SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS PH110; INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS ‘TEST 1 C, 2025 YURATION: | HR 45 MINUTES TOTAL MARKS: 60 AARKS. ATTEMPT ALL QUESTIONS QUESTION 1 a) Define velocity. : 2] b) Can an object have an eastward velocity while experiencing a westward acceleration? Briefly expiain. 2] ©) A balloon carrying a sand bag, initially at rest on the ground, begins to rise vertically with a constant acceleration of 4.9 m/s, After 4 seconds, a sand bag is let to fall from the balloon. How fast will it be moving when it strikes the ground? (6) 4) “A projectile is fired from the top of a building with a velocity of 20 m/s, 40° above the horizontal. The projectile Jands on the horizontal ground 50 m away from the foot of the building. Find (i) the horizontal and vertical components ofits intial velocity. Ry Gi) the time taken by the projectile to reach the ground. RI (iii) the height of the building. BI (iv) the magnitude of its velocity before it lands on the ground. 31QUESTION 2 a) ‘Name two physical quantities that can be derived from length and state their SI units. 14] b) The horizontal displacement s of a particle depends on its acceleration a and velocity v. Derive a formula for s relating to @ and v. [8] ©) Determine the number of significant figures in: 14] i, (1.85 + 0.02) ii, 9.11 x 107° iti. 0.0014 iv, 2002 4) Given the paper page containing this question has a length of 21.3 em and a width of 98000 um, calculate the area of the paper. Express your answer inappropriate SI unit and significant figures. 14) QUESTION 3 a) Define a vector quantity [2] by A More! fSves from the origin 20 m 20 degrees south of east, then 30 m at 40 degrees west of south. ‘ i. The sketch, with angles, the movement of the able : {4 ii, Calculate the enue tthe drone, | °F #2 object [6] iii, Determine the direction of the resultant displacement. 4] c) Leta force F = (St +27 + 4R)N and the displacement R = (32 —j + 2%) m. Determine the value of F-R 4]y ‘ s } j THE cop ROELT UNIVERSITY | ¢ 4) /SCHOOL oF Mal fhiematics AND NATURAL SCIENCES p DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS i J PHL10: INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS "4 Af TEST 1B, 2025 4 | “ DURATION; | HR 45 MINUTES. TOTAL MARKS: 60 4 MARKS 1 “ATTEMPT ALL QUESTIONS a) Yer four fundamental (base) units in physics. Ssbtess the following in terms of pitfixes: (0. 000095 I. 5 iS QUESTION 1 {935m f [3] i Ae x 765g) \ [3] q) ‘a given tohmula is derived for the velocity ofan object v that varies with time expressed’ {y= At? 4+ B+ and tithe ¢ are expressed in terms of ST nite; dHermine the is fe) /nail a) Define the | tesultant vector? mS P] b) Find the resuftant of the vectors 30 N acting at 40 deBrees east of north, 15 N acting at 25 degrees west of North, 10 N acting at 180 degrees and 25 N acting at 40 degrees’bélow the positive x-axis. £m 4 (10) ©) Find the angle between two vectors A 3p and B= t— 2h Fe (4 4) Use the vectors in (c) above to find.a vector that is perpendicular to both A and B. (4) (ay j QUESTION 3 a) What is terminal velocity? \ i fey b) Car 4 and car B start moving simultaneously from rest in the same direction aldng ihe i Joining them. Car A moves with a constant acceleration a = 4m/s*, while car B moves with 4 3 constant yelocity v= J m/s. At time t= 0, car A is 10m behind cat B. Find the timte when if car ovgakes car B. ye f } @ An 4%, is thrown horizdntally westward from the top of a tower. It strike te three seconds at an angle of 45° with the Horizontal. Find (i) the height of the tower and (ii) ___ the speed with which the body was Projected. Take g = 9.8 m/s”. ace4 vg prem Sqr presen enuatsye UH 4 giaeheorse: oH yea sgouenmaTe AL | ie eer -epann att oed CeLHE RENE sie 61g i ¢ noTLsane os st insurer joa ap as on HES cprusnpeae.s url memeTHE COPPERBELT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS PH 110 TEST 2, 2024/2025 INSTRUCTIONS: (1) DURATION: 1 HR 30 MINUTES (1:30 HRS) (2) Answer All Questions. (3) You may tackle the questions in any order provided they are correctly and clearly numbered. (4) Essential working must be shown to avoid loss of marks. (5) Clearly write your full names, computer number and lecture group. Whenever necessary, use the following constants: 8 m/s? : QUESTION ONE fa) () Define a perfectly inelastic collision. 2] Gi) A 70 kg man skating with a speed of 12 m/s collides with a 50 kg skater at rest, in a perfectly inelastic collision. Calculate the kinetic energy lost during the collision. [el (b) A small ball is fastened to a string 24 cm long and suspended from a fixed point at the top to make a conical pendulum, as shown below. The ball makes a horizontal circle about a center vertically, and the string makes an angle of @ = 15° with the vertical. Find the speed v of the ball. [8] PH110 TEST2-C Page tof 2.{c) An object of mass m, = 10.00 kg traveling at an angle of 60° North of We: having initial velocity of 20.00 m/s, collides with a mass m, = 30.00 kg traveling at an angle of 20° North of East and velocity of 35.00 m, a perfect inelastic collision. () Find the x and y components of init al velocity of m; [4] (ii) Find the direction of the final velocity of the masses 15) QUESTION TWO fa) (i) Define work done by a force. [2] (ii) A skier of mass 70.0 kg is pulled up a slope by a motor-driven cable. How much work is required to pull him a distance of 60.0 m up a 30.0° slope (assumed frictionless) at a constant speed of 2.00 m/s? [3] Gii) A 700-N man climbs a 10.0 m vertical rope at a constant speed in 8.00 s. What is his power output? [3] (bJ A geostationary satellite orbits the Earth with a period equal to Earth's rotation period, 86,400s. Using the Earth's mass 5.97 x 10** kg, gravitational constant G = 6.67 x 10-"'Nm?/kg?, and Earth's radius of 6.37 x 106 m. (i) Calculate the orbital radius of the satellite. [4] (ii) Determine its orbital speed. [3] (ii) Determine the altitude of the satellite above Earth's surface, [2] ©) Two square solid objects are connected by an inextensible string of negligible mass passing over a frictionless pulley. One object lies on a surface inclined at 35° to the horizontal. The surface of the incline is smooth. The other object hangs vertical at the other end of the incline without touching the vertical end of the inclined surface. If the object on the incline weights 200.0 N, what must be the mass of the other object hanging in the vertical position? Ip 44¢ Asean remeins lng [3] eQaalibytuny 7 PH110 TEST2~C Page 2 of 2.