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1001
What are the correct dimensions of work and acceleration?
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1002
A 2 kg block hangs from a spring balance which is attached to the roof of an el…
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1003
A gun is held horizontally and fired. At the same time the bullet leaves the gu…
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1004
An object starts from rest at the origin and moves along the x axis with a cons…
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1005
An object on the surface of the moon has a velocity of 10 m/s at the height of …
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1006
The stress at which extension of a material takes place more quickly as compare…
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1007
A player stops a football weighing 0.5 kg which comes flying towards him with a…
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1008
What is the velocity of the object? (Given a position-time graph with points: (…
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1009
A stone is released with zero velocity from the top of a tower reaches the grou…
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1010
A man weighing 64 kg stands on a scale in an elevator. What does the scale read…
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1011
Which of the following is not an example of nonconservative force?
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1012
Determine the dimension of power.
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1013
A modern car can develop an acceleration four times greater than an antique car…
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1014
Three kids in a parking lot launch a rocket that rises into air along a 380 m l…
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1015
A force (15i - 16j + 27k) N is added to a force (23i - 40j) N. What is the magn…
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1016
A projectile is fired from the surface of the Earth with a speed of 200 m/s at …
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1017
How far from the origin does the object move in first 6 s? (This question is in…
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1018
Three kids in parking lot launch a rocket that rises into air along a 380 m lon…
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1019
A body continues in its state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by an…
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1020
A physics student states that a body in 'uniform motion in a straight line' wil…
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1021
Newton's second law of motion, when considering a system with variable mass, is…
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1022
Newton's third law states that for every action, there is:
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1023
For an object in equilibrium, the mathematical condition that must be satisfied…
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1024
A picture of weight 10.0 N is hung by two strings making angles of 60° and 30° …
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1025
A 2.0 kg block is pressed against a rough vertical wall by a horizontal force F…
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1026
The impulse-momentum theorem states that the impulse acting on an object is equ…
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1027
A 0.1 kg ball is dropped and hits the ground with a speed of 5 m/s. If it rebou…
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1028
For a one-dimensional elastic collision, a simpler equation can be used in plac…
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1029
Newton's second law for a system of particles states that the net external forc…
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1030
According to Newton's law of universal gravitation, the gravitational force bet…
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1031
Two 8 kg spherical lead balls are placed with their centers 0.5 m apart. The ma…
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1032
If the distance between two objects is doubled, the gravitational force between…
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1033
The gravitational force exerted by a uniform sphere on a particle outside the s…
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1034
The value of acceleration due to gravity at the center of the Earth is:
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1035
The gravitational potential V at a point is defined as:
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1036
In a spherically symmetric gravitational field, the relationship between the gr…
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1037
Kepler's second law (law of equal areas) is a consequence of the fact that:
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1038
Kepler's third law states that T² ∝ a³. For circular orbits, the constant of pr…
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1039
Io, a moon of Jupiter, has an orbital period T and radius r. Another moon, Call…
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1040
The diagram below represents which of the following laws of vector addition? (N…
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1041
The linear momentum of a body is defined as the product of its:
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1042
If the velocity of a body of constant mass m changes from v0 to v, the impulse …
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1043
Which of the following is a direct consequence of Newton's second law when the …
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1044
For a system of two colliding bodies with no external forces, the change in mom…
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1045
An object is in equilibrium. This means that:
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1046
In the Atwood machine, two masses m1 and m2 (with m2 > m1) are suspended over a…
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1047
In the scenario of an object being pulled along an inclined plane by a hanging …
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1048
A passenger of mass m is in an elevator accelerating upwards with acceleration …
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1049
If the cable of an elevator breaks and it is in free fall (accelerating downwar…
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1050
A 100 kg passenger in an elevator moving upward experiences a tension of 800 N …
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1051
The force that opposes the motion of an object sliding on a surface is called:
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1052
The maximum force of static friction (fs,max) between two surfaces is given by:
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1053
A block of mass m is placed on an inclined plane. The angle of the incline is g…
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1054
In a perfectly inelastic collision between two objects, which of the following …
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1055
In an elastic collision between two objects, which quantities are conserved?
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1056
A 2 kg object moving at 3 m/s collides head-on and sticks to a 4 kg object init…
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1057
The coefficient of restitution e is defined as the ratio of the:
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1058
For a perfectly inelastic collision where two bodies stick together, the coeffi…
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1059
A ball is dropped from a height h1 onto a fixed horizontal plane and rebounds t…
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1060
In a two-dimensional collision, the conservation of momentum principle implies …
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1061
The center of mass of a system of particles is the point that:
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1062
For a system of particles, the total linear momentum of the system is equal to:
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1063
The coefficient of static friction between a box of mass 15 kg and horizontal s…
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1064
How long will it take a force of 5 N to increase the velocity of an object of m…
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1065
The universal gravitational constant, G, has a value of:
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1066
If one mass is doubled and the other mass is tripled without changing the dista…
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1067
The acceleration due to gravity, g, at the surface of a planet is given by the …
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1068
The principle of equivalence states that:
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1069
A consequence of the equality of gravitational and inertial mass is that:
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1070
If a planet has a mass and radius both half that of Earth, the acceleration due…
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1071
The acceleration due to gravity at a height h above the Earth's surface (where …
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1072
The acceleration due to gravity at a depth d below the Earth's surface is given…
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1073
The gravitational potential energy U of an object of mass m at a distance r fro…
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1074
For a satellite in a circular orbit around the Earth, the total mechanical ener…
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1075
The gravitational field g at a point is defined as:
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1076
The escape velocity from the surface of a planet is independent of:
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1077
The escape velocity from the surface of the Earth is approximately:
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1078
The escape velocity from the surface of the Moon, given g_moon = g_E/5 and R_mo…
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1079
The orbital or critical velocity v_c for a satellite at a height h above the Ea…
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1080
The time period T of a satellite orbiting the Earth in a circular orbit of radi…
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1081
An astronaut in an orbiting satellite feels 'weightless' because:
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1082
Kepler's first law of planetary motion states that:
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1083
A geostationary (or geosynchronous) satellite has an orbital period of:
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1084
Two balls with equal mass are dropped from a height of 2 meters above the floor…
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1085
A car starts from rest and uniformly accelerates to a final speed of 20.0 m/s i…
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1086
The acceleration of a moving particle is given as a(t) = (-3 + 2t²) m/s². Find …
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1087
A 1 m long uniform beam of 2 kg mass is hinged at the 0 cm mark. What minimum v…
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1088
The acceleration of a car is given as a function of time as a(t) = (2.0 - 0.2t)…
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1089
An object is acted upon by a horizontal force of 15 N. If the opposing friction…
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1090
Which of these statements is incorrect?
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1091
A 1 kg ball is fired from a cannon directly upwards in an airless chamber. Its …
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1092
A 1 m long uniform beam of 2 kg mass is hinged at the 0 cm mark. What minimum v…
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1093
A figure skater goes into a spin, keeping her arms at her sides. When she exten…
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1094
Calculate the length of a conical pendulum moving with a period of 5.62 s given…
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1095
Find the mass of an object attached to the hook of a spiral balance which is ve…
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1096
A bridge is in the form of a semi-circle of radius 40 m. The greatest speed wit…
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1097
A student while doing an experiment finds that the velocity of an object varies…
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1098
A 7.0 × 10⁻³ kg bullet moving horizontally at 200 m/s strikes and passes throug…
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1099
If water is flowing through a pipe of diameter 2 m, with a velocity of 20 m/s, …
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1100
The figure shows three small spheres (A=36 kg, B=9 kg, C=4 kg) that rotate abou…
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