Weightless Ant. An ant with mass m is standing peacefully on top of a horizontal, stretched rope. The rope has mass per unit length μ and is under tension F . Without warning, Cousin Throckmorton starts a sinusoidal transverse wave of wavelength λ propagating along the rope. The motion of the rope is in a vertical plane. What minimum wave amplitude will make the ant become momentarily weightless? Assume that m is so small that the presence of the ant has no effect on the propagation of the wave.
Weightless Ant. An ant with mass m is standing peacefully on top of a horizontal, stretched rope. The rope has mass per unit length μ and is under tension F . Without warning, Cousin Throckmorton starts a sinusoidal transverse wave of wavelength λ propagating along the rope. The motion of the rope is in a vertical plane. What minimum wave amplitude will make the ant become momentarily weightless? Assume that m is so small that the presence of the ant has no effect on the propagation of the wave.
Weightless Ant. An ant with mass m is standing peacefully on top of a horizontal, stretched rope. The rope has mass per unit length μ and is under tension F. Without warning, Cousin Throckmorton starts a sinusoidal transverse wave of wavelength λ propagating along the rope. The motion of the rope is in a vertical plane. What minimum wave amplitude will make the ant become momentarily weightless? Assume that m is so small that the presence of the ant has no effect on the propagation of the wave.
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12. A stone is dropped from the top of a cliff. It is seen to hit the ground below
after 3.55 s. How high is the cliff?
13. A ball is dropped from rest at the top of a building that is 320 m tall. Assuming
no air resistance, what is the speed of the ball just before it strikes the ground?
14. Estimate (a) how long it took King Kong to fall straight down from the top
of the Empire State Building (280m high), and (b) his velocity just before
"landing".
Useful equations
For Constant Velocity:
V =>
D
X = V₁t + Xo
For Constant Acceleration:
Vr = V + at
X = Xo+Vot +
v=V+2a(X-Xo)
\prom = V +V
V velocity
t = time
D Distance
X = Final Position
Xo Initial Position
V = Final Velocity
Vo Initial Velocity
a = acceleration
For free fall
Yf
= Final Position
Yo Initial Position
g = 9.80
m
$2
For free fall:
V = V + gt
Y=Yo+Vo t +
+gt
V,² = V₁²+2g (Y-Yo)
V+Vo
Vprom=
2
6
Solve the problems
Chapter 15 Solutions
University Physics with Modern Physics (14th Edition)
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