Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Foundations and Connections
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Author: Debora M. Katz
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Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Foundations and Connections
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Ch. 14 - Prob. 6PQCh. 14 - Prob. 7PQCh. 14 - Prob. 8PQCh. 14 - The keystone of an arch is the stone at the top...Ch. 14 - Prob. 10PQCh. 14 - Stand straight and comfortably with your feet...Ch. 14 - Prob. 12PQCh. 14 - Prob. 13PQCh. 14 - Prob. 14PQCh. 14 - Prob. 15PQCh. 14 - Prob. 16PQCh. 14 - Prob. 17PQCh. 14 - Prob. 18PQCh. 14 - Prob. 19PQCh. 14 - Prob. 20PQCh. 14 - Prob. 21PQCh. 14 - The inner planets of our solar system are...Ch. 14 - Two Boy Scouts, Bobby and Jimmy, are carrying a...Ch. 14 - Prob. 24PQCh. 14 - A painter of mass 87.8 kg is 1.45 m from the top...Ch. 14 - Consider the situation in Problem 25. Tests have...Ch. 14 - Children playing pirates have suspended a uniform...Ch. 14 - Prob. 28PQCh. 14 - Prob. 29PQCh. 14 - A 5.45-N beam of uniform density is 1.60 m long....Ch. 14 - A wooden door 2.1 m high and 0.90 m wide is hung...Ch. 14 - A 215-kg robotic arm at an assembly plant is...Ch. 14 - Problems 33 and 34 are paired. One end of a...Ch. 14 - For the uniform beam in Problem 33, find the...Ch. 14 - Prob. 35PQCh. 14 - A square plate with sides of length 4.0 m can...Ch. 14 - Prob. 37PQCh. 14 - At a museum, a 1300-kg model aircraft is hung from...Ch. 14 - A uniform wire (Y = 2.0 1011 N/m2) is subjected...Ch. 14 - A brass wire and a steel wire, both of the same...Ch. 14 - In Example 14.3, we found that one of the steel...Ch. 14 - A carbon nanotube is a nanometer-scale cylindrical...Ch. 14 - A nanotube with a Youngs modulus of 1.000 1012 Pa...Ch. 14 - Consider a nanotube with a Youngs modulus of 2.130...Ch. 14 - Prob. 45PQCh. 14 - Use the graph in Figure P14.46 to list the three...Ch. 14 - Prob. 47PQCh. 14 - A company is testing a new material made of...Ch. 14 - Prob. 49PQCh. 14 - Prob. 50PQCh. 14 - Prob. 51PQCh. 14 - Prob. 52PQCh. 14 - Prob. 53PQCh. 14 - Prob. 54PQCh. 14 - Prob. 55PQCh. 14 - Prob. 56PQCh. 14 - A copper rod with length 1.4 m and cross-sectional...Ch. 14 - Prob. 58PQCh. 14 - Prob. 59PQCh. 14 - Bruce Lee was famous for breaking concrete blocks...Ch. 14 - Prob. 61PQCh. 14 - Prob. 62PQCh. 14 - Prob. 63PQCh. 14 - A One end of a metal rod of weight Fg and length L...Ch. 14 - Prob. 65PQCh. 14 - A steel cable 2.00 m in length and with...Ch. 14 - Prob. 67PQCh. 14 - Prob. 68PQCh. 14 - Prob. 69PQCh. 14 - Prob. 70PQCh. 14 - Prob. 71PQCh. 14 - Prob. 72PQCh. 14 - Prob. 73PQCh. 14 - We know from studying friction forces that static...Ch. 14 - Ruby, with mass 55.0 kg, is trying to reach a box...Ch. 14 - An object is being weighed using an unequal-arm...Ch. 14 - Prob. 77PQCh. 14 - A massless, horizontal beam of length L and a...Ch. 14 - A rod of length 4.00 m with negligible mass is...Ch. 14 - A rod of length 4.00 m with negligible mass is...Ch. 14 - A horizontal, rigid bar of negligible weight is...Ch. 14 - Prob. 82PQCh. 14 - Prob. 83PQCh. 14 - Prob. 84PQCh. 14 - Prob. 85PQ
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