A system consisting of a large boat and all its contents. The boat's engine was not started and it floated on the surface of the sea. No matter enters and exits the boat while the procedure occurs. Are the following statements true or false? Explain why? a. The system is not in equilibrium because in equilibrium there are no external forces acting on the system but here the boat has external forces acting on it. b. The system is not in equilibrium because there is gravity acting on it but there is no upward force to balance it with downward gravity. The system is in steady state determined because it is not moving. c. The system is said to be stable and balanced because the boat is not moving and there is no driving force to make it move: the forces acting on it are balanced resulting in no impetus for change. d. The given system is neither in equilibrium nor stable because on the sea surface there is no completely stationary object. The boat will rise and fall with each wave and can drift horizontally due to the movement of sea currents. If the position of the system changes, it cannot be in steady state or equilibrium.
A system consisting of a large boat and all its contents. The boat's engine was not started and it floated on the surface of the sea. No matter enters and exits the boat while the procedure occurs. Are the following statements true or false? Explain why?
a. The system is not in equilibrium because in equilibrium there are no external forces acting on the system but here the boat has external forces acting on it.
b. The system is not in equilibrium because there is gravity acting on it but there is no upward force to balance it with downward gravity. The system is in steady state
determined because it is not moving.
c. The system is said to be stable and balanced because the boat is not moving and there is no driving force to make it move: the forces acting on it are balanced resulting in no impetus for change.
d. The given system is neither in equilibrium nor stable because on the sea surface there is no completely stationary object. The boat will rise and fall with each wave and can drift horizontally due to the movement of sea currents. If the position of the system changes, it cannot be in steady state or equilibrium.
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