A rifle is aimed horizontally at the center of a large target 60 m away. The initial speed of the bullet is 240 m/s. What is the distance from the center of the target to the point where the bullet strikes the target?
a. 48 cm
b. 17 cm
c. 31 cm
d. 69 cm
e. 52 cm
[Ques. 2] A projectile is thrown from the top of a building with an initial velocity of 30 m/s in the horizontal direction. If the top of the building is 30 m above the ground, how fast will the projectile be moving just before it strikes the ground?
a. 35 m/s
b. 39 m/s
c. 31 m/s
d. 43 m/s
e. 54 m/s
[Ques. 3] A rock is projected from the edge of the top of a building with an initial velocity of 12.2 m/s at an angle of 53 above the horizontal. The rock strikes the ground a horizontal distance of 25 m from the base of the building. Assume that the ground is level and that the side of the building is vertical. How tall is the building?
a. 25.3 m
b. 29.6 m
c. 27.4 m
d. 23.6 m
e. 18.9 m
[Ques. 4] A baseball is hit at ground level. The ball is observed to reach its maximum height above ground level 3.0 s after being hit. And 2.5 s after reaching this maximum height, the ball is observed to barely clear a fence that is 97.5 m from where it was hit. How high is the fence?
a. 8.2 m
b. 15.8 m
c. 13.5 m
d. 11.0 m
e. 4.9 m
[Ques. 5] A ball is thrown horizontally from the top of a building 0.10 km high. The ball strikes the ground at a point 65 m horizontally away from and below the point of release. What is the speed of the ball just before it strikes the ground?
a. 43 m/s
b. 47 m/s
c. 39 m/s
d. 36 m/s
e. 14 m/s
[Ques. 6] The initial speed of a cannon ball is 0.20 km/s. If the ball is to strike a target that is at a horizontal distance of 3.0 km from the cannon, what is the minimum time of flight for the ball?
a. 16 s
b. 21 s
c. 24 s
d. 14 s
e. 19 s
[Ques. 7] A box is dropped onto a conveyor belt moving at 2 m/s. If the coefficient of friction between the box and the belt is 0.3, how long before the box moves without slipping?
[Ques. 8] A 2000-kg sailboat experiences an eastward force of 3000 N by the ocean tide and a wind force against its sails of magnitude 6000 N directed toward the northwest (45 N of W). What is the magnitude and direction of the resultant acceleration?
[Ques. 9] A high-diver of mass 70.0 kg jumps off a board 10.0 m above the water. If, two seconds after entering the water, his downward motion is stopped, what average upward force did the water exert on him?
[Ques. 10] An object on the flat bed of a truck that is accelerating along a straight horizontal road. The coefficient of static friction is 0.300 in this case. Of the following choices, which is the lowest value of acceleration that would result in the object sliding on the bed of the truck?
a. 0.280 m/s2
b. 0.310 m/s2
c. 2.93 m/s2
d. 2.99 m/s2
e. 3.02 m/s2
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