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Intermediate
Conceptual
GQ

Suppose you are a passenger traveling in car along a road that bends to the left. Why will you feel like you are being thrown against the door. What causes this force?

Advanced
Mathematical
FRQ

A Corvette is traveling at a constant velocity \( 30 \, \text{m/s} \) when it passes a stationary supped up Civic. At that moment, the Civic puts the pedal to the floor and accelerates at \( 6 \, \text{m/s}^2 \). The Civic eventually catches up to the Corvette.

Beginner
Mathematical
MCQ

Two uniform disks have the same radius but different masses: disk \( 1 \) has a mass \( M \), disk \( 2 \) has a mass \( 2M \). What is the ratio of the moment of inertia of the first disk to the second disk?

Advanced
Mathematical
FRQ

Two masses, \( m_y = 32 \) \( \text{kg} \) and \( m_z = 38 \) \( \text{kg} \), are connected by a rope that hangs over a pulley. The pulley is a uniform cylinder of radius \( R = 0.311 \) \( \text{m} \) and mass \( 3.1 \) \( \text{kg} \). Initially, \( m_y \) is on the ground and \( m_z \) rests \( 2.5 \) \( \text{m} \) above the ground.

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
Mathematical
MCQ

Four identical lead balls with large mass are connected by rigid but very light rods in the square configuration shown in the preceding figure. The balls are rotated about the three labeled axes. Which of the following correctly ranks the rotational inertia \(I\) of the balls about each axis?

Advanced
Mathematical
FRQ

A box of mass \( 20 \) \( \text{kg} \) moves to the right on a horizontal frictionless surface with a speed of \( 4.0 \) \( \text{m/s} \). The box collides with and remains attached to one end of a spring of negligible mass whose other end is fixed to a wall. After the collision, the spring compresses a maximum distance of \( 0.50 \) \( \text{m} \), and the box then oscillates back and forth.

Advanced
Mathematical
GQ

A rocket is fired at a speed of 75.0 m/s from ground level, at an angle of 60.0° above the horizontal. The rocket is fired toward an 11.0-m-high wall, which is located 27.0 m away. The rocket attains its launch speed in a negligibly short period of time, after which its engines shut down and the rocket coasts. By how much does the rocket clear the top of the wall?

Intermediate
Mathematical
GQ

An object moves at a constant speed of \( 9.0 \frac{m}{s} \) in a circular path of radius of 1.5 m. What is the angular acceleration of the object?

Beginner
Mathematical
GQ

A spring stretches \( 8.0 \) \( \text{cm} \) when a \( 13 \) \( \text{N} \) force is applied. How far does it stretch when a \( 26 \) \( \text{N} \) force is applied?

Beginner
Conceptual
MCQ

A mass–spring system is oscillating in simple harmonic motion. At the exact moment the mass passes through its equilibrium position, which of the following statements is true?

Intermediate
Mathematical
MCQ

A mass moving with a constant speed \( u \) encounters a rough surface and comes to a stop. The mass takes a time \( t \) to stop after encountering the rough surface. The coefficient of dynamic friction between the rough surface and the mass is \( 0.40 \). Which of the following expressions gives the initial speed \( u \)?

Intermediate
Mathematical
MCQ

A child pushes horizontally on a box of mass m with constant speed v across a rough horizontal floor. The coefficient of friction between the box and the floor is µ. At what rate does the child do work on the box?

Intermediate
Conceptual
GQ

A rollercoaster leaves the station at rest. Its speed increases steadily for \( 6 \) \( \text{s} \) as it heads down the first drop. The ride then levels out and it moves at a constant speed for \( 4 \) \( \text{s} \) before hitting the brakes and stopping in \( 3 \) \( \text{s} \). Draw the velocity vs. time graph or explain it in terms of functions.

Advanced
Proportional Analysis
MCQ

A cannon fires projectiles on a flat range at a fixed speed but with variable angle. The maximum range of the cannon is \(L\). What is the range of the cannon when it fires at an angle of \(30^\circ\) above the horizontal? Ignore air resistance.

Beginner
Conceptual
MCQ

A point P is at a distance \( R \) from the axis of rotation of a rigid body whose angular velocity and angular acceleration are \( \omega \) and \( \alpha \) respectively. The linear speed, centripetal acceleration, and tangential acceleration of the point can be expressed as:

Linear speed Centripetal acceleration Tangential acceleration
\( (a) \) \( R\omega \) \( R\omega^{2} \) \( R\alpha \)
\( (b) \) \( R\omega \) \( R\alpha \) \( R\omega^{2} \)
\( (c) \) \( R\omega^{2} \) \( R\alpha \) \( R\omega \)
\( (d) \) \( R\omega \) \( R\omega^{2} \) \( R\omega \)
\( (e) \) \( R\omega^{2} \) \( R\alpha \) \( R\omega^{2} \)
Advanced
Mathematical
MCQ

A simple pendulum consists of a sphere tied to the end of a string of negligible mass. The sphere is pulled back until the string is horizontal and then released from rest. Assume the gravitational potential energy is zero when the sphere is at its lowest point.

What angle will the string make with the horizontal when the kinetic energy and the potential energy of the sphere-Earth system are equal?

Intermediate
Conceptual
FRQ

A box rests on the (frictionless) bed of a truck. The truck driver starts the truck and accelerates forward. The box immediately starts to slide toward the rear of the truck bed.

Advanced
Proportional Analysis
MCQ

A \(250 \, \text{newton}\) centripetal force acts on a car moving at a constant speed in a horizontal circle. If the same force is applied, but the radius is made smaller, what happens to the speed \(v\) and the frequency \(f\) of the car?

Beginner
Mathematical
GQ

Police officers have measured the length of a car’s tire skid marks to be \( 23 \, \text{m} \). This particular car is known to decelerate at a constant \( 7.5 \, \text{m/s}^2 \). What was the car’s initial velocity?

Advanced
Mathematical
FRQ

A mass is attached to the end of a spring and set into simple harmonic motion with an amplitude \( A \) on a horizontal frictionless surface. Determine the following in terms of only the variable \( A \).

Intermediate
Mathematical
FRQ

A simple pendulum consists of a bob of mass 1.8 kg attached to a string of length 2.3 m. The pendulum is held at an angle of 30° from the vertical by a light horizontal string attached to a wall, as shown above.

Intermediate
Mathematical
FRQ

A \( 2 \, \text{kg}\) mass is attached to a spring with spring constant \( k = 100 \, \text{N/m}\) and negligible mass.

Intermediate
Conceptual
MCQ

A rocket explodes into two fragments, one \(25\) times heavier than the other. The change in momentum of the lighter fragment is

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