$A$ heavy ball of mass $M$ is suspended from the ceiling of a car by a light string of mass $m$ $(m \ll M)$. When the car is at rest,the speed of transverse waves in the string is $60 \, ms^{-1}$. When the car has acceleration $a$,the wave-speed increases to $60.5 \, ms^{-1}$. The value of $a$,in terms of gravitational acceleration $g$,is closest to:

$A$ ball of mass $2 \ kg$ is moving in $xy$-plane with a potential energy given as $U=(12x + 16y) \ J$, where $x$ and $y$ are in metres. Assume the initial position of the ball at $t=0$ is at the origin $(0,0)$ and it is moving with a velocity of $(15 \hat{i} + 20 \hat{j}) \ m/s$. Identify the correct statement.

$A$ car is moving with uniform velocity on a rough horizontal road. Therefore,according to Newton's first law of motion,

$A$ $100 \ kg$ gun fires a ball of $1 \ kg$ horizontally from a cliff of height $500 \ m$. It falls on the ground at a distance of $400 \ m$ from the bottom of the cliff. The recoil velocity of the gun is (Acceleration due to gravity $= 10 \ ms^{-2}$). (in $ms^{-1}$)

$A$ projectile is thrown from a point $O$ on the ground at an angle $45^{\circ}$ from the vertical and with a speed $5 \sqrt{2} \text{ m/s}$. The projectile at the highest point of its trajectory splits into two equal parts. One part falls vertically down to the ground,$0.5 \text{ s}$ after the splitting. The other part,$t$ seconds after the splitting,falls to the ground at a distance $x$ meters from the point $O$. The acceleration due to gravity $g = 10 \text{ m/s}^2$.
$(1)$ The value of $t$ is. . . . . .
$(2)$ The value of $x$ is. . . . .

Can the work done by a frictional force be positive or negative?