A horizontal spring with spring constant 950 N/m is attached to a wall. An athlete presses against the free end of the spring, c
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Answer:
Wy = - 268.3*cos(42) = - 199.38 [N]
Wx = 268.3*sin(42) = 179.52 [N]
Explanation:
To solve this problem we must make a free body diagram, in the attached image we can see a free body diagram.
Taking the inclined X & y axes with the same angle of 42°, we can see that the weight can be decomposed on both axes.
Since the angle is adjacent to the y-axis, we can use the cosine function
Wy = - 268.3*cos(42) = - 199.38 [N]
Wx = 268.3*sin(42) = 179.52 [N]
Answer:
For a gas held at constant temperature, we can apply Boyle's law, which states that the product between the gas pressure and its volume is constant:
where
P is the pressure
V is the volume
As we see from the equation, P and V are inversely proportional to each other: this means that when the volume is decreased, the pressure increases, and vice-versa. The reason for that is that when the volume is decreased, the gas is compressed, so the molecules of the gas come closer to each other, so they collide more frequently with the wall of the container, exerting therefore a greater pressure.