Numerical problems
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1.Which of the following is not a factor affecting buoyant force? 

 a. Volume of the submerged object

 b. Density of the liquid 

  c. Shape of the object 

d. Acceleration due to gravity 

 c. Shape of the object

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A ball of mass 2 kg is dropped from a height of 10 m. Calculate its potential energy, kinetic energy, and total energy: 

(a) At the top of its motion.

KE= 0 

PE= 200J

TE= 200J

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(b) When it is halfway down.

PE= 100J 

TE= 200J ==> KE= 100J

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2.An object of mass 100 kg is at a height of 10,000 m above the surface of the Earth. Calculate the gravitational force acting on the object. (Mass of Earth M=5.97×10^24 kg ,Radius of Earth R=6.4×10^6 m, g=9.8 m/s2 ).



Compute distance 'D'

D= R + h= 6.41×106m

Working Formula is g = GM/D2 

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