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- Exam 1
Instructions: AIi work must be shown on this exam packet. No work on scrap
paper will be accepted. No books or calculators. No notes except for a 3x5
notecard.
1.
2. When adding two numbers, the number of significant figures in the sum
is equal to the number of significant figures in the least accurate of the
numbers being added.
(a) Tlue
hput."
(a\
as
x 10-3
((b))1.776 x lo-a
(c) 17.72 x lOa
(d) 1772 x 105
(e) 177.2 x t07
.F<
1.776
zr
in that universe
\g)a.tat
(b) 3.142
(c) 3,1415
(d) 3.14i4
5. If the acceleration of an object is negative, the object must be slowing
down.
(a) Tlue
@"'*
an object is a horizontal
\Q!rlue
(b)
False
(a) always
(b) never
GNonly when the velocity is constant
(d) only when the acceleration is changing at a constant rate
8. While an object is in projectile motion (with upward being positive) with
no air resistance
(a) the horizontal component of its velocity remains constant and the
o. - horizontal component of its acceleration is equal to -g.
\U\fr" horizontal component of its velocity remains constant and the
\Jertical component of its acceleration is equal to -g.
(c) the horizontal component of its velocity remains constant and the
vertical component of its acceleration is equal to zero.
(d) the vertical component of both its velocity and its acceleration remain
constant.
(e) the vertical component of its velocity remains constant and the vertical component of its acceleration is equal to -g.
9. For general projectile motion, when the projectile is at the highest point
of its trajectory
a\
'QDr.
\a/m
wind
11. (20 points) A sailboat is traveling east at 5 m/s' A sudden gust of
6
gives the boat an acceleration o: (rtmfs2,45" north of east). After
s, the gust subsides.
(a) What is a,, the acceleration in eastern direction? What is ay, the
acceleration in northern direction?
{,,y ov
-I
{n q ,'qo _vL_Vl
/.t
=D@IY
=14
4.u
='P
s>
S,
I
(b)Whatareo,andu,,thevelocitiesintheeasternandnortherndirec.
tions, at the time the gust subsides?
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Jbt
r/x
=59*-
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tl
*( t)(a': -- 6
vY=
<w
/ftt*6'
<rL
= I ItV s
(z
subsides?
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-W
(d) what is the angle, north of east, of the sailboats direction after the
gust subsides?
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vt
e: +6^' tr)
12. (20 points) A Porsche accelerates from a stoplight at 5.0 m/s2 for four
seconds, then coasts for three more seconds.
(a) Draw a motion diagram complete with all relevant variables for
each
et
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fl
a*o ?"
=0
1r=1'O5
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Y'otO
Vz=
Vo'o
Vr-Vo
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Ll
Vqz
z*
=/;L +Zc*bS
i C +zG,oj(,-n;
@
(ot =K,
(d) How far
has
it
Xi +v.^t + ;"@q>
Xz= Kt + V,O .d) *).c ,@),
X+-*
Xz'z
VC,,t
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-- U0'^ +60
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o') +o
(00 rrx
Kr
= lDDm