COLLEGE PHYSICS13th EditionOpenStax Publisher: OpenStaxISBN: 2810014673880
COLLEGE PHYSICS
Solutions for COLLEGE PHYSICS
Problem 1CQ:
Define normal force. What is its relationship to friction when friction behaves simply?Problem 2CQ:
The glue on a piece of tape can exert forces. Can these forces be a type of simple friction?...Problem 3CQ:
When you learn to drive, you discover that you need to up slightly on the brake pedal as you come to...Problem 4CQ:
When you push a piece of chalk across a chalkboard, it sometimes screeches because it rapidly...Problem 5CQ:
Athletes such as swimmers and bicyclists wear body suits in competition. Formulate a list of pros...Problem 6CQ:
Two expressions were used for the drag force experienced by a moving object a liquid. One depended...Problem 7CQ:
As cars travel, oil and gasoline leaks onto the road surface. If a light rain falls, what does this...Problem 8CQ:
Why can a squirrel jump from a tree branch to the ground and run away undamaged, while a human could...Problem 9CQ:
The elastic properties of the arteries are essential for blood flow. Explain the importance of this...Problem 10CQ:
What are you feeling when you feel your pulse? Measure your pulse rate for 10 s and for 1 min. Is...Problem 11CQ:
Examine different types of shoes, including sports shoes and thongs. In terms of physics, why are...Problem 12CQ:
Would you expect your height to be different depending upon the time of day? Why or why not?Problem 13CQ:
Why can a squirrel from a tree branch to the ground and run away undamaged, while a human could...Problem 15CQ:
An old carpenter's trick to keep nails from bending when they are pounded into hard materials is to...Problem 16CQ:
When a glass bottle full of vinegar warms up, both the vinegar and the glass expand, but vinegar...Problem 1PE:
A physics major is cooking breakfast when he notices that the frictional force between his steel...Problem 2PE:
(a) When rebuilding her car's engine, a physics major must exert 300 N of force to insert a dry...Problem 3PE:
(a) What is the maximum frictional force in the knee joint of a person who supports 66.0 kg of her...Problem 4PE:
Suppose you have a 120-kg wooden crate resting on a wood floor. (a) What maximum force can you exert...Problem 5PE:
(a) If half of the weight of a small 1.00103 kg utility truck is supported by its two drive wheels,...Problem 6PE:
A team of eight dogs pulls a sled with waxed wood runners on wet snow (mush!). The dogs have average...Problem 7PE:
Consider the 65.0-kg ice skater being pushed by two others shown in Figure 5.21. (a) Find the...Problem 8PE:
Show that the acceleration of any object down a frictionless incline that makes an angle with the...Problem 9PE:
Show that the acceleration of any object down an incline where friction behaves simply (that is,...Problem 10PE:
Calculate the deceleration of a snow boarder going up a 5.0°, slope assuming the coefficient of...Problem 11PE:
(a) Calculate the acceleration of a skier heading down a 10.0° slope, assuming the coefficient of...Problem 12PE:
If an object is to rest on an incline without slipping, then friction must equal the component of...Problem 13PE:
Calculate the maximum deceleration of a car that is heading down a 6° slope (one that makes an angle...Problem 14PE:
Calculate the maximum acceleration of a car that is heading up a 4° slope (one that makes an angle...Problem 15PE:
Repeat Exercise 5.14 for a car with four-wheel drive.Problem 16PE:
A freight train consists of two 8.00105 -kg engines and 45 cars with average masses of 5.50105 kg....Problem 17PE:
Consider the 52.0-kg mountain climber in Figure 5.22. (a) Find the tension in the rope and the force...Problem 18PE:
A contestant in a winter sporting event pushes a 45.0-kg block of ice across a frozen lake as shown...Problem 19PE:
Repeat Exercise 5.18 with the contestant pulling the block of ice with a rope over his shoulder at...Problem 20PE:
