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Intermediate
Mathematical
MCQ

A \(15 \, \text{g}\) marble moves to the right at \(3.5 \, \text{m/s}\) and makes an elastic head-on collision with a \(22 \, \text{g}\) marble. The final velocity of the \(22 \, \text{g}\) marble is \(2.0 \, \text{m/s}\) to the right, and the final velocity of the \(15 \, \text{g}\) marble is \(5.4 \, \text{m/s}\) to the left. What was the initial velocity of the \(22 \, \text{g}\) marble?

Advanced
Mathematical
MCQ
Wagon Wheel Structure Moment of Inertia Wheel Mass Wheel Radius
Wagon \(A\) Solid disk \[\frac{1}{2} M R^2\] \[ 0.5 \, \text{kg} \] \[ 0.1 \, \text{m} \]
Wagon \(B\) Solid disk \[\frac{1}{2} M R^2\] \[ 0.2 \, \text{kg} \] \[ 0.1 \, \text{m} \]
Wagon \(C\) Hollow hoop \[M R^2\] \[ 0.1 \, \text{kg} \] \[ 0.1 \, \text{m} \]

Three wagons have identical total mass (including their wheels) and each has four wheels. However, the wheels on each wagon have different designs with varying mass distributions and radii as shown in a reference chart. When accelerating each wagon from a standstill to \( 10 \) \( \text{m/s} \), which wagon requires the most energy input?

Intermediate
Mathematical
GQ

In a town’s water system, pressure gauges in still water at street level read \( 150 \) \( \text{kPa} \). If a pipeline connected to the system breaks and shoots water straight up, how high above the street does the water shoot?

Intermediate
Mathematical
GQ

A driver has a reaction time of \( 0.50 \) \( \text{s} \), and the maximum deceleration of her car is \( 6.0 \) \( \text{m/s}^2 \). She is driving at \( 20 \) \( \text{m/s} \) when suddenly she sees an obstacle in the road \( 50 \) \( \text{m} \) in front of her. Can she stop the car to avoid the collision?

Beginner
Conceptual
GQ

What would your bathroom scale read if you weighed yourself on an inclined plane? Assume the mechanism functions properly, even at an angle.

Beginner
Mathematical
GQ

A race car traveling at a constant speed of \( 50 \) \( \text{m/s} \) drives around a circular track that is \( 500 \) \( \text{m} \) in diameter. What is the magnitude of the acceleration of the car?

Beginner
Proportional Analysis
GQ

You try to open a door, but you are unable to push at a right angle to the door. So, you push the door at an angle of \( 35^{\circ} \) from the horizontal. How much harder would you have to push to open the door just as fast as if you were to push it at \( 90^{\circ} \)?

Intermediate
Mathematical
GQ

Water at a gauge pressure of \( 3.8 \) \( \text{atm} \) at street level flows into an office building at a speed of \( 0.78 \) \( \text{m/s} \) through a pipe \( 5.0 \) \( \text{cm} \) in diameter. The pipe tapers down to \( 2.8 \) \( \text{cm} \) in diameter by the top floor, \( 16 \) \(\text{m} \) above, where the faucet has been left open. Calculate the flow velocity AND the gauge pressure in the pipe on the top floor. Assume no branch pipes and ignore viscosity.

Advanced
Conceptual
GQ

Why is the stopping distance of a truck much shorter than for a train going the same speed? Hint: try deriving a formula or stopping distance.

Intermediate
Mathematical
FRQ

Runner A begins a \( 100 \)-meter race at time \( t = 0 \) and runs at a constant speed of \( 6.0 \) \( \text{m/s} \). Runner B starts the same race \( 3 \) seconds later but runs at \( 9.0 \) \( \text{m/s} \).

Intermediate
Mathematical
MCQ

A block of mass 3.0 kg is hung from a spring, causing it to stretch 12 cm at equilibrium. The 3.0 kg block is then taken off and the spring returns to its original height. Now a 4.0 kg block is placed on the spring and released from rest. How far will the 4.0 kg block fall before its direction is reversed?

Beginner
Conceptual
GQ

Explain how a roof might “blow off” during heavy winds.

Beginner
Conceptual
GQ

If an object rotating, must there be a net torque acting on it?

Advanced
Mathematical
GQ

A spacecraft somewhere in between the Earth and the Moon experiences zero net force acting on it. This is because the Earth and the Moon pull the spacecraft in equal but opposite directions. Find the distance \(D\) away from Earth such that the spacecraft experiences zero net force. The distance between the Moon and Earth is \(\sim 3.844 \times 10^8 \, \text{m}\).

Note: You may need the mass of the Earth and the Moon. You can find this in the formula table.

Beginner
Conceptual
MCQ

Consider a ball thrown up from the surface of the earth into the air at an angle of \( 30^\circ \) above the horizontal. Air resistance is negligible. The ball’s acceleration just after release is most nearly

Beginner
Conceptual
MCQ

A person is running on a track. Which of the following forces propels the runner forward?

Beginner
Conceptual
GQ

If an elephant were chasing you, its enormous mass would be most threatening. But if you zigzagged, its mass would be to your advantage. Why?

Advanced
Mathematical
FRQ

A pump, submerged at the bottom of a well that is \( 35 \) \( \text{m} \) deep, is used to pump water uphill to a house that is \( 50 \) \( \text{m} \) above the top of the well, as shown to the right. The density of water is \( 1000 \) \( \text{kg/m}^3 \). All pressures are gauge pressures. Neglect the effects of friction, turbulence, and viscosity.

Beginner
Mathematical
GQ

A hypothetical planet has a radius \( 2.0 \) times that of Earth, but has the same mass. What is the acceleration due to gravity near its surface?

Beginner
Conceptual
MCQ

A student monitors the gauge pressure at the bottom of a cylinder filled with water. If the student pours out half of the water and replaces it with an equal volume of oil (which is less dense than water and does not mix), how does the gauge pressure at the bottom change?

Intermediate
Mathematical
FRQ

A projectile of mass 0.750 kg is shot straight up with an initial speed of 18.0 m/s.

Intermediate
Mathematical
GQ

A girl, standing still, tosses a ball vertically upwards. One second later, she tosses up another ball at the same velocity. The balls collide \( 0.5 \) \( \text{s} \) after the second ball is tossed. With what velocity were they tossed? The acceleration due to gravity is \( 9.8 \) \( \text{m/s}^2 \).

Intermediate
Conceptual
MCQ
Experiment Initial Velocity of Cart X \( (\text{m/s}) \) Initial Velocity of Cart Y \( (\text{m/s}) \) Final Velocity of Cart X \( (\text{m/s}) \) Final Velocity of Cart Y \( (\text{m/s}) \)
\( 1 \) \( 1 \) \( 0 \) \( 0 \) \( 1 \)
\( 2 \) \( 1 \) \( -1 \) \( -1 \) \( 1 \)
\( 3 \) \( 2 \) \( 1 \) \( 1 \) \( 2 \)

A student performs several experiments in which two carts collide as they travel along a horizontal surface. Cart X and Cart Y both have a mass of \( 1 \) \( \text{kg} \). Data collected from the three experiments are shown in the table above. During which experiment does the center of mass of the system of two carts have the greatest change in its momentum?

Beginner
Mathematical
MCQ

An object’s angular momentum changes by \( 10 \,\text{kg} \cdot \text{m}^2/\text{s} \) in \( 2.0 \) \( \text{s} \). What magnitude average torque acted on this object?

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