PHY F/SCIENTIST MOD MASTERING 24 MO
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Chapter 9, Problem 53EAP
53. The gravitational attraction between two objects with masses m1and m2, separated by distance x, is F = Gm1m2/x2, where G is the gravitational constant.
- How much work is done by gravity when the separation changes from x1to x2? Assume x2< x1.
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PHY F/SCIENTIST MOD MASTERING 24 MO
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Ch. 9 - 13. What is the angle ? between vectors and in...Ch. 9 - Prob. 14EAPCh. 9 - Prob. 15EAPCh. 9 - 16. A 25 kg air compressor is dragged up a rough...Ch. 9 - Prob. 17EAPCh. 9 - The two ropes seen in FIGURE EX9.18 are used to...Ch. 9 - 19. The three ropes shown in the bird’s-eye view...Ch. 9 - Prob. 20EAPCh. 9 - Prob. 21EAPCh. 9 - Prob. 22EAPCh. 9 - A particle moving on the x-axis experiences a...Ch. 9 - Prob. 24EAPCh. 9 - A horizontal spring with spring constant 750 N/m...Ch. 9 - 26. A 35-cm-long vertical spring has one end fixed...Ch. 9 - A 10-cm-long spring is attached to the ceiling....Ch. 9 - A 60 kg student is standing atop a spring in an...Ch. 9 -
29. A 5.0 kg mass hanging from a spring scale is...Ch. 9 - A horizontal spring with spring constant 85 N/m...Ch. 9 - 31. One mole (6.02 × 1023 atoms) of helium atoms...Ch. 9 - 32. A 55 kg softball player slides into second...Ch. 9 - A baggage handler throws a 15 kg suitcase along...Ch. 9 -
34. An 8.0 kg crate is pulled 5.0 m up a 30°...Ch. 9 - Justin, with a mass of 30 kg, is going down an...Ch. 9 - Prob. 36EAPCh. 9 - Prob. 37EAPCh. 9 - 38. How much energy is consumed by (a) a 1.2 kW...Ch. 9 - 39. At midday, solar energy strikes the earth with...Ch. 9 - Prob. 40EAPCh. 9 - Prob. 41EAPCh. 9 - Prob. 42EAPCh. 9 - 43. A 1000 kg elevator accelerates upward at 1.0...Ch. 9 - 44. a. Starting from rest, a crate of mass m is...Ch. 9 - Prob. 45EAPCh. 9 - 46. A particle of mass m moving along the x-axis...Ch. 9 -
47. A ball shot straight up with kinetic energy...Ch. 9 - 48. A pile driver lifts a 250 kg weight and then...Ch. 9 - Prob. 49EAPCh. 9 -
50. You’re fishing from a tall pier and have...Ch. 9 - Hook’s law describes an ideal spring. Many real...Ch. 9 -
52. The force acting on a particle is Fx =...Ch. 9 - 53. The gravitational attraction between two...Ch. 9 -
54. An electric dipole consists of two equal...Ch. 9 - Prob. 55EAPCh. 9 -
56. When a 65 kg cheerleader stands on a...Ch. 9 - Prob. 57EAPCh. 9 - Prob. 58EAPCh. 9 -
59. A horizontal spring with spring constant 250...Ch. 9 - 60. A 90 kg firefighter needs to climb the stairs...Ch. 9 - Prob. 61EAPCh. 9 - 62. When you ride a bicycle at constant speed,...Ch. 9 -
63. A farmer uses a tractor to pull a 150 kg...Ch. 9 - Prob. 64EAPCh. 9 - Prob. 65EAPCh. 9 - Prob. 66EAPCh. 9 - In problems 67 through 69 you are given the...Ch. 9 - Prob. 68EAPCh. 9 - Prob. 69EAPCh. 9 - Prob. 70EAPCh. 9 - Prob. 71EAPCh. 9 - Prob. 72EAP
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