Essential University Physics (3rd Edition)
Essential University Physics (3rd Edition)
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780134202709
Author: Richard Wolfson
Publisher: PEARSON
bartleby

Concept explainers

bartleby

Videos

Textbook Question
Book Icon
Chapter 11, Problem 1FTD

Does Earth’s angular velocity vector point north or south?

Expert Solution & Answer
Check Mark
To determine

The direction of an angular velocity of an earth.

Answer to Problem 1FTD

The direction of an angular velocity of an earth is North_ .

Explanation of Solution

The earth rotates from west to east about its axis, as look form the top view it would rotate anti-clockwise direction. From the right hand rule in mechanics if an object or body rotates about an axis in anti-clockwise direction the angular velocity vector points towards the upward direction.

Therefore by right hand rule the angular velocity vector in the case of earth rotation points toward north direction.

Therefore, the direction of an angular velocity of an earth is North_ .

Want to see more full solutions like this?

Subscribe now to access step-by-step solutions to millions of textbook problems written by subject matter experts!
Students have asked these similar questions
You want to fabricate a soft microfluidic chip like the one below. How would you go about fabricating this chip knowing that you are targeting a channel with a square cross-sectional profile of 200 μm by 200 μm. What materials and steps would you use and why? Disregard the process to form the inlet and outlet. Square Cross Section
1. What are the key steps involved in the fabrication of a semiconductor device. 2. You are hired by a chip manufacturing company, and you are asked to prepare a silicon wafer with the pattern below. Describe the process you would use. High Aspect Ratio Trenches Undoped Si Wafer P-doped Si 3. You would like to deposit material within a high aspect ratio trench. What approach would you use and why? 4. A person is setting up a small clean room space to carry out an outreach activity to educate high school students about patterning using photolithography. They obtained a positive photoresist, a used spin coater, a high energy light lamp for exposure and ordered a plastic transparency mask with a pattern on it to reduce cost. Upon trying this set up multiple times they find that the full resist gets developed, and they are unable to transfer the pattern onto the resist. Help them troubleshoot and find out why pattern of transfer has not been successful. 5. You are given a composite…
Two complex values are  z1=8 + 8i,  z2=15 + 7 i.  z1∗  and  z2∗ are the complex conjugate values. Any complex value can be expessed in the form of a+bi=reiθ. Find r and θ for (z1-z∗2)/z1+z2∗. Find r and θ for (z1−z2∗)z1z2∗   Please show all steps

Chapter 11 Solutions

Essential University Physics (3rd Edition)

Ch. 11 - Why does a tetherball move faster as it winds up...Ch. 11 - Why do helicopters have two rotors?Ch. 11 - A group of polar bears is standing around the edge...Ch. 11 - Tornadoes in the northern hemisphere rotate...Ch. 11 - Does a particle moving at constant speed in a...Ch. 11 - When you turn on a high-speed power tool such as a...Ch. 11 - Why is it easier to balance a basketball on your...Ch. 11 - A bug, initially at rest on a stationary,...Ch. 11 - If you increase the rotation rate of a precessing...Ch. 11 - A car is headed north at 70 km/h. Give the...Ch. 11 - If the car of Exercise 15 makes a 90 left turn...Ch. 11 - A wheel is spinning at 45 rpm with its axis...Ch. 11 - A wheel is spinning about a horizontal axis with...Ch. 11 - A 12-N force is applied at the point x = 3 m, y =...Ch. 11 - A force F=1.3i+2.7jN is applied at the point x =...Ch. 11 - When you hold your arm outstretched, its supported...Ch. 11 - Express the units of angular momentum (a) using...Ch. 11 - In the Olympic hammer throw, a contestant whirls a...Ch. 11 - A gymnast of rotational inertia 62 kg m2 is...Ch. 11 - A 640-g hoop 90 cm in diameter is rotating at 170...Ch. 11 - A 7.4-cm-diameter baseball has mass 145 g and is...Ch. 11 - A potters wheel with rotational inertia 6.40 kg ...Ch. 11 - A 3.0-m-diametcr merry-go-round with rotational...Ch. 11 - A uniform, spherical cloud of interstellar gas has...Ch. 11 - A skater has rotational inertia 4.2 kg m2 with...Ch. 11 - You slip a wrench over a bolt. Taking the origin...Ch. 11 - Vector A points 30 counterclockwise from the...Ch. 11 - A baseball player extends his arm straight up to...Ch. 11 - Prob. 34PCh. 11 - A weightlifters barbell consists of two 25-kg...Ch. 11 - Prob. 36PCh. 11 - Two identical 1800-kg cars are traveling in...Ch. 11 - The dot product of two vectors is half the...Ch. 11 - Biomechanical engineers have developed...Ch. 11 - Figure 11.15 shows the dimensions of a 880-g...Ch. 11 - As an automotive engineer, youre charged with...Ch. 11 - A turntable of radius 25 cm and rotational inertia...Ch. 11 - A 17-kg dog is standing on the edge of a...Ch. 11 - A physics student is standing on an initially...Ch. 11 - Youre choreographing your schools annual ice show....Ch. 11 - Find the angle between two vectors whose dot...Ch. 11 - A circular bird feeder 19 cm in radius has...Ch. 11 - A force F applied at the point x = 2.0 m, y = 0 m...Ch. 11 - Prob. 49PCh. 11 - Prob. 50PCh. 11 - Jumbo is back! Jumbo is the 4.8-Mg elephant from...Ch. 11 - An anemometer for measuring wind speeds consists...Ch. 11 - A turntable has rotational inertia I and is...Ch. 11 - A uniform, solid, spherical asteroid with mass 1.2...Ch. 11 - About 99.9% of the solar systems total mass lies...Ch. 11 - Youre a civil engineer for an advanced...Ch. 11 - In Fig. 11.18, the lower disk, of mass 440 g and...Ch. 11 - A massless spring with constant k is mounted on a...Ch. 11 - A solid ball of mass M and radius R is spinning...Ch. 11 - A time-dependent torque given by = a + b sin ct...Ch. 11 - Consider a rapidly spinning gyroscope whose axis...Ch. 11 - When a star like our Sun exhausts its fuel,...Ch. 11 - Pulsarsthe rapidly rotating neutron stars...Ch. 11 - Prob. 64PCh. 11 - Figure 11.22 shows a demonstration gyroscope,...Ch. 11 - Figure 11.22 shows a demonstration gyroscope,...Ch. 11 - Figure 11.22 shows a demonstration gyroscope,...Ch. 11 - Figure 11.22 shows a demonstration gyroscope,...
Knowledge Booster
Background pattern image
Physics
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, physics and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.
Similar questions
SEE MORE QUESTIONS
Recommended textbooks for you
Text book image
University Physics Volume 1
Physics
ISBN:9781938168277
Author:William Moebs, Samuel J. Ling, Jeff Sanny
Publisher:OpenStax - Rice University
Text book image
Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Foundations...
Physics
ISBN:9781133939146
Author:Katz, Debora M.
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Text book image
Principles of Physics: A Calculus-Based Text
Physics
ISBN:9781133104261
Author:Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Text book image
College Physics
Physics
ISBN:9781285737027
Author:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Text book image
Glencoe Physics: Principles and Problems, Student...
Physics
ISBN:9780078807213
Author:Paul W. Zitzewitz
Publisher:Glencoe/McGraw-Hill
Text book image
College Physics
Physics
ISBN:9781305952300
Author:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Moment of Inertia; Author: Physics with Professor Matt Anderson;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrGhUTeIlWs;License: Standard Youtube License