In February 1955, a paratrooper fell 370 m from an airplane without being able to open his chute but happened to land in snow, suffering only minor injuries. Assume that his speed at impact was 56 m/s (terminal speed), that his mass (including gear) was 85 kg, and that the magnitude of the force on him from the snow was at the survivable limit of 1.2 × 10 5 N. What are (a) the minimum depth of snow that would have stopped him safely and (b) the magnitude of the impulse on him from the snow?
In February 1955, a paratrooper fell 370 m from an airplane without being able to open his chute but happened to land in snow, suffering only minor injuries. Assume that his speed at impact was 56 m/s (terminal speed), that his mass (including gear) was 85 kg, and that the magnitude of the force on him from the snow was at the survivable limit of 1.2 × 10 5 N. What are (a) the minimum depth of snow that would have stopped him safely and (b) the magnitude of the impulse on him from the snow?
In February 1955, a paratrooper fell 370 m from an airplane without being able to open his chute but happened to land in snow, suffering only minor injuries. Assume that his speed at impact was 56 m/s (terminal speed), that his mass (including gear) was 85 kg, and that the magnitude of the force on him from the snow was at the survivable limit of 1.2 × 105 N. What are (a) the minimum depth of snow that would have stopped him safely and (b) the magnitude of the impulse on him from the snow?
3.) The graph shows how current I varies with potential difference V across a component X.
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Component X and a cell of negligible internal resistance are placed in a circuit.
A variable resistor R is connected in series with component X. The ammeter reads 20mA.
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Component X and the cell are now placed in a potential divider circuit.
(a) Outline why component X is considered non-ohmic. [1]
(b(i)) Determine the resistance of the variable resistor. [3]
(b(ii)) Calculate the power dissipated in the circuit. [1]
(c(i)) State the range of current that the ammeter can measure as the slider S of the potential divider
is moved from Q to P. [1]
(c(ii)) Describe, by reference to your answer for (c)(i), the advantage of the potential divider
arrangement over the arrangement in (b).
1.) Two long parallel current-carrying wires P and Q are separated by 0.10 m. The current in wire P is 5.0 A.
The magnetic force on a length of 0.50 m of wire P due to the current in wire Q is 2.0 × 10-s N.
(a) State and explain the magnitude of the force on a length of 0.50 m of wire Q due to the current in P. [2]
(b) Calculate the current in wire Q. [2]
(c) Another current-carrying wire R is placed parallel to wires P and Q and halfway between them as shown.
wire P
wire R
wire Q
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The net magnetic force on wire Q is now zero.
(c.i) State the direction of the current in R, relative to the current in P.[1]
(c.ii) Deduce the current in R. [2]
2.) A 50.0 resistor is connected to a cell of emf 3.00 V. The voltmeter and the ammeter in the circuit are ideal.
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(a) The current in the ammeter is 59.0 mA. Calculate the internal resistance of the cell.
The circuit is changed by connecting another resistor R in parallel to the 50.0 resistor.
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(b) Explain the effect of this change on R is made of a resistive wire of uniform cross-sectional area 3.1 × 10-8 m²,
resistivity 4.9 × 10-70m and length L. The resistance of R is given by the equation
R = KL
where k is a constant.
(b.i) the reading of the ammeter. [2]
(b.ii) the reading of the voltmeter. [2]
(c) Calculate k. State an appropriate unit for your answer. [3]
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