0 Mathematics Review 1 Models, Measurements, And Vectors 2 Motion Along A Straight Line 3 Motion In A Plane 4 Newton's Laws Of Motion 5 Applications Of Newton's Laws 6 Circular Motion And Gravitation 7 Work And Energy 8 Momentum 9 Rotational Motion 10 Dynamics Of Rotational Motion Periodic Motion, Waves, And Fluids 11 Elasticity And Periodic Motion 12 Mechanical Waves And Sound 13 Fluid Mechanics 14 Temperature And Heat 15 Thermal Properties Of Matter 16 The Second Law Of Thermodynamics 17 Electric Charge And Electric Field 18 Electric Potential And Capacitance 19 Current, Resistance, And Direct Current Circuits 20 Magnetic Field And Magnetic Forces 21 Electromagnetic Induction 22 Alternating Current 23 Electromagnetic Waves 24 Geometric Optics 25 Optical Instruments 26 Interference And Diffraction 27 Relativity 28 Photons, Electrons, And Atoms 29 Atoms, Molecules, And Solids 30 Nuclear And And High-energy Physics expand_more
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Problem 1CQ: If there is a net force on a particle in uniform circular motion, why doesnt the particles speed... Problem 2CQ: As a car rounds a banked circular curve at constant speed, several forces are acting on it: for... Problem 3CQ: A student wrote, The reason an apple falls downward to meet the earth instead of the earth falling... Problem 4CQ: Non-physicists often ask questions such as What keeps the satellite moving in its orbit? and What... Problem 5CQ: During an actual interview for a college teaching position in physics, several candidates said that... Problem 6CQ: If two planets have the same mass, will they necessarily produce the same gravitational pull on 1.0... Problem 7CQ: True or false? Astronauts in satellites orbiting around the earth are weightless because the earths... Problem 8CQ: True or false? If a rock is acted upon by a gravitational force F from the earth when it is a... Problem 9CQ: On an icy road, you approach a curve that has the banking angle calculated for 55 mph. Your... Problem 10CQ: You are riding on a roller coaster with a hill that is effectively circular near the top. If you... Problem 11CQ: The moon is accelerating toward the earth. Does this mean that it is getting closer to our planet?... Problem 12CQ: A passenger in a car rounding a sharp curve feels thrown toward the outside of the curve. (a) What... Problem 1MCP: If the earth had twice its present mass, its orbital period around the sun (at our present distance... Problem 2MCP: An astronaut is floating happily outside her spaceship, which is orbiting the earth at a distance... Problem 3MCP: A frictional force f provides the centripetal force as a car goes around an unbanked curve of radius... Problem 4MCP: Two masses m and 2m are each forced to go around a curve of radius R at the same constant speed. If,... Problem 5MCP: A stone of weight W is attached to a strong string and whirled in a vertical circle of radius R. If... Problem 6MCP: If a planet had twice the earths radius, but only half its mass, the acceleration due to gravity at... Problem 7MCP: When a mass goes in a horizontal circle with speed V at the end of a string of length L on a... Problem 8MCP: In the previous problem, if both the speed and the length were doubled, the tension in the string... Problem 9MCP: Two 1.0 Kg point masses a distance D apart each exert a gravitational attraction F on the other one.... Problem 10MCP: Two massless bags contain identical bricks, each brick having a mass M. Initially, each bag contains... Problem 11MCP: When two point masses are a distance D apart, each exerts a gravitational attraction F on the other... Problem 12MCP: If human beings ever travel to a planet whose mass and radius are both twice that of the earth,... Problem 1P: A racing car drives at constant speed around the horizontal track shown in Figure 6.27. At points A,... Problem 2P: A stone with a mass of 0.80 kg is attached to one end of a string 0.90 m long. The string will break... Problem 3P: Force on a skaters wrist. A 52 kg ice skater spins about a vertical axis through her body with her... Problem 4P: A flat (unbanked) curve on a highway has a radius of 220 m. A car successfully rounds the curve at a... Problem 5P: The Giant Swing at a county fair consists of a vertical central shaft with a number of horizontal... Problem 6P: A small button placed on a horizontal rotating platform with diameter 0.320 m will revolve with the... Problem 7P: Using only astronomical data from Appendix E, calculate (a) the speed of the planet Venus in its... Problem 8P: A highway curve with radius 900.0 ft is to be banked so that a car traveling 55.0 mph will not skid... Problem 9P: The Indy 500. The Indianapolis Speedway (home of the Indy 500) consists of a 2.5 mile track having... Problem 10P: A bowling ball weighing 71.2 N is attached to the ceiling by a 3.80 m rope. The ball is pulled to... Problem 11P: