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Physics 130 General Physics Fall 2012

Midterm Exam 3

November 29, 2012

Name:

Instructions

1. This examination is closed book and closed notes. All your belongingsexcept a pen or pencil and a calculator should be put away and yourbookbag should be placed on the floor.

2. You will find one page of useful formulae on the last page of the exam.

3. Please show all your work in the space provided on each page. If youneed more space, feel free to use the back side of each page.

4. Academic dishonesty (i.e., copying or cheating in any way) willresult in a zero for the exam, and may cause you to fail theclass.

In order to receive maximum credit,

each solution should have:

1. A labeled picture or diagram, if appropriate.2. A list of given variables.3. A list of the unknown quantities (i.e., what you are being asked to find).4. One or more free-body or force-interaction diagrams, as appropriate,

with labeled 1D or 2D coordinate axes.5. Algebraic expression for the net force along each dimension, as appro-

priate.6. Algebraic expression for the conservation of energy or momentum equa-

tions, as appropriate.7. An algebraic solution of the unknown variables in terms of the

known variables.8. A final numerical solution, including units, with a box around it.9. An answer to additional questions posed in the problem, if any.

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1. A 10 m long glider with a mass of 680 kg (including the passengers) is gliding horizontallythrough the air at 30 m/s when a 60 kg skydiver drops out by releasing his grip on theglider. Using the appropriate conservation law, determine the glider’s velocity just afterthe skydiver lets go.

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2. A 20 g ball of clay traveling east at 2.0 m{s collides with a 30 g ball of clay traveling30˝ south of west at 1.0 m{s. What are the speed and the direction of the resulting 50 gball of clay?

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3. Most geologists believe that the dinosaurs became extinct 65 million years ago when alarge comet or asteroid struck the earth, throwing up so much dust that the sun wasblocked out for a period of many months. Suppose an asteroid with a diameter of 2.0 kmand a mass of 1.0 ˆ 1013 kg hits the earth with an impact speed of 4.0 ˆ 104 m{s.

(a) What is the earth’s recoil speed after such a collision? (Hint: Use a reference framein which the earth is initially at rest.)

(b) What percentage is this of the earth’s speed around the sun?

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4. Fred (mass 60 kg) is running with the football at a speed of 6.0 m{s when he is methead-on by Brutus (mass 120 kg), who is moving at 4.0 m{s. Brutus grabs Fred in atight grip, and they fall to the ground. Which way do they slide, and how far? Thecoefficient of kinetic friction between football uniforms and Astroturf is 0.30.

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5. A two-stage rocket is traveling at 1200 m{s with respect to the earth when the firststage runs out of fuel. Explosive bolts release the first stage and push it backward witha speed of 35 m{s relative to the second stage. The first stage is three times as massiveas the second stage. What is the speed of the second stage after the separation?

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6. A 500 g rubber ball is dropped from a height of 10 m and undergoes a perfectly elasticcollision with the earth.

(a) For an elastic collision, what quantities are conserved?

(b) Write out the conservation of momentum equation for this problem.

(c) Write out the conservation of energy equation for this problem.

(d) Which quantities are not known in these equations?

(e) Explain how to obtain the formulas for these unknown quantities.

(f) What is the earth’s velocity after the collision? Assume the earth was at rest justbefore the collision.

(g) How many years would it take the earth to move 1.0 mm at this speed?

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7. A package of mass m is release from rest at a warehouse loading dock and slides downa 3.0 m high frictionless chute to a waiting truck. Unfortunately, the truck driver wenton a break without having removed the previous package, of mass 2m, from the bottomof the chute.

(a) Suppose the packages stick together. What is their common speed after the colli-sion?

(b) For an elastic collision, what quantities are conserved?

(c) Write out the conservation of momentum equation for this problem.

(d) Write out the conservation of energy equation for this problem.

(e) Which quantities are not known in these equations?

(f) Explain how to obtain the formulas for these unknown quantities.

(g) If the collision between the packages is perfectly elastic, to what height does thepackage of mass m rebound?

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8. A roller coaster car on the frictionless track shown below starts from rest at height h.The track’s valley and hill consist of circular-shaped segments of radius R.

(a) What is the maximum height hmax from which the car can start so as not to fly offthe track when going over the hill? Give your answer as a multiple of R. Hint Firstfind the maximum speed for going over the hill.

(b) Evaluate hmax for a roller coaster that has R “ 10 m.

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9. A sled starts from rest at the top of the frictionless, hemispherical, snow-covered hillshown below.

(a) Find an expression for the sled’s speed when it is at angle φ.

(b) Use Newton’s laws to find the maximum speed the sled can have at angle φ withoutleaving the surface.

(c) At what angle φmax does the sled “fly off” the hill?

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10. Bob can throw a 500 g rock with a speed of 30 m/s. He moves his hand forward 1.0 mwhile doing so.

(a) How much work does Bob do on the rock?

(b) How much force, assumed to be constant, does Bob apply to the rock?

