College PhysicsOER 2016 EditionOpenStax Publisher: OpenStax CollegeISBN: 9781947172173
College Physics
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Problem 3CQ:
(a) If frequency is not constant for some oscillation, can the oscillation be simple harmonic...Problem 4CQ:
Give an example of a simple harmonic oscillator, specifically noting how its frequency is...Problem 5CQ:
Explain why you expect an object made of a stiff material to vibrate at a higher frequency than a...Problem 6CQ:
As you pass freight truck with a trailer on a highway, you notice mat its trailer is bouncing up and...Problem 7CQ:
Some people modify cars to be much closet to me ground man when manufactured. Should they install...Problem 8CQ:
Pendulum clocks are made to run at the correct rate by adjusting the pendulum's length. Suppose you...Problem 9CQ:
Explain in terms of energy how dissipative forces such as friction reduce the amplitude of a...Problem 10CQ:
Give an example of a damped harmonic oscillator. (They we more common than undamped or simple...Problem 11CQ:
How would a car bounce after a bump under each of these conditions? • overdamping • underdamping •...Problem 12CQ:
Most harmonic oscillators are damped and, if undriven, eventually come to a stop. How is this...Problem 13CQ:
Why are soldiers in general ordered to “route step" (walk out of step) across a bridge?Problem 14CQ:
Give one example of a transverse wave and another of a longitudinal wave, being careful to note the...Problem 15CQ:
What is the difference between propagation speed and the frequency of a wave? Does one or both...Problem 16CQ:
Speakers in stereo systems have two colorcoded terminals to indicate how to hook up the wires. If...Problem 17CQ:
Two identical waves undergo pure constructive interference. Is the resultant intensity twice that of...Problem 18CQ:
Circular water waves decrease in amplitude as they move away from where a rock is dropped. Explain...Problem 1PE:
Fish ate hung on a spring scale to determine their mass (most fishermen feel no obligation to...Problem 2PE:
It is weighin time for the local under85kg rugby team. The bathroom scale used to assess eligibility...Problem 3PE:
One type of BB gun uses a spring-driven plunger to blow the BB from its barrel. (a) Calculate the...Problem 4PE:
(a) The springs of a pickup truck act like a single spring with a force constant of 1.30105N/m. By...Problem 5PE:
When an 80.0kg man stands on a pogo stick, the spring is compressed 0.120 m. (a) What is the force...Problem 6PE:
A spring has a length of 0.200 m when a 0.300kg mass hangs from it, and a length of 0.750 m when a...Problem 7PE:
What is the period of 60.0 Hz electrical power?Problem 8PE:
If your heart rate is 150 beats per minute during strenuous exercise, what is the time per beat in...Problem 11PE:
A tire has a tread pattern with a crevice every 2.000 cm. Each crevice makes a single vibration as...Problem 12PE:
Engineering Application Each piston of an engine makes a sharp sound every other revolution of the...Problem 13PE:
A type of cuckoo clock keeps time by having a mass bouncing on a spring, usually something cute like...Problem 14PE:
If the spring constant of a simple harmonic oscillator is doubled, by what factor will the mass of...Problem 15PE:
A 0.500kg mass suspended from a spring oscillates with a period of 1.50 s. How much mass must be...Problem 16PE:
By how much leeway (both percentage and mass) would you have in the selection of the mass of me...Problem 17PE:
Suppose you attach the object with mass m to a vertical spring originally at rest, and let it bounce...Problem 18PE:
A diver on a diving board is undergoing simple harmonic motion. Her mass is 55.0 kg and the period...Problem 19PE:
Suppose a diving beard wi1h no one on it bounces up and down in a simple harmonic motion with a...Problem 20PE:
Figure 15.46 This child’s toy relies on springs to keep infants entertained. (credit: By...Problem 21PE:
A 90.0kg skydiver hanging from a parachute bounces up and down with a period of 1.50 s. What is the...Problem 23PE:
