Before we go through the questions, we need to calculate and determine some values first.
r = 11.5 m
<span>m = 280 kg </span>
<span>Centripetal force = m x v^2/r = 280 x (17.1^2/11.5) = 7119.55 N
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1) What is the magnitude of the normal force on the care when it is at the bottom of the circle.
<span>Centripetal force + mg = 7119.55 + (280 x 9.8) = 9863.55 N </span>
<span>2) What is the magnitude of the normal force on the car when it is at the side of the circle. </span>
<span>Centripetal force = 7119.55 N </span>
<span>3) What is the magnitude of the normal force on the car when it is at the top of the circle. </span>
<span>Centripetal force - mg = 7119.55 - (280 x 9.8) = 4375.55 N </span>
<span>4) What is the minimum speed of the car so that it stays in contact with the track at the top of the loop. </span>
√<span>(gr) </span>
√<span>(9.8 x 11.5) = 10.62 m/s</span>
<span>373.2 km
The formula for velocity at any point within an orbit is
v = sqrt(mu(2/r - 1/a))
where
v = velocity
mu = standard gravitational parameter (GM)
r = radius satellite currently at
a = semi-major axis
Since the orbit is assumed to be circular, the equation is simplified to
v = sqrt(mu/r)
The value of mu for earth is
3.986004419 Ă— 10^14 m^3/s^2
Now we need to figure out how many seconds one orbit of the space station takes. So
86400 / 15.65 = 5520.767 seconds
And the distance the space station travels is 2 pi r, and since velocity is distance divided by time, we get the following as the station's velocity
2 pi r / 5520.767
Finally, combining all that gets us the following equality
v = 2 pi r / 5520.767
v = sqrt(mu/r)
mu = 3.986004419 Ă— 10^14 m^3/s^2
2 pi r / 5520.767 s = sqrt(3.986004419 * 10^14 m^3/s^2 / r)
Square both sides
1.29527 * 10^-6 r^2 s^2 = 3.986004419 * 10^14 m^3/s^2 / r
Multiply both sides by r
1.29527 * 10^-6 r^3 s^2 = 3.986004419 * 10^14 m^3/s^2
Divide both sides by 1.29527 * 10^-6 s^2
r^3 = 3.0773498781296 * 10^20 m^3
Take the cube root of both sides
r = 6751375.945 m
Since we actually want how far from the surface of the earth the space station is, we now subtract the radius of the earth from the radius of the orbit. For this problem, I'll be using the equatorial radius. So
6751375.945 m - 6378137.0 m = 373238.945 m
Converting to kilometers and rounding to 4 significant figures gives
373.2 km</span>
Answer:
um, when you talk with other people about stuff. (I'm not trying to sound like a smarta s s I'm just giving a definition...)
Explanation:
Very high-energy objects and events spit out very high-energy photons, so the instrument you need in order to detect them is the X-ray telescope. <em>(C) </em>
Inconveniently, X-ray telescopes only work when they're up in orbit, because X-rays get seriously soaked up in Earth's atmosphere, and most of them never make it down to the surface ... (lucky for us !) .
