General Physics BSC106

Week 3 Challenge Questions!

Group A : Question 1
You bicycle along a straight flat road with a safety light attached to one foot. Your
bike moves at a speed of 10km/hr and your feet moves in a circle of radius 22cm
centered 32cm above the ground, making one revolution per second. Assuming the
light starts 32cm above the ground at the front of the rotation, let y be the
distance(in cm) above the ground and x be the horizontal distance (in cm) from the
starting position of the center of the circle around which your foot moves. Find the
position x and y after 3.25 seconds.

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Answer 1(Paste your answer below and send privately to email or whatsapp.)

10km/hr = 10000m/3600s = 2.78 m/s

After 3.25 s, the light rotates 3.25 revolutions,
the position respect to the center would be (xp, yp) = (0, -0.22)

After 3.25 s, the center of the circle moves to

(xc,yc) = (vt, 0.32m) = (2.78 m/s x 3.25 s, 0.32 m) = (9.035 m, 0.32 m)
So the final position (x, y) of the light after 3.25 s
x = xc + xp = 9.0305 m,
y = xc + xp = 0.32 m - 0.22 m = 0.1 m
Group B: Question 2
As a ship is approaching the dock at 45.0cm/s, an important piece of landing equipment
needs to be thrown to it before it can dock. This equipment is thrown at 15m/s at 60
degree about the horizontal from the top of a tower at the edge of the water, 8.75m
above the ship’s deck.
a) How much time for the important piece of landing equipment reach at the
front of the ship?
b) For this equipment to land at the front of the ship, at what distance from the
dock should the ship be when the equipment is thrown?

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Answer 2(Paste your answer below and send privately to email or whatsapp.)

a) The initial position of the equipment is (x0 ,y0) =(0, 0), when it reaches the ship, the position is

(x, y) = (x,-8.75)

𝑥 = 𝑥 + 𝑢𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 𝑡
1
𝑦 = 𝑦 + 𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 𝑡 − 𝑔𝑡
2
From formula 2
1
−8.75 = 15𝑠𝑖𝑛60 𝑡 − 9.8𝑡
2
4.9𝑡 − 13𝑡 − 8.75 = 0
𝑡 ≈ 3.21 𝑠
b)

the ship moves a distance S in 3.21s, so S = 0.45 m/s x 3.21 s =1.44 m

the horizontal distance for the equipment when it lands on ship is

𝑥 = 15𝑐𝑜𝑠60 3.21 = 24 𝑚
So the ship have to be at 24m +1.44m = 25.44m when the equipment is thrown.
Group C:Question 3
A baseball is hit at a height h = 1.00 m and then caught at the same height. It travels
along a wall, moving up past the top of the wall 1.00 s after it is hit and then down past
the top of the wall 4.00 s later, at distance D = 50.0 m farther along the wall.

a) What are the magnitude and angle (relative to the horizontal, in degree) of the
ball’s velocity just after being hit?
D
b) How high is the wall?

h h
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Answer 3(Paste your answer below and send privately to email or whatsapp.)

Assume:

a) Above the wall, t = 4s, we have

D = uxt
50 = ux(4)
The horizontal velocity of the baseball ux = 50/4 m/s

Total time travelling is 6s.

So The total horizontal distance Sx = uxt
= 50/4 * 6
=75 m

The trajectory is symmetric, so from highest point free fall to catching point need 3s,
So the velocity in y direction could be find from
uy = -9.8t = -29.4 m/s

Then the magnitude of the velocity 𝑢 = 𝑢 + 𝑢 = 31.95𝑚/𝑠

The angle of the velocity

tan  = uy/ux = 29.4/12.5

 = 67

b) Hmax = uyt - ½gt2 + 1

= 29.4(1) – ½(9.8)(1)2 +1

= 25.5m
Group D:Question 4
A projectile is fired from the top of a building at an initial velocity of 35.0 m/s upward
vertically. The top of the building is 30.0 m above the ground. Find

(a) the maximum height of the projectile

(b) the velocity of the projectile as it strikes the ground

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Answer:

(a) v²=u²-2gy
Note that at the top of the trajectory v = 0
Solving for the maximum height,
y max = u²/2g = (35.0 m/s)²/2(9.80 m/s-²) = 62.5 m
The projectile’s maximum height is 62.5 m above the roof of the building, or 92.5 m above
the ground.

