PHYSICS 151

University of Hawaii, Manoa
Dept. of Physics & Astronomy

Instructor: Michael Nassir
Office: Watanabe Hall, Rm. 426, (808) 956-2922
E-mail: nassir @ hawaii.edu

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ANSWERS to MIDTERM #1 from SPRING 2003 

Part A

1. F
2. A
3. D
4. C
5. D
6a. A
6b. E
7a. D
7b. D
7c. C
8a. D
8b. D
9. D
10. B
11a. F
11b. D
11c. A

Part B

1a. v_0x = 15.0 m/s; v_0y = 26.0 m/s
1b. 3.33 s
1c. 32.1 m
1d. 34.5 m

2a. C, D, and E
2b. a = -1.5 m/s^2 from 0s to 10s;
a = 0 from 10s to 15s;
a = -1.0 m/s^2 from 15s to 20s
a = 0 from 20s to 30s
a = +1.0 m/s^2 from 30s to 35s
a = 0 from 35s to 40s
2c. zero! (Add up cumulative area of velocity graph.)