COLLEGE PHYSICS13th EditionOpenStax Publisher: OpenStaxISBN: 2810014673880
COLLEGE PHYSICS
Solutions for COLLEGE PHYSICS
Problem 1CQ:
An object that has a small mass and an object that has a large mass have the same momentum. Which...Problem 2CQ:
An object that has a small mass and an object that has a large mass have the same kinetic energy....Problem 3CQ:
Professional Application Football coaches advise players to block, hit, and tackle with their feet...Problem 5CQ:
Professional Application Explain in terms of impulse how padding reduces forces in a collision....Problem 6CQ:
While jumping on a trampoline, sometimes you land on your back and other times on your feet. In...Problem 7CQ:
Professional Application Tennis racquets have "sweet spots." If the ball hits a sweet spot then the...Problem 8CQ:
Professional Application If you dive into water, you reach greater depths if you do a belly flop....Problem 9CQ:
Under what circumstances is momentum conserved?Problem 10CQ:
Can momentum be conserved for a system if there are external forces acting on the system? If so,...Problem 11CQ:
Momentum for a system can be conserved in one direction while not being conserved in another. What...Problem 12CQ:
Professional Application Explain in terms of momentum and Newton's laws how a car's air resistance...Problem 13CQ:
Can objects in a system have momentum while the momentum of the system is zero? Explain your answer.Problem 14CQ:
Must the total energy of a system be conserved whenever its momentum is conserved? Explain why or...Problem 15CQ:
What is an elastic collision?Problem 17CQ:
Mixed-pair ice skaters performing in a show are standing motionless at arms length just before...Problem 18CQ:
A Small pickup truck that has a caliper shell slowly coasts toward a red light with negligible...Problem 19CQ:
Figure 8.16 shows a cube at rest and a small object heading toward it. (a) Describe the directions...Problem 20CQ:
Professional Application Suppose a fireworks shell explodes, breaking into three large pieces for...Problem 21CQ:
Professional Application During a visit to the International Space Station, an astronaut was...Problem 22CQ:
Professional Application It is possible for the velocity of a rocket to be greater than the exhaust...Problem 1PE:
(a) Calculate the momentum of a 2000-kg elephant charging a hunter at a speed of 7.50 m/s. (b)...Problem 2PE:
(a) What is the mass of a large ship that has a momentum of 1.60109kgm/s, when the ship is moving at...Problem 3PE:
(a) At what speed would a 2.00104 -kg airplane have to fly to have a momentum of 1.60109kgm/s (the...Problem 4PE:
(a) What is the momentum of a garbage truck that is 1.20104 kg and is moving at 10.0 m/s ? (b) At...Problem 5PE:
A runaway train car that has a mass of 15,000 kg travels at a speed of 5.4 m/s down a track. Compute...Problem 6PE:
The mass of Earth is 5.9721024 kg and its orbital radius is an average of 1.4961011 m. Calculate its...Problem 7PE:
A bullet is accelerated down the barrel of a gun by hot gases produced in the combustion of gun...Problem 8PE:
Professional Application A car moving at 10 m/s crashes into a tree and stops in 0.26 s. Calculate...Problem 9PE:
A person slaps her leg with her hand, bringing her hand to rest in 2.50 milliseconds from an initial...Problem 10PE:
Professional Application A professional boxer hits his opponent with a 1000-N horizontal blow that...Problem 11PE:
Professional Application Suppose a child drives a bumper car head on into the side rail, which...Problem 12PE:
Professional Application One hazard of space travel is debris left by previous missions. There are...Problem 13PE:
Professional Application A 75.0-kg person is riding in a car moving at 20.0 m/s when the car runs...Problem 14PE:
Professional Application Military rifles have a mechanism for reducing the recoil forces of the gun...Problem 15PE:
A cruise ship with a mass of 1.00107 kg strikes a pier at a speed of 0.750 m/s. It comes to rest...Problem 16PE:
Calculate the final speed of a 110-kg rugby player who is initially running at 8.00 m/s but collides...Problem 17PE:
Water from a fire hose is directed horizontally against a wall at a rate of 50.0 kg/s and a speed of...Problem 18PE:
A 0.450-kg hammer is moving horizontally at 7.00 m/s when it strikes a nail and comes to rest after...Problem 19PE:
Starting with the definitions of momentum and kinetic energy, derive an equation for the kinetic...Problem 20PE:
A ball with an initial velocity of 10 m/s moves at an angle 60° above the +x -direction. The ball...Problem 21PE:
When serving a tennis ball, a player hits the ball when its velocity is zero (at the highest point...Problem 22PE:
