Revision Worksheet LAWS OF MOTION
1. A stone of mass 5 kg falls from top of a cliff 50 m high and buries 1 m in sand. Find the average
resistance offered by the sand and the time it takes to penetrate. (Ans. 2450 N, 0.064 s)
2. A balloon has a mass of 5 g in air. The air escapes from the balloon at a uniform rate with a
velocity of 5 cms-1. If the balloon shrinks completely in 2.5 s, find the average force acting on
the balloon. (Ans. 10 dyne)
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3. A cricket ball of mass 150 g is moving with a velocity of 12 ms , and is hit by a bat, so that the
ball is turned back with a velocity of 20 ms-1. The force of the blow acts for 0.01 second on the
ball. Find the average force exerted by the bat on the ball. [Central Schools 04, 05, 07]
(Ans. 480 N)
4. A hammer weighing 1 kg moving with the speed of 10 ms-1 strikes the head of a nail driving it 10
cm into a wall. Neglecting the mass of the nail, calculate (i) the acceleration during impact (ii)
the time interval of the impact and (iii) the impulse.
[Ans. (i) — 500 ms2 (ii) 0.02 s (iii) — 10 Ns]
5. A glass ball whose mass is 10 g falls from a height of 40 m and rebounds to a height of 10 m.
Find the impulse and the average force between the glass ball and the floor if the time during
which they are in contact is 0.1 s. (Ans. 0.42 Ns, 4.2 N)
6. A man weighing 60 kg runs along the rails with a velocity of 18 kmh -1 and jumps into a car of
mass 1 quintal standing on the rails. Calculate the velocity with which the car will start
travelling along the rails. (Ans. 1.88 ms-1)
7. A rocket motor consumes 100 kg of fuel per second, exhausting it with a speed of 5 × 103
ms-1. (i) What force is exerted on the rocket ? (ii) What will be the velocity of the rocket at
the instant its mass is reduced (1/20)th of its initial mass, its initial velocity being zero.
Neglect gravity:
8. A body m1 of mass 10 kg is placed on a smooth horizontal table. It is connected to a string which
passes over a frictionless pulley and carries at the other end, a body m2 of mass 5 kg. What
acceleration will be produced in the bodies when the nail fixed on the table is removed ? What
will be the tension in the string during the motion of the bodies? What when the bodies stop ?
Take g = 9.8 N kg-1.
9. The masses m1, m2 and m3 of the three bodies shown in Fig. 5.49 are 5, 2 and 3 kg respectively.
Calculate the values of the tensions T1 T2 and T3 when (i) the whole system is going ward with an
acceleration of 2 ms-2 and (ii) the whole system is stationary. Given g = 9.8 ms-2.
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10. Thxee bodies A, B and C, each of mass m are hanging on a string over a fixed pulley, as shown in
Fig. 5.61. What are the tensions in the strings connecting bodies A to B and B to C?
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(Ans. mg, - mg)
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11. A block of mass 1 kg lies on a horizontal surface in a truck. The coefficient of static friction
between the block and the surface is 0.6. If the acceleration of the truck is 5 ms2, calculate the
frictional force acting on the block. (Ans. 5 N)
12. An automobile is moving on a horizontal road with a speed v. If the coefficient of friction
between the tyres and road is μ, show that the shortest distance in which the automobile can
be stopped is v2 /2 tg.
13. A train weighing 1000 quintals is running on a level road with a uniform speed of 72 km h -1. If
the frictional resistance amounts to 50 g wt per quintal, find power in watt. Take g = 9.8 m -2.
(Ans. 9800 W)
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14. An automobile of mass m starts from rest and accelerates at a maximum rate possible without
slipping on a road with μs = 0.5. If only the rear wheels are driven and half the weight of the
automobile is supported on these wheels, how much time is required to reach a speed of 100
kmh-1. (Ans. 11.3 s)
15. A 10 kg block slides ‘without acceleration down a r rough inclined plane making an angle of 20°
with the horizontal. Calculate the acceleration when the inclination of the plane is increased to
30° and the work done over a distance of 1.2 m. Take g = 9.8 ms -2. (Ans. 1.8 ms-2, 21.6 J)
16. A stone of mass 4 kg is attached to a string of 10 m length and is whirled in a horizontal circle.
The string can withstand a maximum tension of 160 N. Calculate the maximum velocity of
revolution that can be given to the stone without breaking the string. (Ans. 20 ms-1 )
17. A 100 g weight is tied at the end of a string and whirled around in a horizontal circle of radius
15 cm at the rate of 3 revolutions per second. What is the tension in the string? (Ans. 5.334 N)
18. A child revolves a stone of mass 0.5 kg tied to the end of a string of length 40 cm in a vertical
circle. The speed of the stone at the lowest point of the circle is 3 ms-1. Calculate the tension in
the string at this point. (Ans. 16.15 N)
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ANSWER
1. Velocity attained by the stone as it falls through a height of 50 m is given by
Time taken by stone to penetrate sand,
2. Force
3. Here
4. Here
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5. For downward motion of the ball:
6. Here m1 = 60kg, u1 = 18 kmh-1 = 5 ms-1,
By conseation of linear momentum,
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7. IF
8. The situation is shown in Fig. 5.50. When the nail fixed on the table is removed, the system of
two bodies moves with an acceleration a in the direction as shown.
From Newton’s second law, we have
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When the bodies stop, acceleration, a = 0. Suppose the tension in the string becomes T’. As
the net force on each body is zero, so for body m2, we can write
T’ = m2 g = 5 × 9.8 = 49 N.
9. (i) The three bodies together are moving upward with an acceleration of 2 ms -2. The force
pulling the system upward is T1 and the downward force of gravity is (m1 + m2 + m3) g.
According to Newton’s second Law,
(ii) When the whole system is stationary, a = 0. From P’ the above equations, we get
10. Here T2 — mg = ma, 2 mg – mg – T1 = 2 ma and
11. Limiting friction, f = μ mg = 0.6 × 1 × 9.8 = 5.88N
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12. Hare
13.
14. Normal load on rear wheel
15. If
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16. If
17. Here m = 0.1kg,r = 0.15 m, v = 3 rps
18. From Fig. 5.107,
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