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8. A projectile is thrown with a speed of 100

Vsec in a direction 30° above the horizontal.
■ Determine the highest point to which it rises.
RE£TIIINEAR MOTION I A. 83.24 ñ
B. 342.45 h
C. 38.82 h
D. 12.34 ñ
1. A motorist is aavelling at 70 kph when he sees a
traGc light in an intersection 250 m ahead 9. A projectile is fired from a cannon with a initial
red. The light's red cycle in 15 sec. The motorist velocity of 1000 mls and at an angle 30° from
wants to enter the intersection without stopping the horizontal. What distance from the cannon
his vehicle, just as the light turns green. What will the projectile soike the ground if the point
unifom deceleration of the vehicle will just put of impact is 1500 m below the point of release?
the motorist in the intersection when light turns A. 8200 m C. 67 300 m
green? B. 78 200 m D. 90 800 m
A. — 0.37 m/s2 C. 0.37 m/s2
B. - 0.73 m/s2 D. 0.73 m/s2
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2. A stone is tbrown vertically upward at the rate 10. An automobile weighing 1455 kg aaverses a
of 20 mls. Find the highest point reached by 458 m curve at a constant speed of 48 kph.
the stone. Assuming no banking on the curve, find the
force acting on
A. 10.4 m C. 30.4 m the tires necessary to maintain motion along the
B. 20.4 m D. 40.4 m curve.
A. 3243 N C. 565 N
3. A stone is dropped down a well, 2.47 sec añer B. 943 N D. 656 N
the stone is released, a splash is heard. If the
velocity of the sound in air is 342 mls, find the 11. Determine the angle of super elevation of a
distance to the swface of the water in the well? hi- way curve of 183 m radius so that there
A. 2.4 m C. 7.2 m will no side thrust for a speed of 72 kph.
B. 28 m D. 30 m A, 11.35° C. 12.56°
B. 21.56° D. 11.53°
4. What is particles initial velocity whose
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curvilinear motion is represented by the
equation S 20t + 4t2 — 3t3. IMPULSE-MOMENTUM THEOREM
A. 20 mls C. 25 mls l. A l2kg aluminum box is dropped from rest onto a
B. 30 mls D. 32 mls large wooden beam. The box 0.2m before
contacting the beam. Añ er impact, the box
5. What is the acceleration of the particle at t = 0 bounces 0.05m above the beam's swface. What
whose curvilinear motion is represented by impulse does the beam impact on the box?
the equation S 20t + 4t’ — 3t3. A. 3-6.6 N s
A. 2 m/s2 C. 3 m/s2 B. 63.5 N • s
B. 5 m/s 2
D. 8 m/s2 C. 35.6 N • s
D. 53.6 N • s
PROJE€TIIE
BODIES IN COfllSlON
6. What is the range of a projectile if the
initial velocity is 30 mls at an angle of 30° 2. Two identical balls hit head on in a perfectly
with the horizontal? elastic collision. Given that the initial velocity of
A. 92.41 m C. 57.23 m one ball is 0.85 mls and the initial velocity of ie
B. 79.45 m D. 30 m other is — 0.53 mls, what is the relative velocity of
each ball aAer the collision?
7. A baseball is thrown from a horizontal plane with A. v1 = —0.53 , v, = 0.85
an initial velocity of 100 mls at an angle of 30° B. v = —0.35 , v2 = 0.85
above the horizontal. How long aker will the ball C. v{ = —0.53 , v, = 0.58
attains its original ve8ical level? D. v = —0.85 , v = 0.53
A. 10.19 s C. 57.23 s
B. 19.45 s D. 30.2 s
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collision. Given the data in the figure, find the
velocity and direction of the resulting combined 8. A solid cylinder is placed at the top of a 30 deg
mass. incline. When released, it freely rolls down.
A. v' = 4 (to the le9) What will be its linear speed at the foot of the
B. v' = 4 (to ie right) incline which is 1.5 m below the initial position
C. v' = 5 (to the leñ ) of the cylinder?
D. v' = 5 (to the right) A. 4.33 m/s
B. 4.43 m/s
4. A ball is dropped onto a solid hoor from an C. 3.43 m/s
initial height, hi. if the coefficient of restitution, e D. 4.83 m/s
is 0.90, how high will the ball rebound?
9. A truck weighing 1.4 kN moves up a slope of 15
initial poaltlon
deg. What is the force generated by the engine if
the truck is accelerating at rate of 3m/s2?
Assume the coefficient of friction is p=0.1.
A. 876 kN C. 930 kN
h; B. 926 D. 958 kN
ho
WORX-ENERGY THEOREM

