A ski that is placed on snow will stick to the snow. However, when the ski is moved along the snow, the rubbing warms and partially melts the snow, reducing the coefficient of kinetic friction and promoting sliding. Waxing the ski makes it water repellent and reduces friction with the resulting layer of water. A magazine reports that a new type of plastic ski is especially water repellent and that, on a gentle 200 m slope in the Alps, a skier reduced his top-to-bottom time from 61 s with standard skis to 42 s with the new skis. Determine the magnitude of his average acceleration with (a) the standard skis and (b) the new skis. Assuming a 3.0° slope, compute the coefficient of kinetic friction for (c) the standard skis and (d) the new skis.
A ski that is placed on snow will stick to the snow. However, when the ski is moved along the snow, the rubbing warms and partially melts the snow, reducing the coefficient of kinetic friction and promoting sliding. Waxing the ski makes it water repellent and reduces friction with the resulting layer of water. A magazine reports that a new type of plastic ski is especially water repellent and that, on a gentle 200 m slope in the Alps, a skier reduced his top-to-bottom time from 61 s with standard skis to 42 s with the new skis. Determine the magnitude of his average acceleration with (a) the standard skis and (b) the new skis. Assuming a 3.0° slope, compute the coefficient of kinetic friction for (c) the standard skis and (d) the new skis.
A ski that is placed on snow will stick to the snow. However, when the ski is moved along the snow, the rubbing warms and partially melts the snow, reducing the coefficient of kinetic friction and promoting sliding. Waxing the ski makes it water repellent and reduces friction with the resulting layer of water. A magazine reports that a new type of plastic ski is especially water repellent and that, on a gentle 200 m slope in the Alps, a skier reduced his top-to-bottom time from 61 s with standard skis to 42 s with the new skis. Determine the magnitude of his average acceleration with (a) the standard skis and (b) the new skis. Assuming a 3.0° slope, compute the coefficient of kinetic friction for (c) the standard skis and (d) the new skis.
Answer the assignment 2 question and show step-by-step solution. This is from Chapter 9 from the book, "The Essential Cosmic Perspective" 8th edition by Bennett, Donahue, Schneider, Voit. I provided some helpful notes to help with the solution.
Answer the assignment 1 question and show step-by-step solution. This is from Chapter 9 from the book, "The Essential Cosmic Perspective" 8th edition by Bennett, Donahue, Schneider, Voit. I provided some helpful notes to help with the solution.
1. A large power cable carries I = 200 A in a straight line East-West for L = 100 m to a device and
returns the same current to the power source in the opposite direction. The return path is also
straight and runs parallel to the first path directly above it.
Up
> North
○ South
West-
East
Device
100 m
Current
Source
Down
The cable is made of copper with resistivity po = 17.2×10 Qm and mass density pcu = 8960 kg/m³.
The cable has a diameter of d = 8.00 cm.
a) What force (magnitude and direction) is exerted on the outgoing (+) cable by the magnetic
field of the earth? Use a value of B = 40.0 μT for the earth's field, and assume it points,
straight north. [1 point]
b) Is there a force between the two cables, and is it attractive or repulsive? Briefly explain your
answer. [0.5 points]
c) How far apart should the two cables be kept so that the force between them is less than 1.0 N?
[1 point]
d) Suppose the cables are set apart at the distance you got in c). How much torque is exerted on
the…
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