AP Physics 1: Algebra-Based · Free-response questions 2015

5 questions, each with its course unit and the official scoring guidelines.

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Question 2

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Question 2 — 2. (12 points, suggested time 25 minutes) Some students want to know what gets used up in an incandescent lightbulb when it is in series with a resistor: current, energy, or both. They come up with the following two…

Source: College Board — AP Physics 1: Algebra-Based, Free-response questions, 2015

Question 3

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Question 3 — 3. (12 points, suggested time 25 minutes) A block is initially at position x equals zero and in contact with an uncompressed spring of negligible mass. The block is pushed back along a frictionless surface from position…

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Question 4

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Question 4 — 4. (7 points, suggested time 13 minutes) Two identical spheres are released from a device at time t equals zero from the same height H, as shown above. Sphere A has no initial velocity and falls straight down. Sphere B…

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