Repaso Captulos 5 y 6 Leyes de Newton

1.The block shown moves with constant velocity on a horizontal surface. Two of the forces
on it are shown. A frictional force exerted by the surface is the only other horizontal force
on the block. The frictional force is:

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

0
2 N, leftward
2 N, rightward
slightly more than 2 N, leftward
slightly less than 2 N, leftward
2.A crate rests on a horizontal surface and a woman pulls on it with a 10-N force. Rank the
situations shown below according to the magnitude of the normal force exerted by the
surface on the crate, least to greatest.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

1, 2, 3
2, 1, 3
2, 3, 1
1, 3, 2
3, 2, 1
3.A heavy wooden block is dragged by a force along a rough steel plate, as shown below
for two cases. The magnitude of the applied force is the same for both cases. The
normal force in (ii), as compared with the normal force in (i) is:

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

the same
greater
less
less for some angles of the incline and greater for others
less or greater, depending on the magnitude of the applied force .
4.A 6-kg object is moving south. A net force of 12 N north on it result in the object having
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A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

an acceleration of:
2 m/s2, north
2 m/s2, south
6 m/s2, north
18 m/s2, north
18 m/s2, south

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

5.A 9000 N automobile is pushed along a level road by four students who apply a total
forward force of 500 N. Neglecting friction, the acceleration of the automobile is:
0.055m/s2
0.54 m/s2
1.8 m/s2
9.8 m/s2
18 m/s2

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

6.A 25-kg crate is pushed across a frictionless horizontal floor with a force of 20 N,
directed 20 below the horizontal. The acceleration of the crate is:
0.27 m/s2
0.75 m/s2
0.80 m/s2
170 m/s2
470 m/s2

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

7.Two forces are applied to a 5.0-kg crate; one is 6.0 N to the north and the other is 8.0 N to
the west. The magnitude of the acceleration of the crate is:
0.50 m/s2
2.0 m/s2
2.8 m/s2
10 m/s2
50 m/s2

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

8.A 1000-kg elevator is rising and its speed is increasing at 3 m/s2. The tension in the
elevator cable is:
6800 N
1000 N
3000 N
9800 N
12800 N
9.A 5-kg block is suspended by a rope from the ceiling of an elevator accelerates
downward at 3.0 m/s2. The tension force of the rope on the block is:

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A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

15 N, up
34 N, up
34 N, down
64 N, up
64 N, down
10.A 1-N pendulum bob is held at an angle from the vertical by a 2-N horizontal force F as
shown. The tension in the string supporting the pendulum bob (in newtons) is:

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

cos
2/cos
5
1
none of these

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

11.A car moves horizontally with a constant acceleration of 3 m/s2. A ball is suspended by a
string from the ceiling of the car; the ball does not swing, being at rest with respect to the
car. What angle does the string make with the vertical?
17
35
52
73
Cannot be found without knowing the length of the string

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

12.A man weighing 700 Nb is in an elevator that is accelerating upward at 4 m/s2. The force
exerted on him by the elevator floor is:
71 N
290 N
410 N
700 N
990 N

13.A 25-kg crate is pushed across a frictionless horizontal floor with a force of 200 N,
directed 20 below the horizontal, the magnitude of the normal force of the floor on the
crate is:
A)
25 N

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B)
C)
D)
E)

68 N
180 N
250 N
310 N

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

14.A 25-N crate slides down a frictionless incline that is 25 above the horizontal. The
magnitude of the normal force of the incline on the crate is:
11 N
23 N
25 N
100 N
220 N

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

15.A 25-N crate is held at rest on a frictionless incline by a force that is parallel to the
incline. If the incline is 25 above the horizontal the magnitude of the applied force is:
4.1 N
4.6 N
8.9 N
11 N
23 N

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

16.A 32-N force, parallel to the incline, is required to push a certain crate at constant
velocity up a frictionless incline that is 30 above the horizontal. The mass of the crate is:
3.3 kg
3.8 kg
5.7 kg
6.5 kg
160 kg

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

17.When a 40-N force, parallel to the incline and directed up the incline, is applied to a crate
on a frictionless incline that is 30 above the horizontal, the acceleration of the crate is
2.0 m/s2, up the incline. The mass of the crate is:
3.8 kg
4.1 kg
5.8 kg
6.2 kg
10 kg
18.Two blocks are connected by a string and pulley as shown. Assuming that the string and
pulley are massless, the magnitude of the acceleration of each block is:

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A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

0.049 m/s2
0.020 m/s2
0.0098 m/s2
0.54 m/s2
0.98 m/s2
19.A 70-N block and an 35-N block are connected by a string as shown. If the pulley is
massless and the surface is frictionless, the magnitude of the acceleration of the 35-N
block is:

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

1.6 m/s2
3.3 m/s2
4.9 m/s2
6.7 m/s2
9.8 m/s2
20.Two blocks weighing 250 N and 350 N respectively, are connected by a string that passes
over a massless pulley as shown. The tension in the string is:

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A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

210 N
290 N
410 N
500 N
4900 N
21.Two blocks with masses m and M are pushed along a horizontal frictionless surface by a
horizontal applied force as shown. The magnitude of the force of either of these blocks
on the other is:

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

mF/(m + M)
mF/M
mF/(M m)
MF/(M + m)
MF/m
22.Two blocks (X and Y) are in contact on a horizontal frictionless surface. A 36-N constant
force is applied to X as shown. The magnitude of the force of X on Y is:

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

1.5 N
6.0 N
29 N
30 N
36 N
23.A forward horizontal force of 12 N is used to pull a 240-N crate at constant velocity
across a horizontal floor. The coefficient of friction is:
0.5
0.05
2
0.2
20

