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    PHY1A1E/E1A1 Tutorial 7

    1. Discuss whether any work is being done by each of the following agents and, if so, whether
    the work is positive or negative:
    (a) a chicken scratching the ground,
    (b) a person studying,
    (c) a crane lifting a bucket of concrete,
    (d) the force of gravity on the bucket in part (c),
    (e) the leg muscles of a person in the act of sitting down.
    2. The driver of a car slams on her brakes to avoid colliding with a cow crossing the highway.
    What happens to the car’s kinetic energy as it comes to rest?
    3. A ball is fixed to the end of a string, which is attached to the ceiling at point P. As the
    drawing shows, the ball is projected downward at A with the launch speed v0. Traveling on
    a circular path, the ball comes to a halt at point B. What enables the ball to reach point B,
    which is above point A? Ignore friction and air resistance.

    4. A 58-kg skier is coasting down a 25° slope, as the figure below shows. Near the top of the
    slope, her speed is 3.6 m/s. She accelerates down the slope because of the gravitational
    force, even though a kinetic frictional force of magnitude 71 N opposes her motion.
    Ignoring air resistance, calculate the speed at a point that is displaced 57 m downhill.
    5. The drawing below shows a person who, starting from rest at the top of a cliff, swings
    down at the end of a rope, releases it and falls into the water below. There are two paths by
    which the person can enter the water. Suppose he enters the water at a speed of 13.0 m/s
    via path 1. How fast is he moving on path 2 when he releases the rope at a height of 5.20
    m above the water? Ignore the effects of air resistance.

    6. A block of mass m = 5.00 kg is released from rest from point (a) and slides on the
    frictionless track shown in the figure below. Calculate:
    a. the block’s speed at points (b) and (c),
    b. the net work done by the gravitational force on the block as it moves from point (a) to
    (c).
    7. Three objects with masses m1 = 5.0 kg, m2 = 10 kg, and m3 = 15 kg, respectively, are
    attached by strings over frictionless pulleys as indicated in the figure below. The horizontal
    surface exerts a force of friction of 30 N on m2. If the system is released from rest, use
    energy concepts to calculate the speed of m3 after it moves down 4.0 m.

    8. A ballistic pendulum can be used to measure the speed of a projectile, such as a bullet. The
    ballistic pendulum shown in the figure below consists of a stationary 2.50-kg block of wood
    suspended by a wire of negligible mass. A 0.0100-kg bullet is fired into the block, and the
    block (with the bullet in it) swings to a maximum height of 0.650 m above the initial
    position (see part b of the drawing). Calculate the speed with which the bullet is fired,
    assuming that air resistance is negligible.
    9. The figure below illustrates an elastic head-on collision between two balls. One ball has a
    mass of m1 = 0.250 kg and an initial velocity of + 5.00 m/s. The other has a mass of m2 =
    0.800 kg and is initially at rest. No external forces act on the balls. Calculate the velocities
    of the balls after the collision.

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