COLLEGE PHYSICS (OER)1st EditionDIRKS Publisher: OpenStaxISBN: 9781947172012
COLLEGE PHYSICS (OER)
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Models are particularly useful in relativity and quantum mechanics, where conditions are outside...Problem 2CQ:
How does a model differ from a theory?Problem 3CQ:
If two different theories describe experimental observations equally well, can one be said to be...Problem 4CQ:
What determines the validity of a theory?Problem 5CQ:
Certain criteria must be satisfied if a measurement or observation is to be believed. Will the...Problem 6CQ:
Can the validity of a model be limited, or must it be universally valid? How does this compare to...Problem 7CQ:
Classical physics is a good approximation to modern physics under certain circumstances. What are...Problem 9CQ:
Can classical physics be used to accurately describe a satellite moving at a speed of 7500 m/s?...Problem 10CQ:
Identify some advantages of metric units.Problem 12CQ:
Prescriptions for vision correction are given in units called diopters (D). Determine the meaning of...Problem 1PE:
The speed limit on some interstate highways is roughly 100 km/h. (a) What is this in meters per...Problem 2PE:
A car is traveling at a speed of 33 m/s. (a) What is its speed in kilometers per hour? (b) Is it...Problem 3PE:
Show that 1.0m/s=3.6Km/h. Hint: Show the explicit steps involved in converting 1.0m/s=3.6Km/h.Problem 4PE:
American football is played on a 100-yd-long field, excluding the end zones. How long is the field...Problem 5PE:
Soccer fields vary in size. A large soccer field is 115 long and 85 m wide. What are its dimension...Problem 6PE:
What is the height in meters of a person who is 6 ft 1.0 in. tall? (Assume that 1 meter equals 39.37...Problem 7PE:
Mount Everest, at 29,028 feet, is the tallest mountain on the Earth. What is its height in...Problem 9PE:
Tectonic plates are large segments of the Earth's crust that move slowly. Suppose that one such...Problem 10PE:
(a) Refer to Table 1.3 to determine the average distance between the Earth and the Sun. Then...Problem 11PE:
Suppose that your bathroom scale reads your mass as 65 kg with a 3% uncertainty. What is the...Problem 12PE:
A good-quality measuring tape can be off by 0.50 cm over a distance of 20 m. What is its percent...Problem 13PE:
(a) A car speedometer has a 5.0% uncertainty. What is the range of possible speeds when it reads 90...Problem 14PE:
An infant's pulse rate is measured to be 1305 beats/min. What is the percent uncertainty in this...Problem 15PE:
(a) Suppose that a person has an average heart rate of 72.0 beats/min. How many beats does he or she...Problem 17PE:
State how many significant figures are proper in the results of the following calculations: (a)...Problem 18PE:
(a) How many significant figures are in the numbers 99 and 100? (b) If the uncertainty in each...Problem 19PE:
(a) If your speedometer has an uncertainty of 2.0 km/h at a speed of 90 km/h, what is the percent...Problem 20PE:
(a) A person's blood pressure is measured to be 1202 mm Hg. What is its percent uncertainty? (b)...Problem 21PE:
A person measures his or her heart rate by counting the number of beats in 30 s. If 401 beats are...Problem 22PE:
What is the area of a circle 3.102 cm in diameter?Problem 23PE:
If a marathon runner averages 9.5 mi/h, how long does it take him or her to run a 26.22-mi marathon?Problem 24PE:
A marathon runner completes a 42.188-km course in 2 h, 30 min, and 12 s. There is an uncertainty of...Problem 25PE:
The sides of a small rectangular box are measured to be 1.800.01,2.050.02, and 3.10.1 cm long....Problem 26PE:
When non-metric units were used in the United Kingdom, a unit of mass called the pound-mass (lbm)...Problem 27PE:
The length and width of a rectangular room are measured to be 3.9550.005 m and 3.0500.005 m....Problem 28PE:
A car engine moves a piston with a circular cross section of 7.5000.002 cm diameter a distance of...Problem 29PE:
How many heartbeats are there in a lifetime?Problem 30PE:
A generation is about one-third of a lifetime. Approximately how many generations have passed since...Problem 31PE:
