Level M Applied Weekly Exam Material

Level M Grade 11
Week: 11

From: Nov 06 Till Nov 10, 2016

Exam Timetable:

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

AMS &
HW
Questions in bold are Grid Questions
Questions in italic are Poorly Answered Questions in past exam(s).
AMS Material:

41040

1. A body is said to be in translational equilibrium if it remains at

with a
.
2. If a body is in translational equilibrium, then the
the body is zero (Newtons First Law).
In other words, in 2-D:

or moves

of

the forces exerted

F
Fx

and

Fy

3. Consider the situation of a box sliding down an incline with constant velocity.
State whether each of the following is a force acting on the box:
a) The weight of the box. ________________.
b) The normal push by the box on the surface of the incline. _________________.
c) The force of friction. _______________.

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4.
a) Draw a free body diagram of an aluminum block sliding with a constant speed on a plane

which is parallel to the plane of the incline. Draw a free body diagram of the dolly knowing that
it moves with constant velocity along the surface.

5. A lamp hangs at equilibrium by means of two cables. Draw a free body diagram of the lamp
knowing that the angle between the cables is 90 if one of them makes an angle of 30 with the
downward vertical.

6. A plastic box is placed on a rough inclined plane. Draw a free body diagram of the box
knowing that it remains at rest.

7. A man pulls a crate by means of a rope swung over his shoulder. The force exerted by the man
velocity along the level floor, draw a free-body diagram of the body in question.

8. A dolly of weight 50 N is pushed up a 60 incline with a horizontal force. Assume the surface
of the incline to be frictionless. Find the magnitude and direction of all the forces acting on the
dolly assuming it moves with constant velocity along the surface of the incline. (Use g = 10N/kg)

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9. The tension at one end of a rope is defined as the force exerted _______ or ______ the rope at
that end.

The tension at any point of a rope is defined as the ________ that should be applied to each of
the two ends that are formed upon cutting the rope at that point, such that the state of rest or
motion of the whole rope remains __________.

10. In the idealized case of a massless rope (or a rope of negligible mass), in any one stretch of
the massless rope the tension at all points is ___________.

11. Two people pull at the two ends of a massless string with equal but opposite forces. If the
magnitude of each force is 50 N, find the tension in the string.
.

12. A boy ties one end of a massless string to a tree and pulls at the other end with a force of 25
N. Find the tension in the string.
.

13. Write down the definition of an inertial and a non-inertial frame of reference.
Answer by true or false.
a) According to Newton, a heliocentric reference frame is inertial.
b) A reference frame attached to the center of Earth can always be taken as an inertial
reference frame.
c) An elevator is a non-inertial frame during all its course of motion.

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14. Give 3 examples from daily activities where the Principle of Inertia works.

15. Inertial mass, mi , is the constant of proportionality in the equation F =

Inertial mass is

and is

in chemical reactions.

16. A particle of mass 3.0 kg moves with a constant speed of 12 m.s-1 in uniform circular motion
of radius 16.0 m.
Assuming that at t = 0 s the body is at position A, and that the rotation is in the clockwise
sense, find the period, frequency and angular velocity of the motion.
T =

y
x
O

x0

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HW Material:

PMH50 - WRCC

1. A body of weight 50 N lies on horizontal table. A string inclined at 45 to the horizontal

pulls the body gently to the side. Calculate the magnitude of the normal force exerted by the
table on the body if the tension in the string is 15 N.

