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UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO MISSISSAUGA

DECEMBER 2013 FINAL EXAMINATION

PHY136H5F

Introductory Physics I

Wagih Ghobriel

Duration - 3 hours

Aids: Non-Programmable Calculators

The University of Toronto Mississauga and you, as a student, share a commitment to

academic integrity. You are reminded that you may be charged with an academic
offence for possessing any unauthorized aids c:Jur;ng the writing of an exam. Clear,
sealable, plastic bags have been provided for all electronic devices with . storage,
including but not limited to: cell phones, tablets, laptops, calculators, and MP3
players. Please turn off all devices, seal them in the bag provided, and place the bag
under your desk for the duration of the examination. You will not be able to touch the
bag or its contents until the exam is over.
If, during an exam, any of these items are found on your person or in the area of your
desk other than in the clear, sealable, plastic bag; you may be charged with an
academic offence. A typical penalty for an academic offence may cause you to fail
the course.
Please note, you CANNOT petition to re-write an examination once the exam has
begun.
Notes to students

o The exam consists of twenty (20) equally-valued multiple-choice problems.

o The total number of pages is 21, including the front page.
o The formula sheet will be handed out separately.
o Total mark of the exam equals 100.
o All the questions are multiple-choice questions to be answered on the scantron

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sheet. The blank

space with each question is for your rough work and win not be marked.
Before each problem the mark and question number of that problem are written between square
brackets [... J and between round brackets ( ...), respectively.
Please fill in the scantron sheet very carefully including your name and ID number. The scantron
sheet will be the only paper that will be marked. Your answers on the problem book will not be
marked.
You are not allowed to bring your own prepared sheet of formulas or any other source of
information. You'll be provided with all the constants and formulas that you may need in this
exam.

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[5] (1) On September 8, 2004, the Genesis spacecraft crashed in the Utah desert because its parachute did not
open. The 210-kg capsule hit the ground at 311 kmJh and penetrated the soil to a depth of 81.0 cm.
(a) Assuming the acceleration during the crash to be constant, what force did the ground exert on the capsule
during the crash? Express the force in as a multiple of the capsule's weight. (b) For how long did this force last?
a. (471 W, 0.1782 s)
b. (471 W ,0.0187 s)
c. (236 W, 0.0187 s)
d. (198 W, 0.0235 s)
e. (236 W ,0.0374 s)

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[5] (2) A 6.00-kg box sits on a ramp that is inclined at 37.0 above the horizontal. The coefficient of kinetic
friction between the box and the ramp is Pk = 0.30. What horizontal force is required to move the box up the
incline with a constant acceleration of 4.20 m1s2?
a. 121 N
b. 242 N
c. 363 N
d. 387 N
e. 408 N

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[5] (3) Two objects with masses 5.00 kg and 2.00 kg hang 0.600 m above the floor from
the ends of a cord 6.00 m long passing over a frictionless pulley. Both objects start from
rest. Find the maximum height reached by the 2.00-kg object above the floor.
[Ignore the weight of the cord]
a. 2.38 m
b. 2.15 m
c. 1.90 m
d. 1.46 m
e. 0.93 m

5.00 kg

Floor

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[5] (4) In Figure A, a sled is held on an inclined plane by a cord pulling directly up the plane. The sled is to be

on the verge of moving up the plane. In Figure B, the magnitude F required of the cord's force on the sled is

plotted versus a range of values for the coefficient of static friction f.1s between sled and plane: Fl = 2.0 N,

F2 = 5.0 N, and f.12 = 0.50. At what angle () is the plane inclined?

a.34.5
b. 29.6
c. 18.40
d. 10.70
e.8.4

Figure A

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Figure B

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[5] (5) A "swing" ride at a carnival consists of chairs that are swung in a circle by
17.0-m cables attached to a vertical rotating pole, as the drawing shows. Suppose
the total mass of a chair and its occupant is 90.0 kg. Determine the tension in the
cable attached to the chair when its velocity is 38.0 mls. [Hint: You may need to
solve a quadratic equation to find
(a) 3361 N
(d) 6175 N

e.]

