Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics
4th Edition
ISBN: 9780131495081
Author: Douglas C. Giancoli
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
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Chapter 2.4, Problem 1DE
A powerful car is advertised to go from zero to 60 mi/h in 6.0 s. What does this say about the car; (a) it is fast (high speed); or (b) it accelerates well?
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Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics
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It...Ch. 2 - (I) If a car rolls gently (v0 = 0) off a vertical...Ch. 2 - (I) Estimate (a) how long it took King kong to...Ch. 2 - (II) A baseball is hit almost straight up into the...Ch. 2 - (II) A ball player catches a ball 3.2 s after...Ch. 2 - (II) A kangaroo jumps to a vertical height of 1.65...Ch. 2 - (II) The best rebounders in basketball have a...Ch. 2 - (II) A helicopter is ascending vertically with a...Ch. 2 - (II) For an object falling freely from rest, show...Ch. 2 - (II) A baseball is seen to pass upward by a window...Ch. 2 - (II) A rocket rises vertically, from rest, with an...Ch. 2 - (II) Roger sees water balloons fall past his...Ch. 2 - (II) A stone is thrown vertically upward with a...Ch. 2 - (II) A falling stone takes 0.33 s to travel past a...Ch. 2 - (II) Suppose you adjust your garden hose nozzle...Ch. 2 - (III) A toy rocket moving vertically upward passes...Ch. 2 - (III) A ball is dropped from the top of a...Ch. 2 - (III) A rock is dropped from a sea cliff and the...Ch. 2 - (III) A rock is thrown vertically upward with a...Ch. 2 - (II) Given v(t) = 25 + 18t, where v is in m/s and...Ch. 2 - (III) The acceleration of a particle is given by...Ch. 2 - (III) Air resistance acting on a falling body can...Ch. 2 - A fugitive tries to hop on a freight train...Ch. 2 - The acceleration due to gravity on the Moon is...Ch. 2 - A person jumps from a fourth-story window 15.0 m...Ch. 2 - A person who is properly restrained by an...Ch. 2 - Pelicans tuck their wings and free-fall straight...Ch. 2 - Suppose a car manufacturer tested its cars for...Ch. 2 - A stone is dropped from the roof of a high...Ch. 2 - A bicyclist in the Tour de France crests a...Ch. 2 - Consider the street pattern shown in Fig. 247....Ch. 2 - In putting, the force with which a golfer strikes...Ch. 2 - A robot used in a pharmacy picks up a medicine...Ch. 2 - A stone is thrown vertically upward with a speed...Ch. 2 - Figure 250 is a position versus time graph for the...Ch. 2 - In the design of a rapid transit system, it is...Ch. 2 - A person jumps off a diving board 4.0 m above the...Ch. 2 - Bill can throw a ball vertically at a speed 1.5...Ch. 2 - Sketch the v vs. t graph for the object whose...Ch. 2 - A person driving her car at 45 km/h approaches an...Ch. 2 - A car is behind a truck going 25 m/s on the...Ch. 2 - Agent Bond is standing on a bridge, 13m above the...Ch. 2 - A police car at rest, passed by a speeder...Ch. 2 - A fast-food restaurant uses a conveyor belt to...Ch. 2 - Two students are asked to find the height of a...Ch. 2 - Figure 252 shows the position vs. time graph for...Ch. 2 - You are traveling at a constant speed vM, and...Ch. 2 - (III) A lifeguard standing at the side of a...
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