2. A small block of weight 20 N rests on a smooth plane inclined at 30 to the horizontal

and is held in equilibrium by a light string inclined at 30 to the plane.
Find the tension of the string.
Find the normal push of the surface on the particle.
Reference: Mechanics 1, Chapter 5, section 5.2
Solution:

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3. A trunk of weight 80 N rests in equilibrium on the loading ramp of a movers truck. The
ramp is smooth and has a slope of 25o. How large a force P is necessary to move the trunk
with constant velocity up the ramp?
Reference Mechanics 1, Chapter 5, section 5.2
Solution:

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4. A small box is suspended in equilibrium from a horizontal rod by two light inextensible
strings making an angle of 90 between them. If the lengths of the strings are 30 cm and 40
cm, find the tension in each string knowing that the mass of the box is 0.4 kg.
Reference: Mechanics 1, Chapter 5, section 5.4
Solution:

T2

T1

T1 cos

T2 cos

T1 sin

T2 sin

cos

sin

sin

cos

0.8T1

0.6T2

0.6T1 0.8T2
T1

40
50
30
50

T1

0.8
0.6

0.75T2

0.6 0.75T2 0.8T2

T2

40
3.2 N
1.25
0.75 3.2 2.4 N

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5. Given two forces F1 = (7 N)i + (9 N)j and force F2 = (8 N)i + (12 N)j. Find the magnitude
and direction of the resultant R of F1 and F2.
Reference: Mechanics 1, Chapter 1, section 1.4
Solution:

R = F1 + F 2
7N i

9N j

15 N i

152

12 N j

21N j
212

21
15

tan

8N i

666

25.8 N

54.50

6. Find the vector V of magnitude 8 and having the same direction as vector V1 which has
magnitude of 4 on bearing of 120 degrees.
Reference: Mechanics 1, Chapter 1, section 1.5
Solution:
v1
u
v1

v1

4 cos( 30)i 4sin( 30) j

3
i 2j
2
2 3i 2 j
u
4
3
1
i
j
2
2
4

but v

v .u

4 3i

8 3
i
2

8
j
2

4j

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7. Find the parametric vector equation r of a straight line that passes through A of position
vector 5i 6j and parallel to the vector V = 4 on a bearing of 210 .
Reference: Mechanics 1, Chapter 1, section 1.7
Solution:
v

4 cos 2400 i
2i
r

4sin

2400 j

2 3j
5i

6j

2t 5 i

2i

2 3j

2 3t 6 j

8. What does the instantaneous velocity represents in an x-t graph?

Reference: Mechanics 1, Chapter 2, section 2.6
Solution:
The instantaneous velocity is the average velocity as t becomes extremely
small approaching zero. x will also shrink and the ratio x/t approaches the
instantaneous velocity.
Hence, the instantaneous velocity is simply the slope of the x-t graph itself which is constant
in that interval t.

9. A car is moving with a speed of 24 m/s when the driver sees a red light ahead. He applies
the brakes and stops in 3 s.
a) Sketch a speed-time graph.
b) Find the retardation of the car.

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Reference: Mechanics 1, Chapter 2, section 2.9
Solution:

a
a
a
a

?
v
t
0 m/s 24 m/s
3s
8 m/s 2

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10. What is the acceleration of the particle at 5 s?

Reference: Mechanics 1, Chapter 2, section 2.10

Solution:

The acceleration at t = 5 s is the slope of the tangent (T) to the graph at point
12 m/s
A, hence a
2 m/s 2
6s

11. State the Newtons First Law of Motion.

Reference: Mechanics 1, Chapter 4, section 4.2
Solution:
A body continues in its state of rest or uniform motion unless an unbalanced force
acts on it.

12. State Newtons Second Law of Motion.

Reference: Mechanics 1, Chapter 4, 4.3
Solution:
The net force acting on a body is proportional to the product of its
acceleration by its inertial mass.

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13. Define the unit of force.
Reference: Mechanics 1, Chapter 4, section 4.3
Solution:
In the SI, the newton (N) is the unit of force; Its the force (F = 1 N) that
accelerates a unit mass (m = 1 kg) at a unit rate (a = 1 m/s2).

14. A shell is shot with a muzzle velocity of 120 m/s at an angle of 40 above the horizontal.
Find the maximum height above point of projection.
Reference: Mechanics 1, Chapter 4, section 4.7
Solution:
v02y v02 sin 2
ymax
2g
2g
2
2
120 sin 40
ymax
297.5 m
2 10

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