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Problems On Basic Properties and Units

This document lists 10 problems involving basic properties and units related to density, mass, volume, force, gravity, and kinetic and potential energy. The problems provide calculations related to finding density of an apple and water, conversions between units like kilograms and Newtons, effects of elevation on gravity, kinetic and potential energy of a moving car, force required to lift objects in a gravitational field, averaging density when combining materials of different densities, and calculations involving air and other materials in containers.

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Problems On Basic Properties and Units

This document lists 10 problems involving basic properties and units related to density, mass, volume, force, gravity, and kinetic and potential energy. The problems provide calculations related to finding density of an apple and water, conversions between units like kilograms and Newtons, effects of elevation on gravity, kinetic and potential energy of a moving car, force required to lift objects in a gravitational field, averaging density when combining materials of different densities, and calculations involving air and other materials in containers.

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PROBLEMS ON BASIC PROPERTIES AND UNITS

1. An apple “weighs” 60 g and has a volume of 75 cm3 in a refrigerator at 8oC. What is the
apple’s density? List 3 intensive and 2 extensive properties of the apple. (800 kg/m3)

2. A steel cylinder of mass 2 kg contains 4 L of liquid water at 25oC at 200 kPa. Find the
total mass and volume of the system. List two extensive and three intensive properties
of the water. (Ans: 5.988 kg, 4.26 L)
Density of steel ρ = 7820 kg/m3
Density of water at25◦C ρ = 997 kg/m 3

3. One kilopond (1 kp) is the weight of 1 kg in the standard gravitational field. How many
Newtons (N) is that? (Ans: 9.807 N )

4. The “standard” acceleration (at sea level and 45° latitude) due to gravity is 9.8066 m/s2.
What is the force needed to hold a mass of 2 kg at rest in this gravitational field? How
much mass can a force of 1 N support? (Ans: 19.613 N , 0.102 kg )

5. When you move up from the surface of the earth the gravitation is reduced as
g = 9.807 − 3.32 × 10-6 z, with z as the elevation in meters. How many percent is the
weight of an airplane reduced when it cruises at 11 000 m? (Ans: 0.37%)

6. A car of mass 1775 kg travels with a velocity of 100 km/h. Find the kinetic energy. How
high should it be lifted in the standard gravitational field to have a potential energy that
equals the kinetic energy? (Ans: 684.8 kJ, 39.3 m )

7. A bucket of concrete of total mass 200 kg is raised by a crane with an acceleration of


2 m/s 2 relative to the ground at a location where the local gravitational acceleration is
9.5 m/s 2. Find the required force. (Ans: 2300 N )

8. A 1 m3 container is filled with 400 kg of granite stone, 200 kg dry sand and 0.2 m3 of
liquid 25°C water. Densities of granite stone, dry sand and liquid water are 2750, 1500
and 997 kg/m3 respectively. Find the average specific volume and density of the masses
when you exclude air mass and volume. (Ans: 0.000599 m3/kg , 1669.6 kg/m3)

9. A tank has two rooms separated by a membrane. Room A has 1 kg air and volume
0.5 m3, room B has 0.75 m3 air with density 0.8 kg/m3. The membrane is broken and the
air comes to a uniform state. Find the final density of the air. (Ans: 1.28 kg / m3)

10. A 5 m3 container is filled with 900 kg of granite (density 2400 kg/ m3) and the rest of the
volume is air with density 1.15 kg/m3. Find the mass of air and the overall (average)
specific volume. (Ans: 5.32 kg, 0.005 52 m3/kg)

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