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Intermediate
Mathematical
MCQ

An object undergoing simple harmonic motion has a maximum displacement of \(6.2\) \(\text{m}\) at \(t = 0.0\) \(\text{s}\). If the angular frequency of oscillation is \(1.6\) \(\text{rad/s}\), what is the object’s displacement when \(t = 3.5\) \(\text{s}\)?

Intermediate
Mathematical
GQ

Two wires support an unknown mass as shown in the diagram. The tension in the left wire is measured to be \( 17.5 \) \( \text{N} \) and the tension in the right wire is \( 30.3 \) \( \text{N} \). The left wire makes an angle of \( 30^{\circ} \) with the horizontal, and the right wire makes an angle of \( 60^{\circ} \) with the horizontal. What is the mass of the object?

Intermediate
Mathematical
MCQ

A \( 0.30 \text{-kg} \) mass is suspended on a spring. In equilibrium the mass stretches the spring \( 2.0 \) \( \text{cm} \) downward. The mass is then pulled an additional distance of \( 1.0 \) \( \text{cm} \) down and released from rest. Write down its equation of motion.

Intermediate
Mathematical
MCQ

The speed of a \(40 \, \text{N}\) hockey puck, sliding across a level ice surface, decreases at the rate of \(0.61 \, \text{m/s}^2\). The coefficient of kinetic friction between the puck and ice is

Intermediate
Mathematical
MCQ

A uniform, rigid rod of length \( 2 \) \( \text{m} \) lies on a horizontal surface. One end of the rod can pivot about an axis that is perpendicular to the rod and along the plane of the page. A \( 10 \) \( \text{N} \) force is applied to the rod at its midpoint at an angle of \( 37^{\circ} \). A second force \( F \) is applied to the free end of the rod so that the rod remains at rest, as shown in the figure. The magnitude of the torque produced by force \( F \) is most nearly

Advanced
Conceptual
GQ

Why do you float higher in salt water than in fresh water?

Beginner
Conceptual
MCQ

The Moon does not crash into the Earth because:

Beginner
Mathematical
GQ

A stone is thrown vertically upwards with a speed of \( 20.0 \) \( \text{m/s} \). How fast is it moving when it reaches a height of \( 12.0 \) \( \text{m} \)?

Beginner
Mathematical
MCQ

The block is moving horizontally at a constant velocity. There are two applied forces on the object as shown in the image. In which direction is the friction force acting on the object?

Intermediate
Conceptual
MCQ

Which of the following do not affect the maximum speed that a car can drive in a circle? Choose all correct answers.

Intermediate
Mathematical
GQ

A \( 0.72 \) \( \text{m} \)-diameter solid sphere can be rotated about an axis through its center by a torque of \( 10.8 \) \( \text{Nm} \) which accelerates it uniformly from rest through a total of \( 160 \) revolutions in \( 15.0 \) \( \text{s} \). What is the mass of the sphere?

Beginner
Conceptual
MCQ

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

Intermediate
Mathematical
GQ

Three students are pulling on a bag of skittles. Each is pulling with a horizontal force. If student 1 pulls Eastward with \(170 \, \text{N}\), student 2 pulls Southward with \(100 \, \text{N}\) and student 3 pulls with \(200 \, \text{N}\) at an angle of \(20^\circ\) west of north, what is the net force caused by the three students on the bag of skittles?

Beginner
Conceptual
MCQ

The displacement \(x\) of an object moving in one dimension is shown above as a function of time \(t\). The velocity of this object must be

Intermediate
Mathematical
FRQ

A grinding wheel is in the form of a uniform solid disk of radius \( 7.00 \) \( \text{cm} \) and mass \( 2.00 \) \( \text{kg} \). It starts from rest and accelerates uniformly under the action of the constant torque of \( 0.600 \) \( \text{N m} \) that the motor exerts on the wheel.

Advanced
Mathematical
GQ

A new car is tested on a \(230 \, \text{m}\)-diameter track. If the car speeds up at a steady \(1.4 \, \text{m/s}^2\), how long after starting is the magnitude of its centripetal acceleration equal to the tangential acceleration?

Intermediate
Conceptual
MCQ

The graph above shows velocity as a function of time for an object moving along a straight line. For which of the following sections of the graph is the acceleration constant and nonzero?

Intermediate
Mathematical
GQ

A 45 kg crate accelerates at 1.65 m/s2 when pulled by a rope with a force of 200 N. Find the angle the rope is pulled at. Friction is negligible.

Advanced
Mathematical
GQ

Two wires are tied to the \(500 \, \text{g}\) sphere as shown above. The sphere revolves in a horizontal circle at a constant speed of \(7.2 \, \text{m/s}\). What is the tension in the upper wire? What is the tension in the lower wire?

Advanced
Proportional Analysis
MCQ

A body starting from rest moves along a straight line under the action of a constant force. After traveling a distance \( d \) the speed of the body is \( v \). The speed of the body when it has travelled a distance \( \dfrac{d}{2} \) from its initial position is

Beginner
Mathematical
MCQ

A miniature, solid globe with mass \( 0.25 \) \( \text{kg} \) and radius \( 0.10 \) \( \text{m} \) is spinning in place about a vertical axis with the equator horizontal, as shown. A point on the globe’s equator, represented by the dot in the figure, has a linear speed of \( 4.0 \) \( \text{m/s} \). The rotational inertia of a solid sphere of mass \( m \) and radius \( r \) is \( \tfrac{2}{5}mr^{2} \). The rotational kinetic energy of the globe is most nearly

Intermediate
Mathematical
MCQ

An object at rest suddenly explodes into two fragments (\(m_1\) and \(m_2\)) by an explosion. Fragment \(m_1\) acquires \(3\) times the kinetic energy of the other. What is the ratio of \(m_1\) to \(m_2\)?

Intermediate
Conceptual
MCQ

A solid ball and a cylinder roll down an inclined plane. Which reaches the bottom first?

Intermediate
Proportional Analysis
MCQ

The figure shows a horizontal pipe with sections with different cross-sectional areas. Small tubes extend from the top of each section. The cross-sectional area of the pipe at location C is half that at A, and the areas at A and D are the same. Water flows in the pipe from left to right. Which of the following correctly ranks the height \( h \) of the water in the tubes above the labeled locations?

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