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Chapter 4, Problem 65P
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Compare the force to lift an object with that needed to slide the same object up a frictionless incline and show that the mechanical advantage of the inclined plane is the length of the incline divided by the height of the incline.
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A skydiver, who weighs 650 N, is...Ch. 4 - 36. (a) Identify the forces acting on the...Ch. 4 - 37. Consider the skydiver and parachute to be a...Ch. 4 - 38. Margie, who weighs 543 N, is standing on a...Ch. 4 - 39. (a) Calculate your weight in newtons. (b) What...Ch. 4 - 40. A young South African girl has a mass of 40.0...Ch. 4 - 41. A man weighs 0.80 kN on Earth. What is his...Ch. 4 - 42. The peak force on a runner’s foot during a...Ch. 4 - 43. In a binary star system, two stars orbit their...Ch. 4 - 44. An astronaut stands at a position on the Moon...Ch. 4 - 45. Find the ratio of the Earth’s gravitational...Ch. 4 - 46. How far above the surface of the Earth does an...Ch. 4 - 47. Find and compare the weight of a 65 kg man on...Ch. 4 - 48. Find the altitudes above the Earth’s surface...Ch. 4 - 49. During a balloon ascension, wearing an oxygen...Ch. 4 - 50. At what altitude above the Earth’s surface...Ch. 4 - 51. (a) What is the magnitude of the gravitational...Ch. 4 - 52. 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A crate of potatoes of mass 18.0...Ch. 4 - Problems 69–72. A crate of potatoes of mass 18.0...Ch. 4 - 73. (a) In Example 4.10, if the movers stop...Ch. 4 - 74. A 3.0 kg block is at rest on a horizontal...Ch. 4 - 75. A horse is trotting along pulling a sleigh...Ch. 4 - 76. Before hanging new William Morris wallpaper in...Ch. 4 - 78. A box sits on a horizontal wooden ramp. The...Ch. 4 - 79. In a playground, two slides have different...Ch. 4 - 81. A towline is attached between a car and a...Ch. 4 - 82. In Example 4.14, find the tension in the...Ch. 4 - 83. A 200.0 N sign is suspended from a horizontal...Ch. 4 - 84. Strategy Use Newton’s first law of motion. The...Ch. 4 - 85. A pulley is attached to the ceiling. Spring...Ch. 4 - 86. Spring scale A is attached to the floor and a...Ch. 4 - 87. Two springs are connected in series so that...Ch. 4 - 88. A pulley is hung from the ceiling by a rope. A...Ch. 4 - 89. A 2.0 kg ball tied to a string fixed to the...Ch. 4 - Prob. 90PCh. 4 - 91. A 45 N lithograph is supported by two wires....Ch. 4 - 92. A crow perches on a clothesline midway between...Ch. 4 - 93. The drawing shows a wire attached to two back...Ch. 4 - Prob. 94PCh. 4 - 95. Two blocks, masses m1 and m2, are connected by...Ch. 4 - 96. The coefficient of static friction between a...Ch. 4 - 97. A 2.0 kg toy locomotive is pulling a 1.0 kg...Ch. 4 - 98. An engine pulls a train of 20 freight cars,...Ch. 4 - Prob. 99PCh. 4 - A horizontal rope is attached from a truck to a...Ch. 4 - 101. An accelerometer—a device to measure...Ch. 4 - 102. A box full of books rests on a wooden floor....Ch. 4 - 103. A helicopter is lifting two crates...Ch. 4 - 104. A person stands on a bathroom scale in an...Ch. 4 - 105. Oliver has a mass of 76.2 kg. He is riding in...Ch. 4 - Prob. 106PCh. 4 - Prob. 107PCh. 4 - Prob. 108PCh. 4 - Prob. 109PCh. 4 - 110. 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