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Intermediate
Mathematical
GQ

A woman stands on a bathroom scale in a motionless elevator. When the elevator begins to move, the scale briefly reads only \( 0.75 \) of her regular weight. Calculate the acceleration of the elevator, and find the direction of acceleration.

Intermediate
Mathematical
MCQ

A rod of length \( L \) is rotated about its center with \( I = \frac{ML^{2}}{12} \). What is the moment of inertia at either end of the rod?

Intermediate
Conceptual
MCQ

Three identical reservoirs, \(A\), \(B\), and \(C\), are represented above, each with a small pipe where water exits horizontally. The pipes are set at the same height above a pool of water. The water in the reservoirs is kept at the levels shown. Which of the following correctly ranks the horizontal distances \( d \) that the streams of water travel before hitting the surface of the pool?

Beginner
Mathematical
GQ

Three blocks are stacked on top of one another. The top block has a mass of \( 4.6 \, \text{kg} \), the middle one has a mass of \( 1.2 \, \text{kg} \), and the bottom one has a mass of \( 3.7 \, \text{kg} \).
Identify and calculate any normal forces between the objects.

Beginner
Mathematical
GQ

What force is necessary to stretch an ideal spring with a spring constant of \( 120 \) \( \text{N/m} \) by \( 30 \) \( \text{cm} \)?

Beginner
Mathematical
FRQ

Find the following three values using just rotational kinematics.

Beginner
Mathematical
MCQ

A turntable rotates through \( 6 \) \( \text{rad} \) in \( 3 \) \( \text{s} \) as it accelerates uniformly from rest. What is its angular acceleration in \( \text{rad/s}^2 \)?

Intermediate
Mathematical
FRQ

On Earth, a simple pendulum of length \(1.2 \, \text{meters}\), mass of \(3 \, \text{kg}\), and amplitude of \(10\) degrees oscillates back and forth. Calculate:

Advanced
Proportional Analysis
MCQ

A ball is tossed directly upward. Its total time in the air is \( T \). Its maximum height is \( H \). What is its height after it has been in the air a time \( T/4 \)? Air resistance is negligible.

Intermediate
Conceptual
MCQ

Which of the following must be zero if an object is spinning at a constant rate? There may be more than one right answer.

Advanced
Conceptual
FRQ

Two cannonballs, A and B, are fired from the ground with identical initial speeds, but with \( \theta_A \) larger than \( \theta_B \).

Intermediate
Mathematical
FRQ

A \( 1 \) \( \text{kg} \) mass on a \( 37^{\circ} \) incline is connected to a \( 3.0 \) \( \text{kg} \) mass on a horizontal surface, as shown. The surfaces and the pulley are frictionless. If \( F = 12 \) \( \text{N} \):

Beginner
Conceptual
MCQ

For linear motion the term “inertia” refers to the same physical concept of

Advanced
Mathematical
GQ

A red car, initially at rest, travels east with an acceleration of \( 3.5 \, \text{m/s}^2 \). At the same time as the red car starts to move, a blue car is traveling west at \( 15 \, \text{m/s} \) and accelerating at \( 1.2 \, \text{m/s}^2 \). If they are \( 600 \, \text{m} \) apart the moment the red car starts to move and they are traveling towards each other, where and when will they meet?

Intermediate
Mathematical
GQ

A pair of fuzzy dice is hanging by a string from your rearview mirror. You speed up from a stoplight. During the acceleration, the dice do not move vertically; the string makes an angle of \( 22^\circ \) with the vertical. The dice have a mass of \( 0.10 \, \text{kg} \). Determine the acceleration.

Intermediate
Mathematical
GQ

A car travels at a constant speed around a circular track whose radius is \(2.6 \, \text{km}\). The car goes once around the track in \(360 \, \text{s}\). What is the magnitude of the centripetal acceleration of the car?

Advanced
Conceptual
MCQ

Toy car W travels across a horizontal surface with an acceleration of \( a_w \) after starting from rest. Toy car Z travels across the same surface toward car W with an acceleration of \( a_z \), after starting from rest. Car W is separated from car Z by a distance \( d \). Which of the following pairs of equations could be used to determine the location on the horizontal surface where the two cars will meet, and why?

Intermediate
Mathematical
GQ

You are piloting a small plane, and you want to reach an airport \(450 \, \text{km}\) due south in \(3.0 \,\text{hours}\). A wind is blowing from the west at \(50.0 \,\text{km/h}\). What heading and airspeed should you choose to reach your destination in time?

Advanced
Mathematical
GQ

pulley system of 12 and 9 kg mass. The 12kg mass is 4.5 m above the floor.

Using only work and energy, find the velocity of the masses after they have traveled \(0.8 \, \text{m}\). Refer to the image above.

Intermediate
Mathematical
MCQ

A block of mass \( m \) is attached to a horizontal spring with spring constant \( k \) and undergoes simple harmonic motion with amplitude \( A \) along the \( x \)-axis. Which of the following equations could represent the position \( x \) of the object as a function of time?

Advanced
Mathematical
GQ

A \(2 \, \text{kg}\) object slides east at \(4 \, \text{m/s}\) and collides with a stationary \(3 \, \text{kg}\) object. After the collision, the \(2 \, \text{kg}\) object is traveling at an unknown velocity at \(15^\circ\) north of east and the \(3 \, \text{kg}\) object is traveling at \(38^\circ\) south of east. What is each object’s final velocity?

Intermediate
Mathematical
GQ

A major-league pitcher can throw a baseball in excess of \( 41.0 \, \text{m/s} \). If a ball is thrown horizontally at this speed, how much will it drop by the time it reaches a catcher who is \( 17.0 \, \text{m} \) away from the point of release?

Intermediate
Mathematical
GQ

A \(10 \, \text{meter}\) long pendulum on the earth, is set into motion by releasing it from a maximum angle of less than \(10^\circ\) relative to the vertical. At what time \(t\) will the pendulum have fallen to a perfectly vertical orientation?

Beginner
Conceptual
MCQ

A baseball is hit high and far across a field. Which of the following statements is true? At the highest point:

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