A. 0.41 hi 10. A lead hammer weighs 45 N. In one swing of the

B. 0.81 hi hammer, the nail is driven 1.5 cm inches into a
C. 0.85 hi wood blocL The velocity of the hammer's head
D. 0.9 hi at impact 4.5 mls. What is the average resistance
of the wood block?
5. A ball is thrown an angle of 35 deg Aom the A. 3090 N C. 3100 N
horizontal towards a smooth floor. At what angle B. 3920 N D. 4090 N
will it rebound of the coefficient of between the
ball and the floor is 0.75? 1 l. A bullet of mass 25 grams is fired and strike a 2
A. 8 27.510 kg block resting on a frictionless swface with a
B. 8 = 72.710 velocity of 600 mls. If the block is anached to a
C. 8 27.71° spring (k=30 kN/m). How long will the spring be
D. 8 = 25.710 compressed until the block and the block and the
bullet are brought to a stop?
A 588.6 kN car moving at 1 km/hr instantaneously A. 68.86 mm
collides a stationary 392.4 kN car. If the B. 66.86 mm
collision is perfectly inelastic, what is the C. 60.86 mm
velocity of the cars aher collision? D. 80.86 mm
A. 0.55 @h C. 0.4 @h
B. 0.6 kph D. 0.5 kph 12. A 0.05 kg mass is anached to a spring (k=0.5 N/m)
is accelerated to a velocity of 0.4 mls. What is
the total energy, E, for the body in the
following
€ENTRIPETAI (£ENTRIF0GAI) FORCE diagram? Neglect the spring mass.
7. A simplifies of a carousel is illustrated. The 8 m A. 0.0065 erg
long arms AB and AC a0ach the seat B and C, B. 0.0065 J
each with a mass of 200 kg, to a vertical rotating C. 0.0065 dyne
shañ. What is the maximum angle of tilt for D. 0.0065 ft — lb
the seats, if the carousel operates at l2rpm?
A. 39 deg C. 45 deg
B. 40 deg D. 51 deg
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13. A uniform, thin disk has a radius of 0.3 m and a
mass of 2 kg. a constant force of 10 N is applied
tangentially at a varying, but unknown, distance
from the center of the disk. The disk accelerates
about its axis at 3t rad/s 2. What is the distance
from the center of the disk at which the force is
applied at t=l2s?
A. 32.4 cm
B. 54 cm
C. 36 cm
D. 108 cm

D'ALEMBERT’S PRINCIPLE (REF)

14. A constant force of 750 N is applied through a
pulley system to liñ a mass of 50 kg, as shown.
Neglecting the mass and friction of the pulley
system. What is the acceleration of the 50 kg
mass?
A. 5.20 m/s2 C’ 8.72 m/s2
B. 16.2 m/s2 D. 20.2 m/s2

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15. What is the period of an oscillating body whose
mass is 0.025 kg if the spring constant k
0.44N/m?
A. 0.5 s C. 1.2 s
B. 1.5 s D. 2.1 s

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15. A man standing at a window 5 meters tall watches a falling ball pass by
the window in 0.3 second. From how high above the top of the window
was the ball released?
l. What is the definition of instantaneous velocity? A. 8.2 m C. 12 m
A. V = dx dt C. V = dx/dt B. 9.6 m D. 21 m

