Intermediate Exam (3NAB0) 

 
Date:     December  12,  2018        Time:   20:00 – 20.45  

This exam contains three problems. 
During the exam you are allowed to use a non‐graphical and non‐symbolic calculator. 
All exercises should be worked out on official exam paper IN ENGLISH. 
Do not hand in scrap paper. 
You are not allowed to use a dictionary during the exam. 
It is mandatory to copy your final answers with units into the table below. Hand in this 
paper together with you solutions. 
If your final solution is not in the table below you will score 0 points for that problem. 
If your solution is not handed in on the official exam paper you will also score 0 points. 
Write your name, student ID, and major on the lines below. 

 
Name: ……………………………………………………… 
 
Student ID: …………………………………………………………     Major: ………………………… 
 
 
Problem  Solution with units 
 
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2 

 
 
 
3 
 
 
Problem 1 [8 points] 
Consider the electrical circuit in the picture below. Each emf source in the circuit is an ideal
emf source with negligible internal resistance. The current through the 7.00-Ω resistor is a
stationary current and has magnitude of 1.80 A.
Calculate the emf .

Problem 2 [6 points] 
A ski jumper leaves the ski track moving in horizontal direction with a speed of as shown
in the figure below. The landing surface consists of an inclined surface with slope that turns
into a horizontal surface after a horizontal distance (see figure).
Calculate the speed the ski jumper needs to have to just land on the horizontal surface.

vx

ϕ
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Problem 3 [3+3 points] 
A ball with mass is held at rest at position by
two light strings. The horizontal string is cut, and
the ball starts swinging as a pendulum. Position
is the farthest to the right that the ball can go as it
swings back and forth. The maximum angle of the
supporting string with the vertical is (see
figure)
a. Calculate the acceleration of the ball in
position B.
b. What is the ratio of the tension in the
supporting string (between the ceiling and the
ball) at position to its value at position before the horizontal string was cut.
Hint: the ratio is NOT equal to 1.