When you're talking about gravity, it's easy to identify the equal
opposite forces.
Gravity ALWAYS produces an equal pair of opposite forces.
They both act between the centers of the two objects, one in
each direction.
Consider the equal pair of opposite gravitational forces between
you and the Earth. One force acts on you, and draws you toward
the center of the Earth. We call that force "your weight".
The other one acts on the Earth, and draws it toward the center
of you. Hardly anybody ever talks about that one, but the two
forces are equal ... your weight on Earth is equal to the Earth's
weight on you !
Answer:
Explanation:
Remark
This is a second class lever. It is much more efficient than the fishing pole problem. All distances are measured from the pivot in these kinds of questions.
Givens
d1 = 1.5
d2 = ?
m1 = 50 kg
m2 = 30 kg
The lighter child will have to sit further away from the pivot to make the two conditions equal.
Formula
d1*m1 = d2*m2
1.5*50 = d2 * 30
75 = 30 * d2
75/30 = d2
d2 = 2.5
Remark
Notice that the distance is longer for the lighter child. The fact that these are masses and not forces does not matter, but you should take note of it. There is a difference between masses and forces. See the fishing pole problem.
Answer to the multiple Choice question. No motion on this kind of problem means equal moments. The answer is D
Problem 2
1) The wheels are further apart making B more stable. The wider the distance the wheels are apart, the harder it would be to tip the concrete mixer over
2) The center of gravity is lower. The higher the force is the more chance you have of exerting an external force to tip the mixer over.
Newtons 3.law: Action = Reaction
If a body exerts a force on a rope of 400 N the rope exerts a force on the body of 400N also. So the tension in the rope is 400N. See pictures below.
force times gravity (FG) =mass times gravity (mg)
To solve this problem we will apply the laws of Mersenne. Mersenne's laws are laws describing the frequency of oscillation of a stretched string or monochord, useful in musical tuning and musical instrument construction. This law tells us that the velocity in a string is directly proportional to the root of the applied tension, and inversely proportional to the root of the linear density, that is,
Here,
v = Velocity
= Linear density (Mass per unit length)
T = Tension
Rearranging to find the Period we have that
As we know that speed is equivalent to displacement in a unit of time, we will have to
Therefore the tension is 5.54N
