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college physics a strategic approach 2nd

Questions and Answers of College Physics A Strategic Approach 2nd

A 30 g ball rolls around a 40-cmdiamete r L-shaped track, shown in Figure P6.47, at 60 rpm. Rolling friction can be neglected.a. How many different contact forces does the track exert on the ball?
The Space Shuttle is in a 250-mile-high orbit. What are the shuttle's orbital period, in minutes, and its speed?
A conical pendulum is formed by attaching a 500 g ball to a 1.0-m-long string, then allowing the mass to move in a horizontal circle of radius 20 cm. Figure P6.49 shows that the string traces out the
The 0.20 kg puck on the frictionless, horizontal table in Figure P6.51 is connected by a string through a hole in the table to a hanging 1.20 kg block. With what speed must the puck rotate in a
The Space Shuttle orbits 300 km above the surface of the earth. a. What is the force of gravity on a 1.0 kg sphere inside the Space Shuttle? b. The sphere floats around inside the Space Shuttle,
a. What is the free-fall acceleration on Mars? b. Estimate the maximum speed at which an astronaut can walk on the surface of Mars.
The material that comprises the side of the moon facing the earth is actually slightly more dense than the material on the far side. When the spacecraft is above a more dense area of the surface, the
To throw a discus, the thrower holds it with a fully outstretched arm. Starting from rest, he begins to turn with a constant angular acceleration, releasing the discus after making one complete
A computer hard disk starts from rest, then speeds up with an angular acceleration of 190 rad/s2 until it reaches its final angular speed of 7200 rpm. How many revolutions has the disk made 10.0 s
The crankshaft in a race car goes from rest to 3000 rpm in 2.0 s.a. What is the crankshaft's angular acceleration? b. How many revolutions does it make while reaching 3000 rpm?
What is the net torque of the bar shown in Figure P7.12, about the axis indicated by the dot? 25 cm FIGURE P7.12 75 cm 10 N 8.0 N
What is the net torque about the axle on the pulley in Figure P7.7? 20 N 4.0 cm FIGURE P7.7 30 N
Tom and Jerry both push on the 3.00-m-diameter merry-go round shown in Figure P7.11. Figure P7.11a. If Tom pushes with a force of 40.0 N and Jerry pushes with a force of 35.2 N, what is the net
What is the net torque of the bar shown in Figure P7.13, about the axis indicated by the dot? 8.0 N 25 cm FIGURE P7.13 75 cm 10 N
What is the net torque of the bar shown in Figure P7.14, about the axis indicated by the dot? FIGURE P7.14 8.0 N 40% 25 cm 75 cm 10 N, 30°
A 1.7-m-long barbell has a 20 kg weight on its left end and a 35 kg weight on its right end. a. If you ignore the weight of the bar itself, how far from the left end of the barbell is the center of
Three identical coins lie on three corners of a square 10.0 cm on a side, as shown in Figure P7.16. Determine the x and y coordinates of the center of gravity of the three coins. 10 y (cm) FIGURE
Hold your arm out- stretched so that it is horizontal. Estimate the mass of your arm and the position of its center of gravity. What is the gravitational torque on your arm in this position, computed
A solid cylinder sits on top of a solid cube as shown in Figure P7.18. How far above the table's surface is the center of gravity of the combined object? 5.0 cm 400 g 5.0 cm 800 g FIGURE P7.18
Two thin beams are joined end-to-end as shown in Figure P7.23 to make a single object. The left beam is 10.0 kg and 1.00 m long and the right one is 40.0 kg and 2.00 m long. a. How far from the left
Figure P7.24 shows two thin beams joined at right angles. The vertical beam is 15.0 kg and 1.00 m long and the horizontal beam is 25.0 kg and 2.00 m long.a. Find the center of gravity of the two
A regulation table tennis ball has a mass of 2.7 g and is 40 mm in diameter. What is its moment of inertia about an axis that passes through its center?
A solid cylinder with a radius of 4.0 cm has the same mass as a solid sphere of radius R. If the cylinder and sphere have the same moment of inertia about their centers, what is the sphere's radius?
The left part of Figure P7.30 shows a bird's-eye view of two identical balls connected by a light rod that rotates about a vertical axis through its center. The right part shows a ball of twice the
A bicycle rim has a diameter of 0.65 m and a moment of inertia, measured about its center, of 0.19 kg. m2. What is the mass of the rim?
