UNTVERSITI

TEKNOLOGI
PETRONAS

FINAL EXAMINATION
SEPTEMBER 2013 SEMESTER

- PHYSICS I

COURSE

FAPOOIS

DATE

2lst DECEMBER 2013 (SATURDAY)

TIME

9.00 AM

12.00 NOON (3 hours)

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

A
sEcrloN B
SECTION

: Answer ALL questions in the OMR sheet.

: 1. Answer ALL questions in the Answer Bookret.
2. Begin EACH answer on a new page.
3. Where applicable, show clearly steps taken in arriving at
the solutions and indicate ALL assumptions.

4.
5.
Note

lndicate clearly answers that are cancelled, if any,

Do not open this Question Booklet until instructed.

There are FIFTEEN (r5) pages in this Question Booktet including the
cover page and Appendix.

Universiti

Teknologi

PETRONS

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SECTION B
[60 Marks]

The lengths of the sides of a rectangular plate are measured, and the
FIGURE Q1 shows the measured values with their uncertainties.

{5* I} ra

FIGURE QI

Determine the percentage uncedainty of the calculated area of the

plate.
[2 marks]

b.

A car of total mass, rz, is moving along a straight road with velocity,

z.

When the driver steps on the brakes, a contant force of magnitude F is

applied. Determine the stopping distance of the'car in terms af m, u.and
F.

[2 marks]

c.

A tennis, ball is shot vertically upward from the surface of planet X with

an initial speed of 20.0 m/s. The ball reached a maximum,height of

16 m from its initial position.

i)

What is the magnitude of the acceleraton due to gravity on

,the

surface of planet X?
[2 marks]

ii)

What will happen to the maximum height reached if the inital

speed is doubled?
[1 mark]

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A projectile is fired at an upward angle of 45.00 from the top of a 265-m

cliff with a speed of 185 m/s. What will be its speed when it strikes the
ground below?
[3 marks]

e.

A boy,pulls a box of mass 5.0 kg with a rope that makes 30.0" angle
with respect to the horizontal surface of floor. The boy pulls on the rope
with a force of 10.0 N; and the box moves with constant velocity.

Draw the free body diagram of the box.

[2 marks]

i)

Determine the coefficent of friction between the box and the

floor.
[3 marks]

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2. a.

4n800-kg car travels around a frictionless curve banked at an angle of

10 degrees.

i.

Draw the free body diagram of the car.

[3 marks]

ii.

Determine the centripetal force acting on the car.

[3 marks]

iii.

lf the radius of the curve is 150 m,what is the maximum speed

with which this car can travel round this curve without skidding?
[2 marks]

A ball of mass mF0.2kg and velocity u=12mls, collides head on with a

stationary ball whose mass is m2=Q.6kg. Given that the collision is

b.

elastic, what are the fnal velocities of the two balls? Assume friction is
negligible.
[3 marks]
An electric motor operates at 1600 rpm.

i.

Find its angular speed in radls.

[2 marks]

What is the linear speed of

il

point 30 mm from the axis of

rotation?
[1 mark]

ilt

Determineits centripetal acceleration.

[1 mark]

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Define simple harmonic motion (SHM).

[3 marks]

b.

A 50-g mass hangs at the end of a Hookean spring. When 20 g more

are added to the end of the spring, it stretches 7.0 cm more. Find the
period of the spring when 20 g are removed.
[3 marks]

A weightless rod is hinged at wall with the far end supported by the

c.

cord as shown in FIGURE Q3 below. A weight of 100 N hangs from the

far end.

FIGURE Q3

Draw a free body diagrarn of the rod.

[3 marks]

il

Find the tension in the cord and the horizontal and vertical
components of the force exerted on the rod at the hinge.
[4 marks]

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d.

A loudspeaker produces a sound wave. Does the wavelength of the

sound increase, decrease or remain the same, when the wave travels
from the air into the water? Justify your answer. Assume the frequency
does not change as the sound wave enters the water.
[2 marks]

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4.

a.

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The gauge pressure in each of the four tires of a car is 240 kPa. lf each

tire has contact area of 220 cm2 with the ground, what is the mass of
the car?
[2 marks]

b.

Given that the latent heat of fusion, L for water is 334 kJ/kg.How much
heat is needed to melt a 45.0 kg of ice at 0'C?
[2 marks]
Explain and give the mathematcal expression for Bernoulli's principle.
[3 marks]

d.

ln FIGURE Q4d, water with density of 1000 kg/m3 is flowing in a

pipeline. At point 1 the water velocity is 5.9 m/s. Point 2 is 5.2 m above

point 1. The cross-sectional area of the pipe is 0.08 m2 at point 1 and

0.020 m2 at poini 2. What is the pressure difference Pt - Pz between

point 1 and 2?

FIGURE Q4d
[5 marks]

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e.

An aluminum rod and a steel rod of the same length and

cross-

sectional area are attached end to end as shown in FIGURE Q4e. The

aluminum end
temperature of

is

placed in

furnace maintained

al a

constant

260'C. The steel end is placed in an ice bath held at

constant temperature of O"C. Thermal conductivity, k of aluminum and

steel are 200 Wm.oC and 40 Wm'oC, respectively. Calculate the

temperature at the point where the two rods are joined.
Steel

AI

26A"C

0"c
T-O

1-j

FIGURE Q4e
[3 marks]

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APPENDIX

Physical Constants

Quantity

Symbol

Approximate Value

Acceleration due to gravity

9.81 m/s2

Speed of light in vacuum

3.00 x 108 m/s

Speed of sound in air

343 mf s

Threshold of hearing

lo

1x 10-12

wlm2

Mass of Earth

M"

5.97 xl024kg

Radius of Earth

Re

6.37 xl03km

Gravitational constant

6.67 xl0-'1 N

Patm

1.013 x 105 Pa

1 atmospheric press'ure (1 atm)

Density of water

at 4"C

Specific heat of water

Specific heat of ice
Specific heat of steam

l000kg/m3

Cwater

4186 J/kg"C

cce

2090Jlkg"C

Csteam

2010Jlkg"C

Latent heat of fusion (water)

Lr

33.4x700 J/kg

Latent heat of vaporisation

(water)

L,

22.6xl05 Jlkg

Stefan-Boltzmann constant

5.67 xto-8

15

.^t lkg'

w(m2K4)