practice test 1

course phy 121

I did this over two days. The first 3 or 4 one day and the last 3 or 4 another day. I copied just the ones I did the first day, then I copied the whole thing for the second day. So there will be several blanks in between questions. I hope you can figure it out.

]҃䰖I~ܼcÜassignment #002

It won't be a problem to figure it out.

~SoT

Liberal Arts Mathematics I

09-17-2008

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22:36:30

1) When masses of 35, 70 and 105 grams are hung from a certain rubber band its respective lengths are observed to be 39, 46, and 53 cm.

What are the x and y components of the tension of a rubber band of length 50.6 cm if the x component of its length if 14.02232?

What horizontal force, when added to this force will result in a total force of magnitude 150 grams?

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22:43:13

STUDENT SOLUTION WITH INSTRUCTOR COMMENTS INDICATED BY **

I am assuming that you plug in what you know into the equation of the line.

Y = .2x + 32

** If y represents the mass and x the length that approach would give you the right mass--good thinking, though the equation would be more like y = 5 x - 150. Your equation looks reasonably good if y is length and x is supported mass. However you do need to use the force, which will be the force exerted by gravity on the mass. Force and mass are not the same thing.

In general you will use the graph to determine the force corresponding to a given length. If there is significant curvature to the graph the linear model won?t work very well. In that case you could just draw a smooth curve to fit the data and read your forces from the curve. **

When the length is 50.6 cm the corresponding weight is 93 grams and when the length is 14.02232 cm the weight is ?89.9 g, but I don?t think weight can be negative????

** Plug the rubber band length into the force relationship or read the force from your graph. If your graph is of supported mass vs. length you need to find the force.

In this case you have a length of 50.6 cm, which corresponds to a supported mass of about 93 grams. This corresponds to a force of about .093 kg * 9.8 m/s^2 = .91 Newtons.

The direction of the rubber band is arctan(y/x). Using the Pythagorean Theorem with length 50.6 cm and x component 14 cm we get y component about 48.6 cm, so the direction of the rubber band is arctan(48.6 / 14) = 74 deg. The angle at which the tension acts is parallel to the rubber band, so the tension also acts at 74 deg.

The x and y components of the force are therefore

Fx = .91 N * cos(74 deg) = .25 N and

Fy = .91 N * sin(74 deg) = .87 N.

If a horizontal force Fhoriz is added then the x component becomes Fx = .25 N + Fhoriz and the magnitude of the resulting force is

| F | = sqrt(Fx^2 + Fy^2) = sqrt( (.25 N + Fhoriz)^2 + (.87 N)^2).

If this force is 150 grams (or, converting this to a force, 1.47 N) then we have

sqrt( (.25 N + Fhoriz)^2 + (.87 N)^2) = 1.47 N. Squaring both sides we get

.0625 N^2 + .5 N * Fhoriz + Fhoriz^2 + .76 N^2 = 2.16 N^2.

This is quadratic in Fhorz and rearranges to Fhoriz^2 + .5 N * Fhoriz ? 2.1 N^2 = 0. Using the quadratic formula we get

Fhoriz = (-.5 N +- sqrt( (.5 N)^2 ? 4 * 1 * (-2.1 N^2) ) / (2 * 1) = (-.5 N +- 2.8 N) / 2, giving us two forces:

Fhoriz = (-.5 N + 2.8 N ) / 2 = 1.15 N and

Fhoriz = (-.5 N ? 2.8 N) / 2 = -1.65 N.**

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Why can you use 50.6 cm to find the y component (using Pythagorean theorem), but you have to use .91N to find the x and y components of the force?

The .91 Newtons corresponding to the 50.6 cm is the tension in the rubber band, not the y component of the tension, and it is determined solely by the length of the rubber band. The length is 50.6 cm; this is not the y component of the length, but the length itself.

I think a part of my brain knows this is a stupid question, but...I don't get it. You use 50.6cm to find y, then use arctan to find the degrees, then use the degrees and Newtons to find the x and y again? and this time they are different?

The length of the rubber band and the tension are two different things. However the direction of the rubber band determines the direction of the tension, so the same angle will be used for both.

I also don't know how you got 93 grams. I got 100g

50.6 cm is closer to 53 cm than to 46 cm, but not that much closer. The weight supported at 50.6 cm will, from the given information, the much closer to 93 g then to 100 g.

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2) A ball of mass .3 kg is tossed vertically upward from altitude 4.1 meters and allowed to rise to a max altitude of 4.68 meters before falling to an altitude of 4.06 meters.