B. V = Jx dt D. V Lim
16. A car starting from rest moves with a constant acceleration of 15 km/hr
or 1 hour, then decelerates at a constant — 7.5 km/ hr2 until it comes to a
stop. How far has it traveled?
2. The position of a particle moving along the x-axis is given by x (t) = t2 — t A. l5 km C. 25 km
+ 8, where x is in units of m, and t is in the seconds. Find the velocity of B. 23 km D. 35 km
the particle when t — 5 seconds.
A. 9 mls C. 11 nz/s 17. A train with a top speed of 75 km/hr cannot accelerate or decelerate
B. 10 mls D. 12 mls faster than 1.2 m/s2. What is the minimum distance between two train
stops in order for ae >ain to be able to reach its stop speed?
3. If a particle's position is given by the x (t) = 3.4t3 — 5.4t meters, what is the A. 300 m C. 360 m
acceleration of the particle after 5 seconds? B. 350 m D. 365 m
A. 1.00 m / s2 C. 18 m / s2
B. 3.4 m / s2 D. 100 m / s2 18. A stream dows at vs = 4 5 At what angle, €1, upstream should a
boat travelling at w = 12 be launched in order to reach the shore
4.A car starts from rest and moves with a constant acceleration of 6 m/s2. directly opposite to the launch point?
What is the speed of the car afier 4 seconds? A. 22° C. 26°
A. 18 m / s C. 35 m / s B.24° D. 280
B. 24 m / s D. 55 m / s
19. An object lS launched at 45o to the horizontal on level ground as shown.
5.A car starts from rest and has a constant acceleration of 3 m/sec2. What IS
What is the range of the projectile if its initial velocity is 55 mls?
the average velocity during the fast 10 seconds of motion? Neglect air resistance?
A. 12 mls C. 14 mls A. 309 m C. 624 m
B.13 fi / sec D. 15 mls B. 617 m D. 680 m