How many times longer than the mean life of an extremely unstable atomic nucleus is the lifetime of...Problem 32PE:
Calculate the approximate number of atoms in a bacterium. Assume that the average mass of an atom in...Problem 33PE:
Approximately how many atoms thick is a cell membrane, assuming all atoms there average about twice...Problem 34PE:
(a) What fraction of Earth's diameter is the greatest ocean depth? (b) The greatest mountain height?Browse All Chapters of This Textbook
Chapter 1 - Introduction: The Nature Of Science And PhysicsChapter 2 - KinematicsChapter 3 - Two-dimensional KinematicsChapter 4 - Dynamics: Force And Newton's Laws Of MotionChapter 5 - Further Applications Of Newton's Laws: Friction, Drag, And ElasticityChapter 6 - Gravitation And Uniform Circular MotionChapter 7 - Work, Energy, And Energy ResourcesChapter 8 - Linear Momentum And CollisionsChapter 9 - Statics And TorqueChapter 10 - Rotational Motion And Angular Momentum
Chapter 11 - Fluid StaticsChapter 12 - Fluid Dynamics And Its Biological And Medical ApplicationsChapter 13 - Temperature, Kinetic Theory, And The Gas LawsChapter 14 - Heat And Heat Transfer MethodsChapter 15 - ThermodynamicsChapter 16 - Oscillatory Motion And WavesChapter 17 - Physics Of HearingChapter 18 - Electric Charge And Electric FieldChapter 19 - Electric Potential And Electric FieldChapter 20 - Electric Current, Resistance, And Ohm's LawChapter 21 - Circuits, Bioelectricity, And Dc InstrumentsChapter 22 - MagnetismChapter 23 - Electromagnetic Induction, Ac Circuits, And Electrical TechnologiesChapter 24 - Electromagnetic WavesChapter 25 - Geometric OpticsChapter 26 - Vision And Optical InstrumentsChapter 27 - Wave OpticsChapter 28 - Special RelativityChapter 29 - Introduction To Quantum PhysicsChapter 30 - Atomic PhysicsChapter 31 - Radioactivity And Nuclear PhysicsChapter 32 - Medical Applications Of Nuclear PhysicsChapter 33 - Particle PhysicsChapter 34 - Frontiers Of Physics
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Senior Contributing Authors: Andrew Fraknoi, Foothill College; David Morrison, NASA Ames Research Center; Sidney C. Wolff, National Optical Astronomy Observatory. Astronomy is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of one- or two-semester introductory astronomy courses. The book begins with relevant scientific fundamentals and progresses through an exploration of the solar system, stars, galaxies, and cosmology. The Astronomy textbook builds student understanding through the use of relevant analogies, clear and non-technical explanations, and rich illustrations. Mathematics is included in a flexible manner to meet the needs of individual instructors.
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Chapter 1, Problem 1CQChapter 2, Problem 1CQGiven: The given figure is, Figure (1) Formula used: The velocity of particle is given as, v=ΔxΔt...Chapter 3, Problem 1CQGiven: The given table is, Height (m)Time...Chapter 4, Problem 1CQChapter 5, Problem 1CQChapter 6, Problem 1CQChapter 7, Problem 1CQ
Given: Distance traveled with rocket engine firing ( m)Payload final velocity (...Chapter 8, Problem 1CQGiven: The mass of the girl is m=40 kg. The mass of the platform is m=120 kg. The initial speed of...Introduction: An experiment can be performed in which the two carts will be placed on a straight...Given: The mass of puck A is mA=200 g. The mass of puck B is mB=800 g. Formula used: The initial...Given: Mass of A, ma=3m. Mass of B, mb=m. Velocity of mass A before collision, ua=12 m/s. Velocity...Given: Velocity of object A before collision, ua=4 m/s. Velocity of object B before collision, ub=−8...Given: The positions of two objects before and after collision are depicted in the following figure....Given: Mass of A is ma=1.0 kg. Mass of B is mb=3.0 kg. Initial velocity of mass A is ua=8 m/s....Given: Mass of A is ma=1.0 kg. Mass of B is mb=1.0 kg. Initial velocity of mass A is ua=4 m/s....Given: Let the mass of A be m1. The mass m2 of B is m2=2m1. The initial velocity of mass B is...Given: The mass A is moving in +x direction with an initial