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4 years ago

Why do physicists say mass is more fundamental than weight??

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fomenos4 years ago

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Answer:

because mass of a matter never changes

on the other hand the weight of a matter changes due to gravity

for example the

on the moon the pull of gravity is less than it is on earth so the Weight of an object will be less on the moon but the mass of it will stay the same

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$\mathbf F_1=(5.90\,\mathbf i-5.60\,\mathbf j)\,\mathrm N$

$\mathbf F_2=(4.65\,\mathbf i-5.55\,\mathbf j)\,\mathrm N$

$\implies\mathbf F=\mathbf F_1+\mathbf F_2=(10.55\,\mathbf i-11.15\,\mathbf j)\,\mathrm N$

Then use Newton's second law to determine the acceleration vector $\mathbf a$ for the particle:

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$(10.55\,\mathbf i-11.15\,\mathbf j)\,\mathrm N=(2.10\,\mathrm{kg})\mathbf a$

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(a) Use the fundamental theorem of calculus. The particle starts at rest, so $\mathbf v(0)=0$ . Then the particle's velocity vector at <em>t</em> = 10.4 s is

$\mathbf v(10.4\,\mathrm s)=\mathbf v(0)+\displaystyle\int_0^{10}\mathbf a(u)\,\mathrm du$

$\mathbf v(10.4\,\mathrm s)=\left((5.02\,\mathbf i-5.31\,\mathbf j)u\,\dfrac{\rm m}{\mathrm s^2}\right)\bigg|_{u=0}^{u=10.4}$

$\mathbf v(10.4\,\mathrm s)\approx(52.2\,\mathbf i-55.2\,\mathbf j)\dfrac{\rm m}{\rm s}$

If you don't know calculus, then just use the formula,

$v_f=v_i+at$

So, for instance, the velocity vector at <em>t</em> = 10.4 s has <em>x</em>-component

$v_{f,x}=0+\left(5.02\dfrac{\rm m}{\mathrm s^2}\right)(10.4\,\mathrm s)=52.2\dfrac{\rm m}{\mathrm s^2}$

(b) Compute the angle $\theta$ for $\mathbf v(10.4\,\mathrm s)$ :

$\tan\theta=\dfrac{-55.2}{52.2}\implies\theta\approx-46.6^\circ$

so that the particle is moving at an angle of about 313º counterclockwise from the positive <em>x</em> axis.

(c) We can find the velocity at any time <em>t</em> by generalizing the integral in part (a):

$\mathbf v(t)=\mathbf v(0)+\displaystyle\int_0^t\mathbf a\,\mathrm du$

$\implies\mathbf v(t)=\left(5.02\dfrac{\rm m}{\mathrm s^2}\right)t\,\mathbf i+\left(-5.31\dfrac{\rm m}{\mathrm s^2}\right)t\,\mathbf j$

Then using the fundamental theorem of calculus again, we have

$\mathbf x(10.4\,\mathrm s)=\mathbf x(0)+\displaystyle\int_0^{10.4}\mathbf v(u)\,\mathrm du$

where $\mathbf x(0)=(-1.75\,\mathbf i+4.15\,\mathbf j)\,\mathrm m$ is the particle's initial position. So we get

$\mathbf x(10.4\,\mathrm s)=(-1.75\,\mathbf i+4.15\,\mathbf j)\,\mathrm m+\displaystyle\int_0^{10.4}\left(\left(5.02\dfrac{\rm m}{\mathrm s^2}\right)u\,\mathbf i+\left(-5.31\dfrac{\rm m}{\mathrm s^2}\right)u\,\mathbf j\right)\,\mathrm du$

$\mathbf x(10.4\,\mathrm s)=(-1.75\,\mathbf i+4.15\,\mathbf j)\,\mathrm m+\dfrac12\left(\left(5.02\dfrac{\rm m}{\mathrm s^2}\right)u^2\,\mathbf i+\left(-5.31\dfrac{\rm m}{\mathrm s^2}\right)u^2\,\mathbf j\right)\bigg|_{u=0}^{u=10.4}$

$\mathbf x(10.4\,\mathrm s)\approx(542\,\mathbf i-570\,\mathbf j)\,\mathrm m$

So over the first 10.4 s, the particle is displaced by the vector

$\mathbf x(10.4\,\mathrm s)-\mathbf x(0)\approx(270\,\mathbf i-283\,\mathbf j)\,\mathrm m-(-1.75\,\mathbf i+4.15\,\mathbf j)\,\mathrm m\approx(272\,\mathbf i-287\,\mathbf j)\,\mathrm m$

or a net distance of about 395 m away from its starting position, in the same direction as found in part (b).

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Last option in the list of possible answers, with U235 and n (neutron) in the left (originators) of the reaction diagram.

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Uranium 235 (which is a fissile isotope of uranium) plus slow neutrons is what produce the chain reaction that feeds nuclear reactors.

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Let the minimum distance between the balls be d on collision.

Electric potential energy at that time= k Q²/d , Here kinetic energy is converted into potential energy . So

1/2 m v² = kQ²/d

d =2 k Q² / mv²,= 18 x 10⁹ x Q²/ m v².

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