(c) What is Bob’s maximum power output as he throws the rock?

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11. Truck brakes can fail if they get too hot. In some mountainous areas, ramps of loosegravel are constructed to stop runaway trucks that have lost their brakes. The combi-nation of a slight upward slope and a large coefficient of rolling resistance as the trucktires sink into the gravel brings the truck safely to a halt. Suppose a gravel ramp slopesupward at 6.0˝ and the coefficient of rolling friction is 0.40. Use work and energy to findthe length of a ramp that will stop a 15, 000 kg truck that enters the ramp at 35 m/s(« 75 mph).

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12. An 8.0 kg crate is pulled 5.0 m up a 30˝ incline by a rope angled 18˝ above the incline.The tension in the rope is 120 N, and the crate’s coefficient of kinetic friction on theincline is 0.25.

(a) How much work is done by tension, by gravity, and by the normal force?

(b) What is the increase in thermal energy of the crate and incline?

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13. A 5.0 kg cat leaps from the floor to the top of a 95 cm high table. If the cat pushesagainst the floor for 0.20 s to accomplish this feat, what was her average power outputduring the pushoff period?

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14. In a hydroelectric dam, water falls 25 m and then spins a turbine to generate electricity.

(a) What is ∆U of 1.0 kg of water?

(b) Suppose the dam is 80% efficient at converting the water’s potential energy toelectrical energy. How many kilograms of water must pass through the turbineseach second to generate 50 MW of electricity?

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15. You need to determine the density of a ceramic statue. If you suspend it from a springscale, the scale reads 28.4 N. If you then lower the statue into a tub of water, so that itis completely submerged, the scale reads 17.0 N. What is the statue’s density?

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16. A 355 mL soda can is 6.2 cm in diameter and has a mass of 20 g. Such a soda can halffull of water is floating upright in water. What length of the can is above the waterlevel?

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17. Water flowing out of a 16 mm diameter faucet fills a 2.0 L bottle in 10 s. At whatdistance below the faucet has the water stream narrowed to 10 mm in diameter?

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18. A hurricane wind blows across a 6.0 m ˆ15.0 m flat roof at a speed of 130 km/hr.

(a) Is the air pressure above the roof higher or lower than the pressure inside the house?Explain.

(b) What is the pressure difference?

(c) How much force is exerted on the roof? If the roof cannot withstand this muchforce, will it “blow in” or “blow out”?

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19. A gas is compressed from 600 cm´3 to 200 cm´3 at a constant pressure of 450 kPa. Atthe same time, 100 J of heat energy is transferred out of the gas. What is the change inthermal energy of the gas during this process?

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20. A 100 g ice cube at ´10˝ C is placed in an aluminum cup whose initial temperature is70˝ C. The system comes to an equilibrium temperature of 20˝ C. What is the mass ofthe cup?

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Kinematics and Mechanics

xf “ xi ` vxit `1

2axt

2

vxf “ vxi ` axt

v2xf “ v2xi ` 2axpxf ´ xiq

yf “ yi ` vyit `1

2ayt

2

vyf “ vyi ` ayt

v2yf “ v2yi ` 2aypyf ´ yiq

θf “ θi ` ωi∆t `1

2α∆t2

ωf “ ωi ` α∆t

ωf2 “ ωi

2 ` 2α∆θ

s “ rθ

c “ 2πr

vt “ ωr

ar “v2

r“ ω2r

v “2πr

T

Forces

~Fnet “ Σ~F “ ma

~Fnet “ Σ~Fr “ ma “ mv2

r

Fg “ mg

0 ă fs ă“ µsFN

fk “ µkFN

~FAonB “ ´~FBonA

Momentum

~pi “ ~pf

~p “ m~v

pvfx q1 “m1 ´ m2

m1 ` m2

pvix q1

pvfx q2 “2m1

m1 ` m2

pvix q1

Energy

Kf ` Ugf “ Ki ` Ugi

∆K ` ∆U ` ∆Eth “ ∆Emech ` ∆Eth “ ∆Esys “ Wext

Kf ` Uf ` ∆Eth “ Ki ` Ui ` Wext

K “1

2mv2

U “ mgy

∆Eth “ fk∆s

W “ ~F ¨ ~d

P “ ~F ¨ ~v

P “ ∆E{∆t

Fluids and Thermal Energy

P “F

A

ρ “m

VQ “ vA

v1A1 “ v2A2

p1 `1

2ρv2

1 ` ρgy1 “ p2 `1

2ρv2

2 ` ρgy2

Qnet “ Q1 ` Q2 ` ... “ 0

Q “ MLf for freezing/melting

Q “ Mc∆T

Constants

g “ 9.8 m{s2

Mearth “ 5.98 ˆ 1024 kg

rearth´sun “ 1.50 ˆ 1011 m

ρwater “ 1000 kg{m3

ρair “ 1 .28 kg{m3

cice “ 2090J

kg K

cwater “ 4190J

kg K

cAl “ 900J

kg K

Lf “ 333 , 000J

kgice to water

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