Extra credit homework instructions part 2

In some parts of this (and subsequent) homework you are asked to list forces exerted on some
object of interest, specify their magnitudes, directions, identify their 3 rd law reaction
counterparts, net force and acceleration etc. Read the questions carefully as some may appear
very similar, yet they differ in some important detail. Typically, the first question pertinent to a
specific situation asks for the list of forces, the net force and acceleration, the follow-up
questions, will ask specifically about magnitudes, directions and the reaction forces to the
forces listed in the first question, one at a time (one per subsequent question). I had to program
it that way to meet the limits of what Blackboard can do. See an example at the end of these
instructions.
And please do follow the following formatting rules:
For naming forces the following formats are accepted:
o gravity, gravitation, force of gravity, Fg
o normal, normal force, Fn
o tension, force of tension, tension force, Ft
o push and pull only if nothing else applies e.g. force of gravity may be pulling the object
down, but we call it gravity, gravitation, force of gravity, or Fg and not a pull. Reserve
pulling/pushing to scenarios when a person actively pulls pushes an object with a hand
or something similar.
o (these wont appear till next week so for now you can skip till next opened circle bullet )
for the force of friction youll need to specify the type friction: static or kinetic, so
enter: static friction, force of static friction or Fsf, kinetic friction, force of kinetic
friction or Fkf not just friction, force of friction, or Ff.
air resistance, force of air resistance, Far
o list forces in the following order: begin with the force or forces that point straight down
and go clockwise:
o the number of entries does not always correspond to the number of forces, so if there
will be some cases where there are more spaces for answers then forces. In such case
enter: n/a. A force of zero magnitude does not exist so enter n/a. Sometimes the entire
question may involve all n/a answers (e.g. if there are three places for the forces to be
listed, but only two forces present, then one of the follow-up questions will all be n/as.
o do not list forces components in whatever coordinate system separately: there is infinite
number of choices for the coordinate system and thus great ambiguity here. List only
whole forces.
o for the net force list the magnitude as 0 N, 0.0 N, 0.00 N and direction as n/a if all forces balance.

For magnitudes entries like 5 N, 5.0 N, 5.00 N, 0 N, 0.0 N, 0.00 N, 2.5 N, 2.50 N all with a
space between the number (with 0-2 decimals) and the unit are all accepted. Remember:
magnitudes are ALWAYS positive ( they are the lengths of the vectors)

For directions enter:

o for the vertical directions: up, down
as shown in figure 1.
Figure 1.
o for the horizontal directions: left, right
(as seen from your vantage point of a person
sitting in front of the screen on which the picture
is displayed, like yourself) as shown in figure 1.

for an inclined plane things

are a bit more complicated
so please follow convention
shown in figure 2: (sorry if
this is a bit cumbersome,
but we wont have to do
this too often)
o sometimes you may be
asked specifically to state
the angle that the force
Figure 2.
makes with a specific
direction e.g. horizontal, or
right,
or +x,except
if coordinate
None of the
entries,
for units, are case-sensitive.
system is sketched in.
Hope I did not make it sound more complicated that it actually is. Please look over the example
below.
o

Example set of questions: (entries are shown in purple)

Question 1

Consider the following situation:

Pimpidryl
lifts a 0.5
kg jar
straight
up at a
constant
velocity.

Please follow the instructions for this homework carefully. This problem and the next three
pertain to the same physical situation.
List the forces acting on the jar (we will consider these forces acting on the jar as the
action forces):
gravity
Force #1
push
Force #2

Force #3 n/a
0N
The net force acting on the jar has magnitude of
0
The acceleration of the jar has magnitude of

n/a
and is directed
n/a
and is directed

The following three problems contain questions about forces you listed above as #1 -3.

Question 2

Consider the following situation:

Pimpidryl
lifts a 0.5
kg jar
straight
up at a
constant
velocity.

Please follow the instructions for this homework carefully.

Complete the following statements about action force #1 from question 1:
Magnitude of this force is:
5N .
Direction of this force is:

down

.
Earth

This action force is exerted by the

jar

on the

gravity

jar force to thisEarth

The reaction
action force is (name the force e.g. gravity, tension etc.)
5N

by the

on the

This reaction force has the magnitude of

Question 3

Consider the following situation:

Pimpidryl
lifts a 0.5
kg jar
straight
up at a
constant
velocity.

up

.
and is directed

exerted

Please follow the instructions for this homework carefully.

Complete the following statements about action force #2 from question 1:
Magnitude of this force is:
5N .
Direction of this force is:

up

.
hand

This action force is exerted by the

jar

on the

push

jar force to this hand

The reaction
action force is (name the force e.g. gravity, tension etc.)

by the

on the

down

5N

This reaction force has the magnitude of

exerted

and is directed

Question 4

Consider the following situation:

Pimpidryl
lifts a 0.5
kg jar
straight
up at a
constant
velocity.

Please follow the instructions for this homework carefully.

Complete the following statements about action force #3 from question 1:
Magnitude of this force is:
n/a .
Direction of this force is:

n/a

.
n/a

This action force is exerted by the

n/a

on the

n/a

n/a
n/a force to this action
The reaction
force is (name the force e.g. gravity, tension etc.)

by the

on the

This reaction force has the magnitude of

n/a

n/a

and is directed

n/a

exerted