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Intermediate
Mathematical
MCQ

A force \(F\) is exerted by a broom handle on the head of a broom, which has a mass \(m\). The handle is at an angle \(\theta\) to the horizontal. The work done by the force on the head of the broom as it moves a distance \(d\) across a horizontal floor is

Beginner
Conceptual
MCQ

A cannon fires a cannonball forward. The recoil of the cannon is backward. Why doesn’t the cannon move backward as fast as the cannonball moves forward?

Intermediate
Mathematical
GQ

A person’s center of mass is easily found by having the person lie on a reaction board. A horizontal, \( 2.3 \) \( \text{m} \)-long, \( 6.1 \) \( \text{kg} \) reaction board is supported only at the ends, with one end resting on a scale and the other on a pivot. A \( 64 \) \( \text{kg} \) woman lies on the reaction board with her feet over the pivot. The scale reads \( 27 \) \( \text{kg} \). What is the distance from the woman’s feet to her center of mass? Express your answer with the appropriate units.

Beginner
Mathematical
MCQ

When a fan is turned off, its angular speed decreases from \( 10 \) \( \text{rad/s} \) to \( 6.3 \) \( \text{rad/s} \) in \( 5.0 \) \( \text{s} \). What is the magnitude of the average angular acceleration of the fan?

Beginner
Conceptual
MCQ

The magnitude of a component of a vector must be

Intermediate
Mathematical
FRQ

A satellite circling Earth completes each orbit in \(132 \, \text{minutes}\).

Beginner
Conceptual
MCQ

When can the motion of a pendulum be modeled as simple harmonic motion?

Beginner
Conceptual
GQ

Why do pilots sometimes black out while pulling out at the bottom of a dive?

Beginner
Mathematical
FRQ

A race car travels in a circular track of radius \( 200 \) \( \text{m} \). If the car moves with a constant speed of \( 80 \) \( \text{m/s} \),

Advanced
Mathematical
FRQ

A skier with a mass of \(58 \, \text{kg}\) glides up a snowy incline that forms an angle of \(28^\circ\) with the horizontal. The skier initially moves at a speed of \(7.2 \, \text{m/s}\). After traveling a distance of \(2.3 \, \text{m}\) up the slope, the skier’s speed reduces to \(3.8 \, \text{m/s}\).

Advanced
Mathematical
MCQ

The two blocks of masses \( M \) and \( 2M \) travel at the same speed \( v \) but in opposite directions. They collide and stick together. How much mechanical energy is lost to other forms of energy during the collision?

Advanced
Mathematical
GQ

A car is traveling 20 m/s when the driver sees a child standing on the road. She takes 0.8 s to react then steps on the brakes and slows at 7.0 m/s2. How far does the car go before it stops?

Advanced
Mathematical
MCQ

Ball 1 is dropped from rest at time \( t = 0 \) from a tower of height \( h \). At the same instant, ball 2 is launched upward from the ground with the initial speed \( v_0 \). If air resistance is negligible, at what time \( t \) will the two balls pass each other?

Beginner
Mathematical
GQ

A spring with a spring constant of \( 600. \) \( \text{N/m} \) is used for a scale to weigh fish. What is the mass of a fish that would stretch the spring by \( 7.5 \) \( \text{cm} \) from its normal length?

Intermediate
Mathematical
GQ

The large piston in a hydraulic lift has a radius of \( 250 \) \( \text{cm}^2 \). What force must be applied to the small piston with a radius of \( 25 \) \( \text{cm}^2 \) in order to raise a car of mass \( 1500 \) \( \text{kg} \)?

Advanced
Mathematical
MCQ

A typical \( 68 \)\(-\text{kg} \) person can maintain a steady energy expenditure of \( 480 \) \( \text{W} \) on a bicycle. Approximately how many Calories are “burned” when the person rides a bicycle for \( 15 \) minutes? A typical energy efficiency for the human body is \( 25\% \), which takes into account the release of thermal energy.

Beginner
Proportional Analysis
GQ

A car rounds a curve at a steady \( 50 \) \( \text{km/h} \). If it rounds the same curve at a steady \( 70 \) \( \text{km/h} \), will its acceleration be any different?

Beginner
Mathematical
FRQ

A ball is thrown straight up with a speed of \( 30 \) \( \text{m/s} \), and air resistance is negligible.

Intermediate
Mathematical
GQ

A 84.4 kg climber is scaling the vertical wall. His safety rope is made of a material that behaves like a spring  that has a spring constant of 1.34 x 103 N/m. He accidentally slips and falls 0.627 m before the rope runs out of slack. How much is the rope stretched when it breaks his fall and momentarily brings him to rest?

Intermediate
Conceptual
MCQ

The diagram above shows a top view of a child of mass \(M\) on a circular platform of mass \(5M\)that is rotating counterclockwise. Assume the platform rotates without friction. Which of the following describes an action by the child that will result in an increase in the total angular momentum of the child-platform system?

Intermediate
Mathematical
FRQ

A textbook is launched up with a speed of 20 m/s, at an angle of 36°, from a 12 m high roof.

Intermediate
Mathematical
GQ

Determine the sum of the three vectors given below. Calculate the resultant \( \vec{R} \) expressed as:

(a) Vector components
(b) Resultant vector (its total magnitude and direction)

\[\vec{A} = 26.5 \, \text{m} \ @ \ 56^\circ \, \text{NW}\]

\[\vec{B} = 44 \, \text{m} \ @ \ 28^\circ \, \text{NE}\]

\[\vec{C} = 31 \, \text{m} \, \text{South}\]

Intermediate
Mathematical
FRQ

You throw a rock straight up with an initial velocity of \( 5.0 \, \text{m/s} \).

Beginner
Mathematical
MCQ

A car travels \( 60 \) \( \text{km} \) at \( 30 \) \( \text{km/h} \), then \( 60 \) \( \text{km} \) at \( 60 \) \( \text{km/h} \). What is its average speed over the entire trip?

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