The terminal velocity of a person falling in air depends upon the weight and the area of the person...Problem 21PE:
A 60-kg and a go-kg skydiver jump from an airplane at an altitude of 6000 m, both falling in the...Problem 22PE:
A 560-g squirrel with a surface area of 930 cm2 falls from a 5.0-m tree to the ground. Estimate its...Problem 23PE:
To maintain a constant speed, the force provided by a car's engine must equal the drag force plus...Problem 25PE:
Calculate the speed a spherical rain drop would achieve falling from 5.00 km (a) in the absence of...Problem 26PE:
Using Stokes' law, verify that the units for viscosity are kilograms per meter per second.Problem 27PE:
Find the terminal velocity of a spherical bacterium (diameter 2.00 pm) falling in water. You will...Problem 28PE:
Stokes' law describes sedimentation of particles in liquids and can be used to measure viscosity....Problem 29PE:
During a circus act, one performer swings upside down hanging from a trapeze holding another, also...Problem 30PE:
During a wrestling match, a 150 kg wrestler briefly stands on one hand during a maneuver designed to...Problem 31PE:
(a) The "lead" in pencils is a graphite composition with a Young's modulus of about 1109 N/ m2....Problem 32PE:
TV broadcast antennas are the tallest artificial structures on Earth. In 1987, a 72.0-kg physicist...Problem 33PE:
(a) By how much does a 65.0-kg mountain climber stretch her 0.800-cm diameter nylon rope when she...Problem 34PE:
A 20.0-m tall hollow aluminum flagpole is equivalent in stiffness to a solid cylinder 4.00 cm in...Problem 35PE:
As an oil well is drilled, each new section of drill pipe supports its own weight and that of the...Problem 36PE:
Calculate the force a piano tuner applies to stretch a steel piano wire 8.00 mm, if the wire is...Problem 37PE:
A vertebra is subjected to a shearing force of 500 N. Find the shear deformation, taking the...Problem 38PE:
A disk between vertebrae in the spine is subjected to a shearing force of 600 N. Find its shear...Problem 39PE:
When using a pencil eraser, you exert a vertical force of 6.00 N at a distance of 2.00 cm from the...Problem 40PE:
To consider the effect of wires hung on poles, we take data from Example 4.8, in which tensions in...Problem 41PE:
A farmer making grape juice fills a glass bottle to the brim and caps it tightly. The juice expands...Problem 42PE:
(a) When water freezes, its volume increases by 9.05% (that is, V/V0=9.05102 ). What force per unit...Browse All Chapters of This Textbook
Chapter 1 - Introduction: The Nature Of Science And PhysicsChapter 2 - KinematicsChapter 3 - Two-dimensional KinematicsChapter 4 - Dynamics: Force And Newton's Laws Of MotionChapter 5 - Further Applications Of Newton's Laws: Friction, Drag, And ElasticityChapter 6 - Uniform Circular Motion And GravitationChapter 7 - Work, Energy, And Energy ResourcesChapter 8 - Linear Momentum And CollisionsChapter 9 - Statics And TorqueChapter 10 - Rotational Motion And Angular Momentum
Chapter 11 - Fluid StaticsChapter 12 - Fluid Dynamics And Its Biological And Medical ApplicationsChapter 13 - Temperature, Kinetic Theory, And The Gas LawsChapter 14 - Heat And Heat Transfer MethodsChapter 15 - ThermodynamicsChapter 16 - Oscillatory Motion And WavesChapter 17 - Physics Of HearingChapter 18 - Electric Charge And Electric FieldChapter 19 - Electric Potential And Electric FieldChapter 20 - Electric Current, Resistance, And Ohm's LawChapter 21 - Circuits And Dc InstrumentsChapter 22 - MagnetismChapter 23 - Electromagnetic Induction, Ac Circuits, And Electrical TechnologiesChapter 24 - Electromagnetic WavesChapter 25 - Geometric OpticsChapter 26 - Vision And Optical InstrumentsChapter 27 - Wave OpticsChapter 28 - Special RelativityChapter 29 - Introduction To Quantum PhysicsChapter 30 - Atomic PhysicsChapter 31 - Radioactivity And Nuclear PhysicsChapter 32 - Medical Applications Of Nuclear PhysicsChapter 33 - Particle PhysicsChapter 34 - Frontiers Of Physics
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