(b) 4934 N
(e) 7745 N

(c) 5457 N

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[5] (6) If a car goes through a curve too fast, the car tends to slide out of the curve. For a banked curve with
friction, a frictional force acts on a fast car to oppose the tendency to slide out of the curve; the force is directed
do~n the bank (in the direction water would drain). Consider a circular curve of radius R = 200 m and bank
angle p, where the coefficient of static friction between tires and pavement is Jis. A car is driven around the
curve. For a bank angle of p= 10 fmd the ratio of the maximum car speed V max that puts the car on the verge of
sliding out for Jis = 0.60 (dry pavement) to that for Jis = 0.050 (wet or icy pavement). (Now you can see why
accidents occur in highway curves when icy conditions are not obvious to drivers, who tend to drive at normal
speeds.)
b. 1.60
c.1.95
d.2.83
e.3.15
a.1.47

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[5] (7) In Figure, a 0.250 kg block of cheese lies on the floor of a 900 kg elevator cab that is
being pulled upward by a cable through distance d] = 2.40 m and then through distance
d 2 = 10.5 m. (a) Through d], if the normal force on the block from the floor has constant
magnitude FN = 3.00 N, how much work is done on the cab by the force from the cable?
(b) Tbrough d2 , if the work done on the cab by the (constant) force from the cable is 92.61
kJ, what is the magnitude qf F N?
a. (2.59 x 104 J , 1.28 N)
b. (3.19 x 104 J, 1.78 N)
c. (4.95 X 104 J ,2.45 N)
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d. (3.40 X 10 J , 3.29 N)
e. (2.59 x 10 J , 2.45 N)

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[5] (8) In Figure, a 2.0 kg package slides along a floor with speed VI = 4.0 rnls. It then runs into and compresses
a spring until the package momentarily stops. Its path to the initially relaxed spring is frictionless, but as it
compresses the spring, a kinetic frictional force from the floor, of magnitude 15 N, acts on the package. If
k = 10000 N/m, by what distance d is the spring compressed when the package stops?
a. 3.8 cm
b. 5.5 cm
c. 6.9 cm
d. 7.3 cm
e. 8.1 cm

Friction ---~) I(

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Stop

Frictionless

First touch

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[5] (9) A 700 g block is released from rest at height ho above a vertical spring
with spring constant k = 400 N/m and negligible mass. The block sticks to the
spring and momentarily stops after compressing the spring 19.0 cm.
(a) What is the value of ho? (b) If the block were released from height 2.00 ho
above the spring, what would be the maximum compression of the spring?
a. (0.86 m , 0.26 m)
b. (0.86 m , 0.38 m)
c. (0.57 m , 0.38 m)
d. (1.24 m, 0.21 m)
e. (0.86 m, 0.57 m)

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T
ho

!T
d= 19 em

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k=400N/m

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[5] (10) Tarzan, who weighs 688 N, swings from a cliff at the end of a vine 18 m
long (as shown in Figure). From the top of the cliff to the bottom of the swing, he
descends by 3.2 m. The vine will break if the force on it exceeds 950 N.
(a) Does the vine break? (b) \\'hat is the greatest force on it during the swing?
a (Does not break, 467 N)
b. (Breaks, 986 N)
c. (Breaks, 1025 N)
d. (Does not break, 933 N)
e. (Does not break, 624 N)

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[5] (11) In Figure, a stationary block explodes into two pieces Land R that slide across a frictionless floor and
then into regions with friction, where they stop. Piece L, with a mass of 2.0 kg, encounters a coefficient of
kinetic friction J.1L = 0.40 and slides to a stop in distance dL = 0.15 m. Piece R encounters a coefficient of kinetic
friction J.1R = 0.50 and slides to a stop in distance dR = 0.25 m. What was the mass of the block?
a. 6.72 kg
b. 5.37 kg
c. 4.81 kg
d. 3.39 kg
e. 1.28 kg

(PL

~ dL ~

f.l=O

PR

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dR

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mS

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[51 (12) In Figure, block 1 of mass ml slides from rest along a frictionless ramp from height h = 2.50 m and then
collides with stationary block 2, which has mass m2 = 2.00 mi. After the collision, block 2 slides into a region
where the coefficient of kinetic friction Pk is 0.50 and comes to a stop in distance d within that region. What is
the value of distance difthe collision is (a) elastic and (b) completely inelastic?
a. (2.22 m, 0.556 m)
b. (1.86 m, 0.263 m)
c. (0.68 m, 0.185 m)
d. (3.12 m, 0.645 m)
e. (2.22 m, 0.142 m)

