1. What is the correct number of significant figures in 1.0000560000002?

2. Write this number π(8.104)2, with the correct number of significant figures.

3. Convert 71000 mm/h to cm/s.

4. Using the scientific notation and correct number of significant figures, what is the product of
8568.90223 and 10.30?

5. With a wooden ruler you measure the length of a rectangle piece of sheet metal to be
(20.02±0.5) cm. You use micrometer callipers to measure the width of a rectangle and obtain
the value (7.0±0.5) cm. What is the area of the rectangle (leave your answer to the correct
number of significant figures)?
6. On the following digram, match each vx-t graph on the left with the ax-t graph on the right that
best describes the motion

7. A car’s velocity as a function of time is given by

𝑣𝑥 (𝑡) = 𝑎 + 𝑏𝑡 2 , where a = 3.00 m/s and b = 0.100 m/s 3 .

(a) Calculate the average acceleration for the time interval t = 0 to t = 5.00 s.

(b) Calculate the instantaneous acceleration for t = 0 and t = 5.00 s.

(c) Draw vx-t and ax-t graphs for the car’s motion between t = 0 and t = 5.00 s.
8. Calculate the angle between the direction of vector A and the positive x axis, given
the x and y components of vector A, to be, Ax = 4.50 m and Ay = -5.37 m.

9. Vector A = 1.00 i + (-2.00) j, and vector B = 2.00 i + 3.00 j , what is vector B - A =

C.

10. Consider vector A = 3.00 i + (-2.00) j, vector B = 4.00 i + 6.00 j and vector B + A = H. What
is the magnitude and direction of H?

11. Three forces are acting on an object, where F1 = 52 N pulls towards the - x-axis, F2 = 84 N
pulls towards the - y-axis and F3 = 150 N pulls at 300 below the + x-axis. Find the magnitude
and direction of the resultant force acting on the object. Use components to answer this
question.
12. A ball rolls off of a table with a speed of 3.2 m/s. The table is 1.5 m high.
a) When does the ball hit the ground?

b) How far away from the base of the table does the ball travel?

c) With what speed does the ball hit the floor?

13. A ball rolling at a constant speed falls off of a table and lands 98 cm from the bottom of the
table, 0.49s after rolling off of the edge. What is the ball's velocity when it hits the ground?
14. Three blocks are connected on the table as shown below. The table is rough and has a
coefficient of kinetic friction of 0.360. The objects have masses of 4.00 kg, 1.00 kg and 2.00
kg, as shown, and the pulleys are frictionless.

(a) Draw free-body diagrams for each of the objects.

(b) Determine the acceleration of each object and their directions.

(c) Determine the tensions in the two cords.

15. Two blocks are connected by a massless rope as shown
below. The mass of the block on the table is 4.9 kg and the
hanging mass is 2.0 kg. The table and the pulley are
frictionless.

(a) Find the acceleration (in m/s2) of the system. (Enter the
magnitude.)

(b) Find the tension (in N) in the rope.

(c) Find the speed (in m/s) with which the hanging mass hits the floor if it starts from rest and is
initially located 1.9 m from the floor.
16. Three identical blocks connected by ideal strings are being pulled
along a horizontal frictionless surface by a horizontal force F. The
magnitude of the tension in the string between blocks B and C is T
= 3.00N. Assume that each block has mass m = 0.400kg.

(a) What is the magnitude F of the force?

(b) What is the tension TAB in the string between block A and block B?

17. A 1.50 kg box is sliding along a rough horizontal surface. At point A it is moving at 5.21 m/s,
and at point B is has slowed to 3.25 m/s. How fast would it be moving at C if -0.750 J work
were done on it from B to C?
 18. A 3.0-kg block starts at a height h = 60 cm = 0.60 m on a plane that has an inclination angle
of 30o as in Figure P8.20.
Upon reaching the
bottom, the block slides
along a horizontal
surface. If the coefficient
of friction on both
surfaces is = 0.20, how
far does the block slide
on the horizontal surface
before coming to rest?

(Hint: Divide the path into two straight-line parts.)

