Year 10 Motion Trinity Grammar

Assignment on Forces

1. The diagram shows a force of 1.0 N being applied to a brick that rests on
1.0 N
a frictionless horizontal surface. The acceleration of the brick is X.
What will be the acceleration of the brick in each f the following cases?

(a) (b) (c)

3.0 N 1.0 N 5.0 N

(d) (e) (f)

1.0 N 2.0 N 6.0 N

2 Fill in the spaces in the following table.

Force (N) Mass (kg) Acceleration (m s-2)

a 1 8

b 2 1

c 1 3

d 6 12

e 7 5

f 2 9

g 15 1/3

3. A bus of mass 5000 kg is accelerated by a net force of 750 N.

Find its acceleration.

4 A ship of mass 1.0 x 107 kg has its engine stopped and is decelerating at 1.0 x 10 -2 m s-2.
What is the magnitude of the force due to water resistance?

5 A runner of mass 70 kg begins a race with a horizontal acceleration of 10 m s -2.

What is the net force driving him forward?

6. A box of mass 6.0 kg, initially at rest, is pushed across a table by an applied force of 17 N
for 8.0 s. The friction force opposing the motion of the box has a magnitude of 8.0 N. Calculate
(a) The magnitude of the net force on the box while it is being pushed,
(b) the magnitude of the acceleration of the box,
(c) its speed after 8.0 s,
(d) its average speed for the 8.0 s,
(e) the distance it travels in 8.0 s,
(f) the magnitude of the deceleration of the box after the first 8.0 s,
(g) the total time during which the box is moving.

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7 Calculate the size of the resultant force and the size of the acceleration for each of the following.
State the direction of the acceleration in each case.

(a) (b)
16 N
5 kg 6N 4N
8 kg
N
9N

(d) (e)
10 N

8N 8N
10g 5N 5N
20 kg

6N

8 Complete the following table.

Initial Final
Force Mass Acceleration Time
Speed Speed
(N) (kg) (m s-2) (s)
(m s-1) (m s-1)

a 32 8 93 10

b 10 80 30 24

c 300 26 76 5

d 2000 500 0 32

e 96 8 40 8

f 2 10 3 7

g 5 2 20 6

h 4 0 28 7

i 24 2 14 4

j 17 5 8 43

9 A brick of mass 2.0 kg with an applied force of 12 N acting on it, 12 N

2.0 kg
initially at rest, accelerates at 3.0 m s-2. Calculate
(a) the net force on the brick,
(b) the force of friction,
(c) the bricks speed after 2.0 s.
If the 12 N is removed after 2.0 s, calculate
(d) the deceleration,
(e) the total time during which the brick was moving.

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10 In each part calculate the magnitude of the unknown. An unknown mass is shown as m, an
unknown force as f.

(a) (b)
f 4N 15 N f
3 kg 5 kg

2 m s-2 3 m s-2

(d) (e)
11 N
5N 17 N
m
f 4.9 N
0.5 m s-2 m
6 m s-2

10 N

11 A trolley of mass 4.0 kg is pulled by a constant force of 48 N and accelerates at 9.0 m s-2.
(a) How large is the force of friction acting on the trolley?
(b) If the trolley starts from rest what will be its speed after 2.0 s?
(c) How far will the trolley have moved after 2.0 s?

12 A man of mass 100 kg stands in a lift which is accelerating upwards at 2.0 m s -2.
(a) What is the net force on the man? (b) What force does the lift floor exert on him?

13 A woman of mass 70 kg stands in a lift which is accelerating downwards at 3.0 m s-2

What force does the lift floor exert on her?

14 An 80 kg man stands on a bathroom scales in an elevator. What will be the magnitude of the
reaction from the scales on the feet of the man in each of the following cases?
(a) The elevator is at rest
(b) The elevator is moving up with a steady velocity of 2.0 m s-1.
(c) The elevator is accelerating up at 2.0 m s-2.
(d) The elevator is accelerating down at 2.0 m s-2.

15 A 65.0 kg man stands in a lift.

(a) Find the weight of the man.
(b) If the lift begins to move upwards with an acceleration of 3.00 ms -2 , find the
reaction on the man from the floor of the lift.
(c) What will be the reaction on the man when the lift has reached its constant cruising speed of
8.0 m s-1?
(d) Before it arrives at the top floor the lift begins to decelerate at 2.0 m s -2. What is the reaction
on the man during this deceleration?

16 A rocket has a mass of 10 kg and on firing the thrust is 400 N. What is the initial acceleration?
(Assume the rocket is being fired vertically). Think twice!

17 A lift of mass 1600 kg accelerates upwards from rest at 0.40 m s-2 for a few seconds, and then
continues upwards at a constant speed of 2.0 m s-1. Calculate
(a) for how many seconds the lift accelerates,
(b) the tension in the lift cable when the lift is at rest,
(c) the unbalanced force on the lift while it is accelerating,
(d) the unbalanced force on the lift while it is going upwards at a steady 2.0 m s -1,
(e) the tension in the cable while the lift is accelerating.

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