REVIEW EXERCISES CH1-8

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1. A 2150-kg truck is traveling along a straight, level road at a constant speed of 55.0 km/h when the
driver removes his foot from the accelerator. After 21.0 s, the trucks speed is 33.0 km/h. What is
the magnitude of the average net force acting on the truck during the 21.0-s interval?
(a) 2250 N
(b) 626 N
(c) 1890 N
(d) 972 N
(e) 229 N
2. An apple crate with a weight of 225 N accelerates along a
frictionless surface as the crate is pulled with a force of
14.5 N as shown in the drawing. What is the horizontal
acceleration of the crate?
(a) 1.40 m/s2 (b) 0.427 m/s2 (c) 1.29 m/s2
2
2
(d) 0.644 m/s (e) 0.597 m/s
3. A 70.0-kg astronaut pushes to the left on a spacecraft with a force F in gravity-free space. The
spacecraft has a total mass of 1.0 10 4 kg. During the push, the astronaut accelerates to the
right with an acceleration of 0.36 m/s2. Determine the magnitude of the acceleration of the
spacecraft.
(a) 51.4 m/s2 (b) 0.36 m/s2 (c) 2.5 103 m/s2 (d) 7.0 103 m/s2 (e) 3.97 104 m/s2
4. A 2.00-kg projectile is fired at an angle of 20.0. What is the magnitude of the force exerted on the
projectile when it is at the highest position in its trajectory?
(a) 19.6 N
(b) 9.80 N
(c) 0 N
(d) 14.7 N
(e) 4.90 N
5. An eagle is flying due east at 8.9 m/s carrying a gopher in its talons. The gopher manages to
break free at a height of 12 m. What is the magnitude of the gophers velocity as it reaches the
ground?
(a) 22 m/s
(b) 18 m/s
(c) 11 m/s
(d) 9.8 m/s
(e) 8.9 m/s
6. A 10-kg block is set moving with an initial speed of 6 m/s on a rough horizontal surface. If the force
of friction is 20 N, approximately how far does the block travel before it stops?
(a) 1.5 m
(b) 3 m
(c) 6 m
(d) 9 m
(e) 18 m
7. The wheels of an automobile are locked as it slides to a stop from an initial speed of
30.0 m/s. If the coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.200 and the road is horizontal, approximately how
long does it take the car to stop?
(a) 6.00 s
(b) 7.57 s
(c) 15.3 s
(d) 22.5 s
(e) 30.0 s
8. A crate rests on the flatbed of a truck that is initially traveling at 15 m/s on a level road. The driver
applies the brakes and the truck is brought to a halt in a distance of 38 m. If the deceleration of the
truck is constant, what is the minimum coefficient of friction between the crate and the truck that is
required to keep the crate from sliding?
(a) 0.20
(b) 0.30
(c) 0.39
(d) 0.59
(e) This cannot be determined without knowing the mass of the crate.
9. A 2.0-N force acts horizontally on a 10-N block, initially at rest on a horizontal surface. The
coefficient of static friction between the block and the surface is 0.5. What is the magnitude of the
frictional force that acts on the block?
(a) 0 N
(b) 2 N
(c) 5 N
(d) 8 N
(e) 10 N
10. A 20.0-kg package is dropped from a high tower in still air and is "tracked" by a radar system.
When the package is 25 m above the ground, the radar tracking indicates that its acceleration is
7.0 m/s2. Determine the force of air resistance on the package.
(a) 28 N
(b) 56 N
(c) 140 N
(d) 196 N
(e) 340 N
11. At a playground, a child slides down a slide that makes a 42 angle with the horizontal direction.
The coefficient of kinetic friction for the child sliding on the slide is 0.20. What is the magnitude of
her acceleration during her sliding?
(a) 4.6 m/s2
(b) 5.1 m/s2
(c) 5.4 m/s2
(d) 6.3 m/s2
(e) 9.8 m/s2

