PHY 113 Midterm: P113 12 Exam 2solns

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Please read the problems carefully and answer them in the space provided. Write on the back of the page, if necessary. Partial credit will be given unless specified otherwise. Problem 1 (8 pts, give some indication of your thinking, i. e. , show your work): Her weight at the new height is: zero, she is weightless, unchanged, i. e. 500 n, (1/2)500 n = 250 n, (1/4) 500 n = 125 n, (2)500 n = 1000 n (4)500 n = 2000 n. Problem 2 (15 pts, 5 pts per part, show work and/or give indication of your thinking): (a) an airplane travels due east at 25 m/s. The plane encounters wind that exerts a force of 200n on the airplane in a direction of 30 degrees west of due south as shown in sketch (i) (which depicts the situation as seen from above). A 4 kg block slides down a frictionless inclined plane from a height of 2 meters.