* Determine the work done by gravity on the ball and the work done by the ball against gravity as it rises from initial to max altitude and determine its KE change during that displacement.

* Using energy considerations determine its initial velocity.

* Determine the work done by gravity on the ball and the work done by the ball against gravity from its initial all the way to the final position.

** Determine the change in KE between these positions and the use of energy considerations to determine its velocity at the final position.

* How are the work done by the ball and its KE change related?

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Always critique your solutions by describing any insights you had or errors you makde, and by explaining how you can make use of the insight or how you now know how to avoid certain errors. Also pose for the instructor any question or questions that you have related to the problem or series of problems.

Down is positive

m=.3kg

ds (up) = .58m

a (up) = -9.8m/s^2

dw=m*a*ds = dKE

dKE = .3*-9.8*.58 = -1.7052

work done by gravity = -1.7052

work done by ball = 1.7052

dKE = .5mvf^2 - .5mv0^2

-1.7052 = (.5*.3kg*0^2) - .5*.3* v0^2

-1.7052 = 0 - .15*v0^2

v0^2 = 11.368

v0 = 3.37m/s

m= .3kg

ds (down) = .62m

a (down) = 9.8m/s

dW= m*a*ds

dW = .3kg * 9.8m/s * .62m

dW = 1.823

work done by gravity = 1.823

work done by ball = -1.823

work done by gravity on ball up and down =

-1.7052 + 1.823 = 0.118

work done by ball against gravity up and down =

1.7052 - 1.823 = -0.118

dKE = 1.823 - 1.7052 = 0.118

dKE = .5mvf^2 - .5mv0^2

0.118 = (.5 * .3kg * vf^2 ) - (.5 * .3kg * 3.37m/s)

0.118 = (.15 * vf^2) - .5055

0.6235/.15 = vf^2

vf^2 = 4.157

vf = 2.04m/s

The work done by ball and the KE change are equal and opposite

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23:14:58

Intuitively the PE increases as the ball rises, so that KE decreases. Since we know that the KE of the rising ball is 0 at the top of the arc we can find the initial KE by finding the PE increase. As the ball falls, PE decreases and KE increases. Between initial and final position the ball has a small net downward displacement, hence a small net loss of PE, so it has a small net gain in KE.

PE changes are easily found by multiplying the weight of the ball by the displacement.

The detailed solution that follows is based on these concepts, but uses the work-energy theorem in a rigorous fashion:

The work done by gravity on the ball is equal to the product of the force exerted by gravity, which is .3 kg * 9.8 m/s^2 = 2.94 N downward, and the displacement, which is 4.68 m ? 4.1 m = .58 m upward. This work is therefore

-2.94 N * .58 m = -1.8 Joules, approx..

The work done by the ball against gravity is +1.8 J, equal and opposite to the work done by gravity on the ball.

The work done against gravity is the change in the PE of the ball. Assuming no dissipative forces we have `dPE + `dKE = 0, so the KE change during this upward displacement is `dKE = -`dPE = -1.8 J.

Since the final KE is 0, we have `dKE = KEf - KE0 = -1.8 J so that KE0 = 1.8 J + KEf = 1.8 J + 0 = 1.8 J.

From initial to final position altitude changes by 4.06 m ? 4.1 m = -.04 m. Thus PE changes by -.04 m * 2.94 N = -.12 J. Since KE0 = 1.8 J and `dKE + `dPE = 0 we have

`dKE = -`dPE = +.12 J so that

KEf ? KE0 = .12 J and

KEf = KE0 + 1.2 J = 1.8 J + .12 J = 1.92 J.

The final velocity of the ball therefore satisfies .5 m vf^2 = KEf so that vf = +-sqrt(2 KE / m) = +- sqrt(1.92 J / (.3 kg) ) = +- sqrt( 6.4 m^2/s^2) = +- 2.5 m/s, approx..

Since final velocity is downward, our previous implicit choice of upward as the positive direction tells us that the final velocity is -2.5 m/s.

The work done by the ball against gravity is equal and opposite to its change in KE.

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I don't think I did it right. I wrote down most of it in my notebook, but I stopped writing before I got to the end, so I don't know if my final velocity was anywhere close. But I know I didn't get .12J as the change in KE...

It appears that you got .118 J, which is close to .12 J.

Your solution appears to be very good. However you did forget square your 3.37 m/s when calculating the initial kinetic energy. Had you done the unit calculations in the process of working the problem out, you would have found that the units didn't work out, which would likely have led you to recognize the nature of your error.

