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Solve for
Which equation?
Sum of the Forces
100

What are the units for position or displacement?

What are meters or m?

100

You have a box with a mass 20 kg. What is the force of gravity on planet earth?

What is a force problem?
100
I am running at 5m/s for 20 s. Solve for the distance traveled.
What is 100m?
100

What is the equation for frictional force?

What is Ff=μFN?

100

What is the sum of the forces for a book at rest on a table?

What is FN-Fg=0? 

200

What are the units for v?

What is m/s?

200

You are swinging a ball with a mass of 750g tied to a string together. You know that you are swinging the ball at an angular velocity of 7.5 rad/s. The ball is 1.5 meters away from the hand. What is the centripetal force being exerted on the ball?

What is a centripetal force problem?

200

Solve for my mass if the force I feel on earth is 100N.

What is 10.2kg?

200

What is the equation for the spring force?

What is F= -kx?

200

What is the sum of the forces for a plant vase being hung by a rope at rest?

What is T -Fg=0?
300

What are the units of a Force?

What are Newtons or N?
300

A particle moves in a circle 1.50 m in radius. Through what angle in radians does it rotate if it moves through an arc length of 2.50 m?

What is a rotational kinematics problem?

300

I am initially spinning at a rate of 6rad/s then speed up to 12 rad/s over 3 seconds. Solve for my angular acceleration?

What is 2 rads/s2?

300

What is the equation for centripetal acceleration?

What is ac=v2/r?

300

What is the sum of the forces (in both directions) for a box being pushed across a rough surface at a constant velocity?

What is Fapp-Ffk=0, FN-Fg=0?


400

What are the units for θ?

What are degrees, rads, or radians?

400

I kick a soccer ball at an angle of 30 degrees from the horizontal. The initial speed in the sloped direction is 35m/s. What is the time it would take for my soccer ball to hit the ground?

What is a linear kinematics problem?

400

I am spinning my object horizontally with a tension wire. My linear velocity is 20m/s. The wire is 50 centimeters long. Solve for my Tension if the mass of the object is 5kg.

What is 4000N?

400

What is the displacement equation?

What is Δx = vot + (1/2)at2?

400

What is the sum of the forces for an object being spun around by a rope vertically at the top of the rope?

What is T + Fg = mv2/r? 

500

What are the units for ω?

What are rads/s?

500

A projectile is fired with an initial velocity of 120 m/s at some angle (𝛳) above the horizontal. If the projectile’s horizontal speed is 55 m/s what is the angle the object was fired?

What is a linear kinematics problem?

500

We are in a horse race and our horse ran with an initial constant velocity of 25m/s. Our horse accelerated at a rate of 5m/s2 for 10 seconds. Solve for the displacement of the horse while it was accelerating.

What is 500m?

500

What is the orbital velocity equation?

What is v = √(GM/r)

500

What is the sum of the forces for an object orbiting Earth?

What is FG Gm1m2/r2= mv2/r?

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