Dr.
Ramy Amir Shenouda
PHYS101
Assignment 1
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1) What is the mass of air in a room that measures 5.0 m × 8.0 m × 3.0 m?
(The density of air is 1/800 that of water). (density of water = 1000 kg/ m3)
2) Assume that it takes 7.00 minutes to fill a 30.0 gal gasoline tank.
(1 gallon = 0.00378 m3)
Calculate:
a) The rate at which the tank is filled in gallons per second.
b) The rate at which the tank is filled in m3/s.
3) The volume of a wallet is 8.50 in.3 Convert this value to m3, (1 in. = 2.54
cm, 1m = 100 cm).
4) A pyramid contains approximately 2 million stone blocks that weighs 2.50
tons each. (1 pound = 0.0005 tons).
Find the weight of this pyramid in pounds.
5) Carry out the following arithmetic operations:
a) The sum of the measured values 8560.3, 40.2, 0.803, and 2.51.
b) The product 0.503 × 986.4 × 3.12 × 20.01.
c) The product 5.620 × 𝜋. (where 𝜋 = 3.14)
6) The position of a particle moving under uniform acceleration is some
function of time and the acceleration. Suppose we write this position s =
kamtn, where k is a dimensionless constant. Show by dimensional analysis
that this expression is satisfied if m = 1 and n = 2.
7) A particle moves along the x-axis according to the equation x = 2.00 +
3.00t - 1.00t2, where x is in meters and t is in seconds.
Calculate: a) The position of the particle at t = 5.00 s.
b) The velocity at t = 5.00 s.
c) The acceleration at t = 3.00 s and t = 5.00 s.
d) The position when it changes direction.
e) The velocity when it returns to initial position.
8) The figure below shows a graph of 𝑣x versus t for the motion of a
motorcyclist as he starts from rest and moves along the road in a straight
line.
a) Find the average acceleration for the time interval t = 0 to t = 6.00 s.
b) Estimate the time at which the acceleration is zero.
c) Estimate the time at which the acceleration is a positive value.
d) Estimate the time at which the acceleration is a negative value.
9) A speedboat moving at 30.0 m/s approaches a no-wake buoy marker 100
m ahead. The pilot slows the boat with a constant acceleration of -3.50
m/s2 by reducing the throttle.
a) How long does it take the boat to reach the buoy?
b) What is the velocity of the boat when it reaches the buoy?
10) A truck on a straight road starts from rest, accelerating at 2.00 m/s2 until
it reaches a speed of 20.0 m/s. Then the truck travels for 20.0 s at
constant speed until the brakes are applied, stopping the truck in a
uniform manner in an additional 5.00 s.
a) How long is the truck in motion?
b) What is the average velocity of the truck for the motion described?