| 4 | | A 250-kg crate is placed on an adjustable inclined plane. If the crate slides down the incline with an acceleration of 0.70 m/s2 when the incline angle is 25°, then what should the incline angle be for the crate to slide down the plane at constant speed? (g = 9.8 m/s2) | 21° |
| 4 | | A 300-kg crate is placed on an adjustable inclined plane. As one end of the incline is raised, the crate begins to move downward. If the crate slides down the plane with an acceleration of 0.70 m/s2 when the incline angle is 25°, what is the coefficient of kinetic friction between ramp and crate? (g = 9.8 m/s2) | 0.39 |
| 4 | | A 5 000-N weight is held suspended in equilibrium by two cables. Cable 1 applies a horizontal force to the right of the object and has a tension, T1. Cable 2 applies a force upward and to the left at an angle of 37.0° to the negative x axis and has a tension, T2. What is the tension, T1? | 6640N |
| 4 | | A 5 000-N weight is suspended in equilibrium by two cables. Cable 1 applies a horizontal force to the right of the object and has a tension, T1. Cable 2 applies a force upward and to the left at an angle of 37.0° to the negative x axis and has a tension, T2. Find T2. | 8310N |
| 4 | | A 500-N tightrope walker stands at the center of the rope such that each half of the rope makes an angle of 10.0° with the horizontal. What is the tension in the rope? | 1440N |
| 4 | | A 500-N tightrope walker stands at the center of the rope. If the rope can withstand a tension of 1 800 N without breaking, what is the minimum angle the rope can make with the horizontal? | 8° |
| 4 | | A 7.0-kg bowling ball experiences a net force of 5.0 N. What will be its acceleration? | 0.71 m/s^2 |
| 4 | | A 70.0-kg man jumps 1.00 m down onto a concrete walkway. His downward motion stops in 0.0200 seconds. If he forgets to bend his knees, what force is transmitted to his leg bones? | 15500N |
| 4 | | A 9.0-kg hanging weight is connected by a string over a pulley to a 5.0-kg block sliding on a flat table. If the coefficient of sliding friction is 0.20, find the tension in the string. | 38N |
| 4 | | A barefoot field-goal kicker imparts a speed of 30 m/s to a football at rest. If the football has a mass of 0.50 kg and time of contact with the football is 0.025 s, what is the force exerted on the foot? | 600N |
| 4 | | A baseball batter hits an incoming 40-m/s fastball. The ball leaves the bat at 50 m/s after a ball-onbat contact time of 0.030 s. What is the force exerted on the 0.15-kg baseball? | 450N |
| 4 | | A block is launched up an incline plane. After going up the plane, it slides back down to its starting position. The coefficient of friction between the block and the plane is 0.3. The speed of the block when it reaches the starting position on the trip down: | is less than the launching speed. |
| 4 | | A block is launched up an incline plane. After going up the plane, it slides back down to its starting position. The coefficient of friction between the block and the plane is 0.3. The time for the trip up the plane: | is less than the time for the trip down. |
| 4 | | A block of mass 5.00 kg rests on a horizontal surface where the coefficient of kinetic friction between the two is 0.200. A string attached to the block is pulled horizontally, resulting in a 2.00- m/s2 acceleration by the block. Find the tension in the string. (g = 9.80 m/s2) | 19.8N |
| 4 | | A box is to be moved across a level surface. A force of magnitude 200 N may be applied at an angle of 30° below the horizontal to push the box or at an angle of 30° above the horizontal to pull the box, either application sufficient to overcome friction and move the box. Which application will cause the box to have the greater acceleration? | the one above the horizontal |