A small grinding wheel has a moment of inertia of 4.0 x 10-5 kg • m2. What net torque must be applied to the wheel for its angular acceleration to be 150 rad/s2?
While sitting in a swivel chair, you push against the floor with your heel to make the chair spin. The 7.0 N frictional force is applied at a point 40 cm from the chair's rotation axis, in the
The 2.5 kg object shown in Figure P7.36 has a moment of inertia about the rotation axis of 0.085 kg • m3. The rotation axis is horizontal. When released, what will be the object's initial angular
A 200 g, 20-cm-diameter plastic disk is spun on an axle through its center by an electric motor. What torque must the motor supply to take the disk from 0 to 1800 rpm in 4.0 s?
A frictionless pulley, which can be modeled as a 0.80 kg solid cylinder with a 0.30 m radius, has a rope going over it, as shown in Figure P7.37. The tension in the rope is 10 N on one side and 12 N
If you lift the front wheel of a poorly maintained bicycle off the ground and then start it spinning at 0.72 rev/s, friction in the bearings causes the wheel to stop in just 12 s. If the moment of
A toy top with a spool of diameter 5.0 cm has a moment of inertia of 3.0×10-5 kg • m2 about its rotation axis. To get the top spinning, its string is pulled with a tension of 0.30 N. How long does
A 34-cm-diameter potter's wheel with a mass of 20 kg is spinning at 180 rpm. Using her hands, a potter forms a pot, centered on the wheel, with a 14 cm diameter. Her hands apply a net friction force
A 1.5 kg block and a 2.5 kg block are attached to opposite ends of a light rope. The rope hangs over a solid, frictionless pulley that is 30 cm in diameter and has a mass of 0.75 kg. When the blocks
A bicycle with 0.80-m-diameter tires is coasting on a level road at 5.6 m/s. A small blue dot has been painted on the tread of the rear tire.a. What is the angular speed of the tires? b. What is the
A 1.2 g pebble is stuck in a tread of a 0.76-m-diameter auto- mobile tire, held in place by static friction that can be at most 3.6 N. The car starts from rest and gradually accelerates on a straight
The graph in Figure P7.45 shows the angular velocity of the crankshaft in a car. Draw a graph of the angular acceleration versus time. Include appropriate numerical scales on both axes. w
Three 0.10 kg balls are connected by light rods to form an equilateral triangle with a side length of 0.30 m. What is the moment of inertia of this triangle about an axis perpendicular to its plane
A reasonable estimate of the moment of inertia of an ice skater spinning with her arms at her sides can be made by modeling most of her body as a uniform cylinder. Suppose the skater has a mass of 64
A 1.5 kg block is connected by a rope ac ross a 50-cmdi ameter, 2.0 kg, frictionless puUey, as shown in Figure P7.62. A constant 10 N tension is applied to the other end of the rope. Starting from
A tradesman sharpens a knife by pushing it against the rim of a grindstone. The 30-cm-diameter stone is spinning at 200 rpm and has a mass of 28 kg. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the
To perform this maneuver, the dancer relies on the fact that the position of her center of gravity.A. Is near the center of the torso. B. Is determined by the positions of her arms and legs. C.
Suppose you wish to make a vertical leap with the goal of getting your head as high as possible above the ground. At the top of your leap, your arms should be A. Held at your sides. B. Raised above
When the dancer is in the air, is there a gravitational torque on her? Take the dancer's rotation axis to be through her center of gravity.A. Yes, there is a gravitational torque. B. No, there is
In addition to changing her center of gravity, a dancer may change her moment of inertia. Consider her moment of inertia about a vertical axis through the center of her body. When she raises her arms
An object is acted upon by two (and only two) forces that are of equal magnitude and oppositely directed. Is the object necessarily in static equilibrium?
