AP Physics C: Mechanics · Free-response questions 2012

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

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Question 1

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Question 1 — Mech. 1. Experiment 1. A block of mass 0.30 kg is placed on a frictionless table and is attached to one end of a horizontal spring of spring constant k, as shown above. The other end of the spring is attached to a fixed…

Source: College Board — AP Physics C: Mechanics, Free-response questions, 2012

Question 2

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Question 2 — Mech. 2. You are to perform an experiment investigating the conservation of mechanical energy involving a transformation from initial gravitational potential energy to translational kinetic energy. (a) You are given the…

Source: College Board — AP Physics C: Mechanics, Free-response questions, 2012

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