College Physics
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ISBN: 9780134601823
Author: ETKINA, Eugenia, Planinšič, G. (gorazd), Van Heuvelen, Alan
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Review Question 5.5 A friend says he has heard that the Moon is falling toward Earth. What can you tell your friend to reassure him that all is well?
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Ch. 5 - Review Question 5.1 How do we know that the sum of...Ch. 5 - Review Question 5.2 Why is it true that when an...Ch. 5 - Review Question 5.3 Show that the two expressions...Ch. 5 - Review Question 5.4 Think back to Example 5.5 ...Ch. 5 - Review Question 5.5 A friend says he has heard...Ch. 5 - Which of the objects below is accelerating? Object...Ch. 5 - The circle in Figure Q5.2 represents the path...Ch. 5 - One of your classmates drew a force diagram for a...Ch. 5 - Why is it difficult for a high-speed car to...Ch. 5 - How does a person standing on the ground explain...
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Give one example of a situation in which an...Ch. 5 - Name a planet on which you would weigh less than...Ch. 5 - A motorized cart is moving at a constant speed...Ch. 5 - 1. Mountain biker While mountain biking, you first...Ch. 5 - * You swing a rock tied to a string in a vertical...Ch. 5 - * Loop-the-loop You ride a roller coaster with a...Ch. 5 - 4. You start an old record player and notice a bug...Ch. 5 - 5. Determine the acceleration of Earth due to its...Ch. 5 - The Moon is an average distance of 3.8108 m from...Ch. 5 - Aborted plane landing You are on an airplane that...Ch. 5 - BIO Ultracentrifuge You are working in a biology...Ch. 5 - 9. * EST A tire-pressure monitoring system warns...Ch. 5 - Imagine that you are standing on a horizontal...Ch. 5 - 11. * Rolling is a combination of linear and...Ch. 5 - 14. * Consider the scenario described in Problem...Ch. 5 - 15. * You want to determine the radial...Ch. 5 - 16. Ferris wheel You are sitting on a rotating...Ch. 5 - 17. * EST Estimate the radial acceleration of the...Ch. 5 - * EST Estimate the radial acceleration of the toe...Ch. 5 - 19. * Is it safe to drive your 1600-kg car at...Ch. 5 - 20. * You are fixing a broken rotary lawn mower....Ch. 5 - * Your car speeds around the 80-m-radius curved...Ch. 5 - How fast do you need to swing a 200-g ball at the...Ch. 5 - 23. ** A small ball is attached by a string to a...Ch. 5 - A coin rests on a record 0.15 m from its center....Ch. 5 - 25. * Roller coaster ride A roller coaster car...Ch. 5 - * A person sitting in a chair (combined mass 80...Ch. 5 - 27. * A car moves around a 50-m-radius highway...Ch. 5 - 28. * A 20.0-g ball is attached to a 120-cm-long...Ch. 5 - 29. A 50-kg ice skater goes around a circle of...Ch. 5 - * A car traveling at 10 m/s passes over a hill on...Ch. 5 - 31. A 1000-kg car is moving at 30 m/s around a...Ch. 5 - * Equation Jeopardy 1 Describe using words, a...Ch. 5 - ** Banked curve raceway design You need to design...Ch. 5 - * A circular track is in a horizontal plane, has a...Ch. 5 - 36. ** Design a quantitative test for Newton’s...Ch. 5 - 37. * Your friend says that the force that the Sun...Ch. 5 - Determine the gravitational force that (a) the Sun...Ch. 5 - 39. * (a) What is the ratio of the gravitational...Ch. 5 - 40. ** EST Estimate (a) the average distance...Ch. 5 - 41. * EST The average radius of Earth s orbit...Ch. 5 - * The Moon travels in a 3.8105-km-radius orbit...Ch. 5 - 43. * Determine the ratio of Earth’s gravitational...Ch. 5 - 44. * Determine the magnitude of the gravitational...Ch. 5 - 45. * When you stand on a bathroom scale here on...Ch. 5 - 46. The free-fall acceleration on the surface of...Ch. 5 - 47.* A satellite moves in a circular orbit a...Ch. 5 - 48. * Mars has a mass of kg and a radius of m....Ch. 5 - 49. * Determine the speed a projectile must reach...Ch. 5 - 50. ** Determine the distance above Earth’s...Ch. 5 - 51. *Determine the period of an Earth satellite...Ch. 5 - 52. * A spaceship in outer space has a doughnut...Ch. 5 - 53. * Using the velocity change method from...Ch. 5 - 54. * Loop-the-loop You have to design a...Ch. 5 - ** A Tarzan swing Tarzan (mass 80 kg) swings at...Ch. 5 - 56. * (a) If the masses of Earth and the Moon were...Ch. 5 - 57. * EST Estimate the radial acceleration of the...Ch. 5 - 58. ** EST Estimate the force exerted by the tire...Ch. 5 - 59. ** EST Estimate the maximum radial force that...Ch. 5 - 60. * EST Estimate the force exerted by the wheel...Ch. 5 - Lucia's bathroom scale on the equator reads 110 lb...Ch. 5 - ** Demolition An old building is being demolished...Ch. 5 - 65. 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