College PhysicsOER 2016 EditionOpenStax Publisher: OpenStax CollegeISBN: 9781947172173
College Physics
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Problem 1CQ:
Volcanic and other such activity at the mid-Athletic ridge extrudes material to fill the gap between...Problem 2CQ:
Explain why the magnetic field would not be unique (that is, not have a single value) at a point in...Problem 3CQ:
List the ways in which magnetic field lines and electric field lines the similar. For example, the...Problem 4CQ:
Noting that the magnetic field lines of a bar magnet resemble the electric field lines of a pair of...Problem 5CQ:
Is the Earth's magnetic field parallel to the ground at all locations? If not, where is it parallel...Problem 6CQ:
If a charged particle moves in a straight line through some region of space, can you say that the...Problem 7CQ:
How can the motion of a charged particle be used to distinguish between a magnetic and an electric...Problem 8CQ:
High-velocity charged particles can damage biological cells and are a component of radiation...Problem 9CQ:
If a cosmic ray proton approaches the Earth from outer space along a line toward the center of the...Problem 13CQ:
While operating, a high-precision TV monitor is placed on its side during maintenance. The image on...Problem 14CQ:
Discuss how the Hall effect could be used to obtain information on free charge density in a...Problem 17CQ:
Why would a magnetohydrodynamic drive work better in ocean water than in fresh water? Also, why...Problem 18CQ:
Which is more likely to interfere with compass readings. AC current in your refrigerator or DC...Problem 21CQ:
Is the force attractive or repulsive between the hot and neutral lines hung from power poles? Why?Problem 23CQ:
Suppose two long straight wires run perpendicular to one another without touching. Does one exert a...Problem 26CQ:
Electric field lines can be shielded by me Faraday cage effect. Can we have magnetic shielding? Can...Problem 27CQ:
Measurements at the weak and ?uctuating magnetic fields associated with brain activity are called...Problem 28CQ:
Discuss the possibility that a Hall voltage would be generated on the moving heart of a patient...Problem 29CQ:
A patient in an MRI unit turns his head quickly to one side and experiences momentary dizziness and...Problem 30CQ:
You are told that in a certain region there is either a uniform electric or magnetic field. What...Problem 31CQ:
An example of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) comes from the flow of a river (salty water). This fluid...Problem 32CQ:
Draw gravitational field lines between 2 masses, electric field lines between a positive and...Problem 2PE:
Repeal Exercise 22.1 for a negative charge.Problem 4PE:
Repeal Exercise 22.3 for a positive charge.Problem 6PE:
Repeal Exercise 22.5 for a negative charge.Problem 7PE:
What is the maximum force on an aluminum rod with a 0.100C charge that you pass between the poles of...Problem 8PE:
(a) Aircraft sometimes acquire small static charges. Suppose a supersonic jet has a 0.500C charge...Problem 9PE:
(a) A cosmic ray proton moving toward the Earth at 5.00107m/s experiences a magnetic force of...Problem 10PE:
An electron moving at 4.00103m/s in a 1.25T magnetic field experiences a magnetic force of...Problem 11PE:
(a) A physicist performing a sensitive measurement wants to limit the magnetic force on a moving...Problem 12PE:
A cosmic ray electron moves at 7.50106m/s perpendicular to the Earth's magnetic field at an altitude...Problem 13PE:
A proton moves at 7.50107m/s perpendicular to a magnetic field. The field causes the proton to...Problem 14PE:
(a) Viewers of Star Trek hear of an antimatter drive on the Starship Enterprise. One possibility for...Problem 15PE:
(a) An oxygen16 ion with a mass at 2.661026kg travels at 5.00106m/s perpendicular to a 1.20T...Problem 16PE:
What radius circular path does an electron travel if it moves at the same speed and in the same...Problem 17PE:
A velocity selector in a mass spectrometer uses a 0.100T magnetic field. (a) What electric field...Problem 18PE:
An electron in a TV CRT moves with a speed at 6.00107m/s, in a direction perpendicular to the...Problem 19PE:
(a) At what speed will a proton move in a circular path of the same radius as the electron in...Problem 20PE:
A mass spectrometer is being used to separate common oxygen16 from the much rarer oxygen18, taken...Problem 21PE:
(a) Triply charged uranium-235 and uranium-238 ions are being separated in a mass spectrometer. (The...Problem 22PE:
A large water main is 2.50 m in diameter and the average water velocity is 6.00 m/s. Find the Hall...Problem 23PE:
What Hall voltage is produced by a 0.200T field applied across a 2.60-cm-diameter aorta when blood...Problem 24PE:
(a) What is the speed of a supersonic aircraft with a 17.0-m wingspan, if it experiences a 1.60V...Problem 25PE:
A nonmechanical water meter could utilize the Hall effect by applying a magnetic field across a...Problem 26PE:
Calculate the Hall voltage induced on a patient’s heart while being scanned by an MRI unit....Problem 27PE:
A Hall probe calibrated to read 1.00V when placed in a 2.00T field is placed in a 0.150T field. What...Problem 28PE:
Using information in Example 20.6, what would the Hall voltage be if a 2.00T field is applied across...Problem 29PE:
