Midterm #1 with solutions

Physics 6A Maha Ashour-Abdalla

Spring 2012 April 25, 2012



Name: Student I.D.#


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Please do the following 4 problems. Show all work and reasoning. Use the back of the page if
necessary and circle your final answer.


Problem

Points

1


2


3


4


TOTAL




Name:



Problem 1
A stone is dropped from the roof of a building. Two seconds (2.00 s) after
that, a second stone is thrown straight down from the roof with an initial
speed of 30.0 m/s. It is observed that the two stones hit the ground at the
same time. (Note: Use g = 10.0 m/s
2
).

(15 Points)

a) How long did it take the first stone to reach the ground?


2
1
2
1
gt y = ( ) ( )
2
2
s 00 . 2
2
1
s 00 . 2 = t g t v y
yo

( )
( ) ( )
( )
s 00 . 4
m/s 10.0 2 m/s 0 . 30
m/s 0 . 10 2 m/s 0 . 30 2
2
2 2
2 2 2
2 2
2
1
2
2
1
expand and , Set
2
2
2 2
2 2 1
=
+
+
=
+
+
=
+ = +
+ =
=
t
g v
g v
t
g v t g v
g gt gt v t v gt
y y y
yo
yo
yo yo
yo yo


(5 Points)

b) How high is the building?
( )( ) m 0 . 80 s 00 . 4 m/s 0 . 10
2
1
2
1
Use
2 2 2
= = = gt y


(5 Points)


c) What are the speeds of the two stones just before they hit the ground?

( )( ) m/s 0 . 40 s 00 . 4 m/s 0 . 10
2
10 1
= = = gt v v
( ) ( )( ) m/s 0 . 50 s 00 . 2 s 00 . 4 m/s 0 . 10 m/s 0 . 30 2
2
02 2
= = = t g v v






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Problem 2


Consider the system shown in the figure with masses m
1
and m
2
and angles
u
1
and u
2
. The two blocks are connected by a massless string that passes
over a frictionless pulley. The inclines are frictionless. Express your
answers in terms of m
1
, m
2,
u
1
, u
2
and g.
(5 Points) a) Draw free-body diagrams for both masses.









(10 Points) b) What is the magnitude of the acceleration?


( )
g
m m
m m
a
a m m g m T T g m
a m g T-m
a m T g m
2 1
2 2 1 1
2 2 2 2 1 1
2 2 2
1 1 1
sin sin
sin sin (2) (1)
(2) sin : 2 mass For
(1) sin : 1 mass For
+

=
+ = + +
=
=

(10 Points) c) What is the tension in the string? Assume the acceleration a, is known
for this part. Express your answer in terms of m
1
, m
2,
u
1
, u
2
, g and a.

a m g m T
a m g m T
2 2 2
1 1 1
sin or
sin
+ =
=



m
2

m
1

a
u
2

u
1

N
1

m
1
g
N
2

u
1

u
2

m
2
g
T T
a
a
x
y
x
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Problem 3


A golfer is at a distance x from the flag of an elevated green a height h
above his position (see figure). He hits a golf ball at an angle of u
i
to the
horizontal with an initial velocity v
i
. The ball strikes the base of the flag
stick. Express your answer in terms of x, h, u
i
and g.

(15 Points) a) What is the magnitude of the initial velocity (v
i
)? Express your answer
in terms of x, h, u
i
and g.
) tan ( 2 cos
tan
cos 2
1
cos 2
1
tan
cos 2
1
cos
sin
2
1
sin
cos
cos
2
2
2
2
h x
g x
v
h x
v
x
g
v
x
g x h
v
x
g
v
x
v gt t v h
v
x
t t v x
i i
i
i
i i
i i
i
i i i i
i i i i
i i
i i

=
=
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.
|

\
|
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|

\
|
=
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|

\
|

|
|
.
|

\
|
= =
= =
u u
u
u
u
u
u u
u u
u
u


(10 Points) b) How long is the ball in the air? Assume the initial velocity v
i
is known
and express your answer in terms of x, v
i
and u
i
.
x t v
i i
= u cos
i i
v
x
t
u cos
=

i

h
x
Name:


Problem 4
A hanging mass m
1
is connected by a massless string over a massless, frictionless
pulley to a block of mass m
2
on a frictionless incline with angle u. (Express your
answer in terms of m
1
, m
2
, g, u, and
k
)


(10 Points) a) What is the magnitude of the acceleration of both masses?
Block 1: g m a m T a m g m T
1 1 1 1
+ = =
Block 2: a m g m T
2 2
sin = u

2 1
2 1
2 1 2 1
2 2 1 1
sin
) ( sin
sin
m m
m m
g a
a m m g m g m
a m g m g m a m
+

=
+ =
= +
u
u
u


(5 Points) b) At what angle u will the acceleration be zero?
a = 0 when 0 sin
2 1
= u m m

2
1
sin
m
m
= u

(10 Points) c) If the incline now has a kinetic coefficient of friction
k
, what is the
magnitude of the acceleration if block m
2
is moving up the incline?
Block 1: a m g m T a m g m T
1 1 1 1
= =
u
m
1

m
2

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Block 2: a m g m N T
k 2 2
sin = u

|
|
.
|

\
|
+

=
=
=
= =
2 1
2 2 1
2 2 2 1 1
2 2 2
2 2
cos sin
sin cos
sin cos
cos 0 cos
m m
m m m
g a
a m g m g m a m g m
a m g m g m T
g m N g m N
k
k
k
u u
u u
u u
u u