
Fundamentals of Physics, Volume 1, Chapter 1-20
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Author: David Halliday
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Chapter 14, Problem 87P
What is the minimum area (in square meters) of the top surface of an ice slab 0.441 m thick floating on fresh water that will hold up a 938 kg automobile? Take the densities of ice and fresh water to be 917 kg/m3 and 998 kg/m3, respectively.
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Fundamentals of Physics, Volume 1, Chapter 1-20
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One stream has...Ch. 14 - SSM Water is pumped steadily out of a flooded...Ch. 14 - GO The water flowing through a 1.9 cm inside...Ch. 14 - How much work is done by pressure in forcing 1.4...Ch. 14 - Suppose that two tanks, 1 and 2, each with a large...Ch. 14 - SSM A cylindrical tank with a large diameter is...Ch. 14 - The intake in Fig. 14-47 has cross-sectional area...Ch. 14 - SSM Water is moving with a speed of 5.0 m/s...Ch. 14 - Models of torpedoes are sometimes tested in a...Ch. 14 - ILW A water pipe having a 2.5 cm inside diameter...Ch. 14 - A pitot tube Fig. 14-48 is used to determine the...Ch. 14 - Prob. 63PCh. 14 - GO In Fig. 14-49, water flows through a horizontal...Ch. 14 - SSM WWW A venturi meter is used to measure the...Ch. 14 - Consider the venturi tube of Problem 65 and Fig....Ch. 14 - ILW In Fig. 14-51, the fresh water behind a...Ch. 14 - GO Fresh water flows horizontally from pipe...Ch. 14 - A liquid of density 900 kg/m3 flows through a...Ch. 14 - GO In Fig. 14-53, water flows steadily from the...Ch. 14 - Figure 14-54 shows a stream of water flowing...Ch. 14 - GO A very simplified schematic of the rain...Ch. 14 - About one-third of the body of a person floating...Ch. 14 - A simple open U-tube contains mercury. 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