December 12, 2013

Physics 130 - a

Dr. Schmidt

Final Exam
Put your name on the front of the blue book. Put all your answers in the blue book. Start a new
page for each problem. Partial credit will be given for incomplete answers. When the exam is over,
fold your test papers in half and place it inside your blue book to hand in.
1. (15 points) Bonnie and Jill are riding on a merry-go-round, which is rotating at a constant
angular velocity. Bonnie is sitting on the outer rim. Jill is half way between the center and the outer
edge. For each of the following statements tell whether it is True or False. If the statement is False
rewrite it to make the statement true.
a) Bonnie and Jill have the same angular velocity.
b) Bonnie has a greater tangential velocity.
c) Jill has a greater angular acceleration.
d) Jill has a greater centripetal acceleration.
e) Bonnie needs a greater coefficient of static friction to stay in place (assuming neither is
holding on to the merry-go-round.
2. (10 points) For each part A and B choose one among the following selections
A. To increase the period of a mass oscillating at the end of a spring
a) increase the mass or increase the spring constant
b) decrease the mass or increase the spring constant
c) increase the mass or decrease the spring constant
d) decrease the mass or decrease the spring constant
e) none of the above
B. To increase the period of a mass oscillating as a pendulum at the end of a string
a) increase the mass or increase the length of the string
b) decrease the mass or increase the length of the string
c) increase the mass or decrease the length of the string
d) decrease the mass or decrease the length of the string
e) none of the above
3.(10 points) Describe Pascals Principle of pressure
distribution in a confined fluid. Explain how the principle is
used in a hydraulic lift to allow a small force Fi of the auto
mechanic, to lift an automobile.
(Fo = Wauto), where Fi << Fo.

Fo

Fi
Ai

4. (10 points) Three force of the same magnitude and direction are applied to an object as shown
All lie along the same line of action. Which force produces the greater torque about the axis
shown?
F3
F2
a) F1
1
F1
1
b) F2
1
c) F3
d) all the same
(over)

Ao

5. (10 points) A small airplane of mass 350 kg touches down on the runway at a speed of 55 m/s.
Once rolling on the runway the pilot applies the brakes. How much heat energy is generated by the
brakes in bring the airplane to a stop if the wheels roll without skidding through the entire process.
The coefficient of static friction of the tires on a concrete runway is 0.45. Neglect the mass of the
wheels.
6. A mass M = 15 kg is supported in the hand of an arm. The
forearm is 35 cm long and held horizontal and the upper arm
vertical. The muscle supporting the forearm is attached at upper
arm bone at a point 20 cm directly above the pivot point
(vertical dotted line) at the elbow and the other end is attached
to the forearm 2.0 cm from the elbow. The forearm has a mass
of m =1.2 kg and has a center of mass 15 cm from the elbow.
a) (7 points) What is the tension in the muscle?
b) (8 points) What is the magnitudes and directions of the
horizontal and vertical forces of the upper arm on the lower arm
at the elbow?

20 cm
2.0 cm

15 cm

mg
35 cm

Mg

7. (10 points) A frog sits on a stump 1.2 m away from a lily pad on a pond, which is 0.50 m below the
stump. The frog aims to jump with a speed of 3.0 m/s toward the lily pad at an angle of 20o with respect to
the pond surface.
a) (6 points) To what vertical height does the frog rise in
its leap to the lily pad?
b) (4 points) How fast is the frog traveling when it lands
on the lily pad?

8. (10 points) A uniform 15 m pole of mass 23 kg is placed in the vertical position initially at rest and allowed
to topple over onto the floor. If the bottom end of the pole remains stationery during the fall, what speed does
the top of the pole have when it hits the floor? Assume the pole is a stick whose moment of inertia is mL2/3
about the end and mL2/12 about the center of mass.
9. (10 points) The typical domestic water pressure is 430,000 N/m2 or 60 psi. In early Chicago this pressure
was produced by have a standpipe as part of the system. The old water tower on north Michigan Avenue of
Water Tower Place fame was built around that standpipe. How high above the faucet at street level did the
standpipe have to extend to deliver that pressure? The density of water is 1,000 kg/m3.