(b) v²=u²-2gy
When y = −30.0 m the projec le will be on the ground
v²= (35.0)² − 2(9.80)(−30.0 m)
= 1225 + 588
= 1813

V = - 42.6 m/s
Group E:Question 5
US has a latest breakthrough in electromagnetic weapon (EMP) and they
decided to have a test fire from Area 51 to Howland Island with a displacement
D=7580km. [Take assumption of the Earth as a sphere with radius
6370km and g is 9.80m/s2]

(a) By assuming the motion of EMP as projectile motion,

find the distance from the maximum point of the EMP
to Area 51 if the distance between two locations, R is
100 times of the maximum height, H.
(b) Calculate the time taken for the EMP to be landed on Howland Island.

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Answer 5(Paste your answer below and send privately to email or whatsapp.)

Howland
island

Area 51
Howlan
Group F:Question 6

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Answer 6(Paste your answer below and send privately to email or whatsapp.)

(a) Let the tension in the string be T, when the system is in static,

𝑇𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 − 𝑇 = 0
𝑇𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 − 𝑇 = 0
To the object A 𝑇 − 𝑓 = 0𝑇 − 𝜇𝑚 𝑔 = 0

To the object B 𝑇 − 𝑚 𝑔 = 0

So the angle can be determined from

𝑇 𝑚 𝑔 2.4
𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 = = =
𝑇 𝜇𝑚 𝑔 0.8 × 1
𝜃 ≈ 71.6
(b) After the string was cut

𝑇 − 𝜇𝑚 𝑔 = 𝑚 𝑎 ---- (1)

𝑇 − 𝑚 𝑔 = −𝑚 𝑎 --- (2)

𝑇 = 𝑇 ---(3)

(1) – (2) : −0.8 × 1 × 10 + 2.4 × 10 = (1 + 2.4)𝑎

𝑎 = 4.7 𝑚/𝑠
This is a constant acceleration motion and the object A can move only 6 m,

So 6 = × 4.7 𝑡

𝑡 = 1.6 𝑠
Group G:Question 7
The figure shows an arrangement in which four disks are suspended by cords. The longer,
top cord loops over a frictionless pulley and pulls with a force of magnitude 98 N on the wall
to which it is attached. The tensions in the three shorter cords are T1 = 58.8 N, T2 = 49.0 N,
and T3 = 9.8 N. What are the masses of disk A, B, C, and D?

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Answer 7(Paste your answer below and send privately to email or whatsapp.)

To objec A

𝐹=0

𝑇−𝑇 −𝑚 𝑔 =0
98 − 58.8 − 𝑚 9.8 = 0
𝑚 = 4𝑘𝑔
To object B

𝑇 −𝑇 −𝑚 𝑔 =0
58.8 − 49 − 𝑚 9.8 = 0
𝑚 = 1𝑘𝑔

To object C

𝑇 −𝑇 −𝑚 𝑔=0
49 − 9.8 − 𝑚 9.8 = 0
𝑚 = 4𝑘𝑔
To object D

𝑇 −𝑚 𝑔=0
9.8 − 𝑚 9.8 = 0
𝑚 = 1𝑘𝑔
Group H:Question 8
In a working system, there are object A and object B. The object A is on top of
the object B and aligned on the left with object B. The object B is tied with a
string to the wall. There is a force about 40N acted on Object A to the right. The
mass of object A is 5kg while the mass of object B is 2kg. At a certain moment,
object A will fall down from the object B and the object B is not moved at all. This
system is not frictionless. The object A will not has any rotation while it fell down
the object B.
(The μ between A and B= 0.2, the µ between B and the ground =0.4, g=10N/kg)
Find a) the tension of the string before the object A fell.
b) the distance between of the object A and object B.

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Answer 8(Paste your answer below and send privately to email or whatsapp.)

