College Physics
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Author: ETKINA, Eugenia, Planinšič, G. (gorazd), Van Heuvelen, Alan
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Chapter 7, Problem 13P
* When does the kinetic energy of a car change more: when the car accelerates from 0 to 10 m/s or from 30 m/s to 40 m/s? Explain.
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Ch. 7 - 2. Which answer best represents the system’s...Ch. 7 - An Atwood machine is shown in Figure Q7.3. As the...Ch. 7 - Prob. 4MCQCh. 7 - 5. Three processes are described below. Choose one...Ch. 7 - 6. Choose which statement describes a process in...Ch. 7 - 7. Which example(s) below involve(s) zero physics...Ch. 7 - 8. Estimate the change in gravitational potential...Ch. 7 - What does it mean if object 1 does +10 J of work...Ch. 7 - You pull on a spring, which obeys Hookes law, in...Ch. 7 - The graph in Figure Q7.11 shows the time...Ch. 7 - 12. A 1400-kg car is traveling on a level road at...Ch. 7 - Prob. 13MCQCh. 7 - Two clay balls are moving toward each other. The...Ch. 7 - 15. Is energy a physical phenomenon, a model, or a...Ch. 7 - 16. Your friend thinks that the escape speed...Ch. 7 - Suggest how you can measure the following...Ch. 7 - How can satellites stay in orbit without any jet...Ch. 7 - Why does the Moon have no atmosphere, but Earth...Ch. 7 - What will happen to Earth if our Sun becomes a...Ch. 7 - 21. In the equation , the gravitational potential...Ch. 7 - 22. You push a small cart by exerting a constant...Ch. 7 - 1. Jay fills a wagon with sand (about 20 kg) and...Ch. 7 - 2. You have a 15-kg suitcase and (a) slowly lift...Ch. 7 - * You use a rope to slowly pull a sled and its...Ch. 7 - A rope attached to a truck pulls a 180-kg...Ch. 7 - 5. You lift a 25-kg child 0.80 m, slowly carry him...Ch. 7 - A truck runs into a pile of sand, moving 0.80 m as...Ch. 7 - 7. A 0.50-kg block is placed in a straight gutter...Ch. 7 - s up a smooth incline, which makes an angle with...Ch. 7 - 9. ** It is a windy day. You are moving a 20-kg...Ch. 7 - A 5.0-kg rabbit and a 12-kg Irish setter have the...Ch. 7 - Prob. 11PCh. 7 - * A pickup truck (2268 kg) and a compact car (1100...Ch. 7 - * When does the kinetic energy of a car change...Ch. 7 - * When exiting the highway, a 1100-kg car is...Ch. 7 - Prob. 15PCh. 7 - 16. * Flea jump flea pushes off a surface by...Ch. 7 - * Roller coaster ride A roller coaster car drops a...Ch. 7 - 18. * BIO EST Heart pumps blood The heart does...Ch. 7 - 19. * Wind energy Air circulates across Earth in...Ch. 7 - 20. * BIO Bone break The tibia bone in the lower...Ch. 7 - 21. * BIO EST Climbing Mt. Everest In 1953 Sir...Ch. 7 - 22. A door spring is difficult to stretch. (a)...Ch. 7 - * A moving car has 40,000 J of kinetic energy...Ch. 7 - 24. * The force required to stretch a slingshot by...Ch. 7 - Jim is driving a 2268-kg pickup truck at 20 m/s...Ch. 7 - 26. * A car skids 18 m on a level road while...Ch. 7 - s mass is m. An average friction force of...Ch. 7 - Prob. 28PCh. 7 - Prob. 29PCh. 7 - 30. In a popular new hockey game, the players use...Ch. 7 - 31. The top of a descending ski slope is 50 m...Ch. 7 - * If 20% of the gravitational potential energy...Ch. 7 - Prob. 33PCh. 7 - 34. A driver loses control of a car, drives off an...Ch. 7 - * You are pulling a box so it moves at increasing...Ch. 7 - s speed increases from zero to 4.0 m/s in a...Ch. 7 - 37. ** EST Hit by a hailstone A 0.030-kg hailstone...Ch. 7 - 38. * BIO Froghopper jump Froghoppers may be the...Ch. 7 - 39. * Bar chart Jeopardy 1 Describe in words and...Ch. 7 - * Bar chart Jeopardy 2 Describe in words and with...Ch. 7 - 41. * Equation Jeopardy 1 Construct a qualitative...Ch. 7 - * Equation Jeopardy 2 Construct a qualitative...Ch. 7 - Prob. 43PCh. 7 - 44. * Evaluation 2 Your friend provides a solution...Ch. 7 - 45. A crab climbs up a vertical rock with a...Ch. 7 - 46 * Work-energy bar charts for a person going...Ch. 7 - Prob. 47PCh. 7 - * A 1060-kg car moving west at 16 m/s collides...Ch. 7 - * You fire an 80-g arrow so that it is moving at...Ch. 7 - 50. * You fire a 50-g arrow that moves at an...Ch. 7 - * To confirm the results of Problem 7.50, you try...Ch. 7 - 52. * Somebody tells you that Figure P7.52 shows...Ch. 7 - 54. A roofing shingle elevator is lifting a...Ch. 7 - 55. (a) What is the power involved in lifting a...Ch. 7 - * A fire engine must lift 30 kg of water a...Ch. 7 - * BIO Internal energy change while biking You set...Ch. 7 - * Climbing Mt. Mitchell An 82-kg hiker climbs to...Ch. 7 - * BIO EST Sears stair climb The fastest time for...Ch. 7 - * BIO EST Exercising so you can eat ice cream You...Ch. 7 - 61. ** BIO Salmon move upstream In the past,...Ch. 7 - * EST Estimate the maximum horsepower of the...Ch. 7 - Prob. 63PCh. 7 - At what distance from Earth is the gravitational...Ch. 7 -
65. * Possible escape of different air molecule...Ch. 7 - Determine the escape speed for a rocket to leave...Ch. 7 - Determine the escape speed for an object to leave...Ch. 7 - If the Sun were to become a black hole, how much...Ch. 7 - * A satellite moves in elliptical orbit around...Ch. 7 - 70. * Determine the maximum radius Earth's Moon...Ch. 7 - 71. You throw a clay ball vertically upward. The...Ch. 7 - Prob. 72GPCh. 7 - Prob. 73GPCh. 7 - 74 * EST A “gravity force car” is powered by the...Ch. 7 - * Loop the loop You are given a loop raceway for...Ch. 7 - 76. ** Atwood machine Two blocks of masses hang...Ch. 7 - andm2 are connected with a string that passes over...Ch. 7 - of all species became extinct, ending the reign of...Ch. 7 - s cradle is a toy that consists of several metal...Ch. 7 - 81. ** Six Flags roller coaster A loop-the-loop on...Ch. 7 - ** Designing a ride You are asked to help design a...Ch. 7 - BIO Metabolic rate Energy for our activities is...Ch. 7 - BIO Metabolic rate Energy for our activities is...Ch. 7 - BIO Metabolic rate Energy for our activities is...Ch. 7 - BIO Metabolic rate Energy for our activities is...Ch. 7 - BIO Metabolic rate Energy for our activities is...Ch. 7 -
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