510 1001 Solved Problems in Engineering Mathematics by Tiong & Rojas Time element: 4.0 hours Problem 836: ME Board April 1996 ‘What is the acceleration of a body that increases in velocity from 20 m/s tp 40 ms in 3 seconds? A. 5.00 m/s? B. 667 mis” C. 7.00 mis? D. 8.00 ms” Problem 837: ECE Board November 1998 How far does an automobile move while its speed increases uniformly from 15 kph to 46 kph in 20 seconds? 185m, 167 m 200 m 172m oOmPF Problem 838: CE Board November 1996 A train passing point A at a speed of 72 kph accelerates at 0.75 mis? for one minute along a straight path then decelerates at 1.0 mis*. rans far in km from point A will it be 2 minutes after passing point A? A. 3.60 km B. 4.65km Cc. 649km D. 7.30km Problem 839: CE Board May 1996 From a speed of 75 kph, a car decelerates at the rate of 500 mimin* along a straight path. How far in meters will it travel in 45 seconds? 790.293 m 791.357 m 793.238 m 796.875 m com>Engineering Mechanics (Dynamics) 511 Problem 840: CE Board November 1997 A train starting at initial velocity of 30 kph travels a distance of 21 km in 18 minutes. Determine the acceleration of the train at this instant. A. 0.0043 mis? B. 0.0206 mis* C. 0.0865 mvs” D. 0.3820 mis* Problem 841: EE Board October 1996 An automobile moving at a constant velocity of a 15 m/sec passes a gasoline station. Two seconds later, another automobile leaves the gasoline station and accelerates at a constant rate of 2 m/sec’. Haw soon will the second automobile overtake the first? A. 16.3sec B. 16.8sec Cc. 13.5 sec D. 18.6 sec Problem 842: EE Board October 1996 Ifa particle position is given by the expression x(t) = 3.41" = 6.41 meters, what is ‘the acceleration of the particle after t= 5 seconds? A. 1.02 mis? B. 102 mis* C. 34mis" D. 18.1 mis" Problem 843: ME Board October 1995. The distance a body travels is a function of time and is given by x(t) = 18t + ot’. Find its velocity at t = 2. 36 64 24 20 pony Problem 844: CE Board May 1998 Determine the velocity of progress with the given equation: D = 20t+ oy when t= 4 seconds. A. 18.6 ms B. 19.8 m/s C. 21.2mis D. 22.4 mis512 100] Solved Problems in Engineering Mathematics by Tiong & Rojas Problem 845: ECE Board April 1999 A ball is dropped from a building 100 m high. If the mass of the ball is 10 gm after what time will the ball strike the earth? A. 4525 B. 442s C. 581s D. 245s Problem 846; ME Beard April 1995 Abball is dropped from the roof of a building 40 meters tall will hit the ground with a velocity of: A, 50 misec B. 28 m/sec C. 19.6 m/sec D. 30 msec Problem 847: ME Board April 1992 Using a powerlul air gun, a steel ball is shot verlically upward with a velocity of 80 meters per second, followed by another shot after 5 seconds. Find the initial velocity of the second ball in order to meet the first ball 150 meters from the ground. A. 65.3 misec B. 45.1 m/sec C. 56.2 misec D. 61.3 m/sec Problem 848: EE Board October 1995 A ball is thrown vertically upward fram the ground and a student gazing out of the window sees it mowing upward pass him at 5 m/sec. The window is 10 m above the ground. How high does the ball go above the ground? 15.25 m 14.87 m “9.97 m 11.30m com> Problem 849: EE Board October 1996 A ball is dropped from a height of 60 meters above the ground, How long does it take to hit the ground? 2.1 sec 3.5 sec 5.5 sec 13sec com>Engineering Mechanics (Dynamics) $13 Problem 850: ECE Board April 1998 A baseball is thrown fram a horizontal plane following a parabolic path with an initial velocity of 100 m/s at an angle of 30° above the horizontal. How far from the throwing point will the ball attain its original level? A 890m B. 883m C. 880m D. 875m Problem 851: ME Board April 1991 A plane dropped a bomb at an elevation of 1000 meters from the ground intended to hit the target at an elevation of 200 meters from the ground. If the plane was flying at a velocity of 300 km/hr, at hat distance from the target must the bomb be dropped to hit the target. Wind velocity and atmospheric pressure to be disregarded, A, 1024.2m B. 1055.6 m Cc. 1076.6m D. 10642m Problem 852: ME Board October 1997 The