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23:22:27

3) Give an example of a situation in which you are given v0, a, and ?ds, and reason out all possible conclusions that could be drawn from these three quantities assuming uniform acceleration.

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I can figure out

vf by using vf^2 = v0^2 + 2a*ds

then

vAve by using (vf+v0)/2

then

dt by using ds = vAve *dt

then

dv by using dv= vf-v0

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** Your solution should show the use of the fourth equation of motion vf^2 = v0^2 + 2 a `ds to find vf.

You then have the initial and final velocities, which since acceleration is uniform can be averaged to give you the average velocity vAve and the change `dv in velocity..

Dividing displacement `ds by average velocity we obtain `dt.

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assignment #002

~SoT

Liberal Arts Mathematics I

09-18-2008

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13:36:29

1) When masses of 35, 70 and 105 grams are hung from a certain rubber band its respective lengths are observed to be 39, 46, and 53 cm.

What are the x and y components of the tension of a rubber band of length 50.6 cm if the x component of its length if 14.02232?

What horizontal force, when added to this force will result in a total force of magnitude 150 grams?

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13:36:32

STUDENT SOLUTION WITH INSTRUCTOR COMMENTS INDICATED BY **

I am assuming that you plug in what you know into the equation of the line.

Y = .2x + 32

** If y represents the mass and x the length that approach would give you the right mass--good thinking, though the equation would be more like y = 5 x - 150. Your equation looks reasonably good if y is length and x is supported mass. However you do need to use the force, which will be the force exerted by gravity on the mass. Force and mass are not the same thing.

In general you will use the graph to determine the force corresponding to a given length. If there is significant curvature to the graph the linear model won?t work very well. In that case you could just draw a smooth curve to fit the data and read your forces from the curve. **

When the length is 50.6 cm the corresponding weight is 93 grams and when the length is 14.02232 cm the weight is ?89.9 g, but I don?t think weight can be negative????

** Plug the rubber band length into the force relationship or read the force from your graph. If your graph is of supported mass vs. length you need to find the force.

In this case you have a length of 50.6 cm, which corresponds to a supported mass of about 93 grams. This corresponds to a force of about .093 kg * 9.8 m/s^2 = .91 Newtons.

The direction of the rubber band is arctan(y/x). Using the Pythagorean Theorem with length 50.6 cm and x component 14 cm we get y component about 48.6 cm, so the direction of the rubber band is arctan(48.6 / 14) = 74 deg. The angle at which the tension acts is parallel to the rubber band, so the tension also acts at 74 deg.

The x and y components of the force are therefore

Fx = .91 N * cos(74 deg) = .25 N and

Fy = .91 N * sin(74 deg) = .87 N.

If a horizontal force Fhoriz is added then the x component becomes Fx = .25 N + Fhoriz and the magnitude of the resulting force is

| F | = sqrt(Fx^2 + Fy^2) = sqrt( (.25 N + Fhoriz)^2 + (.87 N)^2).

If this force is 150 grams (or, converting this to a force, 1.47 N) then we have

sqrt( (.25 N + Fhoriz)^2 + (.87 N)^2) = 1.47 N. Squaring both sides we get

.0625 N^2 + .5 N * Fhoriz + Fhoriz^2 + .76 N^2 = 2.16 N^2.

This is quadratic in Fhorz and rearranges to Fhoriz^2 + .5 N * Fhoriz ? 2.1 N^2 = 0. Using the quadratic formula we get

Fhoriz = (-.5 N +- sqrt( (.5 N)^2 ? 4 * 1 * (-2.1 N^2) ) / (2 * 1) = (-.5 N +- 2.8 N) / 2, giving us two forces:

Fhoriz = (-.5 N + 2.8 N ) / 2 = 1.15 N and

Fhoriz = (-.5 N ? 2.8 N) / 2 = -1.65 N.**

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13:46:26

4) A ball reaches a ramp of length 74 cm with an unknown initial velocity and accelerates uniformly along the ramp, reaching the other end in 5.2 seconds. Its velocity at the end of the ramp is 7.46154 cm/s. What is its acceleration on the ramp?

