Final Exam (Take-Home) Spring - 2020

Subject: Applied Physics Submission Day: Wednesday

Instructor: Asad Latif Awan Submission Date & Time: 6/10/2020 & 12:00

Program: BS (CS / SE) Max. Marks: 35

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING, SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY

Please follow the instructions carefully:

1. Write you answers in a Word file and upload the file before the due date on VLE.
2. Name your Word file in the following format:
(StudentID_Student’sName_CourseName_Instructor’sName_ Spring2020)
3. Use 12 pt. font size and Times New Roman font style along with 1-inch page margins.
4. Follow the requirements of the word limit and the marking criteria while writing your
answers.
5. Provide relevant, original and conceptual answers, as this exam aims to test your ability
to examine, explain, modify or develop concepts discussed during the course.
6. Do not copy answers from the internet or other sources. The plagiarism of your answers
will be checked through Turnitin software.
7. Recheck your answers before the submission on VLE to correct any content or language
related errors.

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Question No.1: [04 Marks]

Given three vectors A = 24i + 33j, B = 55i - 12j and C = 2i + 43j

(a) Find the magnitude of each vector.
(b) Write an expression for the vector difference A - C.
(c) Find the magnitude and direction of the vector difference A-B.
(d) In a vector diagram show vector A + B, and A - B, and also show that your diagram agrees
qualitatively with your answer.

Question No.2: [04Marks]

A driver at Dewan Motors is testing a new model car with a speedometer calibrated to read m/s
rather than km/h. The following series of speedometer readings was obtained during a test run
along a long, straight road:

Time (s) 0 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19
Speed (m/s) 0 0 4 7 10 13 17 22 23 26 29

(a) Compute the average acceleration during each 2-s interval. Is the acceleration constant? Is it
constant during any part of the test run?
(b) Make a (v-t) graph of the data, using scales of 1cm = 1s horizontally and 1cm = 2m/s
vertically. Draw a smooth curve through the plotted points. By measuring the slope of your
curve, find the instantaneous acceleration at t = 6 s, 18 s, and 25 s.

Question No.3: [03 Marks]

On a 200 km bike cycle ride, you ride the first 90 km at an average speed of 20 m/s. What must
your average speed over the next 40 km be to have your average speed for the total 200 km be.
(a) 40 m/s?
(b) 60 m/s?
(c) Given this average speed for the first 90 km, can you possibly attain an average speed of
80 m/s for the total 200 km ride? Explain.

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Question No.4: [04 Marks]

A person is riding on a flatcar traveling at a constant speed of 200 km/s (Fig.). He wishes to throw
a ball through a stationary hoop 90 km above the height of his hands in such a manner that the ball
will move horizontally as it passes through the hoop. He throws the ball with a speed of 250 m/s
with respect to himself.
(a) How many time required after he releases the ball will it pass through the hoop?
(b) What must the vertical component of the initial velocity of the ball?
(c) At what horizontal distance in front of the hoop must he release the ball?
(d) When the ball leaves the man's hands, what is the direction of its velocity relative to the
frame of reference of the flatcar? Relative to the frame of reference of an observer standing
on the ground?

Question No.5: [04 Marks]

Three persons wants to push a wheel cart in the direction marked x in Fig. The two person push
with horizontal forces F1 and F2 as shown in the figure.
(a) Find the magnitude and direction of the force that third person should exert to stop this cart.
You can ignore the effects of friction.
(b) If the third person exerts the force found in part (a), the cart accelerates at 200 m/S2 in the
(+) x-direction. What is the weight of the cart?

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Question No.6: [03 Marks]

A circuit consists of three unequal capacitors C1, C2, and C3 which are connected to a battery of
voltage V0. The capacitance of C2 is twice that of C1. The capacitance of C3 is three times that of
C1. The capacitors obtain charges Q1, Q2, and Q3.

Compare Q1, Q2, and Q3.

A. Q1 > Q3 > Q2 B. Q1 > Q2 > Q3 C. Q1 > Q2 = Q3
D. Q1 = Q2 = Q3 E. Q1 < Q2 = Q3

Rubrics: (Marks Distribution)

Collecting and Analyzing value = 1 Marks

Formulate values and Steps = 2 Marks

Question No.7: [03 Marks]

For the circuit shown in Fig. both volt meter and ammeter are idealized, the battery has no
appreciable internal resistance, and the ammeter reads 5 A.
(a) What does the voltmeter V read?
(b) What is the total voltage v of the battery?
(c) What is the total resistance R of the circuit?

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Question No.8: [10 Marks]

i. Two waves travel on the same string. Is it possible for them to have (a) different
frequencies; (b) different wavelengths; (c) different speeds; (d) different amplitudes;
(e) the same frequency but different wavelengths? Explain your reasoning.

ii. For transverse waves on a string, is the wave speed the same as the speed of any part
of the string? Explain the difference between these two speeds. Which one is
constant? Which has a more direct influence on the loudness of a sound wave: the
displacement amplitude or the pressure amplitude? Explain your reasoning.

iii. A sound source and a listener are both at rest on the earth, but a strong wind is
blowing front the source toward the listener. Is there a Doppler effect? Why or why
not?

iv. When you use a hand pump to inflate the tires of your bicycle, the pump gets warm
after a while. Why? What happens to the temperature of the air in the pump as you
compress it? Why does this happen? When you raise the pump handle to draw outside
air into the pump, what happens to the temperature of the air taken in? Again, why
does this happen?

v. Suppose the two plates of a capacitor have different areas. When the capacitor is
charged by connecting it to a battery. do the charges on the two plates have equal
magnitude. Or may they be different? Explain your reasoning.

Rubrics: (Marks Distribution)

Explaining = 1 Marks
Interpreting and Solving = 1 Marks

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