Frictionless

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[5] (13) In Figure, puck 1 of mass ml = 0.20 kg is sent sliding across a frictionless lab bench, to undergo a one
dimensional elastic collision with stationary puck 2. Puck 2 then slides off the bench and lands a distance
d from the base of the bench. Puck 1 rebounds from the collision and slides off the opposite edge of the bench,
landing a distance 2d from the base of the bench. What is the mass of puck 2? (Hint: Be careful with signs.)
a. 2.0 kg
b. 1.0 kg
c. 0.6 kg
d. 0.5 kg
e. 0.4 kg

1 .r I

2d-l

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[5] (14) In Figure, a solid cylinder of radius 10 cm and mass 12 kg starts from

rest and rolls without slipping a distance L = 6.0 m down a roof that is inclined
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at the angle e = 30. The roofs edge is at height H = 5.0 m. How far
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horizontally from the roof's edge does the cylinder hit the level ground? . /./~
a.6.0m
d. 3.1

b.5.4m
2.5

e. m

c.4.0m

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[5J (15) In Figure, a solid brass ball of mass 0.280 g will roll
smoothly along a loop-the-Ioop track when released from rest
along the straight section. The circular loop has radius
R = 14.0 cm, and the ball has radius r R.
(a) What is h if the ball is on the verge of leaving the track
when it reaches the top of the loop?
(b) If the ball is released at height h = 6.00 R, what is the
magnitude of the horizontal force component acting on the
ball at point OJ

a. (37.8 cm, 0.04 N)

c. (51.2 cm, 0.03 N)
e. (37.8 cm, 0.02 N)

b. (37.8 cm, 0.06 N)

d. (48.6 cm , 0.02 N)

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[5] (16) A 12.0-kg box resting on a horizontal, frictionless surface is attached to a 5.00-kg weight by a thin,
light wire that passes over a frictionless pulley (as shown in Figure). The pulley has the shape of a uniform
solid disk of mass 2.00 kg and diameter 0.500 m. After the system is released, find the horizontal and vertical
components of the force that the axle exerts on the pulley. [Hint: You need to calculate the tension in the wire
on both sides of the pulley first.]
a. (32.6 N , 71.4 N)
c. (32.6 N , 55.0 N)
e. (56.2 N , 71.0 N)

b. (55.0 N , 55.0 N)
d. (49.1 N ,62.0 N)

12.0 kg

5.0kg

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[5] (17) A block with mass M = 1.0 kg rests on a frictionless surface and is connected to a horizontal spring of
force constant k= 14.7 N/m, the other end of which is attached to a wall (as shown in Figure). A second block
with mass m = 0.5 kg rests on top of the first block. The coefficient of static friction between the blocks is
Jis = 0.3. Find the maximum amplitude of oscillation such that the top block will not slip on the bottom block.
a. 0.60 m

b. 0.52 m

c. 0048 m

d. 0040 m

e. 0.30 m

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[5] (18) On the planet Newtonia, a simple pendulum having a bob with a mass
1.25 kg and a

length 185.0 em
1
s, when
from rest, to swing through an angle of e 1

where it
has zero speed.
IS
to
51,400

planet
is the mass of
a. 2.14 x 1023
d. 9.08 X 1024 kg

8.03 x 1023 kg
e.3.15xl
kg

e. 9.17 x 1023

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[5] (19) A tube, open at only one end, is cut into two shorter (non-equal) lengths. The piece that is open at both ends has a
fundamental frequency of 260 Hz, while the piece open only at one end has a fundamental frequency of 2670 Hz. What is
the fundamental frequency of the original tube?

(a) 124 Hz

(b) 195 Hz

(c) 248 Hz

(d) 310Hz

(e) 62 Hz

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[5](20) A microphone is attached to a spring that is suspended from the ceiling, as

shown in figure. Directly below on the floor is a stationary 440-Hz source of sound.
The microphone vibrates up and down in simple harmonic motion with a period of
2.0 s. The difference between the maximum and minimum sound frequencies detected
by the microphone is 2.1 Hz. Ignoring any reflections of sound in the room and using
343 mls for the speed of sound, determine the amplitude of the simple harmonic
motion.
(a) 0.13 m

(b) 0.26 m

(c) 0.39 m

(d) 0.42 m

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(e) 0.65 m

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Sound source

End of the PHY136HSF Final Exam Dec 2013. Total mark = 100