Show that the Hall voltage across wires made of the same material, carrying identical currents, and...Problem 30PE:
A patient with a pacemaker is mistakenly being scanned for an MRI image. A 10. 0-cm-long section of...Problem 34PE:
(a) What is the force per meter on a lightning bolt at the equator that carries 20,000 A...Problem 35PE:
(a) A DC power line for a light-rail system carries 1000 A at an angle of 30.0° to the Earth’s...Problem 36PE:
What force is exerted on the water in an MHD drive utilizing a 25.0-cm-diameter tube, it 100-A...Problem 37PE:
A wire carrying a 30.0-A current passes between the poles of a strong magnet that is perpendicular...Problem 38PE:
(a) A 0.750-m-long section of cable carrying current to a car starter motor makes an angle at 60°...Problem 39PE:
(a) What is the angle between a wire carrying an 8.00-A current and the 1.20-T field it is in if...Problem 41PE:
(a) By how many percent is the torque of a motor decreased if its permanent magnets lose 5.0% of...Problem 42PE:
(a) What is me maximum torque on a 150Turn square loop of wire 18.0 cm on a side that carries a...Problem 43PE:
Find the current through a loop needed to create a maximum torque of 9.00 N (m. The loop has 50...Problem 44PE:
Calculate the magnetic field strength needed on a 200-1urn square loop 20.0 cm on a side to create a...Problem 45PE:
Since the equation for torque on a current-carrying loop is =NIABsin, the units of N (m must equal...Problem 46PE:
(a) At what angle (is the torque on a current loop 90.0% of maximum? (b) 50.0% of maximum? (c) 10.0%...Problem 47PE:
A proton has a magnetic field due to its spin on its axis. The field is similar to that created by a...Problem 48PE:
(a) A 200Turn circular loop of radius 50.0 cm is vertical, with its axis on an east-west line. A...Problem 49PE:
Repeat Exercise 22.41, but with the loop lying flat on the ground with its current circulating...Problem 50PE:
(a) The hot and neutral wires supplying DC power to a light-rail commuter train carry 800 A and are...Problem 51PE:
The force per meter between the two wires of a jumper cable being used to start a stalled car is...Problem 52PE:
A 2.50m segment of wire supplying current to the motor of a submerged submarine carries 1000 A and...Problem 53PE:
The wire carrying 400 A to The motor of a commuter train feels an attractive force of 4.00103N/m due...Problem 54PE:
An AC appliance cord has its hot and neutral wires separated by 3.00 mm and carries a 5.00-A...Problem 61PE:
To see why an MRI utilizes iron to increase the magnetic field created by a coil, calculate the...Problem 62PE:
Inside a motor, 30.0 A passes through a 250-turn circular loop that is 10.0 cm in radius. What i5...Problem 63PE:
Nonnuclear submarines use batteries for power when submerged. (a) Find the magnetic field 50.0 cm...Problem 64PE:
How strong is the magnetic field inside a solenoid with 10,000 turns per meter that carries 20.0 A?Problem 65PE:
What current is needed in the solenoid described in Exercise 22.58 to produce a magnetic field 104...Problem 66PE:
How far from the starter cable of a car, carrying 150 A, must you be to experience a field less than...Problem 72PE:
Calculate the size of the magnetic field 20 m below a high voltage power line. The line carries 450...Problem 74PE:
Integrated Concepts (a) What voltage will accelerate electrons to a speed of 6.00107m/s ? (b) Find...Problem 75PE:
Integrated Concepts Find the radius of curvature of the path of a 25.0-Mev proton moving...Problem 76PE:
Integrated Concepts To construct a nonmechanical water meter, a 0.500T magnetic field is placed...Problem 77PE:
Integrated Concepts (a) Using the values given for an MHD drive in Exercise 22.59, and assuming the...Problem 78PE:
Integrated Concepts (a) Calculate the maximum torque on a 50Turn, 1.50 cm radius circular current...Problem 79PE:
Integrated Concepts A current balance used to define the ampere is designed so that the current...Problem 82PE:
Integrated Concepts (a) A 0.140-kg baseball, pitched at 40.0 m/s horizontally and perpendicular to...Problem 83PE:
Integrated Concepts (a) What is the direction of the force on a wire carrying a current due east in...Problem 84PE:
Integrated Concepts One long straight wire is to be held directly above another by repulsion between...Problem 85PE:
Unreasonable Results (a) Find the charge on a baseball, thrown at 35.0 m/s perpendicular to the...Problem 86PE:
Unreasonable Results A charged particle having mass 6.641027kg (that of a helium atom) moving at...Problem 87PE:
Unreasonable Results An inventor wants to generate 120V power by moving a 1.00mlong wire...Problem 88PE:
Unreasonable Results Frustrated by the small Hall voltage obtained in blood flow measurements, a...Problem 89PE:
Unreasonable Results A surveyor 100 m from a long straight 200-kV DC power line suspects that its...Problem 90PE:
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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
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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. 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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. 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