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ds = 74cm

v0 = ?

a is constant and unknown

dt = 5.2s

vf = 7.46154 cm/s

vAve = ds/dt

vAVe = 74cm/5.2s = 14.23cm/s

vAve = (vf +v0)/s

14.23 * 2 = 7.46154 + v0

v0 = 20.99 = 21cm/s

vf = v0 + a*dt

7.46154 = 21cm/s + a *5.2s

- 13.53846 = a * 5.2s

a = -2.60355 = -2.6 cm/s^2

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STUDENT SOLUTION:

I found the average velocity to be 74 cm / (5.2 s) = 14.23 cm/s.

Since vAve = (vf + v0) / 2 we can easily solve for v0, obtaining

v0 = 2 vAve ? vf = 2 * 14.23 cm/s ? 7.46 cm/s = 21 cm/s.

Having vf and v0 we easily find that `dv = vf ? v0 = 7.46 cm/s ? 21 cm/s = -13.54 cm/s, and therefore

a = `dv / `dt = -13.54 cm/s / (5.2 s) = ?2.6 cm/s^2

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13:46:49

STUDENT SOLUTION:

I found the average velocity to be 74 cm / (5.2 s) = 14.23 cm/s.

Since vAve = (vf + v0) / 2 we can easily solve for v0, obtaining

v0 = 2 vAve ? vf = 2 * 14.23 cm/s ? 7.46 cm/s = 21 cm/s.

Having vf and v0 we easily find that `dv = vf ? v0 = 7.46 cm/s ? 21 cm/s = -13.54 cm/s, and therefore

a = `dv / `dt = -13.54 cm/s / (5.2 s) = ?2.6 cm/s^2

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14:07:55

5) A ball starting from rest rolls 10 cm down an incline on which its acceleration is constant, requiring .83 seconds to cover the distance. It then rolls onto a second incline 41 cm long on which its acceleration is 14 cm/s^2. How much time does it spend on the second incline and what is its acceleration on the first?

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1st incline:

v0 = 0

ds = 10cm

a is constant and unknown

dt = .83s

2nd incline:

ds = 41cm

a = 14 cm/s^2

dt = ?

ds = v0*dt + .5a*dt^2

10cm = (0*.83s) + .5 a * .83^2

10cm = 0 + .5 a *.6889

14.516 / .5 = a

a on first incline = 29.03 = 29 cm/s^2

vf = 0 + 29.03 * .83s

vf on first incline = 24.096 cm/s

v0 on 2nd incline = 24.096 cm/s

vf^2 = v0^2 + 2a (ds)

vf^2 = 24.096^2 + 2 (14cm/s) * 41 cm

vf^2 = 580.636 + 28 * 41cm

vf^2 = 1728.636

vf = 41.577cm/s

vf = v0 + a*dt

41.577cm/s = 24.096cm/s + 14cm/s^2 * dt

17.481 = 14 *dt

dt on second incline = 1.25s

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STUDENT SOLUTION:

Ramp 1

I found the average velocity vAve = 10 cm / (.83 s) = 12 cm/s, approx.. Since v0 = 0 we have vf = 2 * vAve = 24 cm/s, approx. Acceleration on this incline is

a = `dv / `dt = 24 cm/s / (.83 s) = 29 cm/s^2 approx.

Ramp 2

I plugged in what I knew to find the unknowns, using v0 = 24 cm/s (the final velocity on the first incline is the init vel on the second), a = 14 cm/s^2 and `ds = 41 cm. I obtained

vf = sqrt( v0^2 + 2 a `ds) = sqrt( (24 cm/s)^2 + 2 * 14 cm/s^2 * 41 cm) = 41 cm/s, approx..

Average velocity on the second incline is therefore

(41 cm/s + 24 cm/s) / 2 = 32.5 cm/s,

and the time required is

`dt = `ds / vAve = 41 cm / (32.5 cm/s) = 1.3 sec, approx.

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I think I did it differently, but I got pretty close to the same answers

Your solution looks good.

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6) A cart of mass 1.7 kg coasts 30 cm down an incline at 4 degrees with horizontal. Assuming Ffr is .042 times the normal force and other nongravitational forces parallel to the incline are negligible.

* What is the component of the carts weight parallel to the incline?

* How much work does this force do as the cart rolls down the incline?

* How much work does the net force do as the cart rolls down the incline?

* Using the definition of KE, determine the velocity of the cart after coasting the 30 cm assuming it initial velocity is zero.

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m = 1.7jg

ds = 30 cm

incline = 4 degrees

F fr = .042 * normal force

? component of wt parallel to incline

? dW tthis force does

x = 30 cos (4degrees) = 29.93

y = 30 sin (4 degrees) = 2.09

The angle made by the weight vector with the positive x-axis is not 4 degrees. Depending on whether the incline is angle down into the right or down into the left the angle will be either 274 deg or 266 deg.

