CONFIDENTIAL AS/OCT 2009/PHY430

UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA

FINAL EXAMINATION

COURSE PHYSICS 1
COURSE CODE PHY430
EXAMINATION OCTOBER 2009
TIME 3 HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

1. This question paper consists of eight (8) questions.

2. Answer ALL questions in the Answer Booklet. Start each answer on a new page.

3. Do not bring any material into the examination room unless permission is given by the
invigilator.

4. Please check to make sure that this examination pack consists of:

i) the Question Paper

ii) a one - page Appendix
iii) an Answer Booklet - provided by the Faculty

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This examination paper consists of 6 printed pages
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QUESTION 1

a) Convert 38 kilometers per hour to meters per second.

(2 marks)
b) Change 0.02 us dm"3 into its SI unit.
(2 marks)

c) The top of a mountain, 1768 m high, is measured on a map to be 5247 m horizontally

from the camp in a direction 24.5° west of north. What are the x, y and z components
of the displacement vector from camp to summit? Choose the positive x, y and z axis
to be in the direction of east, north and upward respectively.
(5 marks)

d) Given vectors A and B in terms of unit vector as: A= 20/-10y+30fc and B= -6/+15/-25fr.

i) Find the magnitudes of A and B.

(2 marks)
ii) Calculate the vector product C = AXB.
(3 marks)
iii) Find the angle 0 between A and B.
(3 marks)

QUESTION 2

a) Define the following terms:

i) Linear momentum
ii) Elastic collision
(2 marks)

b) A boy on a blue skateboard moving at a speed of 6 ms"1 eastward collides with a girl
standing on a stationary red skateboard. After the collision, the boy moves in the
direction 25° north of east while the girl moves in the direction that is perpendicular to
direction of the boy's final velocity close to the south of east. If the mass of the boy and
the girl are the same and the collision is perfectly elastic,

i) sketch a diagram showing the positions and direction of motion of the boy and
the girl before and after collision.
(2 marks)
ii) determine the final speed of the boy and the girl on their skateboards.
(6 marks)

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QUESTION 3

a) Explain the meaning and the application of the energy conservation concept and work-
energy theorem.
(4 marks)

b) The force acting on the object is given by Fx =4.5JC + 3 where x in meter and Fx in
Newton. How much work is done to move the object from x = 2 m t o x = 6 m .
(4 marks)

c) A 2000 kg car accelerates uniformly from 3 ms"1 to 9 ms"1 in 5 s. Find

i) the work done on the car during this interval.

(3 marks)
ii) the average power delivered by the engine.
(3 marks)

QUESTION 4

Core section

Figure 1 (a): Side view of cylinder Figure 1 (b): Front view of cylinder

a) A particular part of a machine is cylindrical in shape as shown in Figure 1(a), with a

core section protruding from the larger drum. The cylinder is free to rotate about the
central axis (z-axis). A force F f is exerted tangentially to the drum which has radius R
(Figure 1(b)). A second force F2 is exerted downwards tangentially to the core whose
radius is YzR. If the magnitude of Fj is a quarter of F2,

i) show that the magnitude of the net torque is equal to 1ARF2.

(3 marks)
ii) which direction will the cylinder rotate?
(1 mark)

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b) An object oscillates with simple harmonic motion along the y-axis. Its position varies
with time according to the equation
TV
y = (5.0m) cos Cbitt — )
6
where t is in seconds and the angles in the parentheses are in radians,

i) Determine the frequency and period of the motion, (3 marks)

ii) Find the maximum acceleration of the object. (3 marks)

QUESTION 5

a = 0.7ms

Figure 2

a) A 250 kg box is placed on an adjustable inclined plane. If the box slides down the
incline with an acceleration of 0.7 ms"2 when the angle is 25°, then what should the
incline angle be in order for the box to slide down the plane at constant speed.
(8 marks)

b) A worker on a scaffold on a billboard throws a ball straight up. The ball has an initial
velocity of 11.2 ms"1 when it leaves his hand at the top of the billboard.

i) What is the maximum height the ball reaches relative to the top of the billboard?
(2 marks)

ii) How long does it take to reach this height?

(2 marks)

iii) What is the position of the ball when r = 2.00 s?

(2 marks)

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QUESTION 6

a) Figure 3 shows a box attached to two cords. Neglect the mass of the cords, and
assume that the angle 6 is 35° and the mass m is 150 kg.

m
Et#y

Figure 3

i) Draw a free body diagram for the box.

(3 marks)
ii) Calculate the tension in the two cords that hang the box.
(7 marks)

b) Figure 4 shows a house at the bottom of a hill. A tank, placed at the top of the hill
feeds the house with water through a pipe that is 90 m long along the slope that is 60°
to the horizontal. If the water in the tank is 4.0 m deep, determine the water gauge
pressure at the house.

Figure 4
(3 marks)

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QUESTION 7

A sinusoidal wave on a string is described by the equation

y = (0.15m) sin(0.80x - 500

where x and y are in meter and t is in second. If the mass per unit length of this string is
12.0 gm"\ determine

a) the speed of the wave.

(4 marks)
b) the wavelength.
(2 marks)
c) the frequency.
(2 marks)
d) the power transmitted to the wave.
(2 marks)

QUESTION 8

a) A 0.10 kg of ice at -5 °C is added into a copper can (C = 150 JK"1) containing 1500 cm3
of water initially at 27 °C. By avoiding heat absorbed from the surroundings, find the
equilibrium temperature of the system. {cwater= 4190 Jkg"1K"1, cice = 2220 Jkg"1K"1 and
Z-Fwater = 333 x 103JK'1)
(6 marks)

b) On an unknown temperature scale in a constant-volume ideal gas thermometer, the

pressure at -10 °U and 50 °U are 1.2 atm and 1.4 atm, respectively.

i) Draw a graph of pressure versus temperature calibration curve starting from

Oatm.
(2 marks)

ii) At absolute zero temperature, what is the reading at this unknown temperature
scale?
(2 marks)

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CONSTANT

g = 9.8 ms" 2 R = 8.31 Jmol"1K"

Atomic mass for He = 4u 1 atm = 1.013x10

Pwater= 1000 kg m~3

FORMULAE

1. v = u + at Ap
v2 = u2 + 2as 12. B:
s = ut + 1/2at2
s = !4(u+v)t
I VJ
2. y - y0 = (v0sin 90)t - 1/2gt2 13. FB = pVg

gX
14. K = 1/2rrnr
3.y = (tan9 0 )x- \
2(v0cos90)2

4. a = ^ l 15. Ug = mgh

16. Cv= - R
5. yT = [2Asin kx] cos cot

P = 1/2nu)2A2v
17. CP = CV + R
6. Q = mcA9
A C
7. x = n— 18. Y = —
2 C
. 1A

8.k=2E
19. W = jpdV
A
20. Q = nCvAT
9 . CO = 2TTf
21. Q = nCpAT
10. p + J4pv2 + pgy = constant
22. pV = nRT
11. R« = Av

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