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1. Mr. H is preparing to show the class a Strobe demonstration when he realizes that
his absent-mindedness has struck once more. He left the strobe on the counter in the
back of the lab after the last class period. Starting 1.0 meter from the front of the
room, Mr. H walks quickly to the back of the lab, picks up the strobe and returns to the
middle of the classroom. The position-time graph below represents his motion. Use the
graph to answer the next several questions.

a. What is the total distance walked by Mr. H during these 8.0 seconds?
b. What is the average speed of Mr. H during these 8.0 seconds?
c. What is the average velocity of Mr. H during these 8.0 seconds?
d. How fast did Mr. H walk during the first 5.0 seconds?
e. How fast did Mr. H walk during the last 3.0 seconds?

2. Rickey Henderson, baseball's record holder for stolen bases, approaches third base.
He dives head first, hitting the ground at 6.75 m/s and reaching the base at 5.91 m/s,
accelerating at -5.11 m/s/s. Determine the distance Rickey slides across the ground
before touching the base.

3. The Top Thrill Dragster stratacoaster at Cedar Point Amusement Park in Ohio uses a
hydraulic launching system to accelerate riders from 0 to 54 m/s (120 mi/hr) in 3.8
seconds before climbing a completely vertical 420-foot hill . Determine the net force
required to accelerate an 86-kg man.

4. A 1370-kg car is skidding to a stop along a horizontal surface. The car decelerates
from 27.6 m/s to a rest position in 3.15 seconds. Assuming negligible air resistance,
determine the coefficient of friction between the car tires and the road surface.
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5. The velocity-time graph below represents the motion of a car on a city street.

Use the graph to determine the acceleration values of the car at ...
a. 1.4 seconds.
b. 6.8 seconds.
c. 11.6 seconds.
d. 17.6 seconds.

6. The shipment of the new physics supplies have arrived. They are placed on the
freight elevator and transported up to the third floor for delivery to the physics rooms.
The free body diagram at the right depicts the forces acting upon the freight elevator as
it begins its ascent through the elevator shaft. Use force values to determine the net
force, the mass and the acceleration of the elevator. The values of the individual forces
are:
Ftens = 2340 N
Fgrav = 2120 N
Fnorm1 = Fnorm2 = 276 N.
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7. Jim Nazium is walking from lunch to his PE class. He exits the lunchroom and walks
43 m west. He then turns and walks 72 m north down the hallway leading to the locker
room. Determine the magnitude and direction of Jim's resultant displacement.

8. Dora is exploring a cave. She starts at the entrance and makes the following straight
line movements:
68 m, south
112 m, 25° north of west (155° CCW)
34 m, south
182 m, 17° south of east (343° CCW)
Determine Dora's position relative to the entrance of the cave. That is, how far and in
what direction is Dora from the cave entrance?

9. Glenda and Harold are attempting to cross a river in a kayak. The river flows due
east at 1.9 m/s. Glenda and Harold head the kayak due north and row at 2.4 m/s
(relative to the water). The river is 38 m wide at this location.
a. Determine the resultant velocity of the boat - both magnitude and direction.
b. Determine the time for Glenda and Harold to cross the river.
c. How far downstream will the boat be when Glenda and Harold reach the opposite
shore?

10. Sharon Steady and Al Wayskachon won South’s recent egg toss contest held during
Homecoming week. In their winning toss, Sharon gave the egg an underhand toss,
releasing it with a velocity of 8.06 m/s at an angle of 30° to the horizontal. To the
pleasure of the crowd, Al caught the egg at the same height as the toss without even a
fracture to its shell.
a. Calculate the horizontal and vertical components of the initial velocity.
b. Calculate the time for the egg to reach the midpoint of the trajectory.
c. Calculate the total time the egg is in the air.
d. Calculate the horizontal distance which the egg traveled from Sharon to Al.
e. Calculate the height of the egg (relative to the releast point) when it was at the peak
of its trajectory.

11. Troy Ginometri, owner of the local floral shop, displays the sale of the month in the
front window of his shop. The 5.6-kg flower pot is suspended by three chains from the
ceiling. The chains make an angle of 25° with the vertical. Determine the tension in one
of the chains.
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12. At one moment during a walk around the block, there are four forces exerted upon
Fido - a 10.0 kg dog. The forces are:
Fapp = 67.0 N at 30.0° above the horizontal (rightward and upward)
Fnorm = 64.5 N, up
Ffrict = 27.6 N, left
Fgrav = 98 N, down
Resolve the applied force (Fapp) into horizontal and vertical components, then add the
forces up as vectors to determine the net force.