muzzle velocity of a projectile is 1500 fps and the distance of the target is 10 miles. The angle of elevation of the gun must be: A. 21°59 B. 22°41" Cc. 24°37 D. 25°18" Problem &§3: ME Board April 1995, ME Board October 1996 A shot Is fired at an angle of 45° with the horizontal and a velocity of 300 fps. Calculate, to the nearest value, the range of the projectile. A. 932 yards B. 1200 yards C. 3500 yards D. 4000 yards Problem $54: CE Board May 1995 & projectile leaves a velocity of 50 m/s at an angle of 30° with the horizontal. Find the maximum height that it could reach. A. 31.86m B. 31.28m C. 30.63m D. 30.12m514 1001 Solved Problems in Engineering Mathematics by Tiong & Rojas Problem 855: ME Board October 1997 A shot is fired with an angle of 45° with the horizontal with a velocity of 300 fi/s, Find the maximum height and range that the projectile can cover, respectively. A. 800 fi, 1600 fi B. 923 ft, 3500 ft C. 700 ft, 2800 ft D. 1800 ft, 3000 ft Problem 856: CE Board November 1996 A ball is thrown from a tower 30 m high above the ground with a velocity of 300 m/s directed at 20° from the horizontal. How long will the ball hit the ground? AQ 2128 B. 222s C. 232s D. 242s Problem 857! In the last 2 seconds of NBA finals featuring Chicago Bulls VS Utah Jazz, with the latier ahead by 2 points with the former at 94-92 count. Bulls Michael Jordan decides to shoot from a certain point on the rainbow territory which counts 3 points if converted. During the play, if Jordan releases the ball at 7 m from the basket and 2.16 m above the ground and an inclination of 40° with the horizontal and assuming no block was made by the opponents, at what velocity will the ball be given to cast the winning basket? The basket is 10 feel from the ground. A. 8.57 mis B. 6.86m/s Cc. 9.03 mis OD. 9.27 mis Problem 958: CE Board May 1995, A projectile is fired with a muzzle velocity of 300 m/s from a gun aimed upward at an angle of 20° with the horizontal, from the top of a building 30 m high above a level ground. With what velocity will it hit the ground in mis? A. 298 mis B. 299ms C. 300 mis D. 301 mis Problem 859: CE Board May 1995, A stone is thrown upward at an angle of 30° with the horizontal. It lands 60 m measured horizontally and 2 m below measured vertically from its point of release. Determine the initial velocity of the stone in m/s. A, 22.35 mis B. 23.35 mis C. 24.35 misEngineering Mechanics (Dynamics) 515 D. 25.35 m/s Problem 860: CE Board November 1992 A wooden block having a weight of 50 N is placed at a distance of 1.5 m from the center of a circular platform rotating at a speed of 2 radians per second. Determine the minimum coefficient of friction of the blocks so that it will not slide. Radius of the circular platform is 3 m. A. 0.55 B. 058 Cc. 061 D. 0.65 Problem 861: ME Board October 1991 The flywheel of a puncher is to be brought to a complete stop in 8 seconds from @ speed of 60 revolutions per minute. Compute the number of tums the flywheel will ‘Still make if its deceleration is uniform. S tums: 3 tums. 4 tums 6 tums. DOD > Problem $62: ECE Board April 1998 What is the speed of a synchronous earth's satellite situated 4.5 x 10” m from the earth? A. 11,070.0 kph B. 12,000.0 kph Cc. 11,7774 kph D, 12,070.2 kph Problem 963: ECE Board November 1998 A rotating wheel has a radius of 2 feet and 6 inches. A point on the rim of the wheel moves 30 feet in 2 sec. Find the angular velocity of the wheel. A. 2 radls B. 4 rad/s C. Srad/s D. 6 rad/s Problem 854: CE Board November 1997 A turbine started from rest to 180 rpm in 6 minutes at a constant acceleration. Find the number of revolutions that it makes within the elapsed time. A. 500 B. 540 Cc. 550 D. 630516 1001 Solved Problems in Engineering Mathematics by Tiong & Rojas Problem 865: A flywheel is 15 cm in diameter accelerates uniformly from rest to 500 rpm in 20 seconds. What is its angular acceleration? A, 2.62 rad/s® B. 3.45 rad/s* G. 3.95 rad/s” D. 4.42 rad/s” Problem 866: ME Board April 1991 A boy tied a 80 grams stone to a string which he rotated to form a circular motion with a diameter of 1000 mm, Compute