Exam 3: Vectors and Two-Dimensional Motion: Part A

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A rock is thrown straight up with an initial velocity of 30.0 m/s.What maximum height will the rock reach before starting to fall downward? (Acceleration due to gravity is 9.80 m/s2. )

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Rita accelerates a 0.40-kg ball from rest to 12 m/s during the 0.15 s in which her foot is in contact with the ball.What average force does she apply to the ball during the kick?

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A rock is thrown straight down with an initial velocity of 17.5 m/s from a cliff.What is the rock's displacement after 2.0 s? (Acceleration due to gravity is 9.80 m/s2. )

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A cart of weight 60 N is accelerated across a level surface at 0.15 m/s2.What net force acts on the cart? (g = 9.8 m/s2)

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A Cessna aircraft has a liftoff speed of 120 km/hr.What minimum constant acceleration does this require if the aircraft is to be airborne after a takeoff run of 200 m?

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A 70.0-kg man jumps 1.00 m down onto a concrete walkway.His downward motion stops in 0.04 seconds.If he forgets to bend his knees,what force is transmitted to his leg bones?

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An elevator weighing 20,000 N is supported by a steel cable.What is the tension in the cable when the elevator is being accelerated upward at a rate of 2.00 m/s2? (g = 9.80 m/s2)

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A speeding car traveling at a constant velocity of v passes a police car initially at rest beside the roadway.If the police car with constant acceleration of a immediately pursues the speeding car,how long is it before the police car is directly behind the speeding car?

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A European sports car dealer claims that his product will accelerate at a constant rate from rest to a speed of 100 km/hr in 9.00 s.What distance will the sports car travel during the 9.00 s acceleration period? (Hint: First convert speed to m/s. )

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A drag racer starts from rest and accelerates at 8.0 m/s2 for the entire distance of 400 m (1/4 mile).What is the speed of the race car at the end of the run?

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Hector drives a pickup truck horizontally at 15.0 m/s.He is transporting a crate of delicate lead crystal.If the coefficient of static friction between the crate and the truck bed is 0.300,what is the minimum stopping distance for the truck so the crate will not slide?

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A physics class in a large lecture hall has 15 students.The total mass of the students is about _____ kg.(You will need to make a reasonable estimate of a missing physical quantity. )

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Doug hits a hockey puck,giving it an initial velocity of 7.0 m/s.If the coefficient of kinetic friction between ice and puck is 0.050,how far will the puck slide before stopping?

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A water rocket,launched from the ground,rises vertically with acceleration of 20 m/s2 for 1.0 s when it runs out of "fuel." Disregarding air resistance,how high will the rocket rise?

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A ball is thrown vertically upwards at 29.4 m/s.For its complete trip (up and back down to the starting position),its average speed is:

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Omar throws a rock down with speed 2.0 m/s from the top of a tower.The rock hits the ground after 2.0 s.What is the height of the tower? (air resistance is negligible)

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A steel sphere of mass M has a large spherical cavity inside.A second solid steel sphere has mass 4M,but has the same outer radius as the first sphere.If the terminal velocity of the first sphere is v,what would be the terminal velocity of the second sphere?

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A rock is rolled in the sand.It starts at 5.0 m/s,moves in a straight line for a distance of 6.0 m,and then stops.What is the magnitude of the average acceleration?

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Three identical 3.0-kg cubes are placed on a horizontal surface in contact with one another.The cubes are lined up from left to right and an 18-N force is applied to the left side of the left cube causing all three cubes to accelerate to the right.If the cubes are each subject to a frictional force of 3.0 N,what is the magnitude of the force exerted on the middle cube by the left cube in this case?

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A speeding car traveling at a constant velocity of 24 m/s passes a police care initially at rest beside the roadway.If the police car with constant acceleration of 3.0 m/s2 immediately pursues the speeding car,how far down the road does it draw even with the speeding car?

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