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24.A 400-N block is dragged along a horizonatl surface by an applied force as shown. The
coefficient of kinetic friction is uk = 0.4 and the block moves at constant velocity. The
magnitude of is:

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

100 N
150 N
200 N
290 N
400 Nb
25.A block of mass m is pulled along a rough horizontal floor by an applied force as
shown. The vertical component of the force exerted on the block by the floor is:

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

mg
mg T cos
mg + T cos
mg T sin
mg + T sin
26.A 12-kg crate rests on a horizontal surface and a boy pulls on it with a force that is 30
below the horizontal. If the coefficient of static friction is 0.40, the minimum magnitude
force he needs to start the crate moving is:
44 N
47 N
54 N
56 N
71 N
27.A heavy wooden block is dragged by a force along a rough steel plate, as shown below
for two possible situations. The magnitude of is the same for the two situations. The
magnitude of the frictional force in (ii), as compared with that in (i) is:

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A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

the same
greater
less
less for some angles and greater for others
can be less or greater, depending on the magnitude of the applied force.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

28.A box rests on a rough board 10 meters long. When one end of the board is slowly raised
to a height of 6 meters above the other end, the box begins to slide. The coefficient of
static friction is:
0.8
0.25
0.4
0.6
0.75

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

29.A 5.0-kg crate is on an incline that makes an angle of 30 with the horizontal. If the
coefficient of static friction is 0.50, the minimum force that can be applied parallel to the
plane to hold the crate at rest is:
0
3.3 N
30 N
46 N
55 N
30.The system shown remains at rest. The force of friction on the upper block is:

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

4N
8N
12 N
16 N
20 N

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31.Block A, with a mass of 50 kg, rests on a horizontal table top. The coefficient of static
friction is 0.40. A horizontal string is attached to A and passes over a massless,
frictionless pulley as shown. The smallest mass mB of block B, attached to the dangling
end, that will start A moving when it is attached to the other end of the string is:

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

20 kg
30 kg
40 kg
50 kg
70 kg
32.Block A, with a mass of 10 kg, rests on a 35 incline. The coefficient of static friction is
0.40. An attached string is parallel to the incline and passes over a massless, frictionless
pulley at the top. The largest mass mB, of block B, attached to the dangling end, for
which A begins to slide down the incline is:

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

2.5 kg
3.5 kg
5.9 kg
9.0 kg
10.5 kg
33.Block A, with a mass of 10 kg, rests on a 30 incline. The coefficient of kinetic friction is
0.20. The attached string is parallel to the incline and passes over a massless, frictionless
pulley at the top. Block B, with a mass of 8.0 kg, is attached to the dangling end of the
string. The acceleration of B is:

A)

0.69 m/s2, up the plane

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B)
C)
D)
E)

0.69 m/s2, down the plane

2.6 m/s2, up the plane
2.6 m/s2, down the plane
0
34.Block A, with a mass of 10 kg, rests on a 30 incline. The coefficient of kinetic friction is
0.20. The attached string is parallel to the incline and passes over a massless, frictionless
pulley at the top. Block B, with a mass of 3.0 kg, is attached to the dangling end of the
string. The acceleration of B is:

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

0.20 m/s2, up
0.20 m/s2, down
2.8 m/s2, up
2.8 m/s2, down
0

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

35.The magnitude of the force required to cause an 0.04-kg object to move at 0.6 m/s in a
circle of radius 1.0 m is:
2.4 102 N
1.4 102 N
1.4 102 N
2.42 102 N
3.13 N

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

36.A 0.2-kg stone is attached to a string and swung in a circle of radius 0.6 m on a horizontal
and frictionless surface. If the stone makes 150 revolutions per minute, the tension force
of the string on the stone is:
0.03 N
0.2 N
0.9 N
1.96 N
30 N

37.An automobile moves on a level horizontal road in a circle of radius 30 m. The

coefficient of friction between tires and road is 0.50. The maximum speed with which
this car can round this curve is:
A)
3.0 m/s

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B)
C)
D)
E)

4.9 m/s
9.8 m/s
12 m/s
13 m/s

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

38.A car rounds a 75-m radius curve at a constant speed of 18 m/s. A ball is suspended by a
string from the ceiling the car and moves with the car. The angle between the string and
the verticle is:
0
1.4
24
90
cannot be found without knnowing the mass of the ball

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

39.One end of a 1.0-m long string is fixed, the other end is attached to a 2.0-kg stone. The
stone swings in a vertical circle, passing the bottom point at 4.0 m/s. The tension force of
the string (in newtons) at this point is about:
0
12
20
32
52

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

40.One end of a 1.0-m string is fixed, the other end is attached to a 2.0-kg stone. The stone
swings in a vertical circle, passing the top point at 4.0 m/s. The tension force of the string
(in newtons) at this point is about:
0
12
20
32
52
41.The iron ball shown is being swung in a vertical circle at the end of a 0.7-m string. How
slowly, in ft/s, can the ball go through its top position without having the string go slack?

A)
B)
C)
D)

1.3 m/s
2.6 m/s
3.9 m/s
6.9 m/s
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E)

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

9.8 m/s
42.A block is suspended by a rope from the ceiling of a car.. When the car rounds a 45-m
radius horizontal curve at 22 m/s (about 50 mph), what angle does the rod make with the
vertical?
0
25
42
65
90

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Answer Key
1.B
2.E
3.C
4.A
5.B
6.B
7.B
8.E
9.C
10.C
11.A
12.E
13.E
14.B
15.D
16.D
17.C
18.E
19.B
20.B
21.A
22.D
23.B
24.B
25.D
26.A
27.C
28.E
29.B
30.B
31.A
32.A
33.B
34.A
35.B
36.E
37.D
38.C
39.E
40.B
41.B
42.C

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