Some people think a pendulum with a period of 1.00 s can be driven with “mental energy“ or psycho...Problem 24PE:
What is the period of a 1.00mlong pendulum?Problem 25PE:
How long does it take a child on a swing to complete one swing if her center of gravity is 4.00 m...Problem 27PE:
Two parakeets sit on a swing with their combined center of mass 10.0 cm below the pivot. At what...Problem 28PE:
(a) A pendulum that has a period of 3.00000 s and that is located where the acceleration due to...Problem 29PE:
A pendulum with a period of 2.00000 s in one location (g=9.80m/s2) is moved to a new location where...Problem 30PE:
(a) What is the effect on the period of a pendulum if you double its length? (b) What is the effect...Problem 31PE:
Find the ratio of the new/old periods of a pendulum if the pendulum were transported from Earth to...Problem 32PE:
At what rate will a pendulum clock run on me Moon, where the acceleration due to gravity is 1.63...Problem 33PE:
Suppose the length of a clock’s pendulum is changed by 1.000%, exactly at noon one day. What time...Problem 34PE:
If a pendulumdriven clock gains 5.00 s/day, what fractional change in pendulum length must be made...Problem 35PE:
The length of nylon rope from which a mountain climber is suspended has a force constant of...Problem 36PE:
Engineering Application Near the top of the Citigroup Center building in New York City, there is an...Problem 37PE:
(a) What is me maximum 1nreluzmcity at an 85.0kg person bouncing on a bathroom scale having a force...Problem 38PE:
A novelty clock has a 0.0100kg mass object bouncing on a spring that has a force constant of...Problem 39PE:
At what positions is the speed of a simple harmonic oscillator halt its maximum? That is, what...Problem 40PE:
A ladybug sits 12.0 cm from the center of a Beatles music album spinning at 33.33 rpm. What is the...Problem 41PE:
The amplitude of a lightly damped oscillator decreases by 3.0% during each cycle. What percentage of...Problem 42PE:
How much energy must the shock absorbers of a 1200-kg car dissipate in order to damp a bounce that...Problem 43PE:
If a car has a suspension system with a force constant of 5.00104N/m, how much energy must me car‘s...Problem 44PE:
(a) How much will a spring that has a force constant of 40.0 mm be stretched by an object with a...Problem 45PE:
Suppose you have a 0.750kg object on a horizontal surface connected to a spring that has a force...Problem 46PE:
Engineering Application: A suspension bridge oscillates with an effective force constant of...Problem 47PE:
Stems in the South Pacific can create waves that travel all the way to the California coast, which...Problem 48PE:
Waves on a swimming pool propagate at 0.750m/s. You splash the water at one end of the pool and...Problem 49PE:
Wind gusts create ripples on the ocean that have a wavelength at 5.00 cm and propagate at 2.00m/s....Problem 50PE:
How many times a minute does a boat bob up and down an ocean waves that have a wavelength of 40.0 m...Problem 51PE:
Scouts at a camp shake the rope bridge may have just crossed and observe the wave crests to be 8.00...Problem 52PE:
What is the wavelength of the waves you create in a swimming pool if you splash your hand at a rate...Problem 53PE:
What is the wavelength of an earthquake that shakes you with a frequency of 10.0 Hz and gets to...Problem 54PE:
Radio waves transmitted through space at 3.00108m/s by the Voyager spacecraft have a wavelength of...Problem 55PE:
Your ear is capable of differentiating sounds that arrive at the ear just 1.00 ms apart. What is the...Problem 56PE:
(a) Seismographs measure the arrival times of earthquakes with a precision of 0.100 s. To get the...Problem 57PE:
A car has two horns, one emitting a frequency of 199 Hz and the other emitting a frequency of 203...Problem 58PE:
The middleChammer of a piano hits two strings, producing beats of 1.50 Hz. One of the strings is...Problem 59PE:
