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020. Forces (inclines, friction)

Physics II

07-02-2007

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`q001. Note that this assignment contains 3 questions.

. A 5 kg block rests on a tabletop. A string runs horizontally from the block over a pulley of negligible mass and with negligible friction at the edge of the table. There is a 2 kg block hanging from the string. If there is no friction between the block in the tabletop, what should be the acceleration of the system after its release?

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The acceleration will be 7.84 m/sec^2:

Fnet = m * a, so a = Fnet / mass

Since there is negligible friction, the net force is equal to the weight of the kg mass.

Since the masses of the string and pulley are negligible, the mass of the system is the sum of the masses.

So the acceleration is 2kg * 9.8m/sec^2 / 2.5 kg

confidence assessment: 3

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23:02:06

Gravity exerts a force of 5 kg * 9.8 meters/second = 49 Newtons on the block, but presumably the tabletop is strong enough to support the block and so exerts exactly enough force, 49 Newtons upward, to support the block. The total of this supporting force and the gravitational force is zero.

The gravitational force of 2 kg * 9.8 meters/second = 19.6 Newtons is not balanced by any force acting on the two mass system, so we have a system of total mass 7 kg subject to a net force of 19.6 Newtons.

The acceleration of this system will therefore be 19.6 Newtons/(7 kg) = 2.8 meters/second ^ 2.

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I calculated for a .5 kg block on the table instead of 5 kg

self critique assessment: 2

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23:04:55

`q002. Answer the same question as that of the previous problem, except this time take into account friction between the block in the tabletop, which exerts a force opposed to motion which is .10 times as great as the force between the tabletop and the block. Assume that the system slides in the direction in which it is accelerated by gravity.

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The net force has been reduced to 14.7 N

2 kg * 9.8 m/sec^2 - (.1 * 5kg * 9.8 m/sec^2) = 14.7N

The acceleration is now 14.7 N / 7 kg = 2.1 m/sec

confidence assessment: 3

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23:05:09

Again the weight of the object is exactly balance by the upward force of the table on the block. This force has a magnitude of 49 Newtons. Thus friction exerts a force of .10 * 49 Newtons = 4.9 Newtons. This force will act in the direction opposite that of the motion of the system. It will therefore be opposed to the 19.6 Newton force exerted by gravity on the 2 kg object.

The net force on the system is therefore 19.6 Newtons -4.9 Newtons = 14.7 Newtons. The system will therefore accelerate at rate a = 14.7 Newtons/(7 kg) = 2.1 meters/second ^ 2.

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self critique assessment: 3

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23:14:16

`q003. Answer the same question as that of the preceding problem, but this time assume that the 5 kg object is not on a level tabletop but on an incline at an angle of 12 degrees, and with the incline descending in the direction of the pulley.

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The net force is now increased by the component of gravity parallel to the incline, and is again reduced by friction:

Fnet = 2 kg * 9.8 m/sec^2 + 5 * 9.8 m/sec^2 cos (12) - .1 * 5 kg * 9.8 m/sec^2 sin (12) = 66.5 N

The acceleration is 66.5N / 7kg = 9.5 m/sec^2

confidence assessment: 2

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23:18:21

In this case you should have drawn the incline with the x axis pointing down the incline and the y axis perpendicular to the incline. Thus the x axis is directed 12 degrees below horizontal. As a result the weight vector, rather than being directed along the negative y axis, lies in the fourth quadrant of the coordinate system at an angle of 12 degrees with the negative y axis. So the weight vector makes an angle of 270 degrees + 12 degrees = 282 degrees with the positive x axis.

The weight vector, which has magnitude 5 kg * 9.8 meters/second ^ 2 = 49 Newtons, therefore has x component 49 Newtons * cosine (282 degrees) = 10 Newtons approximately. Its y component is 49 Newtons * sine (282 degrees) = -48 Newtons, approximately.

The incline exerts sufficient force that the net y component of the force on the block is zero. The incline therefore exerts a force of + 48 Newtons. Friction exerts a force which is .10 of this force, or .10 * 48 Newtons = 4.8 Newtons opposed to the direction of motion. Assuming that the direction of motion is down the incline, frictional force is therefore -4.8 Newtons in the x direction.

The weight component in the x direction and the frictional force in this direction therefore total 10 Newtons + (-4.8 Newtons) = + 5.2 Newtons. This force tends to accelerate the system in the same direction as does the weight of the 2 kg mass. This results in a net force of 5.2 Newtons + 19.6 Newtons = 24.8 Newtons on the 7 kg system.

The system therefore accelerates at rate {}

a = (24.8 Newtons) / (7 kg) = 3.5 meters/second ^ 2, approximately.

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I thought the calculated values were higher than they should be. It was the angle I used.

self critique assessment: 2

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assignment #020

020. `query 20

Physics I

07-03-2007

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Explain how we get the components of the resultant of two vectors from the components of the original vectors.