13. Anna Litical and Noah Formula now place a 1.38-kg brick on a wooden board and
incline the board at 24.0° above the horizontal. The coefficient of friction between the
brick and the board is 0. 328. Determine the net force and the acceleration of the brick.
Use the structure provided with the free body diagram shown below.

14. Jerome plays middle linebacker for South's varsity football team. In a game against
cross-town rival North, he delivered a hit to North's 82-kg running back, changing his
eastward velocity of 5.6 m/s into a westward velocity of 2.5 m/s.
a. Determine the initial momentum of the running back.
b. Determine the final momentum of the running back.
c. Determine the momentum change of the running back.
d. Determine the impulse delivered to the running back.

15. Mr. H ignites the enthusiasm of the class with a home-made cannon
demonstration. The 1.27-kg cannon is loaded with a 54-gram tennis ball and placed on
the floor. Mr. H adds the fuel, waits for its vapors to fill the reaction chamber and then
brings a match nearby. The explosion stuns the crowd and propels the ball forward. A
photogate measurement determines that the cannon recoiled backwards with a speed
of 7.8 m/s. Determine the speed of the ball.
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16. Jaclyn plays singles for South's varsity tennis team. During the match against
North, Jaclyn won the sudden death tiebreaker point with a cross-court passing shot.
The 57.5-gram ball hit her racket with a northward velocity of 26.7 m/s. Upon impact
with her 331-gram racket, the ball rebounded in the exact opposite direction (and along
the same general trajectory) with a speed of 29.5 m/s.
a. Determine the pre-collision momentum of the ball.
b. Determine the post-collision momentum of the ball.
c. Determine the momentum change of the ball.
d. Determine the velocity change of the racket.

17. A physics student hurls a 315-gram ball directly into a 3.54-kg box which is at rest
on a table top. The baseball strikes the box with a pre-impact speed of 54.1 m/s. The
box is filled with towels to help absorb the blow and effectively catch the ball. The
coefficient of friction between the box and the table is 0.714. Determine the distance
which the ball and box slide across the table after the collision.

18. A new conveyor system at the local packaging plan will utilize a motor-powered
mechanical arm to exert an average force of 890 N to push large crates a distance of 12
meters in 22 seconds. Determine the power output required of such a motor.

19. Li Ping Phar, the esteemed Chinese ski jumper, has a mass of 59.6 kg. He is
moving with a speed of 23.4 m/s at a height of 44.6 meters above the ground.
Determine the total mechanical energy of Li Ping Phar.

20. Justin Thyme is traveling down Lake Avenue at 32.8 m/s in his 1510-kg 1992
Camaro. He spots a police car with a radar gun and quickly slows down to a legal speed
of 20.1 m/s.
a. Determine the initial kinetic energy of the Camaro.
b. Determine the kinetic energy of the Camaro after slowing down.
c. Determine the amount of work done on the Camaro during the deceleration.

21. Elmira, New York boasts of having the fastest carousel ride in the world. The
merry-go-round at Eldridge Park takes riders on a spin at 18 mi/hr (8.0 m/s). The
radius of the circle about which the outside riders move is approximately 7.4 m.
a. Determine the time for outside riders to make one complete circle.
b. Determine the acceleration of the riders.
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22. Alexis is in her Toyota Camry and trying to make a turn off an expressway at 19.0
m/s. The turning radius of the level curve is 35.0 m. Her car has a mass of 1240 kg.
Determine the acceleration, net force and minimum value of the coefficient of friction
which is required to keep the car on the road.

23. Use Newton's law of gravitation to determine the acceleration of an 85-kg

astronaut on the International Space Station (ISS) when the ISS is at a height of 350
km above Earth's surface. The radius of the Earth is 6.37 x 106 m. (GIVEN: MEarth = 5.98
x 1024 kg)

24. In 2009, NASA's Messenger spacecraft became the second spacecraft to orbit the
planet Mercury. The spacecraft orbited at a height of 125 miles above Mercury's
surface. Determine the orbital speed and orbital period of Messenger. (GIVEN: RMercury =
2.44 x 106 m; MMercury = 3.30 x 1023 kg; 1 mi = 1609 m)

25. A wooden ball of mass 0.056 kg and volume 7.2 x 10-5 m3 is attached to the
bottom of a water filled pool.
a. What is the buoyant force acting on the ball?
b. How much force must be exerted to hold the ball down?
c. What would be the tension in a cord attached to the bottom of the pool holding the
ball motionless beneath the surface?