I am using the equation F=ma (force equals mass times acceleration) to solve these problems.
1. You are looking for force, and have mass and acceleration. You just plug in the values for mass and acceleration to get the force needed.
F=(15kg)(5m/s^2)
F=75N
2. Again, you are looking for force, and just need to plug in the values for mass and acceleration
F=(3kg)(2.4m/s^2)
F=7.2N
3. In this problem, you have force and mass, but need to find acceleration. To do this, you need to get acceleration alone on one side of the equation - divide each side by m. Your equation will now be F/m=a
a=(5N)/(3.7kg)
a=18.5m/s^2
I did not use significant figures. Let me know if you need to do that and need any help on that. Hope this helps!
They are rotating because the earth never stops rotating.
Answer:
Approximately .
Explanation:
This question suggests that the rotation of this object slows down "uniformly". Therefore, the angular acceleration of this object should be constant and smaller than zero.
This question does not provide any information about the time required for the rotation of this object to come to a stop. In linear motions with a constant acceleration, there's an SUVAT equation that does not involve time:
,
where
- is the final velocity of the moving object,
- is the initial velocity of the moving object,
- is the (linear) acceleration of the moving object, and
- is the (linear) displacement of the object while its velocity changed from to .
The angular analogue of that equation will be:
, where
- and are the initial and final angular velocity of the rotating object,
- is the angular acceleration of the moving object, and
- is the angular displacement of the object while its angular velocity changed from to .
For this object:
- , whereas
- .
The question is asking for an angular acceleration with the unit . However, the angular displacement from the question is described with the number of revolutions. Convert that to radians:
.
Rearrange the equation and solve for :
.