Question 1 (1 point)

A sprinter running the 100 m dash has a constant acceleration of 3.0 m/s 2 for the
first 4.1 seconds of the race, when he reaches his top speed, and then continues to
run at that speed for the rest of the race.
How long does it take the sprinter to run the race?
Give your answers in seconds to three digits. Do not include the units in your
answer.
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Question 2 (1 point)

You are inside an enclosed truck with no windows and you wish to keep track of the
truck's motion. To do this, you hang a mass on the end of a string, as shown.
If the angle of the string is 4.3 degrees from the vertical (for zero degrees the mass
hangs straight down), and the mass is 0.6 kg, what is the acceleration of the truck?
Give your answer in m/s2 and to three significant figures. (Do not include the units in
the answer.)
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Question 3 (1 point)

The figure above shows an object (blue) on top of a wedge (gray) sitting on a scale
(black). When the object is released, is slides down the slope of the wedge. What is
the normal force of the scale on the wedge (this is the force the scale will read) as
the mass slides down the slope?
There is friction between the object and the wedge and between the wedge and the
scale. The static friction between the wedge and the scale is large enough to keep
the wedge from moving.
The mass of the object is 1.8 kg.
The mass of the wedge is 3.3 kg.
The angle of the wedge is 18 degrees.
The coefficient of kinetic friction between the object and wedge is 0.13.
Give your answer in Newtons and to three significant digits.
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Question 4 (1 point)

Two cars are in a collision at the intersection of Boyd and Elm, tying up after-class
traffic. The first car, mass 850 kg, was heading north on Elm at 9 m/s and the
second car, mass 1650 kg, was heading east on Boyd at 13 m/s.
Assuming the two cars are locked together, what is the magnitude of their velocity
(speed) immediately after the collision?
Give your answer in m/s to at least three significant digits. Your answer will not be
graded on the number of digits, this is just to avoid rounding error.
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Question 5 (1 point)

You have been assigned to design a package moving system as shown in the figure.
Boxes start at the top of the ramp with some initial velocity. They slide down a
nearly frictionless part of the ramp and then are stopped due to friction on the
horizontal part of the ramp. The ramp has a height of h = 2.5 m, the initial velocity
of the boxes is vi = 2.4 m/s, and the distance the box should travel before stopping
is xf = 4.7 m. This is the distance from where the friction starts, (x=0 in the figure)
on the horizontal part of the ramp.

What should be the coefficient of friction, k in this case? Give your answer to 3
significant figures (it has no units).
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Question 6 (1 point)

The loading dock at the Walmart where you work has a bumper to protect it from
mistakes by truck drivers. One icy day a truck with a total mass of 3800 kg is
backing into the dock at 2.25 m/s when it loses all traction and slides into the
bumper. If the bumper has a spring constant of 2.10 x 10 5 N/m, how much will it be
compressed when the truck stops moving backwards?
Give your answer in meters to three significant digits. Do not include units in your
answer.
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Question 7 (1 point)

You are assigned to design the slope of turns on a highway. The proper slope is such
that at the target speed for the highway, sideways friction on the tires is not needed
for vehicles to make the turn. In the picture is shown the rear view of a bus going
through one of these turns.

Assume the angle of the slope is 14 degrees and the radius of the turn is R = 230
m.
What is the design speed for this turn? Give your answer in degrees to three
significant figures.
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Question 8 (1 point)

A square metal plate with sides of length L = 1.70 m and mass 23 kg is suspended
as shown in the figure above. The upper right corner of the plate is attached to the
support. The upper left corner of the plate is held by a cable (rope) that extends up
to the support at a 45o angle.
The upper right corner is attached by a bolt so that without the cable the plate can
rotate freely about the right corner.
What is the tension in the cable?

Give your answer in Newtons to at least three significant digits. Your answer won't
be graded on the number of digits, this is just to avoid rounding errors.
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