A punter drops a ball from rest vertically 1 meter down onto his foot. The ball leaves the foot with...Problem 23PE:
Professional Application Train cars are coupled together by being bumped into one another. Suppose...Problem 24PE:
Suppose a clay model of a koala bear has a mass of 0.200 kg and slides on ice at a speed of 0.750...Problem 25PE:
Professional Application Consider the following question: A car moving at 10 m/s crashes into a tree...Problem 26PE:
What is the velocity of a 900-kg car initially moving at 30.0 m/s, just after it hits a 150-kg deer...Problem 27PE:
A 1.80-kg falcon catches a 0.650-kg dove from behind in midair. What is their velocity after impact...Problem 28PE:
Two identical objects (such as billiard balls) have a one-dimensional collision in which one is...Problem 29PE:
Professional Application Two manned satellites approach one another at a relative speed of 0.250...Problem 30PE:
A 70.0-kg ice hockey goalie, originally at rest, catches a 0.150-kg hockey puck slapped at him at a...Problem 31PE:
A 0.240-kg billiard ball that is moving at 3.00 m/s strikes the bumper of a pool table and bounces...Problem 32PE:
During an ice show, a 60.0-kg skater leaps into the air and is caught by an initially stationary...Problem 33PE:
Professional Application Using mass and speed data from Example 8.1 and assuming that the football...Problem 34PE:
A battleship that is 6.00*10' kg and is originally at rest fires a 1100-kg artillery shell...Problem 35PE:
Professional Application Two manned satellites approaching one another, at a relative speed of 0.250...Problem 36PE:
Professional Application A 30,000-kg freight car is coasting at 0.850 m/s with negligible friction...Problem 37PE:
Professional Application Space probes may be separated from their launchers by exploding bolts....Problem 38PE:
A 0.0250-kg bullet is accelerated from rest to a speed of 550 m/s in a 3.00-kg rifle. The pain of...Problem 39PE:
Professional Application One of the waste products of a nuclear reactor is plutonium-239 (239Pu)....Problem 40PE:
Professional Application The Moon's craters are remnants of meteorite collisions. Suppose a fairly...Problem 41PE:
Professional Application Two football players collide head-on in midair while trying to catch a...Problem 42PE:
What is the speed of a garbage truck that is 1.20104 kg and is initially moving at 25.0 m/s just...Problem 43PE:
During a circus act, an elderly performer thrills the crowd by catching a cannon ball shot at him....Problem 44PE:
(a) During an ice skating performance, an initially motionless 80.0-kg clown throws a fake barbell...Problem 45PE:
Two identical pucks collide on an air hockey table. One puck was originally at rest. (a) If the...Problem 46PE:
Confirm that the results of the example Example 8.7 do conserve momentum in both the x- and y...Problem 47PE:
A 3000-kg cannon is mounted so that it can recoil only in the horizontal direction. (a) Calculate...Problem 48PE:
Professional Application A 5.50-kg bowling ball moving at 9.00 m/s collides with a 0.850-kg bowling...Problem 49PE:
Professional Application Ernest Rutherford (the first New Zealander to be awarded the Nobel Prize in...Problem 50PE:
Professional Application Two cars collide at an icy intersection and stick together afterward. The...Problem 51PE:
Starting with equations m1v1=m1v1cos1+m2v2cos2 and 0=m1v1cos1+m2v2sin2 for conservation of momentum...Problem 52PE:
Integrated Concepts A 90.0-kg ice hockey player hits a 0.150-kg puck, giving the puck a velocity of...Problem 53PE:
Professional Application Antiballistic missiles (ABMs) are designed to have very large accelerations...Problem 54PE:
Professional Application What is the acceleration of a 5000-kg rocket taking off from the Moon,...Problem 55PE:
Professional Application Calculate the increase in velocity of a 4000-kg space probe that expels...Problem 56PE:
Professional Application Ion-propulsion rockets have been proposed for use in space. They employ...Problem 58PE:
Professional Application (a) Calculate the maximum rate at which a rocket can expel gases if its...Problem 59PE:
Given the following data for a fire extinguisher-toy wagon rocket experiment, calculate the average...Problem 60PE:
How much of a single-stage rocket that is 100,000 kg can be anything but fuel if the rocket is to...Problem 61PE:
Professional Application (a) A 5.00-kg squid initially at rest ejects 0.250-kg of fluid with a...Problem 62PE:
Unreasonable Results Squids have been reported to jump from the ocean and travel 30.0 m (measured...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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