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12. A rock is whirled on the end of a string in a horizontal circle of radius R with a constant
period T. If the radius of the circle is reduced to R/2, while the period remains T, what happens to
the centripetal acceleration of the rock?
(a) It remains the same.
(b) It increases by a factor of 2.
(c) It increases by a factor of 4.
(d) It decreases by a factor of 2.
(e) It decreases by a factor of 4.
13. A car traveling at 20 m/s rounds a curve so that its centripetal acceleration is 5 m/s2. What is the
radius of the curve?
(a) 4 m
(b) 8 m
(c) 80 m
(d) 160 m
(e) 640 m
14. A 0.25-kg ball attached to a string is rotating in a horizontal circle of radius 0.5 m. If the ball
revolves twice every second, what is the tension in the string?
(a) 2 N
(b) 5 N
(c) 7 N
(d) 10 N
(e) 20 N
15. A certain string just breaks when it is under 400 N of tension. A boy uses this string to whirl a 10kg stone in a horizontal circle of radius 10 m. The boy continuously increases the speed of the
stone. At approximately what speed will the string break?
(a) 10 m/s
(b) 20 m/s
(c) 80 m/s
(d) 100 m/s (e) 400 m/s
16. A 0.75-kg ball is attached to a 1.0-m rope and whirled in a vertical circle. The rope will break when
the tension exceeds 450 N. What is the maximum speed the ball can have at the bottom of the
circle without breaking the rope?
(a) 24 m/s
(b) 12 m/s
(c) 32 m/s
(d) 16 m/s
(e) 38 m/s
17. A car is traveling at 7.0 m/s when the driver applies the brakes. The car moves 1.5 m before it
comes to a complete stop. If the car had been moving at 14 m/s, how far would it have continued
to move after the brakes were applied? Assume the braking force is constant.
(a) 1.5 m
(b) 3.0 m
(c) 4.5 m
(d) 6.0 m
(e) 7.5 m
18. A 10.0-g bullet traveling horizontally at 755 m/s strikes a stationary target and stops after
penetrating 14.5 cm into the target. What is the average force of the target on the bullet?
(a) 1.97 104 N
(c) 6.26 103 N (e) 3.93 104 N (b) 2.07 105 N (d) 3.13 104 N
19. A pebble rolls off the roof of Science Hall and falls vertically. Just before it reaches the ground, the
pebbles speed is 17 m/s. Neglect air resistance and determine the height of Science Hall.
(a) 42 m
(b) 33 m
(c) 26 m
(d) 21 m
(e) 15 m
20. An automobile approaches a barrier at a speed of 20 m/s along a level road. The driver locks the
brakes at a distance of 50 m from the barrier. What minimum coefficient of kinetic friction is
required to stop the automobile before it hits the barrier?
(a) 0.4
(b) 0.5
(c) 0.6
(d) 0.7
(e) 0.8
21. A 0.065-kg tennis ball moving to the right with a speed of 15 m/s is struck by a tennis racket,
causing it to move to the left with a speed of 15 m/s. If the ball remains in contact with the racquet
for 0.020 s, what is the magnitude of the average force experienced by the ball?
(a) 0 N
(b) 98 N
(c) 160 N
(d) 1.6 105 N
(e) 9.8 104 N
22. A 1000-kg car traveling east at 20 m/s collides with a 1500-kg car traveling west at 10 m/s. The
cars stick together after the collision. What is their common velocity after the collision?
(a) 16 m/s, east
(b) 6 m/s, west
(c) 4 m/s, east
(d) 2 m/s, east
(e) 1 m/s, west
23. An airplane engine starts from rest; and 2 seconds later, it is rotating with an angular speed of
300 rev/min. If the angular acceleration is constant, how many revolutions does the propeller
undergo during this time?
(a) 5
(b) 10
(c) 50
(d) 300
(e) 600
24. A circular disk of radius 2.0 m rotates with a constant angular acceleration of 20.0 rad/s2. What the
tangential acceleration of a point on the edge of the disk at the instant that its angular speed is
1.0 rev/s?
(a) 40 m/s2 (b) 79 m/s2 (c) 110 m/s2 (d) 120 m/s2 (e) zero m/s2

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25. A 1.0-kg wheel in the form of a solid disk rolls along a horizontal surface with a speed of
6.0 m/s. What is the total kinetic energy of the wheel?
(a) 9.0 J
(b) 18 J
(c) 27 J
(d) 36 J
(e) 54 J
26. A ball attached to a string starts at rest and undergoes a constant angular acceleration as it travels
in a horizontal circle of radius 0.30 m. After 0.65 sec, the angular speed of the ball is 9.7 rad/s.
What is the tangential acceleration of the ball?
2
2
2
2
2
(b) 0.32 m/s (c) 15 m/s
(d) 7.6 m/s
(e) 28 m/s
(a) 4.5 m/s
27. A string is wrapped around a pulley of radius 0.05 m and moment of inertia
2
0.2 kgm . If the string is pulled with a force F, the resulting angular
acceleration of the pulley is 2 rad/s2. Determine the magnitude of the force F.
(a) 0.4 N
(b) 2 N
(c) 8 N
(d) 16 N
(e) 40 N
28. A roller-coaster car is moving at 20 m/s along a straight horizontal track. What will its speed be
after climbing the 15-m hill shown in the figure if friction is ignored?
(a) 17 m/s
(b) 7 m/s
(c) 5 m/s
(d) 10 m/s
(e) 14 m/s

29. A wheel with a 0.10-m radius is rotating at 35 rev/s. It then slows uniformly to 15 rev/s over a 3.0-s
interval. What is the angular acceleration of a point on the wheel?
(a).2.0 rev/s2 (b) 0.67 rev/s2 (c) -6.7 rev/s2 (d) 42 rev/s2
(e).17 rev/s2
30. A bicycle has tires of radius 0.35 meters. If the bicycle is traveling at a constant speed of 12 m/s,
at approximately what angular speed are the tires rotating?
(a) 85 rev/min (b) 197 rev/min (c) 214 rev/min (d) 327 rev/min (e) 423 rev/min

Answers:
1) (b)
2) (e)
11) (b)
12) (d)
21) (b)
22) (d)

3) (c)
13) (c)
23) (a)

4) (a)
14) (e)
24) (b)

5) (b)
15) (b)
25) (c)

6) (d)
16) (a)
26) (a)

7) (c)
17) (d)
27) (c)

8) (b)
18) (a)
28) (d)

9) (b)
19) (e)
29) (c)

10) (b)
20) (a)
30) (d)

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