Aws:

a) Let T be the tension of string, f1 be friction between Object A and B, f2 be the friction
between Object B and ground
f1 = 0.2 x 5 x 10 = 10 N
f2 = 0.4 x (2+5)x10 = 28N
since f1 < f2
T=0

b)
F - f1 = mAaA1 sy= ut2 + 0.5at22 f3 = mAaA2
40 - 10 = 5 x aA1 0.5 = 0 + 0.5 x g x t22 0.4 x 5 x10=5aA2
aA1 = 6 (ms-2) t2 = 0.3162 (s) aA2 = 4 (ms-2)

s1 = ut + 0.5at2 sx = v1t2 v22 - v12 =2aA2s2

2 = 0 + 0.5x6xt2 =4.899 x 0.3162 0 - 4.8992 = 2 x (-4) x s2
t = 0.8165 (s) =1.549 (m) s2 = 3(m)
(horizontal distance for (Sliding distance for object A)
object A reaching the ground)
v1 = u + aA1t st = sx + s2
= 6 x 0.8165 = 1.549 + 3
= 4.9 (ms-1) = 4.549 (m)
(velocity when object A leaves the object B)
The distance is 4.549m.
Group I:Question 9
The diagram shows a three-block pulley system.
Let m1= 1.00 kg, m2= 2.00 kg and m3= 3.00 kg.
Find:
i. The acceleration of m1, m2 and m3.
ii. Time taken by m1 to strike the pulley if the string
from upper pulley to m1 is 20.0 cm when the
system is released from rest?

(Given g = 9.80 ms-2)

(Note: All answers in 3 significant figures)

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Answer 9(Paste your answer below and send privately to email or whatsapp.)

Solutions:
i.

2x1 = x2 + x3
2a1 = a2 + a3 ··· (1)

2T – m1g = m1a1 m2g – T = m2a2 m3g – T = m3a3

2T – g = a1 ··· (2) 2g – T = 2a2 ··· (3) 3g – T = 3a3 ··· (4)
Let 2(3) +(2): Let 2(4) +(2):
2 (2g – T) + (2T – g) = 2 (2a2) + a1 2 (3g – T) + (2T – g) = 2 (3a3) + a1
3g = a1 + 4 a2 5g = a1 + 6 a3
6g = 2 a1 + 8 a2 10g = 2 a1 + 12 a3
Substitute (1): Substitute (1):
6g = a2 + a3 + 8 a2 10g = a2 + a3 + 12 a3
6g = 9 a2 + a3 ··· (5) 10g = a2 + 13 a3 ··· (6)

Let 13 (5) – (6): Using a3 = 7.10 ms-2

13 (6g) – 10g = 13 (9 a2 + a3) - a2 + 13 a3 6g = 9 a2 + 7.10

84g = 116 a3 a2 = 5.75 ms-2

21𝑔 Using a2 and a3
a =
29 2a1 = a2 + a3
a3 = 7.10 ms-2
2a1 = 5.75 + 7.10
a1 = 6.425 ms-2 ≈ 6.43 ms-2 (3 s.f.)

Thus, the accelerations of m1, m2 and m3 are 6.43 ms-2, 5.75 ms-2 and 7.10 ms-2 respectively.

ii.
1 20.0
𝑎 𝑡 =
2 100
0.400
𝑡 =
𝑎

0.400
𝑡 =
6.43

𝑡 = 0.249 s
Group J:Question 10

A
B

45° 30

(a) There is a system which is combined of Box B and Box A with

mass of 2kg and 3kg respectively on the slopes as shown as
figure above. Find the acceleration of the system.(Suppose
friction is negligible, g = 9.80 m/s2)
(b) A new box C with mass of mc is tied with the box B in order to
make a new system which accelerates to the left slope. What is
the minimum value of mc with 3 decimal places?

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Answer 10(Paste your answer below and send privately to email or whatsapp.)

(i) Fb = mgsinθ
Fb = 2(9.81)sin45°
Fb = 13.873 N

Fa = mgsinθ
Fa = 3(9.81)sin30°
Fa = 14.715 N

Resultant Force, FT = Fa-Fb

Resultant Force, FT= 0.842 N

FT = ma
0.842 = (5)a
a = 0.1684ms-2(to the right)
(ii) Fc = mcgsinθ
Fc = 6.938mc
New Resultant Force, FT2 = FT -Fc
FT2 = 0.842N – 6.938 mc

Since a<0, FT2/m<0

(0.842N-6.938mc) / (5+6.938mc) < 0
6.938 mc > 0.842 N
mc > 0.121 kg
mc = 0.122 kg