AP Physics C: Mechanics · Free-response, set 1 2023

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

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Question 1

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Question 1 — 1. A block sitting on a horizontal surface is pushed against a spring, Spring P, that is attached to a wall, compressing the spring a distance x, as shown in Figure 1. The block is then released from rest. The block…

Source: College Board — AP Physics C: Mechanics, Free-response, set 1, 2023

Question 2

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Question 2 — 2. A student makes a torsional pendulum by suspending a uniform disk of mass M and radius R from a light wire with torsion constant k that is attached to the center of the disk as shown in Figure 1. The rotational…

Source: College Board — AP Physics C: Mechanics, Free-response, set 1, 2023

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