A spring-loaded toy gun exerts a variable force on a plastic ball as the spring expands. Consider a horizontal spring and a ball of mass m whose position when barely touching a fully expanded spring is x = 0. The ball is pushed to the left, compressing the spring. You'll learn in Chapter 9 that the spring force on the ball, when the ball is at position x (which is negative), can be written as ( F s p ) x = - kx , where k is called the spring constant . The minus sign is needed to make the x -component of the force positive. Suppose the ball is initially pushed to x 0 = - L , then released and shot to the right. a. Use what you've learned in calculus to prove that a x = v x d v x d x b. Find an expression, in terms of m , k , and L , for the speed of the ball as it comes off the spring at x = 0.
A spring-loaded toy gun exerts a variable force on a plastic ball as the spring expands. Consider a horizontal spring and a ball of mass m whose position when barely touching a fully expanded spring is x = 0. The ball is pushed to the left, compressing the spring. You'll learn in Chapter 9 that the spring force on the ball, when the ball is at position x (which is negative), can be written as ( F s p ) x = - kx , where k is called the spring constant . The minus sign is needed to make the x -component of the force positive. Suppose the ball is initially pushed to x 0 = - L , then released and shot to the right. a. Use what you've learned in calculus to prove that a x = v x d v x d x b. Find an expression, in terms of m , k , and L , for the speed of the ball as it comes off the spring at x = 0.
A spring-loaded toy gun exerts a variable force on a plastic ball as the spring expands. Consider a horizontal spring and a ball of mass m whose position when barely touching a fully expanded spring is x = 0. The ball is pushed to the left, compressing the spring. You'll learn in Chapter 9 that the spring force on the ball, when the ball is at position x (which is negative), can be written as (Fsp)x= -kx, where k is called the spring constant. The minus sign is needed to make the x-component of the force positive. Suppose the ball is initially pushed to x0= -L, then released and shot to the right.
a. Use what you've learned in calculus to prove that
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b. Find an expression, in terms of m, k, and L, for the speed of the ball as it comes off the spring at x = 0.
Your blood pressure (usually given in units of "mm of Hg") is a result of the heart muscle pushing on your blood. The left side of the heart creates a pressure of 115 mm Hg by exerting a force directly on the blood over an effective area of 14.5 cm2. What force does it exert to accomplish this? (Give your answer as the number of Newtons and note that you will need to do some unit conversions.)
What is the absolute (total) pressure experienced by a diver at a depth of 17 meters below the surface of a lake? Assume that atmospheric pressure at the surface of the lake is 101,000 Pascals, g= 9.8 m/s2, and the density of the water in the lake is 997 kg/m3. Give your answer as the number of Pascals.
A particular solid cube has an edge of length 0.59 meters and is made of a material whose density is 3500 kg/m3. What is the mass of the cube? Give your answer as the number of kilograms.
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