Net force = (mass) x (acceleration)... that’s Newton’s 2nd law of motion.
Net force = (15kg) x (10 m/s squared)
Net force = 150 Newtons.
The previous part of the exercise says:
"<span>Engineers are designing a system by which a falling mass m imparts kinetic energy to a rotating uniform drum to which it is attached by thin, very light wire wrapped around the rim of the drum. There is no appreciable friction in the axle of the drum, and everything starts from rest. This system is being tested on Earth, but it is to be used on Mars, where the acceleration due to gravity is 3.71 m/s². In the Earth tests, when m is set to 18.0 kg and allowed to fall through 5.50 m, it gives 300.0 J of kinetic energy to the drum."
Since Kearth = Kmars, we have, for conservation of energy, that also the potential energies must be equal:
Uearth = Umars
which means:
m </span>· gearth · hearth = m · gmars <span>· hmars
we can solve for hmars:
hmars = (gearth / gmars) </span>· hearth
= (9.8 / 3.71) · 5.50
= 14.53m
Therefore, the correct answer will be: the mass would have to fall from an height of 14.53m.
First of all, both are not a single sheet of atom. There are many layers of atoms, so the empty part gets beside each other, so there are less empty part. Secondly, there are so many atoms that the probability that they will have empty space at the same place necessary, is negligible.
This was something from logic.
The reason I was taught in my class was that only a limited number of electrons can be in a given orbit, so atoms cannot overlap each other.
