is 5000N. What is the maximum acceleration of the
car and the truck for the rope to remain intact?
d) If the rope breaks suddenly, what is the deceleration of the car?
11. A car of mass 1000kg rests on the road and its braking force is 5000N. Now, if the car is travelling with
velocity of 100ms-1, and starts the brake, what is the braking distance of the car?

12. A boy of mass 40kg stands on a weighing machine that is in a lift. What is the reading on the weighing
machine when:
a. The lift starts to rise with acceleration of 5 ms -2
b. The lift goes up with uniform velocity
c. The lift goes down with uniform velocity
d. The lift goes down with acceleration of 5 ms-2

13. A helicopter has a mass of 1000kg. The rotation of the rotor blades can produce a maximum upward force of
15000N.
a. What upward force must be produced by the rotation of the rotor blades to keep the unloaded
helicopter at a constant height?
b. What is the maximum upward acceleration of the helicopter?
c. The helicopter cannot lift-off if it is loaded with goods of mass 500kg. Explain why.

14. A rocket of mass 107 kg is launched. The thrust of the rocket is 1.5 x 108 N.
a. Calculate the acceleration of the rocket when launching.
 b. A spaceman of mass 70kg is standing on a compression balance at the moment of launching, what is
the reading of the balance?

15. Two scale pans each of mass 0.1kg are attached to a thread which passes over a smooth pulley. A mass of
0.5kg is placed on one pan and a mass of 0.2kg is placed on the other.
a. Find the acceleration of the system.
b. Find the tension in the thread.
c. Find the force each mass exerts on the scale pan

16. A 1kg mass is used to pull a 3kg trolley on a horizontal table as shown. The trolley moves with uniform speed.
a. Find:
i. The resultant force acting on the trolley,
 ii. The tension in the string,
iii. The frictional force acting on the trolley.
b. Now, the 1kg mass is removed and one end of the table is lifted so that it makes an angle Ɵ with the
horizontal. Assume that the frictional force remains unchanged.
i. If the trolley moves with uniform speed, find the angle Ɵ.
ii. If Ɵ=30o, find the acceleration of the trolley.

Smooth pulley
3kg

1kg

17. The speed of a train which is hauled by an engine varies as shown in the graph below. The mass of the train is
2 x 105 kg.
 a. The pull of the engine on the train during the first 2 minutes of the journey is 6 x 10 4 N. What is the
resistive force acting on the train?
b. What is the pull of the locomotive n the train during the time interval BC?
c. What is the braking force experienced by the train during the time interval CD?
d. If the engine is shut off and the brakes are released at t = 8 min, find the time taken for the train to
stop.

18. Two identical blocks, A and B, each of mass 2kg are connected by a light string which passes over a smooth
pulley. Initially, block B rests on the floor and block A is 4m above the floor.
a. A mass of 1kg is then placed on block A. Find:
i. The acceleration of the system
 ii. The time taken for block A to reach the floor
iii. The velocity of the system just before block A hits the floor