6.A truck increases its speed uniformly from 13 to 50 km/hr in 25 20. A cyclist on a circular track of radius r - 240 m is travelling at 8 mls.
seconds. What is the acceleration of the truck? His speed in the tangential direction increases at the rate of l m/s2. What
A. 0.22 m/s2 C. 0.62 m/s2 is the cyclist's total acceleration?
B. 0.41 m/s2 D. 0.92 m/s2 A. — 0.9 m/s2 C. 0.9 m/s2
B. 0.7 m/s2 D. 1.0 m/s2
7.A car travels with an initial velocity of 36 kpli. If it is decelerating at a rate 2 A motorcycle moves at a constant speed of V = 12 mls around a curved
i.
2 meters, does it travel before stopping?
of 3 m/s , how far road of radius r - 100 m . What IS the magnitude and general direction
A. 16.67 m C. 12.5 m of the motorcycle's acceleration?
B. 14.57 m D. 11.5 m A. 1.1 m/s2 away from the center of curvature
B. 1.1 m/s2 towardthe center of curvature
8.A dywheel is revolving at 200 rpm. How long will it take to stop the C. 1.4 m/s2 away from the center of curvature
flywheel if it is decelerated at a constant rate of2 rad/s2 D. 1.4 m/s2 toward the center of curvature
A. 10.47 s C. 14.5 s
B. 12.45 s D. 11.2 s 22. A 3 kg block is moving at a speed of 5 mls. What is the force required
to bring the block to a stop to a stop in 8 x 10 seconds?
A. 10 kN C. 15 kN
9.A particles position ( in inches ) along the x-axis after t seconds of travel is
B. 13.2 kN D. 19 kN
given by the equation x 24t2 — t3 + 10. What is the particle's average
velocity during the first 3 seconds of Ravel? Where is ie particle and how A rope is us& to tow an 800 kg car on a smool, level road. The rope
23.
fast it is moving after 3 seconds? will break if the tension exceeds 2000 N. What is the greatest
A. 199 inches, 117 in/sec C. 205 inches, 183 in/sec acceleration that the car can reach without breaking the rope?
B. 102 inches, 124 in/s D. 109 inces, 423 in/sec
A. 1.2 m/s2 C. 3.8 m/s2
10. B. 2.5 m/s2 D. 4.5 m/s2
A bicycle moves with a constant deceleration of — 2 m / s2. If the initial
velocity of the bike was 4.0 m / sec, how fu does it travel in 3 seconds?
24. A force of 15 N acts on a 16 kg body for 2 seconds. If the body is
A. 2.0 m C. 3.0 m
initially at rest, how far is it displaced by the force?
B. 2.5 m D. 4.0 m
A. 1.1 m C. 1.9 m
11. B. 1.5 m D. 2.1 m
A ball is dropped from a height of 60 meters above ground. How long
does it take to hit the ground?
A. 1.3 s 25. A car of a mass m - 150 kg accelerates in 10 seconds from rest at a
C. 3.5 s
B. 2.1 s constant rate to a speed of v - 6 m/sec. What is the resultant force on
D. 5.5 s
the car due to this acceleration?
12. B. 5.8 s D. 9.5 s
A man driving a car at 65 kph suddenly sees an object in the road 20 m
ahead. What constant deceleration is required to stop the car in this
distance?
A. 7.1 ml s2
B. 7.5 m / s2 D. 8.1m / s2
13.
A ball is thrown veñically upward with an initial speed of 24 mls. How
long will it take for the ball to return to the thrower?
A. 2.3 s C. 4.1 s
B. 2.6 s D. 4.9 s
14.
A projectile is launched upward from level ground at an angle of 60 0
with the horizontal. It has an initial velocity of 45 mls. How long will it
take before the projectile hits the ground?
A. 4.1 s C. 7.9 s
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N accelerations?
A. 0.64 m/s2 C. 1.3 m/s2
C B. 1.1 m/s2 D. 9.8 m/s2
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27. A truck weighing 1.4 kN moves up a slope of 15°. What is the
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28. In the ballistic balance, a bullet is feed into a block of mass M, which 42. A 100 lb wooden crate is pushed across a stone floor with a horizontal
can swing freely. Which of the following is true for the system after force of 45 lbs. How long will it take for the cmte starting from rest to
impact? travel 200 ft. Assume p between the crate and the floor to be 0.4.
A. 12.5 s C. 20.2 s
A. Both mechanical energy and momentum are conserved. B. 17.4 s D. 15.8 s
B. Mechanical energy is consewed; momenNm is not consewed.
C. Momentum is conserved; mechanical energy is not conserved. 43. A projectile is feed at an angle of 20° with the horizontal at the top of a
30-m high building. The muzzle velocity is 300 mls. What is the total
D. Neither mechanical energy nor momentum is conserved.
time of flight?
29. A. 32.6 s C. 25.7 s
A train running at 60 kph decelerated at 2 m/min2 for 14 minutes.
B. 21.2 s D. 18.5 s
Determine the distance traveled in km.
A. 12.4 C. 20.3
B. 13.8 D. 18.3 44. A block of ice is released at the top of a 30° inclined 10 m above the
ground. xae slight melting of the ice renders the surface frictionless,
30. What is the maximum velocity, in miles per hour, for an automobile determine its velocity block at the foot of the incline.
rounding a level curve of 200-ft radius if p between ae tires and A. 13 mls C. 12 mls
roadbed is 1.0. B. 14 mls D. 10 mls
A. 54.5 mi/hr C. 45.7 mi/br
B. 43.5 mi/hr D. 24.6 mi/hr 45. A projectile is fired an angle of 75° with the horizontal with an initial
velocity of 420 mls. Ho high can it travel after 2 seconds?
31. A 5 kg mass hangs at the end of a cord. Find the tension in the cord if A. 792 m C. 800 m
the acceleration of the mass is 1.5 m/s2 down? B. 721 m D. 742 m
A. 41.5 N C. 43.8 N
B. 45.5 N D. 56.7 N 46. A stone is dropped into a well and 4 seconds later the sound of the
splash is heard. If sound travels at a speed of 340 m/sec, how deep is the
32 A 400 g block with an initial velocity of 80 cm/s slides along a well?
horizontal table top against a friction force of 0.70 N. How far will it A. 70.48 m C. 68.32 m
slide before stopping? B. 64.24 m D. 72.26 m
A. 0.183 m C. 0.213 m
B. 0.786 m D. 0.324 m 47. A 5 kg mass hangs at the end of a cord. Find the tension in the cord if
the acceleration of the mass is 1.5 m/s2 up?
33. An airplane has a takeoff speed of 80 mls, which it reaches 35 seconds A. 56.5 N C. 41.5 N
after starting from rest. How much time does it takes in going from 0 to B. 45.7 N D. 82.9 N
20 mls?
A. 8.8 s C. 6.6 s 48. A 200 gram object attached to a 1.5 m long string is whirled around a
B. 7.7 s D. 5.5 s horizontal circle at a speed of 6 mls. Determine the centripetal
acceleration of the object.
34. A car moving at 70 kph has a mass of 1700 kg. What force is A. 20 C. 22
necessary to decelerate it at a rate of 40 cm/s2? B. 26 D. 24
A. 420 N C. 540 N
B. 680 N D. 425 N 49. Starting from rest, an elevator weighing 9000 N attains an upward
velocity of 5 mls in 4 seconds with a uniform acceleration. Find the
35. On a normal day, the speed limit of a hi-way curve whose radius of apparent weight of a 600 N mao standing inside the elevator during the
curvature is 600 ft is 45 mph. At what speed will skidding impend if ascent.
the coefficient of friction between tires and roadway is 0.3? A. 634.5 N C. 643.5 N
A. 62.21 mph C. 71.15 mph B. 676.5 N D. 667.5 N
B. 70.62 mph D. 68.27 mph 50. A horizontal cable pulls a 200 kg cart along a horizontal track. The
36. What is ie minimum initial velocity of a rocket must have if it is to be tension in the cable is 500 N. Starting from rest how long will it take the
able to hit a target 1000 km away? cart to reach a speed of 8 mls?
A. 3032 mls C. 3132 mls A. 3.2 s C. 1.3 s
B. 3232 mls D. 3332 mls B. 2.3 s D. 4.4 s

