Exam 1: A: Foundations

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An ac source having a maximum voltage output of 30 V is connected in series with a 50-Ω resistor,a 0.60-H inductor,and a 20-µF capacitor.What is the maximum charge on the capacitor when the frequency of the source is adjusted so that the circuit is in resonance?

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A frictionless simple pendulum on Earth has a period of 1.75 s.On Planet X its period is 2.14 s.What is the acceleration due to gravity on Planet X?

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A thin double convex lens is to focus the image of an object onto a screen so that the image is life-sized.The lens surfaces have equal radii of curvature of 112 cm,and the refractive index of the lens material is 1.500. (a)How far from the lens should the screen be placed? (b)How far is the screen from the object?

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The magnetic field of an electromagnetic wave has a peak value of 5.0 × 10-10 T.What is the intensity of the wave? (c = 3.0 × 108 m/s,c = 3.00 × 108 m/s,μ0 = 4π × 10-7 T • m/A,ε0 = 8.85 × 10-12 C2/N • m2)

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The howler monkey is the loudest land animal and,under some circumstances,can be heard up to a distance of 8.9 km.Assume the acoustic output of a howler to be uniform in all directions and that the threshold of hearing is 1.0 × 10-12 W/m2.A juvenile howler monkey has an acoustic output of 63 µW.What is the ratio of the acoustic intensity produced by the juvenile howler to the reference intensity I0,at a distance of 210 m?

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The position x of an object varies with time t.For which of the following equations relating x and t is the motion of the object simple harmonic motion? (There may be more than one correct choice.)

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By how many newtons does the weight of a 100-kg person change when he goes from sea level to an altitude of 5.0 km if we neglect the earth's rotational effects? (The mean radius of the Earth is 6.38 × 106 m,G = 6.67 × 10-11 N • m2/kg2.)

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A type of transmission line for electromagnetic waves consists of two parallel conducting plates (assumed infinite in width)separated by a distance a.Each plate carries the same uniform surface current density of 16.0 A/m,but the currents run in opposite directions.What is the magnitude of the magnetic field between the plates at a point 1.00 mm from one of the plates if a = 0.800 cm? (μ0 = 4π × 10-7 T • m/A)

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Two parallel conducting plates are separated by 1.0 mm and carry equal but opposite surface charge densities.If the potential difference between them is 2.0 V.what is the magnitude of the surface charge density on each plate? (ε0 = 8.85 × 10-12 C2/N • m2)

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A runner maintains constant acceleration after starting from rest as she runs a distance of 60.0 m. The runner's speed at the end of the 60.0 m is 9.00 m/s. How much time did it take the runner to complete the 60.0 m distance?

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A 3.45-kg centrifuge takes 100 s to spin up from rest to its final angular speed with constant angular acceleration. A point located 8.00 cm from the axis of rotation of the centrifuge moves with a speed of 150 m/s when the centrifuge is at full speed. (a)What is the angular acceleration (in rad/s2)of the centrifuge as it spins up? (b)How many revolutions does the centrifuge make as it goes from rest to its final angular speed?

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Light in air is initially traveling parallel to the face AC of an equilateral triangular prism,as shown in the figure.The prism is made of glass with an index of refraction of 1.52.If the light does not strike the face AC,what is the angle between the ray as it leaves the prism at face BC and the normal in air at that face? Light in air is initially traveling parallel to the face AC of an equilateral triangular prism,as shown in the figure.The prism is made of glass with an index of refraction of 1.52.If the light does not strike the face AC,what is the angle between the ray as it leaves the prism at face BC and the normal in air at that face?

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An electron is initially moving to the right when it enters a uniform electric field directed upwards.Which trajectory shown below will the electron follow? An electron is initially moving to the right when it enters a uniform electric field directed upwards.Which trajectory shown below will the electron follow?

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An ideal gas is at a pressure 1.00 × 105 N/m2 and occupies a volume 2.00 m3. If the gas is compressed to a volume 1.00 m3 while the temperature remains constant,what will be the new pressure in the gas?

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A 1.0-C point charge is 15 m from a second point charge,and the electric force on one of them due to the other is 1.0 N. What is the magnitude of the second charge? (k = 1/4πε0 = 8.99 × 109 N • m2/C2)

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If the electrical potential in a region is constant,the electric field must be zero everywhere in that region.

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An electron moving in the direction of the +x-axis enters a magnetic field.If the electron experiences a magnetic deflection in the -y direction,the direction of the magnetic field in this region points in the direction of the

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Two particles,A and B,are in uniform circular motion about a common center.The acceleration of particle A is 8.5 times that of particle B.The period of particle B is 2.0 times the period of particle A.The ratio of the radius of the motion of particle A to that of particle B is closest to

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Planet Z-34 has a mass equal to 1/3 that of Earth,a radius equal to 1/3 that of Earth,and an axial spin rate 1/2 that of Earth.With g representing,as usual,the acceleration due to gravity on the surface of Earth,the acceleration due to gravity on the surface of Z-34 is

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An object of mass 8.0 kg is attached to an ideal massless spring and allowed to hang in the Earth's gravitational field.The spring stretches 3.6 cm before it reaches its equilibrium position.If this system is allowed to oscillate,what will be its frequency?

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