A lead fishing weight of mass 0.2 kg is tied to a fishing line that is 0.5 m long. The weight is... Problem 12P: A 50.0 kg stunt pilot who has been diving her airplane vertically pulls out of the dive by changing... Problem 13P: Effect on blood of walking. While a person is walking, his arms swing through approximately a 45... Problem 14P: Stay dry! You tie a cord to a pail of water, and you swing the pail in a vertical circle of radius... Problem 15P: Stunt pilots and fighter pilots who fly at high speeds in a downward-curving are may experience a... Problem 16P: If two tiny identical spheres attract each other with a force of 3.0 nN when they are 25 cm apart,... Problem 17P: What is the ratio of the suns gravitational pull on Mercury to the suns gravitational pull on the... Problem 18P: Rendezvous in space! A couple of astronauts agree to rendezvous in space after hours. Their plan is... Problem 19P: What is the ratio of the gravitational pull of the sun on the moon to that of the earth on the moon?... Problem 20P: A 2150 kg satellite used in a cellular telephone network is in a circular orbit at a height of 780... Problem 21P: At a distance N RE from the earths surface, where N is an integer, the gravitational force on an... Problem 22P: Find the magnitude and direction of the net gravitational force on mass A due to masses B and C in... Problem 23P: How far from a very small 100 kg ball would a particle have to be placed so that the bal pulled on... Problem 24P: Each mass in Figure 6.30 is 3.00 kg. Find the magnitude and direction of the net gravitational force... Problem 25P: An 8.00 kg point mass and a 15.0 kg point mass are held in place 50.0 cm apart in deep space. They... Problem 26P: How many kilometers would you have to go above the surface of the earth for your weight to decrease... Problem 27P: Your spaceship lands on an unknown planet. To determine the characteristics of this planet, you does... Problem 28P: If an objects weight is W on the earth, what would be its weight (in terms of W) if the earth had... Problem 29P: Huygens probe on Titan. In January 2005 the Huygens probe landed on Saturns moon Titan, the only... Problem 30P: The mass of the moon is about 1/81 the mass of the earth, its radius is 14 that of the earth, and... Problem 31P: Neutron stars, such as the one at the center of the Crab Nebula, have about the same mass as our... Problem 32P: The asteroid 243 Ida has a mass of about 4.0 1016 kg and an average radius of about 16 km (its not... Problem 33P Problem 34P: What is the period of revolution of a satellite with mass m that orbits the earth in a circular path... Problem 35P Problem 36P: Planets beyond the solar system. On October 15, 2001, a planet was discovered orbiting around the... Problem 37P: Communications satellites. Communications satellites are used to bounce radio waves from the earths... Problem 38P Problem 39P: Apparent weightlessness in a satellite. You have probably seen films of astronauts floating freely... Problem 40P: Baseball on Deimos! Deimos, a moon of Mars, is about 12 km in diameter, with a mass of 2.0 1015 kg.... Problem 41GP: International Space Station. The International Space Station, launched in November 1998, makes 15.65... Problem 42GP: Artificial gravity. One way to create artificial gravity in a space station is to spin it. If a... Problem 43GP: Shortest possible day. Consider the fact that an object sitting at the equator is undergoing uniform... Problem 44GP: Volcanoes on lo. Jupiters moon lo has active volcanoes (in fact, it is the most volcanically active... Problem 45GP: You tie one end of 0.3-m-long spring to a 0.5 kg mass. Holding the other end of the spring in your... Problem 46GP: An astronaut carefully measures the gravitational force between a 10 kg space probe and Planet X.... Problem 47GP Problem 48GP: A 1125 kg car and a 2250 kg pickup truck approach a curve on the expressway that has a radius of 225... Problem 49GP: Exploring Europa. Europa, a satellite of Jupiter, is believed to have an ocean of liquid water (with... Problem 50GP: The star Rho1 Cancri is 57 light-years from the earth and has a mass 0.85 times that of our sun. A... Problem 51GP: A 4.00 kg block is attached to a vertical rod by means of two strings. When the system rotates about... Problem 52GP: As your bus rounds a flat curve at constant speed of 20 m/s, a package with mass 0.500 kg, suspended... Problem 53GP: Artificial gravity in space stations. One problem for humans living in outer space is that they are... Problem 54PP: Based on these data, what is the most likely composition of this planet? A. Mostly iron B. Iron and... Problem 55PP: How many times the acceleration due to gravity g near the earths surface is the acceleration due to... Problem 56PP: Exoplanets. As planets with a wide variety of properties are discovered outside our solar system,... format_list_bulleted