37. A box slides down an incline with uniform acceleration. It starts from 51. A ball is thrown horizontally from the roof of a building, 60 m high at
rest and attains a speed of 2.7 mls in 3 s. Find the distance moved in the 80 mls. What will be the ball's velocity when its strikes the ground?
flrst 6 seconds. A. 67 mls C. 72 mls
A. 17.2 m C. 16.2 m B. 82 mls D. 87 mls
B. 16.7 m D. 13.2 m 52. A 12 kg box is released from the top of an incline that is 5 m long and
38 A ball is thrown vertically upward on the moon returns to its starting makes an angle of 40° to the horizontal. A 60 N friction force impedes
point in 4 seconds. The acceleration due to gravity there is 1.60 m/s 2 the motion of the box. How long will it take to reach the bottom of the
downward. Find the ball's original speed. incline?
A. 4.30 mls C. 3.20 mls A. 2.8 s C. 1.5 s
B. 2.30 mls D. 1.30 mls B. 2.3 s D. 2.7 s

39. A cable whose maximum permissible tension is 5000 lb suspends an 53. A 180-1b pilot is executing a vertical loop of radius 2000 ft at 350
elevator when weighing 2000 lb fully loaded. What is the greatest mi/hr. With what force does the seat press upward against him at the
upward acceleration possible for the elevator under these bottom of the loop?
circumstances? A. 915 lb C. 576 lb
A. 46 ft/s2 C. 48 ft/s2 B. 967 lb D. 1067 lb
B. 50 ft/s2 D. 52 ft/s2 54. A lead hammer weighs 10 lbf. In one swing of the hammer, the nails is
40. An elevator weighing 3200 lb rises with an acceleration of 4 ft/sec/sec. driven 0.6 inches into a wood block. The velocity of the hammer's head
What is the tension of the supporting cable? at impact is 18 ft/sec. What is the average resistance of the wood block?
A. 3500 lbs C. 3800 lbs A. 1010 C. 2010
B. 3100 lbs D. 3600 lbs B.1800 D. 3600

