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24) Strictly speaking, why will an object in free-fall not experience terminal velocity as it falls?

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Bad White [126]4 years ago

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Answer:

Explanation:

While the body is falling, it will not experience terminal velocity. As each time it keeps falling its speed will increase due to the acceleration of gravity g = 9.81[m / s^2]. Its final speed will be reached at the moment when the body touches or impacts the ground.

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A block of ice(m = 14.0 kg) with an attached rope is at rest on a frictionless surface. You pull the block with a horizontal for

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Answer:

a) The weight and the normal force of the block has a magnitude of 137.298 newtons and the pull force exerted on the block has a magnitude of 98 newtons.

b) The final speed of the block of ice is 9.8 meters per second.

Explanation:

a) We need to calculate the weight, normal force from the ground to the block and the pull force. By 3rd Newton's Law we know that normal force is the reaction of the weight of the block of ice on a horizontal.

The weight of the block ( $W$ ), measured in newtons, is:

$W = m\cdot g$ (1)

Where:

$m$ - Mass of the block of ice, measured in kilograms.

$g$ - Gravitational acceleration, measured in meters per square second.

If we know that $m = 14\,kg$ and $g = 9.807\,\frac{m}{s^{2}}$ , the magnitudes of the weight and normal force of the block of ice are, respectively:

$N = W = (14\,kg)\cdot \left(9.807\,\frac{m}{s^{2}} \right)$

$N = W = 137.298\,N$

And the pull force is:

$F_{pull} = 98\,N$

The weight and the normal force of the block has a magnitude of 137.298 newtons and the pull force exerted on the block has a magnitude of 98 newtons.

b) Since the block of ice is on a frictionless surface and pull force is parallel to the direction of motion and uniform in time, we can apply the Impact Theorem, which states that:

$m\cdot v_{o} +\Sigma F \cdot \Delta t = m\cdot v_{f}$ (2)

Where:

$v_{o}$ , $v_{f}$ - Initial and final speeds of the block, measured in meters per second.

$\Sigma F$ - Horizontal net force, measured in newtons.

$\Delta t$ - Impact time, measured in seconds.

Now we clear the final speed in (2):

$v_{f} = v_{o}+\frac{\Sigma F\cdot \Delta t}{m}$

If we know that $v_{o} = 0\,\frac{m}{s}$ , $m = 14\,kg$ , $\Sigma F = 98\,N$ and $\Delta t = 1.40\,s$ , then final speed of the ice block is:

$v_{f} = 0\,\frac{m}{s}+\frac{(98\,N)\cdot (1.40\,s)}{14\,kg}$

$v_{f} = 9.8\,\frac{m}{s}$

The final speed of the block of ice is 9.8 meters per second.

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Suppose you add two vectors A and B . What relative direction between them produces the resultant with the greatest magnitude? W

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Answer:

Same direction to produce maximum magnitude and opposite direction to produce minimum magnitude

Explanation:

Let a be the angle between vectors A and B. Generally when we add A to B, we can split A into 2 sub vectors, 1 parallel to B and the other perpendicular to B.

Also let A and B be the magnitude of vector A and B, respectively.

We have the parallel component after addition be

Acos(a) + B

And the perpendicular component after addition be

Asin(a)

The magnitude of the resulting vector would be

$\sqrt{(Acos(a) + B)^2 + (Asin(a))^2}$

$= \sqrt{A^2cos^2a + B^2 + 2ABcos(a) + A^2sin^2a}$

$= \sqrt{A^2(cos^2a + sin^2a) + B^2 + 2ABcos(a)}$

$= \sqrt{A^2 + B^2 + 2ABcos(a)}$

As A and B are fixed, the equation above is maximum when cos(a) = 1, meaning a = 0 degree and vector A and B are in the same direction, and minimum with cos(a) = -1, meaning a = 180 degree and vector A and B are in opposite direction.

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A radar station detects an airplane approaching directly from the east. At first observation, the range to the plane is 375.0 m

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Answer:

819.78 m

Explanation:

<u>Given:</u>

OA = range of initial position of the airplane from the point of observation = 375 m
OB = range of the final position of the airplane from the point of observation = 797 m
$\theta$ = angle of the initial position vector from the observation point = $43^\circ$
$\alpha$ = angle of the final position vector from the observation point = $123^\circ$
$\vec{AB}$ = displacement vector from initial position to the final position

A diagram has been attached with the solution in order to clearly show the position of the plane.

$\vec{OA} = OA\cos \theta \hat{i}+OA \sin \theta \hat{j}\\\Rightarrow \vec{OA} = 375\ m\cos 43^\circ \hat{i}+375\ m\sin 43^\circ \hat{j}\\\Rightarrow \vec{OA} = (274.26\ \hat{i}+255.75\ \hat{j})\ m\\\vec{OB} = OB\cos \alpha \hat{i}+OB \sin \alpha \hat{j}\\\Rightarrow \vec{OB} = 797\ m\cos 123^\circ \hat{i}+797\ m\sin 123^\circ \hat{j}\\\Rightarrow \vec{OB} = (-434.08\ \hat{i}+668.42\ \hat{j})\ m$

Displacement vector of the airplane will be the shortest line joining the initial position of the airplane to the final position of the airplane which is given by:

$\vec{AB}=\vec{OB}-\vec{OA}\\\Rightarrow \vec{AB} = (-434.08\ \hat{i}+668.42\ \hat{j})\ m-(274.26\ \hat{i}+255.75\ \hat{j})\ m\\\Rightarrow \vec{AB} = (-708.34\ \hat{i}+412.67\ \hat{j})\ m$

The magnitude of the displacement vector = $\sqrt{(-708.34)^2+(412.67)^2}\ m = 819.78\ m$

Hence, the magnitude of the displacement of the plane is 819.67 m during the period of observation.

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