2019
AP
®
Physics C:
Mechanics
Free-Response Questions
Set 1
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ADVANCED PLACEMENT PHYSICS C TABLE OF INFORMATION
-2-
CONSTANTS AND CONVERSION FACTORS
Proton mass,
27
1.67
10
kg
p
m
0
¡
Neutron mass,
27
1.67
10
kg
n
m
0
¡
Electron mass,
31
9.11
10
kg
e
m
0
¡
Avogadro’s number,
23
1
0
6.02
10
mol
N
0
¡
Universal gas constant,
8.31 J (mol K)
R
<
Boltzmann’s constant,
23
1.38
10
J K
B
k
0
¡
Electron charge magnitude,
19
1.60
10
C
e
0
¡
1 electron volt,
19
1 eV
1.60
10
J
0
¡
Speed of light,
3.00
10 m s
c
¡
8
Universal gravitational
constant,
+
,
11
2
2
6.67
10
N m
kg
G
0
¡
<
Acceleration due to gravity
at Earth’s surface,
2
9.8 m s
g
1 unified atomic mass unit,
27
2
1 u
1.66
10
kg
931 MeV
c
0
¡
Planck’s constant,
0
34
15
6.63
10
J s
4.14
10
eV s
h
0
¡
¡
<
<
25
3
¡
1.99
10
J m
1.24
10
eV nm
hc
¡
<
<
0
Vacuum permittivity,
+
,
12
2
2
0
8.85
10
C
N m
e
0
¡
<
Coulomb’s law constant,
+
,
+
,
9
2
2
0
1
4
9.0
10 N m
C
k
pe
¡
<
Vacuum permeability,
7
0
4
10
(T m) A
m
p
0
¡
<
Magnetic constant,
+
,
7
0
4
1
10
(T m) A
k
m
p
0
¡
¢
<
1 atmosphere pressure,
5
2
5
1 atm
1.0
10
N
m
1.0
10
Pa
¡
¡
UNIT
SYMBOLS
meter,
m
kilogram,
kg
second,
s
ampere,
A
kelvin,
K
mole,
mol
hertz,
Hz
newton,
N
pascal,
Pa
joule,
J
watt,
W
coulomb,
C
volt,
V
ohm,
W
henry,
H
farad,
F
tesla,
T
degree Celsius,
C
£
electron volt,
eV
PREFIXES
Factor
Prefix
Symbol
9
10
giga
G
6
10
mega
M
3
10
kilo
k
2
10
0
centi
c
0
3
10
milli
m
6
10
0
micro
m
9
10
0
nano
n
12
10
0
pico
p
VALUES OF TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS FOR COMMON ANGLES
q
0
D
30
D
37
D
45
D
53
D
60
D
90
D
sin
q
0
1 2
3 5
2 2
4 5
3 2
1
cos
q
1
3 2
4 5
2 2
3 5
1 2
0
tan
q
0
3 3
3 4
1
4 3
3
¤
The following assumptions are used in this exam.
I.
The frame of reference of any problem is inertial unless otherwise
stated.
II.
The direction of current is the direction in which positive charges
would drift.
III.
The electric potential is zero at an infinite distance from an isolated
point charge.
IV.
All batteries and meters are ideal unless otherwise stated.
V.
Edge effects for the electric field of a parallel plate capacitor are
negligible unless otherwise stated.

-3-
ADVANCED PLACEMENT PHYSICS C EQUATIONS
MECHANICS
a
= acceleration
E
=
energy
F
= force
f
= frequency
h
= height
I
= rotational inertia
J
= impulse
K
= kinetic energy
k
= spring constant
A
= length
L
= angular momentum
m
= mass
P
= power
p
= momentum
r
= radius or distance
T
= period
t
= time
U
= potential energy
v
= velocity or speed
W
= work done on a system
x
= position
m
= coefficient of friction
q
=
angle
t
= torque
w
=
angular speed
a
= angular acceleration
f
=
phase angle
0
Ã
Ã
.
x
x
a t
x
2
0
0
1
2
Ã
.
.
x
x
x
x
t
a t
+
2
2
0
2
Ã
Ã
.
0
x
x
x
a
x
x
,
0
net
F
F
a
m
m
Ç
G
G
G
G
G
dp
F
dt
D
Ô
G
J
F dt
p
G
G
p
mv
G
G
m
¥
G
G
f
N
F
F
D
Ô
G
G
<
E
W
F dr
2
1
2
Ã
K
m
dE
P
dt
G
G
<
P
F v
D
D
g
U
mg
h
2
2
Ã
w
c
a
r
r
t
¡
G
G
G
r
F
t
t
a
Ç
G
G
G
net
I
I
2
I
r dm
m
Ç
Ô
2
r
i
i
cm
i
m x
x
m
Ç
Ç
Ã
w
r
w
¡
G
G
G
G
L
r
p
I
2
1
2
K
I
w
0
t
w
w
a
.


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