Two tuning forks having frequencies of 460 and 464 Hz are struck simultaneously. What average...Problem 60PE:
Twin jet engines on an airplane are producing an average sound frequency of 4100 Hz with a beat...Problem 61PE:
A wave traveling on a Slinky® mat is stretched to 4 m takes 2.4 s to travel the length at me Slinky...Problem 62PE:
Three adjacent keys on a piano (F, F—sharp, and G) are stuck simultaneously, producing frequencies...Problem 63PE:
Medical Application Ultrasound of intensity 1.50102W/m2 is produced by the rectangular head of a...Problem 64PE:
The low-frequency speaker of a stereo set hag a surface area of 0.05 m2 and produces 1W 0f...Problem 65PE:
To increase intensity of a wave by a factor of 50, by what factor should the amplitude be increased?Problem 66PE:
Engineering Application A device called an insolation meter is used to measure the intensity of...Problem 67PE:
Astronomy Application Energy from the Sun arrives at the top of the Earth’s atmosphere with an...Problem 68PE:
Suppose you have a device that extracts energy from ocean breakers in direct proportion to their...Problem 69PE:
Engineering Application (a) A photovoltaic array of (solar cells) is 10.0% ef?cient in gathering...Problem 70PE:
A microphone receiving a pure sound tone feeds an oscilloscope, producing a wave on its screen. If...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 - Gravitation And Uniform Circular MotionChapter 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, Bioelectricity, 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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Chapter 1, Problem 1CQChapter 2, Problem 1CQGiven: The given figure is, Figure (1) Formula used: The velocity of particle is given as, v=ΔxΔt...Chapter 3, Problem 1CQGiven: The given table is, Height (m)Time...Chapter 4, Problem 1CQChapter 5, Problem 1CQChapter 6, Problem 1CQChapter 7, Problem 1CQ
Given: Distance traveled with rocket engine firing ( m)Payload final velocity (...Chapter 8, Problem 1CQGiven: The mass of the girl is m=40 kg. The mass of the platform is m=120 kg. The initial speed of...Introduction: An experiment can be performed in which the two carts will be placed on a straight...Given: The mass of puck A is mA=200 g. The mass of puck B is mB=800 g. Formula used: The initial...Given: Mass of A, ma=3m. Mass of B, mb=m. Velocity of mass A before collision, ua=12 m/s. Velocity...Given: Velocity of object A before collision, ua=4 m/s. Velocity of object B before collision, ub=−8...Given: The positions of two objects before and after collision are depicted in the following figure....Given: Mass of A is ma=1.0 kg. Mass of B is mb=3.0 kg. Initial velocity of mass A is ua=8 m/s....Given: Mass of A is ma=1.0 kg. Mass of B is mb=1.0 kg. Initial velocity of mass A is ua=4 m/s....Given: Let the mass of A be m1. The mass m2 of B is m2=2m1. The initial velocity of mass B is...Given: The mass A is moving in +x direction with an initial velocity, v1=15 m/s. The mass of B is,...Given: The mass of car A is, m1=2000 kg. The initial velocity of car A is, v1=38 m/s in the east...Chapter 9, Problem 1CQGiven: The mass of the bridge is, m=2500 kg. Formula used: The relation between the mass and weight...Given: The mass of the bridge is M=2500 kg. The mass of the car is m=900 kg. The distance of weight...Given: The mass of the woman is m1=50 kg. The acceleration due to gravity is g=9.8 m/s2. Formula...Given: Number of bricks in the wheel barrow is 20. Mass of each brick is 3 kg. Formula used: Write...Given: The weight of the dumbbell is w1=20 lb. Formula used: The relation between the mass and...Chapter 10, Problem 1CQChapter 11, Problem 1CQGiven info: The manometer along balloon and jar is shown below: Height of the liquid inside the...Given: Mass of brace, mb=150 kg Mass of load, ml=400 kg Formula used: The Force for the slave...Given info: The radius of volleyball increases by 10%. Formula used: Density is mass per unit volume...Given: Density of water, Volume of liquid, Formula