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Uniform Circular Motion 1: Multiple Choice

This document contains multiple choice questions and word problems about uniform circular motion. It addresses concepts like linear speed, minimum coefficient of friction to prevent skidding, representations of acceleration and force vectors, free-body diagrams, normal force exerted by a Ferris wheel seat, calculations involving time, distance, speed, centripetal acceleration and force for an object whirled in a circle.

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Uniform Circular Motion 1: Multiple Choice

This document contains multiple choice questions and word problems about uniform circular motion. It addresses concepts like linear speed, minimum coefficient of friction to prevent skidding, representations of acceleration and force vectors, free-body diagrams, normal force exerted by a Ferris wheel seat, calculations involving time, distance, speed, centripetal acceleration and force for an object whirled in a circle.

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Uniform Circular Motion

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MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The object in the figure performs UCM in a circular path with a radius of 7,5 m in a horizontal plane.
What is the linear speed? ( tan 37 = 3/4 )

a. 22.5 m/s
b. 15 m/s

c. 7.5 m/s
d. 45 m/s

2. A car travels 25 m/s along a horizontal curve of radius 450 m. What minimum coefficient of friction is
necessary between its tires and the road in order for the car not to skid?
a. 0.14
b. 0.54

c. 0.72
d. 1.4

3. Which vector diagram best represents the acceleration,


a circular path?

a.

ANS: A

b.

PTS: 1

c.

, and force,

, for an object travelling along

d.

4.In a popular amusement park ride, a large cylinder is set in rotation. The floor then drops away leaving the
riders suspended against the wall in a vertical position as shown.

Which of the following is the correct free-body diagram for the person at the position shown?
a.

b.

c.

d.

5. The diagram shows a 50 kg child riding on a Ferris wheel of radius 10 m and period 12 s. What force
(Normal Force) does the seat exert on the child at the top and bottom of the ride?

1. The diagram shows a stone tied to the end of a length of string. It is whirled round in a horizontal circle of radius
80 cm.

The stone has a mass of 90 g and it completes 10 revolutions in a time of 8.2 s.


CALCULATE :
(A) the time taken for one revolution;
(B) the distance travelled by the stone during one revolution;
(C) the speed of the stone as it travels in the circle;
(D) the centripetal acceleration of the stone;
(E) the centripetal force on the stone.
(F) What provides the centripetal force on the stone?
(G) What is the angle between the acceleration of the stone and its velocity?

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