41. A ball is dropped from the top of a building 150 m high at the same
instant another is thrown upward from the ground. The balls pass each 55. A 12 kg box is released from the top of an incline that is 5 m long
oler at a point 60 m above the ground. What was the initial velocity and makes an angle of 40° to the horizontal. A 60 N friction force
of impedes the motion of the box. What will be the acceleration of the
the second ball box?
A. 30 mls C. 32 mls A. 1.30 m/s2 C. 1.45 m/s2
B. 35 mls D. 29 mls B. 2.30 m/s2 D. 1.00 m/s2
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56. TraPic is expected to move around a curve of mdius 200 m and 90
69. A bullet is fired an initial velocity of 350 mls and an angle of 50°
km/hr. What should be the value of the banking angle if no
with the horizontal. Neglecting air resistance, how long will ie bullet
impedance is to be placed on friction?
travel before hittlng the ground?
A. 8.7° C. 17.7° A. 54.66 s C. 52.21 s
B. 12.5° D. 11.7° B. 49.32 s D. 50.62 s
57. An automobile tire is 30 inches in diameter. How fast in rpm does 70. A hose lying on the ground shoots a stream of water upward at an angle
ie wheel %ms on the axle when the automobile maintains a speed of of 40° to the horizontal. The speed of water is 20 mls as it leaves
45 mph? the hose. How high up will it strike a wall which is 8 m away?
A. 505 rpm C. 486 rpm A. 5.4 m C.3.6 m
B. 468 rpm D. 515 rpm B.B. 7.2 m D. 2.3 m
58. A 6& N object is to be given an acceleration of 0.70 m/s2. How
large an unbalanced force must act upon it? 71. A football leaves the toes of a punter at an angle of 40° above the
A. 54 N C. 40 N horizonul. What is its minimum initial speed if it navels 120 feet?
B. 43 N D. 59 N A. 62 R/s C. 64 fl/s
B. 66 ft/s D. 68 ft/s
59. A rotating wheel has a radius of 2 feet and 6 inches. A point on the 72. A 50,000 N car traveling with a speed of 150 km/1lr rounds a curve
rim of the wheel moves 30 feet in 2 sec. Find the angular whose mdius is 150 m. Find tfie centripetal force.
velocity of the wheel. A. 65 kN C. 38 N
A. 5 rad/s C. 10 rad/s B. 70 kN D. 59 kN
B. 6 md/s D. 8 md/s
73. A marksman aimed his ride at the buM's eye of a target 50 m away.
60. A stone is dropped Aom a high altiNde and 3 swonds later another If the bulet's speed is 350 mls, how far below the bull's eye does the
is projected veñically downward with a speed of 150 0/s. When will bullet strikes the target?
the second overtake the first? A. 5 cm C. 8 cm
A. 4.53 C. 5.32 B. 10 cm D. t2 cm
B. 5.67 D. 6.72
74. A 60 kg operator is standing on a spring scale in a 600-kg elevator
61. A 20-kg block resting on the floor is acted by a horizonul force of which is accelerating 6 m/s2 up. What is the tension in ie
100 N and reaches a velocity of 12 mls in a distance of 40-m. cables? A. 10,200 N C. 10,400 N
Detennine the coeTieient of friction between the block and the floor. B. 10,300 N D. 10,500 N
A. 0.364 C. 0.256
B. 0.422 D. 0.326 75. A man keeps a l kg toy érplane flying horizontally in a circle by
holding onto a 150 cm long string attached to its wing tip. The
62. A flywheel is lrning at the rate of 250 rpm. How many seconds will string is always in ae plane of tfie circular flight path. If ae plane
it take for the flywheel to turn 2500a radians? flies at 10 mls, find the tension in the string.
A. 250 s C. 300 s A. 66.67 N C. 68.32 N
B. 420 s D. 280 s B. 1& N D. 83.76 N
63. On a normal day, tfie speed limit of a hi-way curve is 42 mph. If the 76. A wheel accelemtes uniformly Aom rest to a speed of2& rpm in
curve has a radius of 600 ñ, at what speed will skidding impend if 1/2 sec. It then rotates at &at speed for 2 sec before dxelerating to
the coefficient of friction between tires and roadway is 0.25? rest inn 1/3 sec. How many revolutions does it make during the
