Answers for Practice Test #2

  1. (Chapter 5 problem combining forces and motion)
    a = 5.19 m/s2 and xf = 0.87 m.

  2. (chapter 6 motion in 2-D)
    spend some time thinking about what the graphs would look like (if it helps, turn the picture upside down and pretend that you fire a ball from a cannon from the top of a cliff).
    Answer: ship must be a horizontal distance of 0.545m from the opening. (assuming typical widescreen TV size is more than 60-80 cm wide)

  3. (chapter 7 univorm circular motion)
    v = 2.83m/s and T = 100 N

  4. (chapter 8 Newton's third law)
    (a) Don't forget to identify the action-reaction pairs
    (b) NSonB > WB > WA = NBonA = NAonB
    (c) Trope > fSonA > fBonA = fAonB = Twall