Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics

4th Edition

ISBN: 9780131495081

Author: Douglas C. Giancoli

Publisher: Addison-Wesley

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Chapter 4, Problem 84GP

A “doomsday” asteroid with a mass of 1.0 × 10¹⁰kg is hurtling through space. Unless the asteroid’s speed is changed by about 0.20 cm/s, it will collide with Earth and cause tremendous damage. Researchers suggest that a small “space tug” sent to the asteroid’s surface could exert a gentle constant force of 2.5 N. For how long must this force act?

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Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics

Ch. 4.4 - Suppose you watch a cup slide on the (smooth)...Ch. 4.5 - Return to the first Chapter-Opening Question, page...Ch. 4.5 - A massive truck collides head-on with a small...Ch. 4.5 - If you push on a heavy desk, does it always push...Ch. 4.7 - A 10.0-kg box is dragged on a horizontal...Ch. 4 - Why does a child in a wagon seem to fall backward...Ch. 4 - A box rests on the (frictionless) bed of a truck....Ch. 4 - If the acceleration of an object is zero, are no...Ch. 4 - If an object is moving, is it possible for the net...Ch. 4 - Only one force acts on an object. Can the object...

Ch. 4 - When a golf ball is dropped to the pavement, it...Ch. 4 - If you walk along a log floating on a lake, why...Ch. 4 - Why might your foot hurt if you kick a heavy desk...Ch. 4 - When you are running and want to slop quickly, you...Ch. 4 - (a) Why do you push down harder on the pedals of a...Ch. 4 - A father and his young daughter are ice skating....Ch. 4 - Suppose that you are standing on a cardboard...Ch. 4 - A stone hangs by a fine thread from the ceiling,...Ch. 4 - The force of gravity on a 2-kg rock is twice as...Ch. 4 - Would a spring scale carried to the Moon give...Ch. 4 - You pull a box with a constant force across a...Ch. 4 - When an object falls freely under the influence of...Ch. 4 - Compare the effort (or force) needed to lift a...Ch. 4 - Which of the following objects weighs about 1 N:...Ch. 4 - According to Newtons third law. each team in a tug...Ch. 4 - When you stand still on the ground, how large a...Ch. 4 - Whiplash sometimes results from an automobile...Ch. 4 - Mary exerts an upward force of 40N to hold a bag...Ch. 4 - A bear sling, Fig. 430, in used in some national...Ch. 4 - (I) What force is needed to accelerate a child on...Ch. 4 - (1) A net force of 265N accelerates a bike and...Ch. 4 - (I) What is the weight of a 68-kg astronaut (a) on...Ch. 4 - (I) How much tension must a rope withstand if it...Ch. 4 - (II) Superman must stop a 120-km/h train in 150 m...Ch. 4 - (II) What average force is required to stop a...Ch. 4 - (II) Estimate the average force exerted by a...Ch. 4 - (II) A 0.140-kg baseball traveling 35.0 m/s...Ch. 4 - (II) A fisherman yanks a fish vertically out of...Ch. 4 - (II) A 20.0-kg box rests on a table. (a) What is...Ch. 4 - (II) What average force is needed to accelerate a...Ch. 4 - (II) How much tension must a cable withstand if it...Ch. 4 - (II) A 14.0-kg bucket is lowered vertically by a...Ch. 4 - (II) A particular race car can cover a...Ch. 4 - (II) A 75-kg petty thief wants to escape from a...Ch. 4 - (II) An elevator (mass 4850 kg) is to he designed...Ch. 4 - (II) Can cars stop on a dime? Calculate the...Ch. 4 - (II) A person stands on a bathroom scale in a...Ch. 4 - (II) High-speed elevators function under two...Ch. 4 - (II) Using focused laser light, optical tweezers...Ch. 4 - (II) A rocket with a mass of 2.75 106 kg exerts a...Ch. 4 - (II) (a) What is the acceleration of two falling...Ch. 4 - (II) An exceptional standing jump would raise a...Ch. 4 - (II) The cable supporting a 2125-kg elevator has a...Ch. 4 - (III) The 100-m dash can be run by the best...Ch. 4 - (III) A person jumps from the roof of a house...Ch. 4 - (I) A box weighing 77.0 N rests on atable. 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