A. 65 mph C. 71 mph entire time interval?
B. 62 mph D. 68 mph A. 7.03 C. 8.51
64. A body is projected upward OIII the level ground at an angle of 50 B. 7.80 D. 8.06
degrees wia ae horizontal has an initial spxd of 40 mls. How long 77. A man tfirows a baseball upward with an initial velocity of 50 ft/sec
will it take to hit tfie ground? and plans to catch it wia a baseball glove. Wfien will tfie baP
A. 6.3 s C. 12.7 s strike
B. 7.2 s D. 5.3 s the glove? Assume the glove is position in the same elevation when the
65. An object is placed 3 feet dom the center of a horizontally rotating ball leh his haad.
platfom. The eoefficient of friction is 0.30. The object will begin to A. 2.42 sx. C. 1.60 sec.
slide off when ie platform speed is nearest to: B. 3.1 l sec. D. 3.70 sec
A. 12 rpm C. 22 rpm 78. In what distance can a 6000-lb truck be stopped from a speed of 44
B. 17 rpm D. 26 rpm fUs, if the coefficient of fiction between tires and roadway is 70%.
A. 43.214 A C. 41.522 A
66. A projectile launched at 2000 ft/sec and 30° Aom A impacts at ie same B. 40.264 P D. 42.414 ft
elevation at B. Assume no in-flight propulsion and no aerodynamic
drag. Horizontal distmce in miles between A and B is nearest to: 79. A punching machine flywheel accelerates from rest with 7 md/sec2 . In
A. 7.9 C. 15.9 10 seconds, how many radians are achieved?
B. 10.2 D. 20.3 A. 45 C. 250
B. 35 D. 350
67. A heavy brass plumb-bob suspended from a 38-inch cord was observed 80. The equation of motion of a particle is S = 8t2+3t- 10, where s is
to have a naNral period of oscillation of about two seconds if pulled 24 in meters and t is in seconds. Compute ae initial velocity of
inches to one side and then allowed to swing freely. If an astronaut was the particle.
to repeat this experiment on the moon where tfie gravitational attmction A. 11 C. 3
is approximately 1/6° that of tfie earth, ie observed period would B. 5 D. 6
be:
A. 0.33 seconds C. 4.90 seconds 81. A boy tied a 80 gram stone to a strlng which he rotated to forma
B. 0.82 seconds D. 12.00 sxonds circular motion with a diameter of 1000 mm. Compute for the puM
exerted on the string by tfie stone if it got loose leaving at a velocity
68. An automobile moving at a constant velocity of 15 mls passes a of 25 m/sec. A. 10.2 kg. C. 10.11 kg.
gasoline station. Two seconds later, another automobile leaves the B. ll. l I kg. D. 11.12 kg.
gasoline station and accelerates at a constant rate of2 m/s2. How soon 82. A plane dropped a bomb at an elevation 1000 meter fiom the
will the second automobile overtake the frst? ground intended to hit a taiget which elevation is 200 m. from the
A. 15.3 s C. 16.8 s ground. If the plane was flying at a velocity of 300 kph at what distance
B. 13.5 s D. 18.6 s from ie target must ie bomb be dropped to hit ie target? Wind
velocity and a&ospheric presswe to be disregarded.
A. 1064.17 m. C. 1170.25 m.
B. l&8.20 m. D. 1066.18 m.
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83. The flywheel of a puncher is to be brought to a complete stop in 8 97. Traffic travels at 65 mi/hr around a baaked highway curve with a radius
seconds from a speed of 60 revolutions per minute. Compute for the of 3000 ft. What banking angle is necessary such that friction will not
number of turns the flywheel will still make if its deceleration is be required to resist the centrifugal force?
uniform. A. 3.20 C. 5.40
A. 7 turns C. 6 turns B. 2.50 D. 180
B. 4 Nrns D. 5 turns
98. An elevator weighing 2,000 lb attains an upward velocity of 16 Qs in 4
84. A shot is fired at an angle of 450 with the horizontal and a velocity of sec with uniform acceleration. What is the tension in the supporting
300 fps. Calculate, to the nearest, the range of the projectile. cables?
A. 3500 9 C. 1200 ft A. 2,150 lb C. 1,950 lb
B. 4000 ft D. 932 yards B. 2,495 lb D. 2,250 lb

