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A skier of mass 72 kg is pulled up a slope by a motor-driven cable. (a) How much work is required to pull him 70 m up a 30° slope (assumed frictionless) at a constant speed of 2.8 (b) What power m
An 80.0 m long brass rod is struck at one end. A person at the other end hears two sounds as a result of two longitudinal waves, one traveling in the metal rod and the other traveling in the air. Wh
The x, y, and z components of a magnetic field are Bx = 0.10 T, By = 0.14 T, and Bz = 0.17 T. A 25-cm wire is oriented along the z axis and carries a current of 4.1 A. What is the magnitude of the m
A quantum arrow shot from a Zorg Trooper aimed at an Octomorph is traveling at an initial speed of 100 m/s. However, when the arrow is fired, the Octomorph falls out of the tree into the water below
A soldering iron uses an electric current in a wire to heat the tip. A transformer with 100 turns on the secondary coil provides 45 at an rms voltage of 25 . a) What is the resistance of the wire in
The tension is pulling m1 to the left while the tension acting on m2 is pulling it to the left and right. m3 is hanging from a pulley off the table and above the ground. What would the accelerations
The peak current through an inductor is 13.0 when connected to an AC source with a peak voltage of 0.50 . What is the inductive reactance of the inductor?
If the indians push with a force of 1,100 N parallel to the plank, what is the horizontal distance from the edge of the plank (d) that each crate hits the water?
While looking though a diffraction grating at a Nitrogen discharge tube, you note that light with a known wavelength of 567.9nm is visible at an angle of 37 degrees from the central antinode. How ma
An electron gun fires electrons into a magnetic field directed straight downward. Find the direction of the force exerted by the field on an electron for each of the following directions of the elec
The structure of these giant vessels are primarily composed of steel (p = 7.88 g/ cm^3), how do these boats stay aflot? Think about what else is "contained" in the boat's volume and how its density
For small oscillations, approximate the differential equation (expand in Taylor series), neglecting terms higher than first order in x and its derivatives. Find the period of small oscillations.
How can this knowledge help you choose an appropriate instrument for certain measurements?
Write down the lagrangian in spherical coordinates, and generate the three differential equations of motion.
This time, he connected two wires of the same diameter, 0.5 mm, but of different materials: One part is made of silver and 1 m long, the other is made of copper and 80 cm long. When you apply a pot
What is one simple way to get around this and get a reasonably accurate experimental value for the acceleration due to gravity?
The length of the major axis of hte track is 1.60 km and the length of the minor axis is 0.80 km. The circumference of the racetrack is 3.87 km. What would be the average velocity and average accele
A piano tuner use a 440 Hz tunning fork to toune a string that is currently vibrating at 445 Hz. How many beats per second does he hear? What other frequencies could produce the same sound effect?
The reflecting surfaces of two mirrors form a vertex with an angle of 130 degrees. If a ray of light strikes mirror 1 with an angle of incidence of 59 degrees, find the angle of reflection of the ra
When roads are icy, wet, or snowy, front-wheel drive cars (cars whose front wheels provide the force to accelerate the car forward) are generally more stable than rear-wheel drive cars (cars whose b
A blender (a kitchen appliance) has blades that rotate at 7500 rpm. When the motor is turned off, the blades stop in 3 s. Find how many complete rotations (including fractions thereof) do the blades t
A digital thermometer employs a thermistor as the temperature-sensing element. A thermistor is a kind of semiconductor and has a large negative temperature coefficient of resistivity
A floating ice block is pushed through a displacement d = (11 m) i - (11 m) j along a straight embankment by rushing water, which exerts a force F = (169 N) i - (160 N) j on the block. How much work
The 200-inch-diameter concave mirror of the Hale telescope on Mount Palomar has a focal length of 16.9 . An astronomer stands 21.2 in front of this mirror.
A 3 kg block starts from restat the top of a 30° incline and slides at a distance of 2 m down the incline in 1.50 s. Find: a) the magnitude of the acceleration of the block