A 64 kg woman stands on a very light, rigid board that rests on a bathroom scale at each end, as shown in Figure P8.1. What is the reading on each of the scales? FIGURE P8.1 1.5 m 2.0 m
Suppose the woman in Figure P8.1 is 54 kg, and the board she is standing on has a 10 kg mass. What is the reading on each of the scales? FIGURE P8.1 1.5 m 2.0 m
How close to the right edge of the 56 kg picnic table shown in Figure P8.3 can a 70 kg man stand without the table tipping over?Figure P8.3 0.74 m 2.10 m 0.55 m
A library ladder of length L rolls on wheels as shown in Figure P8.42. The two legs of the ladder freely pivot at the hinge at the top. The legs are kept from splaying apart by a light- weight chain
The wheel of mass m in Figure P8.44 is pulled on by a horizontal force applied at its center. The wheel is touching a curb whose height is half the wheel's radius. What is the minimum force required
A 40 kg, 5.0-m-long beam is supported by, but not attached to, the two posts in Figure P8.43. A 20 kg boy starts walking along the beam. How close can he get to the right end of the beam without it
Two springs have the same spring constant k = 130 N/m but different equilibrium lengths, 3.0 cm and 5.0 cm. They are arranged as shown in Figure P8.48, then a block is pushed against them,
Figure P8.49 shows two springs attached to a block that can slide on a friction less surface. In the block's equilibrium position, the left spring is compressed by 2.0 cm.a. By how much is the right
Figure P8.50 shows two springs attached to each other, and also attached to a box that can slide on a frictionless surface. In the block's equilibrium position, neither spring is stretched. What is
A 25 kg child bounces on a pogo stick. The pogo stick has a spring with spring constant 2.0 X 104 N/m. When the child makes a nice big bounce, she finds that at the bottom of the bounce she is
Orb spiders make silk with a typical diameter of 0.15 mm.a. A typical large orb spider has a mass of 0.50 g. If this spider suspends itself from a single 12-cm-long strand of silk, by how much will
A 57 g tennis ball is served at 45 m/s. If the ball started from rest, what impulse was applied to the ball by the racket?
Starting from rest, object 1 is subject to a 12 N force for 2.0 s. Object 2, with twice the mass, is subject to a 15 N force for 3.0 s. Which object has the greater final speed? Explain.
A student throws a 120 g snowball at 7.5 m/s at the side of the schoolhouse, where it hits and sticks. What is the magnitude of the average force on the wall if the duration of the collision is 0.15
Two pucks, of mass m and 4m, lie on a frictionless table. Equal forces are used to push both pucks forward a distance of 1 m. a. Which puck takes longer to travel the distance? Explain. b. Which
A stationary firecracker explodes into three pieces. One piece travels off to the east; a second travels to the north. Which of the vectors of Figure Q9.5 could be the velocity of the third piece?
A sled and rider, gliding over horizontal, frictionless ice at 4.0 m/s, have a combined mass of 80 kg. The sled then slides over a rough spot in the ice, slowing down to 3.0 m/s. What impulse was
Two students stand at rest, facing each other on frictionless skates. They then start tossing a heavy ball back and forth between them. Describe their subsequent motion.
Automobiles are designed with "crumple zones" intended to collapse in a collision. Why would a manufacturer design part of a car so that it collapses in a collision?
A child is sliding on a sled at 1.5 m/s to the right. You stop the sled by pushing on it for 0.50 s in a direction opposite to its motion. If the mass of the child and sled is 35 kg, what average
You probably know that it feels better to catch a baseball if you are wearing a padded glove. Explain why this is so, using the ideas of momentum and impulse.
An ice hockey puck slides along the ice at 12 m/s. A hockey stick delivers an impulse of 4.0 kg • m/s, causing the puck to move off in the opposite direction with the same speed. What is the mass
In the early days of rocketry, some people claimed that rockets couldn't fly in outer space as there was no air for the rockets to push against. Suppose you were an early investigator in the field of
As part of a safety investigation, two 1400 kg cars traveling at 20 m/s are crashed into different barriers. Find the average forces exerted on (a). The car that hits a line of water barrels and
Two ice skaters, Megan and Jason, push off from each other on frictionless ice. Jason's mass is twice that of Megan. a. Which skater, if either, experiences the greater impulse during the push?
In a Little League baseball game, the 145 g ball enters the strike zone with a speed of 15.0 m/s. The batter hits the ball, and it leaves his bat with a speed of 20.0 m/s in exactly the opposite
Suppose a rubber ball and a steel ball collide. Which, if either, receives the larger impulse? Explain.
A small, 100 g cart is moving at 1.20 m/s on an air track when it collides with a larger, 1.00 kg cart at rest. After the collision, the small cart recoils at 0.850 m/s. What is the speed of the
While standing still on a basketball court, you throw the ball to a teammate. Why do you not move backward as a result? Is the law of conservation of momentum violated?