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The components of the resultant of two vectors are the sums of the components of the original vectors.

The resultant will have an x-component that is the sum of the x-components of the original vectors, and likewise for the y components.

confidence assessment: 3

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02:17:01

** If we add the x components of the original two vectors we get the x component of the resultant.

If we add the y components of the original two vectors we get the y component of the resultant. **

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02:18:54

Explain how we get the components of a vector from its angle and magnitude.

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The x component is found by multiplying the magnitude of the vector by the cosine of the angle formed by the vector and the positive x-axis

The y-component is found by multiplying the magnitude of the vector by the sine of the angle formed by the vector and the positive y-axis.

confidence assessment: 3

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02:19:05

** To get the y component we multiply the magnitude by the sine of the angle of the vector (as measured counterclockwise from the positive x axis).

To get the x component we multiply the magnitude by the cosine of the angle of the vector (as measured counterclockwise from the positive x axis). **

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self critique assessment: 3

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02:19:11

prin phy, gen phy 7.02. Const frict force of 25 N on a 65 kg skiier for 20 sec; what is change in vel?

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02:19:14

If the direction of the velocity is taken to be positive, then the directio of the frictional force is negative. A constant frictional force of -25 N for 20 sec delivers an impulse of -25 N * 20 sec = -500 N sec in the direction opposite the velocity.

By the impulse-momentum theorem we have impulse = change in momentum, so the change in momentum must be -500 N sec.

The change in momentum is m * `dv, so we have

m `dv = impulse and

`dv = impulse / m = -500 N s / (65 kg) = -7.7 N s / kg = -7.7 kg m/s^2 * s / kg = -7.7 m/s.

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02:19:17

gen phy #7.12 23 g bullet 230 m/s 2-kg block emerges at 170 m/s speed of block

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02:19:19

**STUDENT SOLUTION: Momentum conservation gives us

m1 v1 + m2 v2 = m1 v1' + m2 v2' so if we let v2' = v, we have

(.023kg)(230m/s)+(2kg)(0m/s) = (.023kg)(170m/s)+(2kg)(v). Solving for v:

(5.29kg m/s)+0 = (3.91 kg m/s)+(2kg)(v)

.78kg m/s = 2kg * v

v = 1.38 kg m/s / (2 kg) = .69 m/s.

INSTRUCTOR COMMENT:

It's probably easier to solve for the variable v2 ':

Starting with m1 v1 + m2 v2 = m1 v1 ' + m2 v2 ' we add -m1 v1 ' to both sides to get

m1 v1 + m2 v2 - m1 v1 ' = m2 v2 ', then multiply both sides by 1 / m2 to get

v2 ` = (m1 v1 + m2 v2 - m1 v1 ' ) / m2.

Substituting for m1, v1, m2, v2 we will get the result you obtained.**

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02:32:03

**** Univ. 8.70 (8.68 10th edition). 8 g bullet into .992 kg block, compresses spring 15 cm. .75 N force compresses .25 cm. Vel of block just after impact, vel of bullet?

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The kinetic energy of the bullet is used to compress the spring:

(m1 + m2) /2 * v^2 = k/2 * x^2

k is calculated from the given information: k = .750N / .0025 m = 300 N/m

v^2 = k* x^2 /(m1 + m2)

v = sqrt(k* x^2 /(m1 + m2))

This is the velocity of the block and bullet just after collision.

sqrt ( (300 n/m * .15 m^2) / 1 kg) = 2.6 m/sec

This velocity is also equal to v1*(m1 / m1 + m2) where m1 is the mass of the bullet and v1 is the velocity of the bullet.

v1 = v(m1 + m2) / m1 = 325 m/sec

confidence assessment: 3

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02:32:29

** The spring ideally obeys Hook's Law F = k x. It follows that k = .75 N / .25 cm = 3 N / cm.

At compression 15 cm the potential energy of the system is PE = .5 k x^2 = .5 * 3 N/cm * (15 cm)^2 = 337.5 N cm, or 3.375 N m = 3.375 Joules, which we round to three significant figures to get 3.38 J.

The KE of the 1 kg mass (block + bullet) just after impact is in the ideal case all converted to this PE so the velocity of the block was v such that .5 m v^2 = PE, or v = sqrt(2 PE / m) = sqrt(2 * 3.38 J / ( 1 kg) ) = 2.6 m/s, approx.

The momentum of the 1 kg mass was therefore 2.6 m/s * .992 kg = 2.6 kg m/s, approx., just after collision with the bullet. Just before collision the momentum of the block was zero so by conservation of momentum the momentum of the bullet was 2.6 kg m/s. So we have

mBullet * vBullet = 2.6 kg m/s and vBullet = 2.6 kg m/s / (.008 kg) = 330 m/s, approx. **

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