Physics

1. A plane flies at a speed of 200 km/hr North, while being blown by a wind of 70 km/hr West. What
will be the plane's resultant speed and direction?

2. A boat makes its way west at 12 m/s, while the current of the river on which it sits is flowing
south at a speed of 5 m/s.
a) What is the resultant magnitude and direction of the boat?

b) If the river is 1,440 m wide, how long will it take the boat to reach the other side?

c) How far downstream will the boat be when it makes its landing?

3. A 20 kg block is pulled along a horizontal surface by a 50 N force exerted along an attached rope
making a 35° angle with the horizontal.
a) What is the normal force exerted by the surface to support the box?
b) If the block in number 3 is pulled at a constant speed, what is the coefficient of friction
between the surfaces?
4. What is the normal force and the coefficient of friction if the block in number three is now pushed
down at 35° angle with the horizontal at constant speed?
5. If the coefficient of friction between the two surfaces in number three was 0.15, what would be the
acceleration of the block?
6. A picture weighing 1000 N hangs suspended from a two wires. At the point of attachment to the
picture, each wire makes a 70° angle with the vertical. What is the tension in each wire?
7. An 8 N object is pushed up a 23° slope with an acceleration of 1 m/s2 by a 10 N force. What is the
coefficient of friction between the surfaces?
8. Three forces are acting concurrently on an object in equilibrium. The first force is 25N at 60°,
while the second force is 10N exerted at an angle of 100°. Determine the magnitude and direction
of the third force.
9. A 1000 N traffic sign is held by two wires connected to two poles. One wire forms an angle of 30°
with the horizontal and the other an angle of 60° with the horizontal. What is the tension in each
wire?