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3A Revision Problems 3 Circular Motion 2010

This document contains revision problems related to circular motion and forces in a gravitational field, with a total of six questions. The problems involve calculations of centripetal force, tension in a string, centripetal acceleration, minimum speed for weightlessness on a roller-coaster, apparent mass at different points on a Ferris wheel, and the angle of banking for a railway curve. Each question is assigned a specific mark value, totaling 20 marks.

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3A Revision Problems 3 Circular Motion 2010

This document contains revision problems related to circular motion and forces in a gravitational field, with a total of six questions. The problems involve calculations of centripetal force, tension in a string, centripetal acceleration, minimum speed for weightlessness on a roller-coaster, apparent mass at different points on a Ferris wheel, and the angle of banking for a railway curve. Each question is assigned a specific mark value, totaling 20 marks.

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Motion and Force in a Gravitational Field

Revision Problems 3: Circular Motion Due: _____________________


Name: __________________________________________ (20 marks)
1. The mass of a cyclist and bike is 90.0 kg. The cyclist rides around a circular bike track of radius
1.00 x 102 m and completes 15.0 revolutions of the track in 10.0 minutes. Calculate her
centripetal force. (3 marks)

2. A beach game involves hitting a ball tied to a pole with a piece of string with
the ball moving in a horizontal circle. In one game the 0.400 kg ball swings
around and around at an angle to the vertical. The ball takes 1.80 s for one
revolution. What is the tension in the string if the radius of swing is 0.950 m?
(3 marks)

3. A child jumps on the end of a farm gate and swings it closed. If the gate was at 90 0 to its closed
position, using reasonable estimates for mass, radius and period, determine the child’s
centripetal acceleration as she closed the gate. (3 marks)

DETSS**** | M&FGF: Revision Worksheet on Circular Motion 1


© Department of Education, Western Australia, 2010
4. A roller-coaster has a vertical loop of radius 40.0 m. The owners of the roller-coaster advertise
that the passengers will feel weightless while riding the loop.

a. What minimum speed would the b. Using your understanding of conservation of energy,
roller-coaster need to be doing at the what then would be the speed of the roller-coaster at
top of the loop for this to be true? the bottom of the loop? (3 marks)
(2 marks)

5. A 75.0 kg student has an apparent mass of 63.0 kg at the highest point on a steadily rotating
Ferris wheel. What is the apparent mass of the student at the lowest point? (4 marks)

6. A railway line goes around a curve of radius 5.00 x 103 m. It is designed to carry a train travelling
at 1.00 x 102 ms-1. What would be the angle of banking for the tracks which would result in the
best cornering. (2 marks)

DETSS**** | M&FGF: Revision Worksheet on Circular Motion 2


© Department of Education, Western Australia, 2010

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