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3 years ago

A 2,000 kg car is parked at the top of a 30 m high hill. what is its potential energy?

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Elan Coil [88]3 years ago

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Answer: The potential energy would be 600kiloJoule

Explanation: The Potential energy of a body is a function of it's wieght mg and height h. That is

Potential energy,

P.E = mass* acceleration due to gravity* height

Acceleration due to gravity is a constant 10m/s²

Potential energy = 2000*10*30 =600000Joule which is also 600kilojoule

Phoenix [80]3 years ago

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The PE for this question will be 588,000 because we take the mass (2,000 kg), multiply it by 9.8 which is Gravitational Acceleration and then multiply that by the height (30 meters)

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Answer:

$\frac{y}{L}$ = 0.66

Hence, the fraction of the length of the rod above water = $\frac{y}{L}$ = 0.66

and fraction of the length of the rod submerged in water = 1 - $\frac{y}{L}$ = 1 - 0.66 = 0.34

Explanation:

Data given:

Density of the rod = 5/9 of the density of the water.

Let's denote density of Water with w

And density of rod with r

So,

r = 5/9 x w

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Fraction of the length of the rod above water.

Let's denote total length of the rod with L

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Let's denote the density of rod = r

And density of water = w

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Fraction of the length of the rod above water = y/L

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We know that, a body will come to equilibrium if the net torque acting upon a body is zero.

As, we know

F = ma

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F = (Density x volume) x g

g = gravitational acceleration

F1 = X(L-y) x w x g (Force on the length of the rod submerged in water)

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X (L-y) = volume

w = density of water.

Another force acting upon it is:

F = mg

F2 = X x L x r x g

Now, the torques acting upon the body:

T1 + T2 = 0

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$(L^{2} - y^{2} ) . w$ = $L^{2}$ . r

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As we know that,

r = 5/9 x w

So,

$(L^{2} - y^{2} ) . w$ = $L^{2}$ . 5/9 x w

Hence,

$(L^{2} - y^{2} )$ = $\frac{5L^{2} }{9}$

$\frac{L^{2} - y^{2} }{L^{2} }$ = $\frac{5}{9}$

Taking $L^{2}$ common and solving for $\frac{y}{L}$ , we will get

$\frac{y}{L}$ = 0.66

Hence, the fraction of the length of the rod above water = $\frac{y}{L}$ = 0.66

and fraction of the length of the rod submerged in water = 1 - $\frac{y}{L}$ = 1 - 0.66 = 0.34

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&For Styrofoam-plywood interface from inside:

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