A small mailbag is released from a helicopter that is descending steadily at 2.52 m/s. (a) After 4.00 s, what is the speed of th
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To solve this problem we will apply the concepts related to pressure, depending on the product between the density of the fluid, the gravity and the depth / height at which it is located.
For mercury, density, gravity and height are defined as
For the air the defined properties would be
We have for equilibrium that
Replacing,
Rearranging to find
Therefore the elevation of the mountain top is 9400ft
We know that arc length (x(t)) is given with the following formula:
Where r is the radius of the barrel. We must keep in mind that as barrel rolls its radius decreases because less and less tape is left on it.
If we say that the thickness of the tape is D then with every full circle our radius shrinks by d. We can write this down mathematically:
When we plug this back into the first equation we get:
We must solve this quadratic equation.
The final solution is:
It is rather complicated solution. If we asume that the tape has no thickness we get simply:
Where r is the radius of the barrel. We must keep in mind that as barrel rolls its radius decreases because less and less tape is left on it.
If we say that the thickness of the tape is D then with every full circle our radius shrinks by d. We can write this down mathematically:
When we plug this back into the first equation we get:
We must solve this quadratic equation.
The final solution is:
It is rather complicated solution. If we asume that the tape has no thickness we get simply: