Q1: A 79 kg cosmonaut is orbiting Earth at an altitude of 520 km with a speed of 7.6 km/s.

What is the
acceleration of the cosmonaut?

(A: a = 222.2 m/s2)

Fc = m.v2/r , F = m.a

Q2: A 2000 kg car is rounding a curve of radius 200 m on a level board. The maximum frictional force the
road exert on the tires of the car is 4000 N. What is the highest speed the car can round the curve?

(A: v = 20 m/s)

Ff = m.v2/r

Q3: A phonograph turntable slows down to stop in 20 s from initial angular speed of 3.5 rad/s. (a) What
is its angular acceleration? (b) How many turns does it make while slowing down?

(A: (a) α = 0.175 rad/s2 (b) θ = 70 rad or 11.15 rev)

α = ω/t , ω = θ/t

Q4: What are the (a) angular speed (b) radial acceleration (c) tangential acceleration of a spaceship
negotiating a circular turn of radius 3500 km at speed of 29000 km/h?

(A: (a) ω = 2.3x10-3 rad/s (b) α = 5.3x10-6 rad/s2 (c) at = 18.5 m/s2)

v = ω.r , α = ω/t , at = α.r

Q5: A torque of 5000 N.m is applied to a turbine rotating at 200 rad/s. After 40 s its speed has doubled.
What is the turbine’s moment of inertia?

(A: I = 100 kg.m2)

τ = I. α
Q6: A uniform plank of mass of 30 kg and a length 2 m is attached to the side of a building with a rope
making an angle 40 degrees above the board. (a) What is the tension in the rope? (b) If a person mass 70
kg stood a distance x = 0.5 m from the building on the plank, what would the tension in the rope be? (c)
If the rope can withstand a maximum tension of 600 N, what is the maximum distance the man can walk
before rope breaks?

(A: (a) T = 226.2 N (b) T = 490 N (c) x = 0.7 m)

Στ=0

Q7: Two children are sitting on a seesaw of a uniform board with a fulcrum on its center of mass. One
child (m = 30 kg) is 2 m to the left of the fulcrum. Where should the second child (m = 50 kg) sit so that
they are in equilibrium?

(A: x = 1.2 m)

τ1 = τ2 , τ = F.r

Q8: If you want to put a satellite into a geostationary orbit, meaning that it stays above the same
position over the Earth at all times, (a) what is its angular velocity of the satellite (it rotates with the
Earth: 1 rev in 24 h), (b) at what altitude above sea level must you have it orbiting? The mass of the
Earth is 5.975x1024 kg, the radius of the Earth is 6.371x106 m.

(A: (a) ω = 7.3x10-5 rad/s (b) x = 35.6x106 m)

ω = θ/t , Fc = m.ac , ac = ω2.r , Fg = G.(m1.m2/r2) , G = 6.6x10-11 N.m2/kg2.

Q9: An m = 1 kg tetherball is swinging in a horizontal circle around a pole attached with an l = 1.2 m long
massless rope. It makes an angle of 40 degrees with the pole. (a) Find the x and y components of the
Tension. (b) With what ac velocity is the ball moving.
Q10: The orbital period (T) of the moon around the Earth is 29.53 days. (a) What is the average angular
speed of the Moon? (b) Calculate the ac and (c) the radius of orbit of the Moon assuming the orbit is
circular. Universal Gravitational constant: 6.67x10-11 N.m2/kg2, mass of the Earth: 5.98x1024 kg.

(A: (a) ω = 2.46x10-6 rad/s (b) ac = 2.46x10-3 rad/s2 (c) r = 4.03x108 m)

R = 6.371x106 m for Earth, ω = θ/t , Fc = ac.m , ac = ω2.r , Fg = G.(m1.m2/r2) .

Q11: An iron casting containing a number of cavities weights 7000 N in air and 4500 N in water. What is
the volume of the cavities in the casting? (ρwater = 1 g/cm3 , ρiron = 7.87 g/cm3)

(A: V = 37.13 cm3)

W = ρobj.g.V , B = ρfluid.g.V

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