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SAMPLE PROBLEMS:
7. At a uniform rate of 4 drops per second, water is
1. Two forces, 80N and 100N acting at an angle of 60 dripping from a faucet. Assuming acceleration of
with each other, pull on an object. What is the each drop to be 9.81 m/s per second and no air
resultant force on the object? resistance, find the distance between two
A. 127 N successive drops in mm if the upper drop has been
B. 156 N in motion for 3/8 second.
C. 135 N A. 1320 mm
D. 140 N B. 2102 mm
C. 1230 mm
2. A boat travels 10 m/s in still water. If it heads 60° S D. 3501 mm
of W in a current that moves at 12 m/s due east,
what is the resultant velocity of the boat? 8. A particle moves such that its displacement (in
A. 11.1 m/s @ 51° S of E cm) at any time t (in seconds) measured from a
B. 12.1 m/s @ 51° S of W fixed reference point along a straight line, is
C. 21.1 m/s @ 51° S of E defined as :
D. 14.1 m/s @ 51° N of E

3. Compute algebraically the resultant of the How far will the particle travel during the fifth
following coplanar forces: 100N at 30°, 141.4N @ second ?
45°, and 100N @ 240°. A. 1038 cm C. 459 cm
A. 130N at 30° B. 574 cm D. 1245 cm
B. 125N at 35°
C. 151N at 25° 9. A body projected upward from a level ground at
D. 151N at 35° an angle of 50 degrees with the horizontal has an
initial velocity of 40 m/s. How far from the starting
4. A bus moving at a speed of 20 m/s begins to slow point will it strike?
at a rate of 3 m/s each second after seeing a red A. 171 m
light at the intersection. Find how far it goes B. 161 m
before stopping. C. 195 m
A. 56.7 m D. 152 m
B. 66.7 m
C. 75.6 m 10. A ball is thrown upward at an angle of 30 degrees
D. 86.4 m to the horizontal and lands on the top edge of a
building that is 20 m away. If the top edge is 5 m
5. Two cars A and B are travelling at the same above the throwing point, how fast was the ball
constant speed of 80 kph in the same direction on thrown?
a level road with car A 100 m ahead of car B. Car A A. 15 m/s
then slows down to make a turn, decelerating at B. 5 m/s
2.13 m/s^2. In how many seconds will B overtake C. 20 m/s
A? D. 10 m/s
A. 9.69 seconds
B. 5.21 seconds 11. A marble, rolling with a speed of 20 cm/s, rolls off
C. 8.56 seconds the edge of a table that is 80 cm high. How far
D. 6.45 seconds horizontally, from the edge of the table does the
marble strike the floor?
6. A ballast bag is dropped from a balloon that is A. 8.1 cm
300m above the ground and rising at 13m/s. What B. 9.8 cm
is the maximum height it reached? C. 7.5 cm
A. 308.6 m D. 10.7 cm
B. 502.3 m
C. 400.6 m 12. An electric fan revolving at 900 rpm slows down
D. 350.3 m uniformly to 300 rpm while making 50 revolutions.

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Find the time required to turn through these 50
revolutions.
A. 3s
B. 5s
C. 4s
D. 6s

13. A car has wheels of radius 30cm. It starts from rest

and accelerates uniformly to a speed of 15m/s in a
time of 8s. Find the number of rotations one wheel
makes in this time.
A. 25 rev
B. 45 rev
C. 32 rev
D. 23 rev

14. Two lead balls whose masses are 5kg and 500 g
are placed with their centers 50cm apart. With
what force do they attract each other?
A. 6.67x10^-10 N
B. 7.67x10^-10 N
C. 8.67x10^-10 N
D. 9.67x10^-10 N

15. At what height above the surface of the earth will

your weight be half your weight on the surface of
the earth?
A. 9050 km
B. 2650 km
C. 5430 km
D. 7482 km

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