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Physics Department
Physics 101
First midterm
Second Semester 2013-2014
Saturday, March 15, 2014
01:30 p.m. 03:00 p.m.
Students Name: ....
Students Number: . Section:
Choose your Instructors Name:
Prof. Fikry El-Akkad Dr. Yacoub Makdesi
Dr. Ahmed Al-Jassar
Dr. Hassan Rafat
Dr. Hala Al- Jassar
Dr. Tareq Alrefai
Dr. Abdul-Mohsen Ali Dr. Fatema Al-Dousari
Dr. Tarek Ramadan Dr. Nasser Demir
Dr. Belal Salameh Dr. Abdel Khaleq AlSamadi
Grades:
# Q1 Q2 Q3 SP1 SP2 SP3 SP4 SP5 SP6 SP7 SP8 LP1 LP2 LP3 Total
Pts
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 20
Important:
1. Answer all questions and problems.
2. Full mark = 20 points, arranged as follows:
i. 3 Questions (1 mark each),
ii. 8 Short Problems (1 mark each), and
iii. 3 Long Problems (3 marks each).
3. No solution = no points.
4. Check the correct answer for each question.
5. Assume g = 10 m/s
2
.
6. Mobiles and pagers are not allowed during the exam.
7. Programmable calculators, which can store equations, are not allowed.
GOOD LUCK
2
Part I : Answer the following questions (Tick the correct answer one mark each)
Q1. Vector
and vector
with vector
is equal to
a) AB cos
b) AB sin
c) AB cos (/2 + )
d) AB cos (-)
e) AB sin (/2 + )
Q2. A car is moving on a straight road. The position of the car as a function of time is described by the
graph. The acceleration of the car is
a)
increasing with time
b) decreasing with time
c) zero
d) constant with time but non-zero
e) Cant be predicted from the given information
Q3. A stone is thrown horizontally from a cliff (V
yo
=0). The graph that best describes the speed (v) of
the stone as a function of time is
Part II : Solve the following problems (one mark each)
SP1. Given
=9
and
= sin = 9
= cos = 3
tan = 3 =
1
3 = 71.6
SP2. A car is moving on a straight road with the velocity shown on the graph. Find the average speed for
the time interval t =0 to t =5s.
The covered distance =
+
+
= 40 +40 = 80
=
80
5
= 16 /
y
x
x
t
v
t
v
t
v
t
v
t
v
t
V(m/s)
t(s)
2
4
20
10
-10
-20
a b c d e
6
3
SP3. An object moves along a straight line. The velocity with time is given by
() = 2
2
5 , where t in s and V in m/s. What is the object acceleration at t =2s?
() =
= 4 /
2
(2) = 8 /
2
SP4. A stone is thrown vertically upward with a speed of 5 m/s. At what time does the stone have a speed
of 2 m/s downward?
=
+
2 = 5 10
= 0.7
SP5. A plane flies horizontally with a speed of 55m/s at a constant elevation of 500 m. The pilot releases
a package at point A. How long does it take the package to reach point B after it is released?
=
+
1
2
2
500 = 0 5
2
= 10
SP6. A ship (A) travels east with a speed of 20 km/h, while ship (B) travels north with a speed of 30 km/h.
What is the velocity of the ship (A) relative to the ship (B) in unit vector notations?
= 20
= 30
= (20 30)
A
B
500 m
V =55 m/s
4
A
R
B
( )
SP7. A car whose speed is increasing at a rate of 0.6 m/s
2
, travels along a circular road of radius r =20 m.
What is the magnitude of the total acceleration, when the instantaneous speed of the car is 4 m/s ?
= 0.6 /
2
=
4
2
20
= 0.8
2
=
2
+
2
= 0.6
2
+0.8
2
= 1 /
2
SP8. A man moves 800 m east and 600 m north in 10 minutes. Calculate the magnitude of his average
velocity during this time.
=
| |
=
800
2
+600
2
10 60
= 1.66 /
Part III Solve the following problems (show your work in details 3 marks each)
LP1. Ali, Bader and Rashed are standing in a football field. Bader is 20 m due west of Ali, Rashed is 40
m from Bader, in a direction 37 south of east.
a) Draw in the figure, the vector diagram for their positions.
(Hint: consider Ali (A) at the origin)
b) How far is Rashed from Ali?
20 +(40 cos 37 40 sin37 ) =
= 12 24
= 12
2
+24
2
= 26.8 m
c) What is the direction of Rashed with respect to Ali?
=
1
24
12
= 63.4
63 .
N
E
W
S
800 m
600 m
5
53
LP2. A particle starts from the origin (0,0) at t =0, with velocity
= 3 sin37 = 1.8 /
2
= 3 cos 37 = 2.4 /
2
b) What is the particle speed at t =5s?
= 2 +1.8 (5) = 7 /
= 4 +2.4 (5) = 16 /
=
2
+
2
= 7
2
+16
2
= 17.5 /
c) What is the particle position vector at t =5s?
=
+
1
2
2
0 = (2 +4)(5) +
1
2
(1.8 +2.4 ) (5)
2
= 10 +20 +22.5 +30
= 12.5 +50
LP3. On level ground, a shell is fired with an initial velocity of 50 m/s at 53 above the horizontal and feels
no air resistance.
a. How long does it take the shell to strike the ground?
= 50 sin53 = 40 /
=
+
1
2
2
0 = 40 5
2
= 8
b. How far from the firing point does the shell land?
= 50 cos 53 = 30 /
=
= 30 (8) = 240 /
c. Write the velocity and the acceleration of the shell at the highest point (B) of its path and at point (C)
(in terms of and unit vectors).
At point B At point C
= 30 /
= 30 40 /
= 10 / = 10 /
2
W E
N
S
A C
B
37