for the pull exerted on the string by the stone if it gat loose leaving at a velocity of 25 m/sec. A. 120N B. 100 C. 150! D. 136N Problem 867: EE Board April 1997 A man keeps a 1kg toy airplane flying horizontally in a circle by holding onto a 1.5 m long string attached to its wing tip. The string is always in the plane of the circular path. If the plane flies at 10 m/sec. find the tension in the string. A. 28N B. 15N Cc. 87N D. 18N Problem 868; ME Board October 1996 An automobile travels on a perfectly horizontal, unbanked circular track of radius R. The coefficient of friction between the tires and track is 0.3. If the car's velocity is 15 m/s, what is the smallest radius it may travel without skidding? A. 68.4m B. 694m Cc. 71.6m D. 765m Problem 869: CE Board November 1998 A hiway curve has a super elevation of 7degrees. What is the radius of the curve such that there will be no lateral pressure between the tires and the roadway at a speed of 40 mph? A, 265.71 m B. 438.34m C. 34534m D. 330.78 m.Engineering Mechanics (Dynamics) 517 Problem 870: ME Board April 1998: Traffic travels at 65 mi/hr around a banked highway curve with a radius of 3000 feet. What banking angle is necessary such that friction will not be required to resist the centrifugal force? 32" 25° 54° 18° gom> Problem 871: ECE Board April 1999 Determine the angle of the super elevation for a 200 m hi-way curve so that there will be no side thrust at a speed of 90 kph. 19.17" 17.67" 18.32" 20.11° coD>F Problem 872: ECE Board April 1998 The inclination of ascend of a road having a 8.25% grade is 472° 427° 5.12" 186° poR> Problem 873: Board April 1996 A cyclist on a circular track of radius r= 800 feet is traveling at 27 fps. His speed in the tangential direction increases at the rate of 3 fps”. What is the cyclist’s total acceleration? A. 2.8 fps* B. 3.1 fps? ©. 3.6 fps D. 4.2 fps* Problem 874: ME Board October 1997 A concrete hi-way curve with a radius of 500 ft is banked to give lateral pressure equivalent to f = 0.15. For what coefficient of friction will skidding impend for a speed of 60 mph? 1 > 0.360 H £0,310 p > 0.310 ih A 8, Cc o <0.360518 1001 Solved Problems in Engineering Mathematics by Tiong & Rojas Problem 875: EE Board April 1993 ‘What force is necessary to accelerate a 30,000 pounds railway electric car at the rate of 1.25 fi/sec’, if the force required to overcome frictional resistance is 400 pounds? A. 1565 pounds B. 1585 pounds GC. 1595 pounds D. 1575 pounds Problem 876: ME Board October 1995 A car weighing 40 tons is switched to a 2 percent upgrade with a velocity of 30 mph. If the train resistance is 10 Ib/ton, how far up the grade will it go? A. 1124 ft on slope B. 20414 fton slope C. 1204 fton slope D, 1402 fton slope Problem 877: EE Board April 1996 A car moving at 70 km/hr has a mass of 1700 kg. What force is necessary to decelerate it at a rate of 40 cm/s“? 4250 N 0.68N 680N ~ 42.5N com> Problem 878: ME Board April 1998 An elevator weighing 2,000 Ib attains an upward velocity of 16 fps in 4 seconds with uniform acceleration. What is the tension in the supporting cables? 2,150 Ib 2,495 Ib 1,950 Ib 2,250 Ib goe> Problem 879: ME Board April 1998 A body weighing 40 Ib starts from rest and slides down a plane at an angle of 30° with the horizontal for which the coefficient of friction 1 = 0.30. How far will it mave during the third second? 19.63 feet 19.33 feet 18.33 feet 19.99 feet o0mPEngineering Mechanics (Dynamics) 519 Problem sso: ME Board April 1997 A pick-up truck is traveling forward at 25 m/s. The bed is loaded with boxes whose coefficient of friction with the bed is 0.4. What is the shortest time that the truck can be brought to a stop such that the boxes do not shift? A 235s B. 4.758 C. 545s D. 637s ANSWER KEY 848.D 860.C 872, 849. 861 873. 850.B 862.C 874, 851,D 863.D 875. 852. 864. 876. 853.A 865.A 877. 854. 866. 878. 855.C 867.C 879, 856.A 868.D 880, 857.C 869. 858,D 870. 859. RATING fy 34-45 Topnotcher [_} 27-37 passer [-] 22-26 conditional LJ O-21 Failed If FAILED, repeat the test. OBDOOOroODy . B B B . D . B .B oe . B . B A B -D DOOrOr>OUTRDO wWOFrFOUOTFMOON