Calculus Physics 1 Preexam 3

1. A wheel accelerates from rest to 59 rad/s at a constant rate of 74 rad/s 2. Through what
angle did the wheel turn through?
24 rad
2. The angular acceleration of a wheel is given in rad/s2 by 45t3-11t4, where t is in seconds.
If the wheel starts from rest at t = 0, when is the next time the wheel is at rest?
5.1 s
3. A potters wheel (a solid, uniform disk) of mass 6.1 kg and radius 0.65 m spins about its
central axis. A 2.1 kg lump of clay is dropped onto the wheel at a distance 0.41 m from
the axis. Calculate the moment of inertia of the system.
1.6 kgm2
4. A 0.18 m radius pulley is free to rotate about a horizontal axis. A 4.2 kg mass and an 8.0
kg mass are attached by a massless string, which is hung over the pulley. If the string
does not slip, calculate the magnitude of the net torque on the pulley about its
rotational axis.
6.7 Nm
5. A 95 N force exerted at the end of a 0.50 m long torque wrench gives rise to a torque of
15 Nm. What is the angel (assumed to be less than 900) between the wrench handle
and the direction the force is applied?
18o
6. A force in the +y direction applied at the point (2.3 m, 1.4 m) induces a torque of 71 Nm
about the origin (0,0). Find the magnitude of the force applied.
31 N
7. While spinning down from 500 rpm to rest, a solid uniform flywheel does 5.1 kJ of work.
If the radius of the disk is 1.2 m, what is its mass?
5.2 kg

8. Three solid, uniform flywheels, each of mass 65.0 kg, and radius 1.47 m, rotate
independently around a common axis. Two of the flywheels rotate in one direction at
3.83 rad/s; the other rotates in the opposite direction at 3.42 rad/s. Calculate the
magnitude of the net angular momentum of the system.
298 kgm2/s
9. A potters wheel, with rotational inertia 46 kgm2, is spinning freely at 40.0 rpm. The
potter drops a lump of clay onto the wheel, where it sticks a distance 1.2 m from the
rotational axis. If the subsequent angular speed of the wheel and clay is 32 rpm, what is
the mass of the clay?
8.0 kg
10. A solid, uniform sphere of mass 2.0 kg and radius 1.7 m rolls without slipping down an
inclined plane of height 7.0 m. What is the angular velocity of the sphere at the bottom
of the inclined plane?
5.8 rad/s
11. A solid disk of radius 1.60 m and mass 2.30 kg rolls without slipping to the bottom of an
inclined plane. If the angular velocity of the disk is 5.35 rad/s at the bottom, what is the
height of the inclined plane?
5.61 m
12. A steel guitar string with a diameter of 0.300 mm and a length of 70.0 cm is stretched by

0.500 mm while being tuned. How much force is needed to stretch the string by this
amount? (Y=2.0x1011 Pa)
10.1 N
13. An irregularly shaped object 10 m long is placed with each end on a scale. If the scale on
the right reads 74 N and the scale on the left reads 93 N, how far from the left is the
center of gravity?
4.4 m
14. A roller coaster, loaded with passengers, has a mass of 2000 kg; the radius of curvature
of the track at the bottom point of the dip is 24 m. If the vehicle has a speed of 18 m/s
at this point, what force is exerted on the vehicle by the track?
4.7x104 N

15. A 1,500 kg car rounds an unbanked (completely horizontal) curve with a radius of 52 m,
at a speed of 12 m/s. What minimum coefficient of friction must exist between the road
and the tires to prevent the car from slipping?
0.28
16. A metal rod that is 4.00 m long and 0.50 cm2 in cross-section area is found to stretch
0.20 cm under a tension of 5000 N. What is the Young modulus for this material?
2.0x1011 Pa
17. A specimen of oil having an initial volume of 600 cm3 is subjected to a pressure increase
of 3.6x106 Pa, and the volume is found to decrease 0.45 cm3. What is the
compressibility of the material?
2.1x10-10 Pa-1
18. In a materials testing laboratory, metal wire made from a new alloy is found to break
when a tensile force of 90.8 N is applied perpendicular to each end. If the diameter of
the wire is 1.84 mm, what is the breaking stress of the alloy?
3.41x107 Pa
19. A certain gyroscope consists of a uniform disk with a 50 cm radius mounted at the
center of an axle that is 11 cm long and of negligible mass. The axle is horizontal and
supported at one end. If the disk is spinning around the axle at 1000 rev/min, what is
the precession rate?
0.041 rad/s