D. Newton's Law of Motion: (Not Directly Stated)
D. Newton's Law of Motion: (Not Directly Stated)
D. Newton's Law of Motion: (Not Directly Stated)
12-STEM A
GENERAL PHYSICS 1 – PROBLEM SET #3
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D.2. Calculate the tension on the rope necessary to keep a 3 kg block from sliding down a
frictionless surface inclined at 20°.
D.4. Ethan is dragging a bag of garbage from their garage to the street corner where the
garbage collector is posted. Given the following forces acting on the bag 𝐹𝐹𝑁𝑁 ⃗ = 60 N,
⃗
𝐹𝐹𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 = 20 N, 𝐹𝐹𝑓𝑓⃗ = 4 N; determine the net force on the bag and the mass and
acceleration of the garbage bag.
⃗ = 60 N,
Given: 𝐹𝐹𝑁𝑁 ⃗
𝐹𝐹𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 = 20 N, 𝐹𝐹𝑓𝑓⃗ = 4 N, 𝑔𝑔 ⃗ = −9.8 m/s2
⃗ , 𝑎𝑎⃗
Asked: 𝐹𝐹𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛
Given: 𝐹𝐹𝑎𝑎⃗ = 545 N, 𝑚𝑚 = 160 kg, 𝐹𝐹𝑓𝑓⃗ = 400 N, 𝑡𝑡 = 1.44 s, 𝑣𝑣𝑖𝑖 = 0 m/s
Asked: (a) 𝑎𝑎⃗ (b) 𝑣𝑣𝑓𝑓
Answer:
(a) 𝑎𝑎⃗ = 1 × 100 m/s2 , (b) 𝑣𝑣𝑓𝑓 = 1 × 100 m/s . (rounded to 1 significant figure)
D.6. A 3 kg wooden toy truck is at rest on a wooden table. The coefficients of static friction and
kinetic friction are 0.25 and 0.20 respectively. If a 5.0 N horizontal force is applied on the toy
truck, what is its acceleration?
Given: 𝑚𝑚 = 3 kg, 𝜇𝜇𝑠𝑠 = 0.25, 𝜇𝜇𝑘𝑘 = 0.20, 𝐹𝐹𝑎𝑎⃗ = 5.0 N, 𝑔𝑔 ⃗ = −9.8 m/s2
Asked: 𝑎𝑎⃗
Since 𝑓𝑓𝑠𝑠𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚 > 𝑓𝑓𝑘𝑘 > 𝐹𝐹𝑎𝑎⃗ , therefore, the wooden toy truck will remain at rest (𝑎𝑎⃗ =
2
0 m/s ) despite being applied with a force of 5.0 N. This is because the static friction can
sustain a maximum force up to 7.35 N (𝑓𝑓𝑠𝑠𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚 ) of force before moving.
Answer: The minimum coefficient of static friction (𝜇𝜇𝑠𝑠 ) needed is 4.00×10−1 . (rounded to 3
significant figures)