College Physics: Explore And Apply, Volume 2 (2nd Edition)

2nd Edition

ISBN: 9780134862910

Author: Eugenia Etkina, Gorazd Planinsic, Alan Van Heuvelen, Gorzad Planinsic

Publisher: PEARSON

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Chapter 8, Problem 21CQ

Sit on a chair with your feet straight down at the front of the chair. Keeping your back perpendicular to the floor, try to stand up without leaning forward. Explain why it is impossible to do it.

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College Physics: Explore And Apply, Volume 2 (2nd Edition)

Ch. 8 - Prob. 1RQ Ch. 8 - Review Question 8.2 Give an example of a situation...Ch. 8 - Review Question 8.3 You read the following...Ch. 8 - Prob. 4RQ Ch. 8 - Review Question 8.5 You are trying to hold a heavy...Ch. 8 - Review Question 8.6 Why is a ball hanging by a...Ch. 8 - A falling leaf usually flutters while falling....Ch. 8 - Prob. 2MCQ Ch. 8 - A hammock is tied with ropes between two trees. A...Ch. 8 - Prob. 4MCQ

Ch. 8 - 5. A physics textbook lies on top of a chemistry...Ch. 8 - What does it mean if the torque of a force is...Ch. 8 - Prob. 7MCQ Ch. 8 - 8. Why do you tilt your body forward when hiking...Ch. 8 - 9. What does it mean if the torque of a 10-N force...Ch. 8 - What is the maximum angle to the horizontal you...Ch. 8 - Prob. 11MCQ Ch. 8 - 12. Is it possible for an object not to be in...Ch. 8 - Explain the meaning of torque so that a friend not...Ch. 8 - Prob. 14CQ Ch. 8 - What are the two conditions of equilibrium? What...Ch. 8 - Give three examples of situations in which an...Ch. 8 - The force that the body muscles exert on bones...Ch. 8 - A ladder leans against a wall. Construct a force...Ch. 8 - Using a crowbar, a person can remove a nail by...Ch. 8 - 20. Is it more difficult to do a sit-up with your...Ch. 8 - Sit on a chair with your feet straight down at the...Ch. 8 - Can you balance the tip of a wooden ruler...Ch. 8 - Try to balance a sharp wooden pencil on your...Ch. 8 - 24. Design a device that you can use to...Ch. 8 - Explain why it is easier to keep your balance...Ch. 8 - A carpenters trick to keep nails from bending when...Ch. 8 - Determine the torques about the axis of rotation P...Ch. 8 - 2. Three 200-N forces are exerted on the beam...Ch. 8 - 3. * A 2.0-m-long, 15-kg ladder is resting against...Ch. 8 - Figure P8.4 shows two different situations where...Ch. 8 - Three friends tie three ropes in a knot and pull...Ch. 8 - Prob. 6P Ch. 8 - * Kate joins Jim, Luis, and Adrienne in the...Ch. 8 - You hang a light in front of your house using an...Ch. 8 - * Find the values of the forces the ropes exert on...Ch. 8 - Prob. 10P Ch. 8 - Determine the masses m1 and m2 of the two objects...Ch. 8 - * Lifting an engine You work in a machine shop and...Ch. 8 - 13. * More lifting You exert a 630-N force on rope...Ch. 8 - Prob. 14P Ch. 8 - 15. * Tightrope walking A tightrope walker wonders...Ch. 8 - 16. * Lifting patients An apparatus to lift...Ch. 8 - 17. A father (80 kg), mother (56 kg), daughter (16...Ch. 8 - Prob. 18P Ch. 8 - * You place a 3.0-m-long board symmetrically...Ch. 8 - Prob. 20P Ch. 8 - Prob. 21P Ch. 8 - Prob. 22P Ch. 8 - 23. EST Compare the two different designs of...Ch. 8 - Ray decides to paint the outside of his uncles...Ch. 8 - 25. * A 2.0-m-long uniform beam of mass 8.0 kg...Ch. 8 - * A uniform beam of length / and mass m supports a...Ch. 8 - Prob. 27P Ch. 8 - Prob. 28P Ch. 8 - Prob. 29P Ch. 8 - Prob. 30P Ch. 8 - 31. * An 80-kg clown sits on a 20-kg bike on a...Ch. 8 - s center of mass? (Hint: You can think of cutting...Ch. 8 - Leg support A persons broken leg is kept in place...Ch. 8 - Prob. 34P Ch. 8 - Prob. 35P Ch. 8 - * If the force F shown in Figure P8.35 is 840 N...Ch. 8 - Prob. 37P Ch. 8 - 38. * You decide to hang another plant from a...Ch. 8 - Prob. 39P Ch. 8 - * What mechanical work must you do to lift a log...Ch. 8 - 41. * A 70-g meter stick has a 30-g piece of...Ch. 8 - * You are trying to tilt a very tall refrigerator...Ch. 8 - Prob. 43P Ch. 8 - 44. * You have an Atwood machine (see Figure 4.9 )...Ch. 8 - * EST You stand sideways in a moving train....Ch. 8 - 46. EST Your hand holds a liter of milk (mass...Ch. 8 - EST Body torque You hold a 4.0-kg computer....Ch. 8 - Prob. 48GP Ch. 8 - 49. BIO Using triceps to push a table A man pushes...Ch. 8 - Prob. 50GP Ch. 8 - Prob. 51GP Ch. 8 - Prob. 52GP Ch. 8 - 53.* BIO Dumbbell lift IA woman lifts a 3.6-kg...Ch. 8 - s shoulder joint exerts on her humerus.Ch. 8 - Prob. 55GP Ch. 8 - * Eiichi has purchased an adjustable hand grip to...Ch. 8 - 57. *BIO While browsing books on neurophysiology,...Ch. 8 - 58. ** Touch detector You have two force sensors...Ch. 8 - * An 80-kg person stands at one end of a 130-kg...Ch. 8 - 61. EST Two people (50 kg and 75 kg) holding hands...Ch. 8 - Prob. 62GP Ch. 8 - BIO Muscles work in pairs Skeletal muscles produce...Ch. 8 - BIO Muscles work in pairs Skeletal muscles produce...Ch. 8 - BIO Muscles work in pairs Skeletal muscles produce...Ch. 8 - BIO Muscles work in pairs Skeletal muscles produce...Ch. 8 - BIO Improper lifting and the back A careful study...Ch. 8 - BIO Improper lifting and the back A careful study...Ch. 8 - BIO Improper lifting and the back A careful study...Ch. 8 - BIO Improper lifting and the back A careful study...

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