ET TAKE HOME 2

INSTRUCTIONS:

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• DEADLINE: OCTOBER 11, Wednesday
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1. The distance between two telephone poles is 50.0 m. When a 1.00-kg bird lands on the telephone wire
midway between the poles, the wire sags 0.200 m. Draw a free body diagram of the bird. How much
tension does the bird produce in the wire? Ignore the weight of the wire.

2. A bag of cement weight 325 N hangs in equilibrium from three wires as

shown. Two of the wire make angles θ1 = 60.0° and θ2 = 25.0° with the
horizontal. Assuming the system is in equilibrium, find the tensions (a) T1,
(b) T2, and (c) T3 in the wires.

3. In problem number two, two of the wires make angles θ1 and θ2 with the
horizontal. Assuming the system is in equilibrium, show that the tension in
𝐹𝑔 cos 𝜃2
the left-hand wire is 𝑇1 = .
sin(𝜃1 +𝜃2 )

4. Three sleds are being pulled

horizontally on frictionless
horizontal ice using horizontal
ropes. The pull is of magnitude
125 N. Find (a) the acceleration of the system and (b) the tension in ropes A and B. (Hint: for the
acceleration, treat the system as one-point particle)

5. An 8.00-kg block of ice, released from rest at the top of a 1.50-m-long frictionless ramp, slides
downhill, reaching a speed of 2.50 m/s at the bottom. (a) Illustrate the problem and draw the free
body diagram of the block of ice. (a) What is the angle between the ramp and the horizontal? (b) What
would be the speed of the ice at the bottom if the motion were opposed by a constant friction force of
10.0 N parallel to the surface of the ramp? (Hint: use kinematics for the acceleration)

6. A 5.00-kg object placed on a frictionless, horizontal table is connected to a

string that passes over a pulley and then is fastened to a hanging 9.00-kg
object as shown. (a) Draw a free body diagram of both objects. (b) Find the
acceleration of the two objects. (c) Find the tension of the string connecting
the two objects.

7. Two blocks are connected by a very light string passing over a massless and
frictionless pulley. Traveling at constant speed, the 20.0-N block moves 75.0
cm to the right and the 12.0-N block moves 75.0 cm downward. During
this process, how much work is done (a) on the 12.0-N block by (i) gravity
and (ii) the tension in the string? (b) On the 20.0-N block by (i) gravity, (ii)
the tension in the string, (iii) friction, and (iv) the normal force? (c) Find
the total work done on each block.
8. A particle of mass m = 5.00 kg is released from
point A and slides on the frictionless track.
Determine (a) the particle’s speed at points B
and C and (b) the net work done by the
gravitational force as the particle moves from A
to C.

9. In an auto accident, a car hit a pedestrian and

the driver then slammed on the brakes to stop
the car. During the subsequent trial, the driver’s lawyer claimed that he was obeying the posted speed
limit 35-mph (miles per hour), but that the legal speed was too high to allow him to see and react to
the pedestrian in time. You have been called in as the state’s expert witness. Your investigation of the
accident found that the skid marks made while the brakes were applied were 280 ft. long, and the
tread on the tires produced a coefficient of kinetic friction of 0.30 with the road. (a) In your testimony
in court, will you say that the driver was obeying the posted speed? You must be able to back up your
conclusion with clear reasoning because one of the lawyers will surely cross-examine you. (b) If the
driver’s speeding ticket were $10 for each mile per hour he was driving above the posted speed limit,
would he have to pay a fine? If so, how much would it be? 1 in. = 2.54 cm; 1 mile = 1.609 km

10. An ideal spring of negligible mass is 12.00 cm long when nothing is attached to it. When you hang a 3.15-
kg weight from it, you measure its length to be 13.40 cm. If you wanted to store 10.0 J of potential energy
in this spring, what would be its total length? Assume that it continues to obey Hooke’s law.

11. A 1.20-kg piece of cheese is placed on a vertical spring of negligible mass and force constant k = 1800
N/m that is compressed 15.0 cm. When the spring is released, how high does the cheese rise from this
initial position? (The cheese and spring are not attached together.)