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2 years ago

(b) Figure 4 shows a car travelling on a motorway.

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Alik [6]2 years ago

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Answer:

To calculate anything - speed, acceleration, all that - we need data. The more data we have, and the more accurate that data is, the more accurate our calculations will be. To collect that data, we need to measure it somehow. To measure anything, we need tools and a method. Speed is a measure of distance over time, so we'll need tools for measuring time and distance, and a method for measuring each.

Conveniently, the lamp posts in this problem are equally spaced, and we can treat that spacing as our measuring stick. To measure speed, we'll need to bring time in somehow too, and that's where the stopwatch comes in. A good method might go like this:

Press start on the stopwatch right as you pass a lamp post
Each time you pass another lamp post, press the lap button on the stopwatch
Press stop after however many lamp posts you'd like, making sure to hit stop right as you pass the last lamp post
Record your data
Calculate the time intervals for passing each lamp post using the lap data
Calculate the average of all those invervals and divide by 40 m - this will give you an approximate average speed

Of course, you'll never find an *exact* amount, but the more data points you have, the better your approximation will become.

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Answer: minimum speed of launch must be 7.45m/s

Explanation:

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Height or distance (s) = 2.83m

The final velocity(Vf) at maximum height = 0

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From the 3rd equation of motion:

V^2 = u^2 - 2gs

Where V = final velocity

u = initial velocity

Therefore, u = Vi

u = √Vf^2 - 2gs

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3 years ago

A rocket starting from its launch pad is subjected to a uniform acceleration of 100 meters/second2. Determine the time needed to

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Answer:

10s

Explanation:

Acceleration is a measure of a rate of change of velocity, or in other words, a measure of how quickly the velocity is changing.

If acceleration is constant, then the velocity is changing by a constant amount.

With an acceleration of 100 m/s^2, starting from the launching pad (and thus, an initial velocity of zero), we can calculate how long it will take to reach a final velocity of 1000m/s with the following formula:

$v=at+v_o$ where "v" is the final velocity at some later time "t", "a" is the constant acceleration, and "v" sub-zero is the initial velocity.

$v=at+v_o$

$(1000\text{ [m/s]})=(100 \text{ } [\text{m/s}^2] )t+(0\text{ [m/s]})$

$1000\text{ [m/s]}=100 \text{ } [\text{m/s}^2] *t$

$\dfrac{1000\text{ [m/s]}}{100 \text{ } [\text{m/s}^2]}=\dfrac{100 \text{ } [\text{m/s}^2] *t}{100 \text{ } [\text{m/s}^2]}$

$10\text{ [s]}=t$

So, it will take 10 seconds for the rocket to reach 1000m/s when starting from the launching pad, with a constant velocity of 100m/s^2.

Verification:

In this situation, it is quick to verify that 10 seconds is correct by looking at what the velocities will be each second.

Recognizing that the acceleration is $a=\dfrac{100 [\frac{m}{s}]}{1[s]}$ , the velocity increases by 100 units [m/s] every second.

At time 0[s], the velocity is 0[m/s]

At time 1[s], the velocity is 100[m/s]

At time 2[s], the velocity is 200[m/s]

At time 3[s], the velocity is 300[m/s]

At time 4[s], the velocity is 400[m/s]

At time 5[s], the velocity is 500[m/s]

At time 6[s], the velocity is 600[m/s]

At time 7[s], the velocity is 700[m/s]

At time 8[s], the velocity is 800[m/s]

At time 9[s], the velocity is 900[m/s]

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2 years ago

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a) See free-body diagram in attachment

b) The book is stationary in the vertical direction

c) The net horizontal force is 35 N in the forward direction

d) The net force on the book is 35 N in the forward horizontal direction

e) The acceleration is $8.75 m/s^2$ in the forward direction

Explanation:

The free-body diagram of a body represents all the forces acting on the body using arrows, where the length of each arrow is proportional to the magnitude of the force and points in the same direction.

From the diagram of this book, we see there are 4 forces acting on the book:

- The applied force, F = 50 N, pushing forward in the horizontal direction

- The frictional force, $F_f = 15 N$ , pulling backward in the horizontal direction (the frictional force always acts in the direction opposite to the motion)

- The weight of the book, $W=mg$ , where m is the mass of the book and $g=9.8 m/s^2$ is the acceleration of gravity, acting downward. We can calculate its magnitude using the mass of the book, m = 4 kg:

$W=(4)(9.8)=39.2 N$

- The normal reaction exerted by the desk on the book, N, acting upward, and balancing the weight of the book

The book is in equilibrium in the vertical direction, therefore there is no motion.

In fact, the magnitude of the normal reaction (N) exerted by the desk on the book is exactly equal to the weight of the book (W), so the equation of motion along the vertical direction is

$N-W=ma$

where a is the acceleration; however, since N = W, this becomes

$a=0$

And since the book is initially at rest on the desk, this means that there is no motion.

We said there are two forces acting in the horizontal direction:

- The applied force, F = 50 N, forward

- The frictional force, $F_f = 15 N$ , backward

Since they act along the same line, we can calculate their resultant as

$\sum F = F - F_f = 50 - 15 = 35 N$

and therefore the net force is 35 N in the forward direction.

The net force is obtained as the resultant of the net forces in the horizontal and vertical direction. However, we have:

- The net force in the horizontal direction is 35 N

- The net force in the vertical direction is zero, because the weight is balanced by the normal reaction

Therefore, this means that the total net force acting on the book is just the net force acting on the horizontal direction, so 35 N forward.

The acceleration of the book can be calculated by using Newton's second law:

$\sum F = ma$

where

$\sum F$ is the net force

m is the mass

a is the acceleration

Here we have:

$\sum F = 35 N$ (in the forward direction)

m = 4 kg

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$\dfrac{4\pi^2 r}{T^2} = G\dfrac{M}{r^2}$