The weight is not determined by the distance down the incline, but by the mass of the object.

force = m * a

normal force = m coponent perp to incline * a

normal force = 2.09kg * 9.8 = 20.482J

The normal force is related to the perpendicular component of the weight.

wt component parallel to incline = 29.93

dw = m* a * ds

dw = 29.93 * 9.8 * 30 cm = 5859.42J

Ffr = .042 * 20.482 = .860244J

Net force down incline = 5859.42 - .860244 = 5858.55756 = 5858.56J

But I don't think I am right

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The weight of the cart is 1.7 kg * 9.8 m/s^2 = 16.7 N, approx.. The incline makes an angle of 4 degrees with horizontal, so if the positive x axis is directed up the incline the weight will be at angle 270 deg ? 4 deg = 266 deg with the positive x axis and the x and y components of the weight will be

x comp of weight = 16.7 N * cos(266 deg) = -1.2 N, approx., and

y comp of weight = 16.7 N * sin(266 deg) = -16.6 N approx.

The x component is parallel and the y component perpendicular to the incline. The normal force exerted by the incline is the elastic reaction to the y component of the weight and is +16.6 N.

The parallel component of the gravitational force is in the direction of the displacement down the incline so the work done by this component on the cart is positive. We get

work by parallel component of weight = 1.2 N * .30 m = .36 Joules, approx..

The frictional force is .042 times the normal force, or

frictional force = .042 * 16.6 N = .7 N, approx., directed opposite to the displacement (up the incline).

So the net force is

net force = parallel component of gravitational force + frictional force = -1.2 N + .7 N = -.5 N,

or .5 N down the incline. The work done by this force is

.5 N * .3 m = .15 J.

The KE of the cart after coasting down the incline from rest is by the work-energy theorem equal to the work done by the net force. So we have

.5 m vf^2 = KE, so that vf = +- sqrt(2 KE / m) = +- sqrt( 2 * .15 J / (1.7 kg) ) = +- sqrt( .16 m^2/s^2) = +- .4 m/s, approx.

Using the sign conventions specified by our choice of the upward direction as the positive x direction, the velocity will be -.4 m/s.

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See my notes and let me know if your revised solution doesn't agree with the given solution.

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7) A ball mass 8 kg rolls off the edge of a ramp with a horizontal speed of 70 cm/s.

* What is its KE as it rolls off the ramp?

* How much work does gravity do on the ball as it falls 22 cm?

* What will be its KE after falling 22 cm?

*How much of this KE is accounted for by its horizontal velocity and how much by its vertical velocity?

* What then is its vertical velocity at this point?

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m = 8kg

horiz v = 70cm/s = .7m/s

KE at end of ramp = 1/2mV^2

KE ramp = .5 (8kg) (.7m/s ^2)

KE ramp = 4 (.49) = 1.96 J

ds = 22cm = .22m

dW = m*a*ds

dW = 8kg * 9.8m/s^2 * .22m = 17.248 J

gravity does 17.248 J work

KE after falling = 1/2 m vf^2

vf after falling .22m:

vf^2 = v0^2 +2a*ds

vf^2 = 0 +2 (9.8m/s^2) (.22m)

vf^2 = 4.312

vertical vf after falling = 2.077m/s

KE after falling = 1/2 m vf^2 + KE ramp

KE = .5 (8kg) (2.077m/s)^2

KE = 4 ( 4.312)

KE after falling = 17.248J + 1.96J

KE after falling .22m = 19.208 J

17.248 J is accounted for by vertical velocity and

1.96 J is accounted for by horizontal velocity

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20:56:20

We have

KE = .5 m v^2 = .5 * 8 kg * (.70 m/s)^2 = 2 Joules, approx..

As the ball falls 22 cm gravity does work

`dWgrav = 8 kg * 9.8 m/s^2 * .22 m = 17 Joules, approx..

So after the 22 cm fall we will have

KE = 2 J + 17 J = 19 J.

There is no net force in the horizontal direction so the horizontal velocity will be unchanged and its horizontal KE will be 2 J, leaving 17 J of vertical KE.

The vertical velocity will therefore be

vertical velocity = +-sqrt(2 * vertical KE / m) = +- sqrt( 2 * 17 J / (8 kg)) = +-2.1 m/s.

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You got much of this. Let me know if you have questions on how to revise your solution to agree with the given solution.

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