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UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, JAMAICA

FACULTY OF SCIENCE & SPORT
SCHOOL OF NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES
Module Name/Code: Engineering Physics 1/PHS1005
Date:
October, 2014
Duration:
1 Hour

Test #1
Group:
Lecturer:

M
BENG1
J. Bennett

INSTRUCTIONS: This paper consist of three (3) questions .Do ALL questions. Show all
workings. Complete the attach graph exercise.
Constants:
Acceleration due to gravity, g = 9.81m/s2,

Pi () = 3.14

QUESTION 1 (25 marks)

a) Define a vector quantity.

[1 mark]

b) At t = 0 a particle of mass 5 kg moving in the xy plane with a velocity of V1 = (6.00i +3.00j) m/s
and is at the point r0 = (2.00i 3.00j). At t = 5.0 s the particles velocity is
V2 = ( 18.00i + 14.00j) m/s. Find the:
i.
ii.

acceleration of the particle.

position of the particle .

[3 marks]
[4 marks]

c) A time dependent force, F(t) = (8.00t i + 3.00j) N where t is in seconds (s) is exerted on
2.5 kg object initially at rest. Determine:
i.

the acceleration of the object.

[2 marks]

ii.

at what time will the object be moving with a speed of 21 m/s.

[8 marks]

d) State the law of conservation of linear momentum.

[1 mark]

e) A spherical object travelling with a velocity V = (78 i - 9.0 j) m/s makes a glancing collision
with a second object at rest. One of the objects is observed after the collision to be moving with
a velocity V1 = 54 m/s at a 30 angle to the original incoming objects direction as shown in
figure 1 below. Calculate the:
i.
ii.

velocity of the other object V2 after the collision.

angle .

Figure 1

[6 marks]

QUESTION 2 (25 marks)

a) A particle starts from the point whose position vector is (r) and moves with a velocity (v).
Given that:
r

3.0i

2.0 j

12.0t 3i

v (t )

0.50k m
9.0t 2 j

2.0tk ms

Determine the:
i.
final speed after 4.0 s.
ii. acceleration after 4.0 s.
iii. position vector after 4.0 s. .
b) State three (3) characteristics of a simple harmonic oscillator.

[3 marks]
[3 marks]
[4 marks]
[3 marks]

c) A 400-g block is connected to a light spring for which the force constant
is 5.00 N/m is free to oscillate vertically in air. The block is displaced
2.00 cm from equilibrium and released from rest, at t = 0, x = A. Neglect
the effect all types of resistance, determine the:
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.

angular frequency of the motion.

period of its motion.
velocity of the motion when t = 3.0 s
maxim um acceleration

[3 marks]
[2 marks]
[5 marks]
[2 marks]

QUESTION 3 (20 marks) - Graph exercise next page.

a) An experiment was conducted to determine the value of quantity P. The points are
plotted on represented in figure 2 below. The relationship governing the graph plotted
above is given by:
i.
ii.

iii.

Express the equation in the form y = mx +c.

[2 marks]

Determine the:
1.

value for P graphically.

[6 marks]

2.

absolute error in the slope.

[9 marks]

If the relative error in P is 7.50%, determine the expected value for P. [3 marks]

Engineering Physics 1/PHS1005

Test 1 - Graph Attachment

Graph of F against d2
60

50

F/N

40

30

20

10

0
0

d2/cm^2
Figure 2

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