Essential University Physics4th EditionWolfson, Richard Publisher: Pearson Education,ISBN: 9780134988559
Essential University Physics
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Problem 1FTD:
Explain why measurement standards based on laboratory procedures are preferable to those based on...Problem 4FTD:
To raise a power of 10 to another power, you multiply the exponent by the power. Explain why this...Problem 6FTD:
How would you determine the length of a curved line?Problem 7FTD:
Write 1/x as x to some power.Problem 8FTD:
Emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil-fuel combustion are often expressed in gigatonnes per year,...Problem 10FTD:
Youre asked to make a rough estimate of the total mass of all the students in your university. You...Problem 11E:
The power output of a typical large power plant is 1000 megawatts (MW). Express this result in (a)...Problem 12E:
The diameter of a hydrogen atom is about 0.1 nm, and the diameter of a proton is about 1 fm. How...Problem 14E:
Lake Baikal in Siberia holds the worlds largest quantity of fresh water, about 14 Eg. How many...Problem 15E:
A hydrogen atom is about 0.1 nm in diameter. How many hydrogen atoms lined up side by side would...Problem 16E:
How long a piece of wire would you need to form a circular are subtending an angle of 1.4 rad, if...Problem 17E:
Making a turn, a jetliner flies 2.1 km on a circular path of radius 3.4 km. Through what angle does...Problem 19E:
You have postage for a 1-oz letter but only a metric scale. Whats the maximum mass your letter can...Problem 21E:
How many cubic centimeters are in a cubic meter?Problem 24E:
Highways in Canada have speed limits of 100 km/h. How does this compare with the 65 mi/h speed limit...Problem 25E:
One m/s is how many km/h?Problem 27E:
A radian is how many degrees?Problem 28E:
Convert the following to SI units: (a) 55 mi/h: (b) 40.0 km/h; (c) 1 week (take that 1 as an exact...Problem 29E:
The distance to the Andromeda galaxy, the nearest large neighbor galaxy of our Milky Way, is about...Problem 30E:
Add 3.6×105 m and 2.1 × 103 km.
Problem 33E:
Find the cube root of 6.4 1019 without a calculator.Problem 34E:
Add 1.46 m and 2.3 cm.Problem 35E:
Youre asked to specify the length of an updated aircraft model for a sales brochure. The original...Problem 36E:
Repeat the preceding exercise, this time using 41.05 m as the airplanes original length. 37. Youre...Problem 37E:
Express a 45 mi/h speed limit in meters per second
Problem 45P:
To see why its important to carry more digits in intermediate calculations, determine (3)3 to three...Problem 46P:
Youve been hired as an environmental watchdog for a big-city newspaper. Youre asked to estimate the...Problem 47P:
The average dairy cow produces about 104 kg of milk per year. Estimate the number of dairy cows...Problem 48P:
How many Earths would fit inside the Sun?Problem 49P:
The average American uses electrical energy at the rate of about 1.5 kilowatts (kW). Solar energy...Problem 50P:
Estimate, to an order of magnitude, the number of heartbeats in a typical human lifetime.
Problem 52P:
Youre working in the fraud protection division of a credit-card company, and youre asked to estimate...Problem 53P:
Bubble gums density is about 1 g/cm3. You blow an 8-g wad of gum into a bubble 10 cm in diameter....Problem 54P:
The Moon barely covers the Sun during a solar eclipse. Given that Moon and Sun are. respectively. 4 ...Problem 55P:
The semiconductor chip at the heart of a personal computer is a square 4 mm on a side and contains...Problem 57P:
The numbers 1.27 and 9.97 are both good to three significant figures. What’s the percent...Problem 58P:
Continental drift occurs at about the rate your fingernails grow. Estimate the age of the Atlantic...Problem 59P:
Youre driving into Canada and trying to decide whether to fill your gas tank before or after...Problem 60P:
In the 1908 London Olympics, the intended 26-mile marathon was extended 385 yards to put the end in...Problem 61P:
An environmental group is lobbying to shut down a coal-burning power plant that produces electrical...Problem 62P:
If youre working from the print version of this book, estimate the thickness of each page.Problem 63P:
Estimate the area of skin on your body.Problem 65P:
Express the following with appropriate units and significant figures: (a) 1.0 in plus 1 mm, (b) 1.0...Problem 68P:
The world consumes energy at the rate of about 500 EJ per year, where the joule (J) is the SI energy...Problem 69P:
The volume of a sphere is given by V=43r3, where r is the spheres radius. For solid spheres with the...Problem 70PP:
The human body contains about 1014 cells, and the diameter of a typical cell is about 10 m Like all...Problem 71PP:
The human body contains about 1014 cells, and the diameter of a typical cell is about 10 m Like all...Browse All Chapters of This Textbook
Chapter 1 - Doing PhysicsChapter 1.2 - Measurements And UnitsChapter 1.3 - Working With NumbersChapter 2 - Motion In A Straight LineChapter 2.1 - Average MotionChapter 2.2 - Instantaneous VelocityChapter 2.3 - AccelerationChapter 2.5 - The Acceleration Of GravityChapter 2.6 - When Acceleration Isn't ConstantChapter 3 - Motion In Two And Three Dimensions
Chapter 3.1 - VectorsChapter 3.2 - Velocity And Accelerations VectorsChapter 3.3 - Relative MotionChapter 3.4 - Constant AccelerationChapter 3.5 - Projectile MotionChapter 3.6 - Uniform Circular MotionChapter 4 - Force And MotionChapter 4.2 - Newton's First And Second LawsChapter 4.4 - The Force Of GravityChapter 4.5 - Using Newton's Second LawChapter 4.6 - Newton's Third LawChapter 5 - Using Newton's LawsChapter 5.1 - Using Newton's Second LawChapter 5.2 - Multiple ObjectsChapter 5.3 - Circular MotionChapter 5.4 - FrictionChapter 6 - Energy, Work, And PowerChapter 6.2 - WorkChapter 6.3 - Forces That VaryChapter 6.4 - Kinetic EnergyChapter 7 - Conservation Of EnergyChapter 7.1 - Conservative And Nonconservative ForcesChapter 7.2 - Potential EnergyChapter 7.3 - Conservation Of Mechanical EnergyChapter 7.4 - Nonconservative ForcesChapter 7.5 - Conservation Of EnergyChapter 7.6 - Potential-energy CurvesChapter 8 - GravityChapter 8.2 - Universal GravitationChapter 8.3 - Orbital MotionChapter 8.4 - Gravitational EnergyChapter 9 - Systems Of ParticlesChapter 9.1 - Center Of MassChapter 9.2 - MomentumChapter 9.3 - Kinetic Energy Of A SystemChapter 9.4 - CollisionsChapter 9.5 - Totally Inelastic CollisionsChapter 9.6 - Elastic CollisionsChapter 10 - Rotational MotionChapter 10.1 - Angular Velocity And AccelerationChapter 10.2 - TorqueChapter 10.3 - Rotational Inertia And The Analog Of Newton's LawChapter 10.4 - Rotational EnergyChapter 10.5 - Rolling MotionChapter 11 - Rotational Vectors And Angular MomentumChapter 11.1 - Angular Velocity And Acceleration VectorsChapter 11.2 - Torque And Vector Cross ProductChapter 11.3 - Angular MomentumChapter 11.4 - Conservation Of Angular MomentumChapter 11.5 - Gyroscopes And PrecessionChapter 12 - Static EquilibriumChapter 12.1 - Conditions For EquilibriumChapter 12.2 - Center Of GravityChapter 12.3 - Examples Of Static EquilibriumChapter 12.4 - StabilityChapter 13 - Oscillatory MotionChapter 13.1 - Describing Oscillatory MotionChapter 13.2 - Simple Harmonic MotionChapter 13.3 - Applications Of Simple Harmonic MotionsChapter 13.4 - Circular Motion And Harmonic MotionChapter 13.5 - Energy In Simple Harmonic MotionChapter 13.6 - Damped Harmonic MotionChapter 13.7 - Driven Oscillations And ResonanceChapter 14 - Wave MotionChapter 14.1 - Waves And Their PropertiesChapter 14.2 - Wave MathChapter 14.4 - Wave EnergyChapter 14.5 - Sound WavesChapter 14.6 - InterferenceChapter 14.7 - Reflection And RefractionChapter 14.8 - Standing WavesChapter 14.9 - The Doppler Effect And Shock WavesChapter 15 - Fluid MotionChapter 15.1 - Desnsity And PressureChapter 15.2 - Hydrostatic EquilibriumChapter 15.3 - Archimedes' Principle And BuoyancyChapter 15.4 - Fluid DynamicsChapter 15.5 - Applications Of Fluid DynamicsChapter 16 - Temperature And HeatChapter 16.1 - Heat, Temperature, And Thermodynamic EquilibriumChapter 16.2 - Heat Capacity And Specific HeatChapter 16.3 - Heat TransferChapter 16.4 - Themal-energy BalanceChapter 17 - The Thermal Behavior Of MatterChapter 17.1 - GasesChapter 17.2 - Phase ChangesChapter 17.3 - Thermal ExpansionChapter 18 - Heat, Work, And The First Law Of ThermodynamicsChapter 18.2 - Thermodynamic ProcessesChapter 18.3 - Specific Heats Of An Ideal GasChapter 19 - The Second Law Of ThermodynamicsChapter 19.1 - Reversibility And IrreversibilityChapter 19.2 - The Second Law Of ThermodynamicsChapter 19.3 - Applications Of The Second LawChapter 19.4 - Entropy And Energy Quality
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Chapter 1, Problem 1FTDChapter 2, Problem 1FTDChapter 3, Problem 1FTDChapter 4, Problem 1FTDChapter 5, Problem 1FTDChapter 6, Problem 1FTDChapter 7, Problem 1FTDChapter 8, Problem 1FTDExplanation: When the high jumper jumps over the bar, the shape of the body will be like the shape...
Chapter 10, Problem 1FTDChapter 11, Problem 1FTDChapter 12, Problem 1FTDChapter 13, Problem 1FTDChapter 14, Problem 1FTDChapter 15, Problem 1FTDChapter 16, Problem 1FTDExplanation: Ideal gases are those which obey the gas laws exactly. There are no interactions...Explanation: The first law of thermodynamics states that the change in internal energy of a system...Chapter 19, Problem 1FTD
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