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Tutorial 2 - Week 3

This document provides examples and problems related to Newton's laws of motion and circular motion. It includes 12 problems covering topics like weight, normal force, tension, acceleration, friction, centripetal force, and circular motion. The problems have calculations for quantities like force, acceleration, and coefficient of friction. Solutions to the example problems are provided.

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Tutorial 2 - Week 3

This document provides examples and problems related to Newton's laws of motion and circular motion. It includes 12 problems covering topics like weight, normal force, tension, acceleration, friction, centripetal force, and circular motion. The problems have calculations for quantities like force, acceleration, and coefficient of friction. Solutions to the example problems are provided.

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SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

Tutorial 2 – Week 3
Newton’s Laws of Motion and Circular Motion

1. A 20 kg box rests on a table.


a) What is the weight of the box and the normal force acting on it?
(𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫: 𝐖 = 𝟏𝟗𝟔 𝐍, 𝐅𝐍 = 𝟏𝟗𝟔 𝐍)
b) A 10 kg box is placed on top of the 20 kg box as shown below. Determine the normal
force that the table exerts on the 20 kg box and the normal force that the 20 kg box exerts
on the 10 kg box.
(𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫: 𝐅𝐍 = 𝟗𝟖 𝐍, 𝐅𝐍𝟐𝟏 = 𝟐𝟗𝟒 𝐍)

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)

3. A 12 kg bucket is lowered vertically by a rope in which there is 163 N of tension at a given


instant. What is the acceleration of the bucket? Is it up or down?
(𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫: 𝟑. 𝟖 𝐦/𝐬 𝟐 )

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 )

5. Sketch the free-body diagram of a baseball:


a) At the moment it is hit by the bat
b) After it has left the bat and is flying toward the outfield
6. One 3.2 kg paint bucket is hanging by a massless cord from another 3.2 kg paint bucket, also
hanging by a massless cord as shown in the figure below.
a) If the buckets are at rest what is the tension in each cord?
(𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫: 𝐅𝐓−𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐦 = 𝟑𝟏 𝐍, 𝐅𝐓−𝐭𝐨𝐩 = 𝟔𝟑 𝐍)
b) If the two buckets are pulled upward with an acceleration of 1.6 m/s2 by the upper cord,
calculate the tension in each cord.
(𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫: 𝐅𝐓−𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐦 = 𝟑𝟔 𝐍, 𝐅𝐓−𝐭𝐨𝐩 = 𝟕𝟑 𝐍)

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)

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