A man standing on very slick ice fires a rifle horizontally. The mass of the man together with the rifle is 70 kg, and the mass of the bullet is 10 g. If the bullet leaves the muzzle at a speed of
Rank in order, from largest to smallest, the angular momenta L1 through L5, of the balls shown in Figure Q9.15. Explain. 3 m/s 2 m/s [ m/s 2 kg 3 kg බිමට 2m 2 m 2 m 2 1 FIGURE 09.15 3 1 kg 2
To win a prize at the county fair, you're trying to knock down a heavy bowling pin by hitting it with a thrown object. Should you choose to throw a rubber ball or a beanbag of equal size and weight?
A 2.7 kg block of wood sits on a table. A 3.0 g bullet, fired horizontally at a speed of 500 m/s, goes completely through the block, emerging at a speed of 220 m/s. What is the speed of the block
Figure Q9.16 shows two masses held together by a thread on a rod that is rotating about its center with angular velocity w. If the thread breaks, the masses will slide out to the ends of the rod. If
A strong man is compressing a lightweight spring between two weights. One weight has a mass of 2.3 kg, the other a mass of 5.3 kg. He is holding the weights stationary, but then he loses his grip and
If the earth warms significantly, the polar ice caps will melt. Water will move from the poles, near the earth's rotation axis. and will spread out around the globe. In principle, this will change
Two balls are hung from cords. The first ball, of mass 1.0 kg, is pulled to the side and released, reaching a speed of 2.0 m/s at the bottom of its arc. Then, as shown in Figure Q9.20, it hits and
Curling is a sport played with 20 kg stones that slide across an ice surface. Suppose a curling stone sliding at 1 m/s strikes another stone and comes to rest in 2 ms. Approximately how much force is
Two friends are sitting in a stationary canoe. At t = 3.0 s the person at the front tosses a sack to the person in the rear, who catches the sack 0.2 s later. Which plot in Figure Q9.22 shows the
A 9.5 kg dog takes a nap in a canoe and wakes up to find the canoe has drifted out onto the lake but now is stationary. He walks along the length of the canoe at 0.50 m/s, relative to the water, and
A 71 kg baseball player jumps straight up to catch a line drive. If the 140 g ball is moving horizontally at 28 m/s, and the catch is made when the ballplayer is at the highest point of his leap,
Two blocks, with masses m1 = 2.5 kg and m2 = 14 kg, approach each other along a horizontal, frictionless track. The initial velocities of the blocks are v1 = 12.0 m/s to the right and v2 = 3.4 m/s to
A kid at the junior high cafeteria wants to propel an empty milk carton along a lunch table by hitting it with a 3.0 g spit ball. If he wants the speed of the 20 g carton just after the spit ball
A red ball, initially at rest, is simultaneously hit by a blue ball traveling from west to east at 3 m/s and a green ball traveling east to west at 3 m/s. All three balls have equal mass. Afterward,
A 2.0 kg block slides along a frictionless surface at 1.0 m/s. A second block, sliding at a faster 4.0 m/s, collides with the first from behind and sticks to it. The final velocity of the combined
A 24 g, 3-cm-diameter thin, hollow sphere rotates at 30 rpm about a vertical, frictionless axis through its center. A 4 g bug stands at the top of the sphere. He then walks along the surface of the
Il Two particles collide and bounce apart. Figure P9.27 shows the initial momenta of both and the final momentum of particle 2. What is the final momentum of particle 1? Show your answer by copying
What is the angular momentum of the moon around the earth? The moon's mass is 7.4 x 1022 kg and it orbits 3.8 x 108 m from the earth.
A little girl is going on the merry-go-round for the first time, and wants her 47 kg mother to stand next to her on the ride, 2.6 m from the merry-go-round's center. If her mother's speed is 4.2 m/s
What is the angular momentum about the axle of the 500 g rotating bar in Figure P9.32? 2.0 m FIGURE P9.32 120 rpm Axle
Divers change their body position in midair while rotating about their center of mass. In one dive, the diver leaves the board with her body nearly straight, then tucks into a somersault position. If
A 200 g ball is dropped from a height of 2.0 m and bounces on a hard floor. The force on the ball from the floor is shown in Figure P9.40. How high does the ball rebound? F (N) 1000 앙 FIGURE
Figure P9.41 is a graph of the force exerted by the floor on a woman making a vertical jump. At what speed does she leave the ground? F, (N) 2400- 1800 1200 600 0- 0 0.2 FIGURE P9.41 0.4 0.6 t(s)
A 140 g baseball is moving horizontally to the right at 35 m/s when it is hit by the bat. The ball flies off to the left at 55 m/s, at an angle of 25° above the horizontal. What are the magnitude

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