2.8: Understanding Gravity undergoes free fall.

What is its velocity just

before it touches the ground which is 100 m
1. At a particular point above the earth, an from where it is dropped? [9.8 ms-2]
aircraft of mass 20 000 kg experiences a
gravitational force of 192 000 N. calculate the
gravitational fiend strength at that point.

5. Figure (a) shows an astronaut standing on the

surface of the moon. He releases a piece of
2. An astronaut has a mass of 75 kg. calculate paper and a rubber ball from the same height
the gravitational force on the astronaut when at the same time. Figure (b) is the illustration
he is standing on how the piece of paper and the rubber ball
(a) On the earth with a gravitational field undergo free fall and reach the ground at the
strength 9.8 N kg-1. same.

(b) On the moon with a gravitational field

strength of 1.6 N kg-1.

(a) What is meant by free fall?

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(b) When the activity is repeated on earth, which
3. The Hubble telescope has a mass of 11 600 of the two objects will reach the ground first?
kg. Explain your answer.
(a) Determine its weight when it is resting on
Earth which has gravitational field strength ………………………………………………..
on 9.8 N kg-1.
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(b) What is the value of the gravitational field

strength if its weight at a particular orbit
above the earth is 95 000 N?

4. A ball is dropped from a building and

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6. A robot has mass 450 kg on the earth. Calculate the magnitude and direction of the
(a) What is its weight if the gravitational field resultant force.
strength on earth is 9.8 Nkg-1.

(b) The robot has weight of 1575 N on planet X.

what is the gravitational field strength on . Jerak and Jesim made a cart. Their father
planet X? refuses to let them play outside of the house.
Figure shows their father and Jerak pulling the
cart.

. A girl throws a stone vertically upward. The

stone leaves her hand with a velocity of 6 ms-
1. The stone travels a height, h before falling
downward again. [9.8 N kg-1]

Calculate the magnitude and direction of the

force.

2. Subra stands on a weighing machine in a lift.

If the mass of Subra is 58 kg, determine the
Calculate reading of weighing machine when the lift is:
(a) The time taken to reach the height. (a) Stationary

(b) Moving upward with a uniform acceleration 1

(b) The value of h. ms-2.

2.9: Analysing Forces in Inequilibrium (c) Moving downward with a uniform

acceleration 1 ms-2.
1. A trolley is acted upon two forces as shown in
diagram.

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(d) Moving upward with uniform velocity 4 ms-1. (b) Calculate the magnitude of acceleration of
load A.

3. A 1.5 kg trolley is being pulled by a 0.5 kg

weight with the help of a pulley system.
5. Figure shows a boat being pulled by two
forces with a magnitude of 300 N and 400 N
respectively. The angle between the forces is
60°.

Calculate the acceleration of the trolley. [g =

10 ms-2]

Determine the magnitude and direction of the

resultant force using the parallelogram
method.

6. Two forces of magnitude 5 N and 12 N act at

a point respectively as shown in Figure. The
forces are perpendicular to each other.

4. Figure shows a pulley system with two loads

A and B, connected by a non-elastic rope that
passes over a frictionless trolley.
[g = 10 ms-2] What is the magnitude and direction of the
resultant force?

(a) Determine the resultant force, F, of the

system and state the direction of the
movement of each load.

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7. A man pulls a sack of soil with a force of 125 (b) The vertical component of the force that press
N at an angle 40° with the floor. the on the lawn.

Determine the horizontal and vertical 9. Figure shows a traffic light weighing 200N
components of the force. being held by two identical cables at an angle
of 60° with the horizontal beam.

Calculate the tension in each cable.

8. A man pushes a lawnmower with the force of

85 N at an angle 45° with the horizontal.

Calculate
(a) The horizontal component of force that
causes the lawnmower to move forward.

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10. A boy weighing 450 N sits on a surface
inclined at an angle of 40° with the horizontal
floor.

Calculate the normal reaction, R and the

13. Base on the diagram calculate the magnitude
frictional force, F acting on him.
of resultant force that are acting on the raft.

11. Figure shows a picture frame being held by 14. A contractor uses a scraper to sracpe old paint
two identical springs. from the wall.

Draw and label the three forces that are in (a) Calculate the vertical force,
equilibrium so that the frame is at rest.

(b) Calculate the horizontal force acting on the

wall.

12. In each of the diagram, determine the

magnitude and direction of the resultant
force.

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15. During a training lesson, a 50 kg trainee is at 17. If the total mass of the girl and the trolley is
rest by holding two identical ropes, each at an 30 kg and the friction between the trolley and
angle 40° with the vertical. (g = 10 m s–1) the floor is 40 N, calculate

(a) What is the weight of the trainee?

(a) The resultant forces.

(b) Calculate the tension of each spring.

(b) The acceleration of Tina and trolley.

16. Samy and Heng Gee pull a crate with forces
of 70 N and 90 N respectively.

18. Find the resultant force without using

parallelogram.

Find the resultant force.

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19. A carton of mass 5 kg is at rest on an inclined 21.
plane at angle 15° with the horizontal. Find
the frictional force and normal force acting on
the carton.

Find the tension of the both string.

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22.

Calculate the effective force that pushes the

iron move forward.

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23. Given the mass of the box is 2 kg.
2.10: Understanding Work, Energy, Power and
Efficiency

1. Calculate the work done when a weightlifter

uses a force of 1000 N to lift a weight to a
height of 2.0 m.

(a) Find the normal reaction, R acting on the box.

(b) The weight of the box.

2. Calculate the work done to push the cart a
distance is 180 m on a horizontal surface.

(c) The value of F if the box is moving up the

plane with an acceleration 1 m s-2.

24. In a circus, a monkey pulls down a clown

with a forward force 20 N.
3. Calculate the work done by a boy after
pulling the crate a distance of 90 m.

What force, F need to apply by the clown to

prevent the monkey move forward.

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4. Jin uses a force of 16 N to mop a floor. The 7. A lift with its passenger has a total mass of
applied force makes an angle of 28° with the 1350 kg. calculate the gravitational potential
floor. energy gained by the lift moving upwards to a
height oof 25 m. [g = 10 m s-1]

What is the work done by Jin when he pushes

the mop horizontal distance of 2.5 m? 8. A 40 kg boy climbs a vertical height of 3.5 m
in 4 s.
(a) Calculate the gain in gravitational potential
energy of the boy.

5. What is the kinetic energy of a 1200 kg car

travelling at a velocity of 25 m s–1? (b) Determine the power generate by the boy.

6. Which of the two boys has gained more

gravitational potential energy? 9. A crane lifts a heavy bucket to a height of 2.5
m from the ground in 3.5 s.

(a) Calculate the power generate by the crane in

lifting the bucket if the mass is 840 kg.

(b) Explain why the power generated by the

crane is actually higher than the value
calculated in (a).