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AP® Physics C
1979 Free Response Questions
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1979M1. A ball of mass m is released from rest at a distance h above a frictionless plane inclined at an
angle of 45° to the horizontal as shown above. The ball bounces elastically off the plane at point P1 and
strikes the plane again at point P2. In terms of g and h determine each of the following quantities:
a. The velocity (a vector) of the ball just after it first bounces off the plane at P1.
b. The time the ball is in flight between points P1 and P2.
c. The distance L along the plane from P1 to P2.
d. The speed of the ball just before it strikes the plane at P2.
1979M2. A ferryboat of mass M1 = 2.0 x 105 kilograms moves toward a docking bumper of mass M2 that
is attached to a shock absorber. Shown below is a speed v vs. time t graph of the ferryboat from the time it
cuts off its engines to the time it first comes to rest after colliding with the bumper. At the instant it hits
the bumper, t = 0 and v = 3 meters per second.
a. After colliding inelastically with the bumper, the ferryboat and bumper move together with an initial
speed of 2 meters per second. Calculate the mass of the bumper M2.
b. After colliding, the ferryboat and bumper move with a speed given by the expression v = 2e-4t. Although
the boat never comes precisely to rest, it travels only a finite distance. Calculate that distance.
c. While the ferryboat was being slowed by water resistance before hitting the bumper, its speed was
given by 1/v = 1/3 + βt, where β is a constant. Find an expression for the retarding force of the water
on the boat as a function of speed.

1979M3. A mass m constrained to move on a frictionless horizontal surface is attached to a frictionless
peg by a massless spring having force constant k. The unstretched length of the spring is l1, as shown in
Figure 1.
When the mass moves in a circle about the peg with constant angular velocity ωo. the length of the
spring is l2 as shown in Figure 2. Express your answers to parts a, b, and c in terms of m, k, ωo and l1.
a. Determine the length l2
b. Assume the total energy of the system in Figure 1 is zero. Determine the total energy of the rotating
system in Figure 2.
c. Determine the magnitude of the angular momentum of the system.
d. While the mass is rotating about the peg with angular velocity ωo, it is struck by a hammer that
provides a small impulse directed inward. On the axes below, sketch graphs to indicate qualitatively
the manner in which the length of the spring l and the angular velocity ω will vary with time in the
subsequent motion.

1979E1. A solid conducting sphere of radius a is surrounded by a hollow conducting shell of inner radius
b and outer radius c as shown above. The sphere and the shell each have a charge +Q. Express your
answers to parts (a), (b) and (e) in terms of Q, a, b, c, and the Coulomb's law constant.
a. Using Gauss's law, derive an expression for the electric field magnitude at a < r < b, where r is the
distance from the center of the solid sphere.
b. Write expressions for the electric field magnitude at r > c, b < r < c, and r < a. Full credit will be
given for statements of the correct expressions. It is not necessary to show your work on this part.
c. On the axes below, sketch a graph of the electric field magnitude E vs. distance r from the center of
the solid sphere.
d. On the axes below, sketch a graph of potential V vs. distance r from the center of the solid sphere.
(The potential V is zero at r = ∞.)
e. Determine the Potential at r = b.
1979E2. A slab of infinite length and infinite width has a thickness d. Point P1 is a point inside the slab
at x = a and point P2 is a point inside the slab at x = -a. For parts (a) and (b) consider the slab to be
nonconducting with uniform charge per unit volume ρ as shown.
a. Sketch vectors representing the electric field E at points P1 and P2 on the following diagram.

b. Use Gauss's law and symmetry arguments to determine the magnitude of E at point Pl.
For parts (c) and (d), consider the slab to be conducting and uncharged but with a uniform current density
j directed out of the page as shown below.
c. Sketch vectors representing the magnetic field B at points P1 and P2 on the following diagram.
d. Use Ampere’s law and symmetry arguments to determine the magnitude of B at point P1.
1979E3. A uniform magnetic field exists in a region of space. Two experiments were done to discover the
direction of the field and the following results were obtained.
A proton moving to the right with instantaneous velocity v1 experienced a

force F1 directed into the page, as shown above.
A proton moving out of the page with instantaneous velocity v2 experienced a

force F2 in the plane of the page as shown above.

a. State the direction of the magnetic field and show that your choice accounts for the
directions of the forces in both experiments.
b. In which experiment did the proton describe a circular orbit? Explain your choice and
determine the radius of the circular orbit in terms of the given force and velocity for
the proton and the proton mass m.
c. Describe qualitatively the motion of the proton in the other experiment.


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e. Determine the Potential at r = b.

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A proton moving to the right with instantaneous velocity v1 experienced a

A proton moving out of the page with instantaneous velocity v2 experienced a

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