Used: A polystyrene cube floating partially...Chapter 12, Problem 1CQGiven: Diameter of pipe =3.5cm Force= 320 N Rate of flowing water = 2.5m/s Pumped water level = 21m...Chapter 13, Problem 1CQChapter 14, Problem 1CQChapter 15, Problem 1CQChapter 16, Problem 1CQChapter 17, Problem 1CQGiven: The distance between bat and insect is 3.00 m. The temperatures at which echo times is to be...Given: Refer Table [17.8] The value of acoustic impedance of transducer material is, Zt=30.8×106...Given: The frequency of the car's horn is fhorn=200 Hz. Formula used: The expression for the...Given: The data length of an air column and a resonant frequency present when the column is struck...Chapter 18, Problem 1CQGiven: Point charges located at 1.00 cm, 5.00 cm, 8.00 cm and 14.0 cm along the x -axis. Formula...Given: Point charges located at 3.00, 8.00 and 11.0 cm along the x -axis. Formula used: Electric...Given: Four charges qa, qb, qc, qd placed at each corner of the square with side 5 cmhaving...Given: qb=+10.00μC qc=−5.00μC Side of an equilateral triangle 25.0 cm Formula used: E=Ebcosφ...Given: qa=+2.50 nC qb=−8.00 nC qc=+1.50 nC Point charges located at the corners of an equilateral...Formula used: The magnitude of the electrostatic force between two electrons isgiven by: FC=kq2r2...Introduction: The lines of forces are imaginary which signify amplitude and direction of an electric...Chapter 19, Problem 1CQGiven info: Charges q1=1 μCq2=−2 μCq3=3 μC Formula used: The potential energy is given by PE=−kq1q2d...Given: The charge of the particle is identical, that is, q=q. The impact of the second particle on...Chapter 20, Problem 1CQGiven: WireLengthDiameterWire 12m1cmWire 21m0.5 cmWire 31m1cm Formula used: Resistance in the wire...Given information: The given statement is a switch has a variable resistance that is nearly zero...Given information: The given figure is Introduction: Kirchhoff's junction rule states that the sum...Given information: The given figure is Formula used: Kirchhoff's second rule states that in a closed...Given information: The given figure is Introduction: Ammeter is connected in series in the circuit...Given information: The given figure is Introduction: Kirchhoff's second rule states that in a closed...Given information: The given figure is Concept Introduction: Kirchhoff's second rule states that in...Given information: The voltage of alkaline cell is 1.585 V. An internal resistance is 0.100Ω....Given information: Figure shows how a bleeder resistor is used to discharge a capacitor after an...Given: Parallel combination of two 20 Ω and one 10 Ω resistors is connected in series with a 4Ω...Chapter 22, Problem 1CQGiven: Current carrying wire is placed at the vertices of an equilateral triangle of side 10.0 cm=...Given: A pendulum is set up so that its bob swings between the poles of permanent magnet. Charge on...Chapter 23, Problem 1CQGiven information: An ideal step-up transformer with turn ratio 1:30 is supplied with an input power...Chapter 24, Problem 1CQChapter 25, Problem 1CQChapter 26, Problem 1CQChapter 27, Problem 1CQIntroduction: The resultant amplitude of two waves with equal amplitude is given by A2=2A12(1+cosδ)...Given: The nth -order diffraction angle for the longest wavelength is, θl1=53.13°. The longest...Chapter 28, Problem 1CQGiven: The Relativistic energy is E, Themomentum is p, The rest mass is m0 The speed of light is c....Chapter 29, Problem 1CQChapter 30, Problem 1CQGiven: The wavelength of first photon is λ1=121.6 nm. The wavelength of second photon is λ2=102.6...Given: The energy of the level 2 is E2=−3.4 eV. The energy of the level 3 is E3=−1.5 eV. Formula...Chapter 31, Problem 1CQChapter 32, Problem 1CQIntroduction: The formation of one or more different atomic nuclei and the subatomic particles by...Given: The reaction of nuclear fission is n01+U92235→U92236→B56141a +Ky92r + x n01 Formula Used: An...Chapter 33, Problem 1CQChapter 34, Problem 1CQ
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