A person walks due south from point A for 500 yards and then due west for 300 yards, arriving at point B. Answer the following q
1 answer:
The total displacement of the person walking from point A to point B is 300 yards.
As shown in the figure we can conclude that the required method to calculate the total displacement is the Pythagoras theorem.
<h3>Pythagoras theorem in brief :</h3>According to the Pythagorean Theorem, the square that represents the hypotenuse, or side of a right triangle that faces the right angle, is equal to the total of the squares on the triangle's legs.(or, in popular algebraic notation, ).
Let,
a = 500
b= 300
Hence by using Pythagoras' theorem
Total displacement of the person = =
=
Thus the total displacement of the person from starting point is 300 yards.
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(a) The car is moving by circular motion. There are two forces acting on the car: the weight of the car
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, so we can write:
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By rearranging the equation and substituting the numbers, we find N:
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- speed of the car at the top of the hill:
- radius of the hill:
Solution:
(a) The car is moving by circular motion. There are two forces acting on the car: the weight of the car
By rearranging the equation and substituting the numbers, we find N:
(b) The problem is exactly identical to step (a), but this time we have to use the mass of the driver instead of the mass of the car. Therefore, we find:
(c) To find the car speed at which the normal force is zero, we can just require N=0 in eq.(1). and the equation becomes:
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