19. A 3.0-kg mass starts from rest and slides a distance d down a frictionless 30o incline, where it
contacts an unstressed spring of negligible mass as in the figure below. The mass slides an
additional 0.20 m as it is brought momentarily to rest by compressing the spring (k = 400 N/m).
Find the initial separation d between mass and spring.
20. A 1.85 m tall basketball player attempts a goal 9.3 m from a basket (3.05 m high). If he shoots
the ball at a 45° angle, at what initial speed must he throw the basketball so that it goes through
the hoop without striking the backboard?

21. A senior physics class conducting a research project on projectile motion constructs a device
that can launch a cricket ball. The launching device is designed so that the ball can be
launched at ground level with an initial velocity of 28 m s–1 at an angle of 30° to the
horizontal.

(a) Calculate the horizontal component of the velocity of the ball.

(b) Calculate the vertical component of the velocity of the ball.

i. initially

ii. after 1.0 s

iii. after 2.0 s.

(c) At what time will the ball reach its maximum height?
(d) What is the maximum height that is achieved by the ball?

(e) What is the acceleration of the ball at its maximum height?

(f) At what time after being launched will the ball return to the ground?

(g) What is the velocity of the ball as it strikes the ground?

(h) Calculate the horizontal range of the ball.

22. A river flows due east at 1.50 m/s. A boat crosses the river from the south shore to the north
shore by maintaining a constant velocity of 10.0 m/s aimed directly north.
(a) What is the velocity of the boat relative to the shore? SHOW ALL WORK
Hint: Velocity is a vector and requires both magnitude and direction.
23. You are driving a Toyota Fortuner on a straight testing track at a constant speed of 180 km/h.
You pass a Volkswagen Polo TSI doing a constant 100 km/h. Which car has the greater net
force?

24. An object with a mass of 3.00 kg is on a frictionless horizontal surface. A 60.0 N force is applied
to the object and it accelerates to the direction of the applied force. What is the acceleration of
the object?

25. A 3.00 kg ball is sliding along a rough horizontal surface. At point X it is moving at 6.42 m/s,
and at point Y is has slowed to 2.50 m/s. How fast would it be moving at Z if -1.50 J work
were done on it from Y to Z?

26. A tow truck pulls a van 15.0 km along a horizontal roadway using a cable having a tension of
999 N. How much work does the cable do on the van if it pulls at 55.00 above the horizontal?
27. A helicopter lifts a 89 kg astronaut 13 m vertically from the ocean by means of a cable. The
acceleration of the astronaut is g/5.0. How much work is done on the astronaut by;
(a) The tension force from the helicopter?

(b) The gravitational force on her?

(c) Just before she reaches the helicopter, what is her kinetic energy?

28. A 10 kg box slides 4.0 m from rest down the frictionless ramp shown in the figure. It then
collides with a spring whose spring constant is 250 N/m.

(a) What is the maximum compression of the spring?

29. A 5.00-kg block is pushed against a spring with negligible mass and force constant k = 380
N/m, compressing it 0.360 m. When the block is released, it moves along a frictionless,
horizontal surface and then up a frictionless incline with slope 28.0°
(a) What is the speed of the block as it slides along the horizontal surface after having left the
spring?

(b) How far does the block travel up the incline before starting to slide back down?

30. A 1000-kg car rounds a curve on a flat road of radius 50 m at a speed of 15 m/s (54 km/h).
Will the car follow the curve, or will it skid? Assume:
(a)the pavement is dry and the coefficient of static friction is μs = 0.60;

(b) the pavement is icy and μs = 0.25.

Hint: Use Max. static friction here for the extreme case of the tires almost slipping.
31. You apply a constant force ⃗𝑭 = (−86.0 𝑁)𝒊̂ + (63.0 𝑁)𝒋̂ to a 830 kg car as the car travels
84.0 m in a direction that is 280.0° counter-clockwise from the +𝑥-axis. How much work does
the force you apply do on the car?

32. A block of mass m1 = 7.60 kg on a frictionless plane inclined at angle theta = 33.9° is
connected by a cord over a massless, frictionless pulley to a second block of mass m2 = 2.44
kg hanging vertically.
(a) What is the acceleration of the hanging
block (choose the positive direction up)?

(b) What is the tension in the cord?