Mathematical Problems on

Newtons Law of motion

MEC 271: Basic Mechanics II

Instructor: Md. Rumman Ul Ahsan
Department of Mechanical Engineering

1. If a net horizontal force of 130 N is applied to a person with mass 60.0 kg who is resting on
the edge of a swimming pool, what horizontal acceleration is produced?
2. What magnitude of net force is required to give a 135-kg refrigerator an acceleration of
magnitude 1.40 m/s .
3. A box rests on a frozen pond, which serves as a frictionless horizontal surface. If a fisherman
applies a horizontal force with magnitude 48.0 N to the box and produces an acceleration of
magnitude 3.00 m/ , what is the mass of the box?
4. A crate with mass 32.5 kg initially at rest on a warehouse floor is acted on by a net horizontal
force of 140 N. What acceleration is produced? How far does the crate travel in 10.0 s? What
is its speed at the end of 10.0 s?
5. At the surface of Jupiters moon Io, the acceleration due to gravity is . A watermelon weights
44.0 N at the surface of the earth. What is the mass on the earths surface? What are its
mass and weight on the surface of Io?
6. A .22 rifle bullet, traveling at 350 m/s, strikes a block of soft wood, which it penetrates to a
depth of 0.130 m. The block of wood is clamped in place and doesnt move. The mass of the
bullet is 1.80 g. Assume a constant retarding force. How much time is required for the bullet
to stop? What force, in newtons, does the wood exert on the bullet?

7. Given F=30 N of E F =7N 60 S of W and F=10N 40 E of S. Find the components of each

vector. Find the vector components of the resultant force. Find the magnitude and direction
of the resultant force.
8. Two crates, of mass 75 kg and 110 kg, are in contact and at rest on a horizontal surface. A
730-N force is exerted on the 75-kg crate. If the coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.15,
calculate the acceleration of the system, and the force that each crate exerts on the other.
9. A block lies on a smooth plane tilted at an angle to the horizontal. Determine the
acceleration of the block as it slides down the plane. If the block starts from rest 9.10 m up
the plane from its base, what will be the blocks speed when it reaches the bottom of the
incline? Ignore friction.
10. Find the tension in each cord if the weight of the suspended object is 490 N.
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11. A child sits on a merry-go-around, 1.5 meters from the center. The merry-go-around is
turning at a constant rate, and the child is observed to have a radial acceleration of 2.3 m/ .
How long does it take for the merry-go-around to make one revolution?
12. John is pulling a sled to haul up a snowy hill to this cabin. The slope is 22.0 from the
horizontal, the sled has a mass of 16.0 kg, the coefficient of kinetic friction between the sled
runners and the snow is 0.130, and John can exert a force of 1400 N parallel to the surface of
the hill. What is the largest load of wood (in kg) that John can take in one trip?