Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics
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ISBN: 9780131495081
Author: Douglas C. Giancoli
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
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Chapter 10, Problem 11Q
Why do tightrope walkers (Fig. 10–43) carry a long, narrow beam?
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(II) What is the linear speed of a point (a) on...Ch. 10 - (II) Calculate the angular velocity of the Earth...Ch. 10 - Prob. 11PCh. 10 - (II) A 64-cm-diameter wheel accelerates uniformly...Ch. 10 - (II) In traveling to the Moon, astronauts aboard...Ch. 10 - (II) A turntable of radius R1 is turned by a...Ch. 10 - (II) The axle of a wheel is mounted on supports...Ch. 10 - (I) An automobile engine slows down from 3500 rpm...Ch. 10 - (I) A centrifuge accelerates uniformly front rest...Ch. 10 - (I) Pilots can be tested for the stresses of...Ch. 10 - (II) A cooling fan is turned off when it is...Ch. 10 - (II) Using calculus, derive the angular kinematic...Ch. 10 - (II) A small rubber wheel is used to drive a large...Ch. 10 - (II) The angle through which a rotating wheel has...Ch. 10 - (II) The angular acceleration of a wheel, as a...Ch. 10 - (I) A 62-kg person riding a bike puts all her...Ch. 10 - (I) Calculate the net torque about the axle of the...Ch. 10 - (II) A person exerts a horizontal force of 32 N on...Ch. 10 - 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(I) A centrifuge rotor has a moment of inertia of...Ch. 10 - (II) A rotating uniform cylindrical platform of...Ch. 10 - (II) A merry-go-round has a mass of 1640 kg and a...Ch. 10 - (II) A Uniform thin rod of length l and mass M is...Ch. 10 - (II) Two masses, mA = 35.0 kg and mB = 38.0 kg,...Ch. 10 - (III) A 4.00-kg mass and a 3.00-kg mass are...Ch. 10 - (III) A 2.30-m-long pole is balanced vertically on...Ch. 10 - (I) Calculate the translational speed of a...Ch. 10 - (I) A bowling ball of mass 7.3kg and radius 9.0 cm...Ch. 10 - (I) Estimate the kinetic energy of the Earth with...Ch. 10 - (II) A sphere of radius r0 = 24.5 cm and mass m =...Ch. 10 - (II) A narrow but solid spool of thread has radius...Ch. 10 - (II) A ball of radius r0 rolls on the inside of a...Ch. 10 - (II) A solid rubber ball rests on the floor of a...Ch. 10 - (II) A thin, hollow 0.545-kg section of pipe of...Ch. 10 - (II) In Example 1020, (a) how far has the ball...Ch. 10 - (III) The 1100-kg mass of a car includes four...Ch. 10 - (III) A wheel with rotational inertia I=12MR2...Ch. 10 - (III) A small sphere of radius r0 = 1.5 cm rolls...Ch. 10 - (I) A rolling hall slows down because the normal...Ch. 10 - A large spool of rope rolls on the ground with the...Ch. 10 - On a 12.0-cm-diameter audio compact disc (CD),...Ch. 10 - (a) A yo-yo is made of two solid cylindrical...Ch. 10 - A cyclist accelerates from rest at a rate of l.00...Ch. 10 - Suppose David puts a 0.50-kg rock into a sling of...Ch. 10 - A 1.4-kg grindstone in the shape of a uniform...Ch. 10 - Bicycle gears: (a) How is the angular velocity R...Ch. 10 - Figure 1065 illustrates an H2O molecule. 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