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Two particles of equal mass \( m_0 \) are moving with equal speeds \( v_0 \) along paths inclined at \( 60^\circ \) to the \( x \)-axis, as shown above. They collide and stick together in a perfectly inelastic collision. Their velocity after the collision has magnitude:

Beginner
Conceptual
MCQ

A ball is launched at an angle. At the peak of its trajectory, which of the following is true?

Intermediate
Proportional Analysis
MCQ

Wheels \( A \) and \( B \) are connected by a moving belt and are both free to rotate about their centers. The belt does not slip on the wheels. The radius of Wheel \( B \) is twice the radius of Wheel \( A \). Wheel \( A \) has constant angular speed \( \omega_A \) and Wheel \( B \) has constant angular speed \( \omega_B \). Which of the following correctly relates \( \omega_A \) and \( \omega_B \)?

Advanced
Conceptual
MCQ

When the speed of a rear-wheel-drive car is increasing on a horizontal road, what is the direction of the frictional force on the tires?

Intermediate
Mathematical
MCQ

A small boat coasts at constant speed under a bridge. A heavy sack of sand is dropped from the bridge onto the boat. The speed of the boat will

Beginner
Mathematical
MCQ

A \(1200 \, \text{kg}\) car moving at \(15.6 \, \text{m/s}\) suddenly collides with a stationary car of mass \(1500 \, \text{kg}\). If the two vehicles lock together, what is their combined velocity immediately after the collision?

Beginner
Conceptual
MCQ

In an experiment where a constant horizontal force pulls on a box across a rough floor starting from rest, what would happen to the acceleration of the box if its mass were doubled but the pulling force remained unchanged?

Beginner
Conceptual
GQ

Does the odometer of a car measure a scalar or a vector quantity? What about the speedometer?

Advanced
Mathematical
FRQ

A block of mass \( m \) is moving on a horizontal frictionless surface with a speed \( v_0 \) as it approaches a block of mass \( 2m \) which is at rest and has an ideal spring attached to one side.

When the two blocks collide, the spring is completely compressed and the two blocks momentarily move at the same speed, and then separate again, each continuing to move.

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
Conceptual
GQ

In archery, should the arrow be aimed directly at the target? How should your angle of aim depend on the distance to the target? Explain without using equations.

Beginner
Conceptual
MCQ

What does distance represent during any type of motion?

Intermediate
Mathematical
FRQ

A block hangs from the ceiling by a massless rope. A \( 3.0 \, \text{kg} \) block is attached to the first block and hangs below it on another piece of massless rope. The tension in the top rope is \( 63.0 \, \text{N} \).

Advanced
Mathematical
GQ

An \( 80 \, \text{kg} \) block is placed \( 2 \, \text{m} \) away from the endpoint of a horizontal steel beam of length \( 6.6 \, \text{m} \) and mass \( 1,450 \, \text{kg} \). The plank makes contact with a vertical wall on one end (assume it does not slip).  The other end of the beam is attached to a massless cable that makes an angle of \( 30^\circ \) with the horizontal and ties into the vertical wall as well. Calculate the (1) tension force in the cable and (2) the total force the wall exerts on the beam.

Intermediate
Mathematical
GQ

An object with a mass \(m = 80 \, \text{g}\) is attached to a spring with a force constant \(k = 25 \, \text{N/m}\). The spring is stretched \(52.0 \, \text{cm}\) and released from rest. If it is oscillating on a horizontal frictionless surface, determine the velocity of the mass when it is halfway to the equilibrium position.

Advanced
Mathematical
FRQ

An airplane with a speed of \( 97.5 \, \text{m/s} \) is climbing upward at an angle of \( 50.0^\circ \) with respect to the horizontal. When the plane’s altitude is \( 732 \, \text{m} \), the pilot releases a package.

Intermediate
Mathematical
GQ

The maximum acceleration a pilot can withstand without blacking out is about \( 7.0 \) \( g \). In an endurance test for a jet plane’s pilot, what is the maximum speed he can tolerate if he is spun in a horizontal circle of diameter \( 85 \) \( \text{m} \)?

Intermediate
Mathematical
MCQ
The diagram shows a horizontally oriented circular pipe of initial diameter labeled ( D ) that bends smoothly upward into an S-shape and then levels off into a horizontal section whose diameter is labeled ( 2D ). On the lower horizontal section, a point on the pipe’s centerline is marked with a solid black dot and labeled "A". A right-pointing horizontal arrow originates at point A and is labeled ( v_0 ), indicating the fluid velocity at that point. Directly above point A, a dashed horizontal reference line extends across the page. A second dashed horizontal line, parallel to the first, is drawn through a point on the upper horizontal pipe section. The vertical distance between the two dashed lines is marked by a vertical bracket with arrowheads at both ends and labeled ( H ). On the upper horizontal pipe section, a solid black dot on the centerline is labeled "B". A vertical bracket on the left side of the lower dashed line shows the pipe diameter at A labeled ( D ). A similar bracket on the right side of the upper dashed line shows the pipe diameter at B labeled ( 2D ). All pipe walls are drawn as thin parallel curves representing the interior and exterior surfaces.

Water of density \( \rho \) flows through the section of circular pipe shown in the figure. At Point A, where the diameter of the pipe is \( D \), the water has a pressure \( P_0 \) and velocity \( v_0 \). Point B is located a vertical distance \( H \) above Point A in a section of the pipe that has diameter \( 2D \).

Which of the following expressions is equal to the pressure of the water at Point B?

Intermediate
Conceptual
MCQ

Two objects labeled K and L have equal mass but densities \( 0.95D_o \) and \( D_o \), respectively. Each of these objects floats after being thrown into a deep swimming pool. Which is true about the buoyant forces acting on these objects?

Advanced
Mathematical
MCQ

A circular ring is centered in the diagram. Two force vectors, each labeled '10 N', pull upward and outward from the top left and top right sides of the ring, forming an angle 'θ' with the horizontal dashed line extending from each side of the ring. A third, thicker downward-pointing force vector is labeled 'F' originating from the bottom center of the ring.

A ring of negligible mass remains in static equilibrium under the influence of three coplanar forces, as shown in the accompanying diagram. Two forces, each with a magnitude of \(10 \, \text{N}\), act on the ring at an angle \(\theta\) above the horizontal—one directed to the right and the other to the left. A third force, \(F\), acts vertically downward. Determine the magnitude of force \(F\).

Advanced
Mathematical
FRQ

Based on this graph…

Beginner
Proportional Analysis
MCQ

Two points, A and B, are on a disk that rotates about an axis. Point A is \( 3 \) times as far from the axis as point B. If the speed of point B is \( v \), then what is the speed of point A?

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
Mathematical
GQ

A coffee cup on the dashboard of a car slides forward when the driver decelerates from \(45 ~ \frac{\text{km}}{\text{hr}}\) to rest in \(3.5 \, \text{s}\) or less. What is the coefficient of static friction between the cup and the dash? Assume the road and the dashboard are completely horizontal.

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