Principles of Physics: A Calculus-Based Text
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Ch. 4.1 - Which of the following statements is most correct?...Ch. 4.4 - An object experiences no acceleration. Which of...Ch. 4.4 - You push an object, initially at rest, across a...Ch. 4.5 - Prob. 4.4QQCh. 4.6 - (i) If a fly collides with the windshield of a...Ch. 4.6 - Which of the following is the reaction force to...Ch. 4.7 - Consider the two situations shown in Figure 4.8,...Ch. 4 - Prob. 1OQCh. 4 - Prob. 2OQCh. 4 - Prob. 3OQ
Ch. 4 - Prob. 4OQCh. 4 - Prob. 5OQCh. 4 - Prob. 6OQCh. 4 - Prob. 1CQCh. 4 - If a car is traveling due westward with a constant...Ch. 4 - A person holds a ball in her hand. (a) Identify...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4CQCh. 4 - If you hold a horizontal metal bar several...Ch. 4 - Prob. 6CQCh. 4 - Prob. 7CQCh. 4 - Prob. 8CQCh. 4 - Balancing carefully, three boys inch out onto a...Ch. 4 - Prob. 10CQCh. 4 - Prob. 11CQCh. 4 - Prob. 12CQCh. 4 - Prob. 13CQCh. 4 - Give reasons for the answers to each of the...Ch. 4 - Prob. 15CQCh. 4 - In Figure CQ4.16, the light, taut, unstretchable...Ch. 4 - Prob. 17CQCh. 4 - Prob. 18CQCh. 4 - Prob. 19CQCh. 4 - A force F applied to an object of mass m1 produces...Ch. 4 - (a) A car with a mass of 850 kg is moving to the...Ch. 4 - A toy rocket engine is securely fastened to a...Ch. 4 - Two forces, F1=(6i4j)N and F2=(3i+7j)N, act on a...Ch. 4 - Prob. 5PCh. 4 - Prob. 6PCh. 4 - Two forces F1 and F2 act on a 5.00-kg object....Ch. 4 - A 3.00-kg object is moving in a plane, with its x...Ch. 4 - A woman weighs 120 lb. Determine (a) her weight in...Ch. 4 - Prob. 10PCh. 4 - Prob. 11PCh. 4 - Prob. 12PCh. 4 - Prob. 13PCh. 4 - Prob. 14PCh. 4 - Prob. 15PCh. 4 - You stand on the seat of a chair and then hop off....Ch. 4 - Prob. 17PCh. 4 - A block slides down a frictionless plane having an...Ch. 4 - Prob. 19PCh. 4 - A setup similar to the one shown in Figure P4.20...Ch. 4 - Prob. 21PCh. 4 - The systems shown in Figure P4.22 are in...Ch. 4 - A bag of cement weighing 325 N hangs in...Ch. 4 - Prob. 24PCh. 4 - In Example 4.6, we investigated the apparent...Ch. 4 - Figure P4.26 shows loads hanging from the ceiling...Ch. 4 - Prob. 27PCh. 4 - An object of mass m1 = 5.00 kg placed on a...Ch. 4 - An object of mass m = 1.00 kg is observed to have...Ch. 4 - Two objects are connected by a light string that...Ch. 4 - Prob. 31PCh. 4 - A car is stuck in the mud. A tow truck pulls on...Ch. 4 - Two blocks, each of mass m = 3.50 kg, are hung...Ch. 4 - Two blocks, each of mass m, are hung from the...Ch. 4 - In Figure P4.35, the man and the platform together...Ch. 4 - Two objects with masses of 3.00 kg and 5.00 kg are...Ch. 4 - A frictionless plane is 10.0 m long and inclined...Ch. 4 - Prob. 39PCh. 4 - An object of mass m1 hangs from a string that...Ch. 4 - A young woman buys an inexpensive used car for...Ch. 4 - A 1 000-kg car is pulling a 300-kg trailer....Ch. 4 - An object of mass M is held in place by an applied...Ch. 4 - Prob. 44PCh. 4 - An inventive child named Nick wants to reach an...Ch. 4 - In the situation described in Problem 45 and...Ch. 4 - Two blocks of mass 3.50 kg and 8.00 kg are...Ch. 4 - Prob. 48PCh. 4 - In Example 4.5, we pushed on two blocks on a...Ch. 4 - Prob. 50PCh. 4 - Prob. 51PCh. 4 - Prob. 52PCh. 4 - Review. A block of mass m = 2.00 kg is released...Ch. 4 - A student is asked to measure the acceleration of...Ch. 4 - Prob. 55PCh. 4 - Prob. 56PCh. 4 - A car accelerates down a hill (Fig. P4.57), going...Ch. 4 - Prob. 58PCh. 4 - In Figure P4.53, the incline has mass M and is...
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