Unit 3 Review KEY
1. A
2. B (since you know g (g=0.001N/kg) you can just do Fg=mg)
3. B there must be an outside force to make the moon not orbit in a circular (or elliptical) path
4. B slope of the line is acceleration. Since the acceleration is 4m/s2 and this is the acceleration
due to gravity, Fg=mg=2kg(4m/s2) = 8 N
5. D 𝐹𝑔 = 𝐹𝑐
2 2
𝑚𝑣 /𝑅 = 𝐺𝑚𝑀/𝑅
𝑣 = 𝐺𝑀/𝑅 thus if R increases by a factor of 3, v decreases by a factor of the square
root of 3
6. Point Q (here FC=FT - Fg)
7. D
8. C
9. C the force acting to the center here is the sin component of tension. So the centripetal
acceleration equals that centripetal force divided by mass.
10. A Fc=mv2/R so if F is constant and R increases, v would have to increase as well. Now
this is different from orbit problems. In orbit problems, Fc=Fg and as R increases Fg decreases
and speed decreases. In this problem the force is constant. Hopefully the problem doesn’t add
extra confusion. My B if it does.
11. A FC=FT - Fg So Fc = 6N -4N=2 N. The mass of the object is 4N/9.81m/s2 so the mass
is about 0.4 kg. Thus the acceleration is 2N/0.4kg which is 5m/s2
𝐹𝑇−𝑚𝑔
12. D Bottom of circle, FC=FT-mg so 𝑚𝑎𝑐 = 𝐹𝑇 − 𝑚𝑔 → 𝑎𝑐 = 𝑚
2
𝑣
2 𝑣1
13. B The net force is centripetal: 𝐹𝐶 = 𝑚 𝑅
let 𝐹1 = 𝑚 𝑅
v4 is double v1 (v4/v1=2) and
2
(2𝑣1)
the radius for this runner is 4R. Then 𝐹4 = 𝑚 𝑏𝑅
since the 2 is squared we get a factor of
4/b times greater force than F1
2
𝑣
14. C 𝑎𝑐 = 𝑟
if v is known, r can be measured to find ac
15. D Since the runners travel at the same speed in circular paths of different radii, the ranking
of centripetal accelerations of the runners can be determined by the radii of the runners’ paths.
𝑀09𝑀0 𝑀0𝑀0
16. C 𝐹𝑜 is the force of x on Z so 𝐹0 = 𝐺 2 =𝐺 2
(3𝑅𝑜) 𝑅𝑜
𝑀04𝑀0 4𝑀09𝑀0 36𝑀0𝑀0
𝐹𝑋 𝑜𝑛 𝑌 = 𝐺 2 = 4𝐹0 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑓𝑡 𝐹𝑍 𝑜𝑛 𝑋 =𝐺 2 =𝐺 2
= 9𝐹0 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡
𝑅0 (2𝑅𝑜) 4𝑅𝑜
2
𝑚𝑣 𝑚𝑀 2 𝑀 𝑀
17. D 𝐹𝑐 = 𝐹𝑔 → 𝑅
=𝐺 2 →𝑣 = 𝐺 𝑅
→𝑣 = 𝐺 𝑅
𝑅
𝑚0𝑀 1 𝑚0𝑀 2𝑚0𝑀 2 𝑚0𝑀
18. A 𝐹1 = 𝐺 2 = 4
𝐺 2 𝐹2 = 𝐺 2 = 9
𝐺 2 thus F1>F2
(2𝑅) 𝑅 (3𝑅) 𝑅
2
𝑚𝑣 𝑚𝑀 2 𝑀 𝑀 𝑀 𝑀
𝐹𝑐 = 𝐹𝑔 → 𝑅
=𝐺 2 →𝑣 = 𝐺 𝑅
→𝑣 = 𝐺 𝑅
so 𝑣1 = 𝐺 2𝑅
and 𝑣2 = 𝐺 3𝑅
𝑅
FRQ
