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INSTRUCTION: Answer only FOUR (4) questions.

Please use the answer booklet provided.

Question 1

Figure 1 represents part of the performance data of a car owned by a proud physics student.

(a) Calculate from the graph the total distance traveled.

(5 marks)

(b) What distance does the car travel between the times t = 10 s and t = 40 s?
(5 marks)

(c) Sketch a graph of its acceleration versus time between t = 0 and t = 50 s.

(5 marks)

(d) Write an equation for x as a function of time the graph.

(5 marks)

(e) What is the average velocity of the car between t = 0 and t = 50 s?

(5 marks)

Figure 1

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Question 2

In the system shown in Figure 2, a horizontal force Fx acts on the 8.00-kg object. The
horizontal surface is frictionless.

(a) Draw the Free Body Diagram of the system.

(5 marks)

(b) For what values of Fx does the 2.00-kg object accelerate upward?
(5 marks)

(c) For what values of Fx is the tension in the cord zero?

(5 marks)

(d) Plot graph the acceleration of the 8.00-kg object versus Fx. Include values of Fx from
100 N to +100 N.
(10 marks)

Figure 2

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Question 3

A potter's wheel as shown at Figure 3 is a thick stone disk of radius 0.500 m and mass 100
kg is freely rotating at 50.0 rev/min. The potter can stop the wheel in 6.00 s by pressing a
wet rag against the rim and exerting a radially inward force of 70.0 N.

(a) Determine the moment of inertia of the wheel?

(5 marks)

(b) Determine the toque of wheel.

(10 marks)

(c) Find the effective coefficient of kinetic friction between wheel and rag.
(10 marks)

FN

Figure 3

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Question 4

Give the definition of the following.

(a) Periodic motion, Oscillation, Period, Frequency, Amplitude.

(10 marks)

(b) Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM).

(5 marks)

(c) Under damping, Critical damping, Over damping. Include the diagram of
displacement versus time for each type of damping.
(10 marks)

Question 5

A small object is attached to the end of a string to form a simple pendulum. The period of its
harmonic motion is measured for small angular displacements and three lengths, each time
clocking the motion with a stopwatch for 50 oscillations. For lengths of 1.000 m, 0.750 m,
and 0.500 m, total times of 99.8 s, 86.6 s, and 71.1 s are measured for 50 oscillations.

(a) Determine the period of motion for each length.

(7 marks)

(b) Determine the mean value of g obtained from these three independent
measurements, and compare it with the accepted value.
(8 marks)

(c) Plot T2 versus L, and obtain a value for g from the slope of your best-fit straight-line
graph. Compare this value with that obtained in part (b).
(10 marks)

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Question 6

(a) An undersea research chamber is spherical with an external diameter of 5.20 m. The
mass of the chamber, when occupied, is 74,400 kg. It is anchored to the sea bottom
by a cable. (Use g = 9.81ms-2, sea water=1025kg/m3). Determine;
i. the buoyant force on the chamber.
ii. the tension in the cable.
(12 marks)

(b) A 1.00-mol sample of an ideal monatomic gas is taken through the cycle shown in
Figure 5. The process A B is a reversible isothermal expansion. Calculate;
i. the net work done by the gas.
ii. the energy exhausted from the gas by heat.
(13 marks)

Figure 5

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KINEMATICS FORMULAE
Displacement x x f x i Meter (m)

x x f x i Meter per second

Velocity
t t f ti (m/s)

vd Meter per second

Speed t (m/s)
v v f v i Meter per second2
Acceleration
t t f ti (m/s2)

1-D Motion Equation v v 0 at Meter per second

(Velocity) (m/s)
1
1-D Motion Equation
(Displacement)
x v 0 vt Meter (m)
2
1-D Motion Equation 1
x v 0 t at 2 Meter (m)
(Displacement) 2
1-D Motion Equation 2 (Meter per second)2
v 2 v 0 2ax
(Velocity2) (m/s)2
DYNAMICS FORMULAE
Force (Newtons Second
F ma Newton (N)
Law)
Weight W mg Newton (N)
Earths Gravitational g 9.81m Meter per second2
2
Acceleration s (m/s2)

Static Friction fs sn Newton (N)

Kinetic Friction fk k n Newton (N)

Normal Force FN Newton (N)

p mv Kilogram meter per

Momentum
second (kgm/s)
Kilogram meter per
Impulse I mv f mv i
second (kgm/s)
Momentum (Inelastic Kilogram meter per
m1v 1i m 2 v 2i m1v 1f m 2 v 2 f
Collision) second (kgm/s)

Momentum (Inelastic m1v 1i m 2 v 2i Meter per second

vf
Collision) m1 m 2 (m/s)

Momentum (Elastic Kilogram meter per

m1v 1i m 2 v 2i m1v 1f m 2 v 2 f
Collision) second (kgm/s)
Momentum (Elastic
v 1i v 2i v 1f v 2 f Meter per second
Collision) (m/s)

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MOMENT OF INERTIA

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ROTATIONAL AND CIRCULAR MOTION

Circumference of a
s 2r Meters (m)
circle
Radian 360 0 2rad Radian (rad)

Angular Displacement f i Radian (rad)

f i Radian per second

Average Angular Speed av g
t f ti t (rad/s)

Average Angular f i Radian per second2

av g
Acceleration t f ti t (rad/s2)

1-D Motion Equation Radian per second

i t
(Angular Velocity) (rad/s)

1-D Motion Equation 1 2

i t t Radian (rad)
(Angular Displacement) 2
1-D Motion Equation 2 (Radian per second)2
2 i 2
(Angular Velocity)2 (rad/s)2
Kilogram meter2
Rotational Inertia I mr 2
(kgm2)

Rotational Kinetic
Energy
1
2

mr 2 2 Joule (J)

1 2
Linear Kinetic Energy KE mv Joule (J)
2
Linear Potential Energy PE g mgh Joule (J)

Newtons Law of m1m 2

FG Newton (N)
Gravity r2
Universal Gravitational
G 6.673 10 11 kg 1m 3 s 2
Constant

4 2
Keplers 3rd Law T 2 r 3 K S r 3 Seconds (s)
GM S

Keplers 3rd Law 4 2 s2

KS 2.97 10 19
Constant GM S m3

SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION (SHM)

1
Frequency f Hertz (Hz)
T
Displacement (cosine 2
x A cos t Meter (m)
wave) T

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Period T Seconds (s)

Meter per second
Velocity v A sin t
(m/s)
Meter per second2
Acceleration a A 2 cos t 2 x (m/s2)

v max A Meter per second

Maximum velocity
(m/s)
Meter per second2
Maximum acceleration a max A 2
(m/s2)
2
SHM constant Per second (1/s)
T
2 l
Period for a pendulum T 2 Seconds (s)
g

Period for a spring- 2 m

mass system
T 2 Seconds (s)
k
Force exerted by spring F kx Newton (N)
1 2
Work done on spring W kx Joule (J)
2
Potential energy of the 1 2
spring (at displacement PE s kx Joule (J)
x) 2
Maximum potential 1 2
energy of the spring (at E p max kA Joule (J)
displacement A) 2

Kinetic energy of spring

(at any point)
Ek
1
2

k A 2 x2 Joule (J)

Conservation of
Mechanical Energy
KE PE g PE s i KE PE g PE s f Joule (J)

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