85. A solid disk flywheel (I - 200 kg-m) is rotating with a speed of 900 rpm. 99. A car travels 100 km to city A in 2 hours, then travels 200 km to city B
What is ae rotational kinetic energy? in 3 hours. What is the average speed of the car for the trip?
A. 730 x 103 J C. 888 x 103 J A. 45 C. 60 km/hr
B. 680 x 103 I D. 1100 x 103 J B. 58 km/hr D. 66 km/br

86. A cyclist on a circular track of radius r 800 ft is travelling at 27 ft/sec. 100. A flywheel is brought from rest up to a speed of 1,500 rpm in 1 minute.
His speed in the tangential direction increases at the rate of 3 ft/sec 2. What is the average angular accelemtion u ?
What is the cyclist's total acceleration? A. 2.617 rad per second2 C. 157 rad per sec2
A. 2.8 ft/sec2 C. -5.1 ft/sec2 B. 333 radians per second D. 5.23 rad per sec2
B. -3.12 ft/sec2 D. 3.13 ft/sec2

87. One Joule of work is done by a force of one Newton acting through a
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88. The first derivative of kinetic energy with respect to time is:
A. power C. momentum
B. work D. force

89. An automobile travels on a perfectly horizontal unbanked circular track

of radius R. The coefficient of friction between the tires and track is 0.3.
If the car's velocity is 15 mls, what is the smallest radius it may travel
without skidding?
A. 68 m. C. 76.5 m.
B. 69.4 m. D. 71.6 m.

90. The first derivative of kinetic energy with respect to velocity is:
A. power C. momentum
B. work D. force

91. A pick-up truck is travelling forward at 25 mls. The bed is loaded with
boxes, whose coefficient of friction with the bed is 0.4. What is the
shortest time that the truck can be brought to a stop such that the boxes
do not shift?
A. 4.75 C. 5.45
B. 2.35 D. 6.37

92. What momenNm does a 40 lbm projectile possess if the projectile i9

moving at 420 mph?
A. 24,640 lbf-sec C. 765 lbf-sec
B. 16,860 lbf-sec D. 523.6 lbf-sec

93. A rocket is moving through a vacuum. It changes its velocity from 9020
ft/sec. to 5100 ft/sec. in 48 sec. How much power is required to
accomplish this if the rocket's massis 13,000 slugs?
A. 13.6 x l06hp C. 36.1 x l0‘hp
B. 16.3 x l06hp D. 31.6 x l0‘hp

94. The muzzle velocity of a projectile is 1,500 fps. and the distance of the
target is 10 miles. The angle of elevation of the gun must be.
A. 24032 C. 22041
B. 21059' D. 25018

95. A force of 200 lbf acts on a block at an angle of 28 0 with respect to

hofizontal. The block is pushed 2 feet horizontally. What is the work
done by this force?
A. 320 J C. 540 J
B. 480 J D. 215 J

96. A body weighing 40 lb starts from rest and slides down a plane at an
angle of 300 with the horizontal for which the coefficient of friction f -
0.3. How far will it move during the third second?
A. 19.63 ft C. 18.33 ft
B. 19.33 ft D. 19.99 ft