Exam 1: A: Foundations

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A foul ball is hit straight up into the air with a speed of 30.0 m/s. (a)Calculate the time required for the ball to rise to its maximum height. (b)Calculate the maximum height reached by the ball. (c)Determine the time at which the ball pass a point 25.0 m above the point of contact between the bat and ball. (d)Explain why there are two answers to part (c).

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A simple refracting telescope provides large magnification by employing

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A ten-loop coil having an area of 0.23 m2 and a very large resistance is in a 0.047-T uniform magnetic field oriented so that the maximum flux goes through the coil.The coil is then rotated so that the flux through it goes to zero in 0.34 s.What is the magnitude of the average emf induced in the coil during the 0.34 s?

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A negative charge is moved from point A to point B along an equipotential surface.Which of the following statements must be true for this case?

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A traffic light weighing 100 N is supported by two ropes as shown in the figure. The tensions in the ropes are closest to A traffic light weighing 100 N is supported by two ropes as shown in the figure. The tensions in the ropes are closest to

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The image of a plant is 4.0 cm from a concave spherical mirror having a radius of curvature of 10 cm. Where is the plant relative to the mirror?

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At a distance of 4.3 cm from the center of a very long uniformly charged wire,the electric field has magnitude 2000 N/C and is directed toward the wire.What is the charge on a 1.0 cm length of wire near the center? (ε0 = 8.85 × 10-12 C2/N • m2)

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Two extremely flat glass plates,10.0 cm wide,touch at one end but are separated by a thin wire at the other end,forming a wedge.Light with a wavelength of 450 nm shines almost perpendicularly on the glass and forms fringes which are 1.80 mm apart.What is the diameter of the wire?

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The position of an object as a function of time is given by x = bt2 - ct,where b = 2.0 m/s2 and c = 6.7 m/s and x and t are in SI units.What is the instantaneous velocity of the object when t = 2.2?

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A conducting sphere of radius 20.0 cm carries an excess charge of +15.0 µC,and no other charges are present.(k = 1/4πε0 = 8.99 × 109 N • m2/C2)The potential (relative to infinity)due to this sphere at a point 12.0 cm from its center is closest to

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Three resistors are connected across an ideal 2.0-V DC battery as shown in the figure. (a)At what rate does the battery supply energy to the resistors? (b)At what rate is heat produced in the 6.0-Ω resistor? Three resistors are connected across an ideal 2.0-V DC battery as shown in the figure. (a)At what rate does the battery supply energy to the resistors? (b)At what rate is heat produced in the 6.0-Ω resistor?

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Block A of mass 5.0 kg and block X are attached to a rope which passes over a pulley,as shown in the figure.An 80-N force P is applied horizontally to block A,keeping it in contact with a rough vertical face.The coefficients of static and kinetic friction between the wall and block A are μs = 0.40 and μk = 0.30.The pulley is light and frictionless.The mass of block X is adjusted until block A moves upward with an acceleration of 1.6 m/s2.What is the mass of block X? Block A of mass 5.0 kg and block X are attached to a rope which passes over a pulley,as shown in the figure.An 80-N force P is applied horizontally to block A,keeping it in contact with a rough vertical face.The coefficients of static and kinetic friction between the wall and block A are μ<sub>s</sub> = 0.40 and μ<sub>k</sub> = 0.30.The pulley is light and frictionless.The mass of block X is adjusted until block A moves upward with an acceleration of 1.6 m/s<sup>2</sup>.What is the mass of block X?

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A 6.0-μF air-filled capacitor is connected across a 100-V voltage source. After the source fully charges the capacitor,the capacitor is immersed in transformer oil (of dielectric constant 4.5). How much ADDITIONAL charge flows from the voltage source,which remained connected during the process?

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A Carnot engine is operated as a heat pump to heat a room in the winter. The heat pump delivers heat to the room at the rate of 34 kJ per second and maintains the room at a temperature of 293 K when the outside temperature is 229 K.The power requirement for the heat pump under these operating conditions is closest to

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A wave pulse traveling to the right along a thin cord reaches a discontinuity where the rope becomes thinner and lighter.What is the orientation of the reflected and transmitted pulses?

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The position of an object as a function of time is given by x(t)= at3 - bt2 + ct - d,where a = 3.6 m/s3, b = 4.0 m/s2,c = 60 m/s,and d = 7.0 m. (a)Find the instantaneous acceleration at t =2.4 s. (b)Find the average acceleration over the first 2.4 seconds.

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Two large,flat,horizontally oriented plates are parallel to each other,a distance d apart.Half way between the two plates the electric field has magnitude E.If the separation of the plates is reduced to d/2 what is the magnitude of the electric field half way between the plates?

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An object is moving in a straight line along the x-axis.A plot of its velocity in the x direction as a function of time is shown in the figure.Which graph represents its acceleration in the x direction as a function of time? An object is moving in a straight line along the x-axis.A plot of its velocity in the x direction as a function of time is shown in the figure.Which graph represents its acceleration in the x direction as a function of time?

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An ideal gas with γ = 1.67 is initially at 0°C in a volume of 10.0 L at a pressure of 1.00 atm.It is then expanded adiabatically to a volume of 10.4 L.What is the final temperature of the gas?

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A car starts from rest and accelerates with a constant acceleration of 1.00 m/s2 for 3.00 s. The car continues for 5.00 s at constant velocity. How far has the car traveled from its starting point?

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