PHYS 1410 Physics I (Navitas) EXAM #3 Spring 2016

Name ________________________________________, _________________________

Last Name First Name

Student Identification Number:

● Write your name at the top of each page in the space provided.
● Answer all questions, beginning each new question in the space provided.
● Show all work. Show all formulas used for each problem prior to substitution of numbers. Label
diagrams and include appropriate units for your answers.
● You may use an alphanumeric calculator (one which exhibits physical formulas) during the exam
as long as you do not program any formulas into memory. By using an alphanumeric calculator you
agree to allow us to check its memory during the exam. Simple scientific calculators are always OK!

SCORE

1. (15) ________

2. (18) ________

3. (20) ________

4. (22) ________

Total Score (out of 75 pts) __________

Total Score (scaled up to 100 pts) __________

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Problem 1: (15 points) - 3 pts each -- No partial credit on this problem only.
Circle the letter corresponding to the most correct answer.

I-1 The area under the curve on a force versus time graph represents

A) kinetic energy.

B) momentum.

C) potential energy.

D) impulse.

E) work.

I-2 A ping-pong ball moving east at a speed of 4 m/s , collides with a stationary bowling ball. The
pin-pong ball bounces back to the west, and the bowling ball moves very slowly to the east. Which
object experiences the greater magnitude impulse during the collision?

A) Neither, both experience the same magnitude of the impulse.

B) the ping-pong ball.

C) the bowling ball.

D) it is impossible to tell since the actual mass values are not given.

E) it is impossible to tell since the velocities after collisions are unknown.

I-3 Joe and Bill throw identical balls vertically upward. Joe throws his ball with an initial speed
twice as high as Bill. If there is no air resistance, the maximum height of Joe's ball will be

A) eight times that of Bill's ball.

B) two times that of Bill's ball.

C) equal to that of Bill's ball.

D) roughly 1.4 times that of Bill's ball.

E) four times that of Bill's ball.

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I-4 Which requires more work, increasing a car's speed from 0 to 30 m/s or 30 to 60 m/s?

A) 0 to 30 m/s

B) 30 to 60 m/s

C) It is the same for both cases.

D) It can not be determined without knowing the mass of the car.

I-5 Two objects, one of mass m and the other of mass 2m, are dropped from the top of a
building. When they hit the ground

A) both of them will have the same kinetic energy.

B) the larger mass will have four times the kinetic energy of the smaller mass.

C) the larger mass will have twice the kinetic energy of the smaller mass.

D) the larger mass will have times the kinetic energy of the smaller mass.

E) it cannot be determined without knowing the height of the building.

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For problems 2, 3 and 4:

 NO credit will be given for just correct answer without appropriate formulae/logic.

 Show all steps and work clearly.

 Circle your numerical answers.

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Problem 2: (18 points)

Two small spheres, A and B hand from a ceiling on strings of equal length.
Sphere A is pulled aside and raised to a height hi as shown and then released.

A) [4 points] What is the velocity of A at the instant it collides with B? Express

this in terms of MA, MB , g and hi.

Sphere A collides with sphere B. They stick together and swing to a maximum height, hf .

B) [4 points] What is the common velocity of A and B immediately after collision? Express this in
terms of MA, MB , g and hi.

C) [4 points] What is the maximum height, hf reached by (A+B) after collision. Express this in terms
of MA, MB , g and hi.

D) [3 points] Given MA = 0.25kg, MB = 0.30 kg and hi = 0.15m. Determine the numerical values of:

(i) velocity of sphere A in part-A:

(ii) common velocity of (A+B) in part-B:

(iii) maximum height of (A+B) in part-C:

E) [3 points] What fraction (or percentage) of the initial mechanical energy remains in the two-mass
system after collision?
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Problem 3: (20 points)

A small projectile of mass m is moving with a velocity vi on a frictionless horizontal surface. It

collides with a large block of mass M that is at rest. The two masses stick together after the collision.

A) [3 points] Draw a diagram - before and after the collision.

B) [5 points] Determine an expression for the velocity v f after the collision in terms
of m, vi , and M.

C) [3 points] After the collision, the two masses collide with a horizontal spring (spring constant k)
whose opposite end is attached to a wall. Draw a diagram when the spring has its
maximum compression x .

D) [5 points] Determine an expression for maximum compression x in terms of m, vi , M, and k.

E) [4 points] Let: m = 5 g, vi = 200 m/s, M = 2 kg, and k = 50 N/m.

Calculate both the velocity v f after the collision and the maximum compression x
of the spring.
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Problem 4: (22 points)
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A crate of mass M is pulled a distance  r up an incline (with angle  ) by a rope (with tension T).
The rope makes an angle  above the level of the incline. There is a force of kinetic friction acting
on the crate.

A) [4 points] To the right of the above diagram, draw a free body diagram for the crate.

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Let: M = 8 kg,  r = 5 m,  = 30 deg, T = 120 N,  = 18 deg, k = 0.25
NOTE: For each of the following parts you must write down an algebraic (non-numerical)
expression and then show the calculated value.

B) [4 points] Determine the work done by the tension in the rope.

C) [4 points] Determine the work done by the gravitational force.

D) [4 points] Determine the work done by the normal force.

E) [4 points] Determine the work done by the frictional force.

F) [2 points] Determine the change of kinetic energy of the crate during the motion.