Test #3
PHYSICS 1100
14 November 1997
- In the diagram below, a block A of mass 3.00 kg is moving to
the right when it collides with block B which has mass 4.50 kg
and is not moving. The tabletop is frictionless and 1.20 m above
the floor.
(a) If the collision is perfectly elastic, block B lands 1.78
m from the edge of the table. Determine the initial and final
velocities of each block.
(b) If the collision is totally inelastic, and block A has the
initial velocity determined in part (a), find where the blocks
land.
- In the diagram below, a ball of mass m = 0.020 kg is hanging
by a thread from the ceiling. The thread makes an angle
θ = 18.0°
with the vertical. The ball has a positive charge q = 3.00 C.
There is a negative charge Q = -2.00 C a distance r = 0.25 m
away. There is also an unknown uniform electric field in the
room, E, which points straight down. Determine the tension in
the string. Determine the magnitude of the electric field.
- In the diagram below are two charge q1 = +5.00 C
and q2 = -4.00 C. The distances are r1
= 20.0 cm and r2 = 30.0 cm. The angle is
θ = 58.0°.
Determine the magnitude and direction of the electric field at
point A. Determine the force acting on a charge Q placed at point
A if Q is (i) 3.00 C, (ii) -7.00 C, or (iii) 2.00 C.
- Five resistors are connected to a battery as shown in the diagram
below. The five resistors are R1= 3.00
Ω, R2
= 4.00 Ω, R3
= 12.00 Ω, R4
= 2.00 Ω, and R5
= 6.00 Ω. The battery supplies
ε = 3.00 Volts. Find the equivalent
resistance of the circuit. Find the current through each resistor.
Find the voltage drop over each resistor. Find the power dissipated
by each resistor.
- A block has a speed of 2.85 m/s on top of a 1.50-m
high hill. The hill surface is frictionless but the horizontal
track has a coefficient of kinetic friction of
μ = 0.27. Determine
how far the block slides along the horizontal track before coming
to a complete stop.
- In the diagram below, a toy car has an unknown
speed v at point A. It is known that the car just makes it (i.e.
almost loses contact) around the inside of a loop-the-loop of
radius R = 0.40 m. It then rolls up an incline to a height h
where it comes to a complete rest. Determine the initial speed
v and the height h. All work must be shown.
Formulas
Kinematics
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vaverage = ½(vf+v0) |
| Δx = vaveraget |
Δx = v0t + ½at2 |
v = v0 + at |
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g = 9.81 m/s2 |
Newton's Laws
| ΣFx = max |
ΣFy = may |
fmax static = μsN |
fkinetic = μkN |
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| G = 6.672 × 10-11 N-m2/kg2 |
Work and Energy
| W = FΔxcos
θ
= FxΔx |
Wnc = ΔK
+ ΔP |
K = ½mv2 |
P = mgh |
Collisions
| m1v1f
+ m2v2f =
m1v1i
+ m2v2i |
I = mvf - mvi
= FaverageΔt |
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| p = mv |
Coulomb's Law and Electric Fields
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| F = qE |
k = 8.99 × 109 N-m2/C2 |
Electric Circuits
| V = IR |
Rseries = R1 + R2 + ... |
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| P = IR2 = IV = V/R2 |
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Vvoltmeter = IG(Rcoil
+Rmultiplier) |
Quadratic Formula
if ax2+bx+c = 0, then

Questions?
mike.coombes@kwantlen.ca