Tutorial 2 - Week 3
Tutorial 2 - Week 3
Tutorial 2 – Week 3
Newton’s Laws of Motion and Circular Motion
2. How much tension must a rope withstand if it is used to accelerate a 1 200 kg car vertically
upward at 0.8 m/s2?
(𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫: 𝟏. 𝟑 × 𝟏𝟎𝟒 𝐍)
4. A person stands on a bathroom scale in a motionless elevator. When the elevator begins to
move, the scale briefly reads only 0.75 of the person’s regular weight. Calculate the
acceleration of the elevator and find the direction of acceleration. Choose up to be the positive
direction.
(𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫: − 𝟐. 𝟓 𝐦/𝐬 𝟐 )
7. The coefficient of static friction between hard rubber and normal street pavement is about 0.8.
On how steep a hill (maximum angle) can you leave a car parked?
(𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫: 𝛉 = 𝟒𝟎° (𝟏 𝐬. 𝐟. ))
8. A 15 kg box is released on a 32° incline and accelerates down the incline at 0.3 m/s2. Find the
friction force impeding its motion. What is the coefficient of kinetic friction?
(𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫: 𝐅𝐅𝐫 = 𝟕𝟑 𝐍, 𝝁𝒌 = 𝟎. 𝟓𝟗)
9. The coefficient of kinetic friction for a 22 kg bobsled on a track is 0.1. What force is required
to push it down a 6° incline and achieve a speed of 60 km/h at the end of 75 m?
(𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫: 𝟒𝟎 𝐍)
10. Suppose the space shuttle is in orbit 400 km from the Earth’s surface and circles the Earth
about once every 90 minutes. Find the centripetal acceleration of the space shuttle in its orbit.
Express your answer in terms of g, the gravitational acceleration at the Earth’s surface.
(𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫: 𝟎. 𝟗 𝐠′𝐬)
11. What is the maximum speed with which a 1 050 kg car can round a turn of radius 77 m on a
flat road if the coefficient of static friction between tires and road is 0.8? Is this result
independent of the mass of the car?
(𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫: 𝟐𝟓 𝐦/𝐬)
12. A sports car of mass 950 kg (including the driver) crosses the rounded top of a hill (radius =
95 m) at 22 m/s. Determine:
a) The normal force exerted by the road on the car (𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫: 𝟒. 𝟓 × 𝟏𝟎𝟑 𝐍)
b) The normal force exerted by the car on the 72 kg driver (𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫: 𝟑. 𝟒 × 𝟏𝟎𝟐 𝐍)
c) The car speed at which the normal force on the driver equals zero (𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫: 𝟑𝟏 𝐦/𝐬)