velocity, v1=15 m/s. The mass of B is,...Given: The mass of car A is, m1=2000 kg. The initial velocity of car A is, v1=38 m/s in the east...Chapter 9, Problem 1CQGiven: The mass of the bridge is, m=2500 kg. Formula used: The relation between the mass and weight...Given: The mass of the bridge is M=2500 kg. The mass of the car is m=900 kg. The distance of weight...Given: The mass of the woman is m1=50 kg. The acceleration due to gravity is g=9.8 m/s2. Formula...Given: Number of bricks in the wheel barrow is 20. Mass of each brick is 3 kg. Formula used: Write...Given: The weight of the dumbbell is w1=20 lb. Formula used: The relation between the mass and...Chapter 10, Problem 1CQChapter 11, Problem 1CQGiven info: The manometer along balloon and jar is shown below: Height of the liquid inside the...Given: Mass of brace, mb=150 kg Mass of load, ml=400 kg Formula used: The Force for the slave...Given info: The radius of volleyball increases by 10%. Formula used: Density is mass per unit volume...Given: Density of water, Volume of liquid, Formula Used: A polystyrene cube floating partially...Chapter 12, Problem 1CQGiven: Diameter of pipe =3.5cm Force= 320 N Rate of flowing water = 2.5m/s Pumped water level = 21m...Chapter 13, Problem 1CQChapter 14, Problem 1CQChapter 15, Problem 1CQChapter 16, Problem 1CQChapter 17, Problem 1CQGiven: The distance between bat and insect is 3.00 m. The temperatures at which echo times is to be...Given: Refer Table [17.8] The value of acoustic impedance of transducer material is, Zt=30.8×106...Given: The frequency of the car's horn is fhorn=200 Hz. Formula used: The expression for the...Given: The data length of an air column and a resonant frequency present when the column is struck...Chapter 18, Problem 1CQGiven: Point charges located at 1.00 cm, 5.00 cm, 8.00 cm and 14.0 cm along the x -axis. Formula...Given: Point charges located at 3.00, 8.00 and 11.0 cm along the x -axis. Formula used: Electric...Given: Four charges qa, qb, qc, qd placed at each corner of the square with side 5 cmhaving...Given: qb=+10.00μC qc=−5.00μC Side of an equilateral triangle 25.0 cm Formula used: E=Ebcosφ...Given: qa=+2.50 nC qb=−8.00 nC qc=+1.50 nC Point charges located at the corners of an equilateral...Formula used: The magnitude of the electrostatic force between two electrons isgiven by: FC=kq2r2...Introduction: The lines of forces are imaginary which signify amplitude and direction of an electric...Chapter 19, Problem 1CQGiven info: Charges q1=1 μCq2=−2 μCq3=3 μC Formula used: The potential energy is given by PE=−kq1q2d...Given: The charge of the particle is identical, that is, q=q. The impact of the second particle on...Chapter 20, Problem 1CQGiven: WireLengthDiameterWire 12m1cmWire 21m0.5 cmWire 31m1cm Formula used: Resistance in the wire...Given information: The given statement is a switch has a variable resistance that is nearly zero...Given information: The given figure is Introduction: Kirchhoff's junction rule states that the sum...Given information: The given figure is Formula used: Kirchhoff's second rule states that in a closed...Given information: The given figure is Introduction: Ammeter is connected in series in the circuit...Given information: The given figure is Introduction: Kirchhoff's second rule states that in a closed...Given information: The given figure is Concept Introduction: Kirchhoff's second rule states that in...Given information: The voltage of alkaline cell is 1.585 V. An internal resistance is 0.100Ω....Given information: Figure shows how a bleeder resistor is used to discharge a capacitor after an...Given: Parallel combination of two 20 Ω and one 10 Ω resistors is connected in series with a 4Ω...Chapter 22, Problem 1CQGiven: Current carrying wire is placed at the vertices of an equilateral triangle of side 10.0 cm=...Given: A pendulum is set up so that its bob swings between the poles of permanent magnet. Charge on...Chapter 23, Problem 1CQGiven information: An ideal step-up transformer with turn ratio 1:30 is supplied with an input power...Chapter 24, Problem 1CQChapter 25, Problem 1CQChapter 26, Problem 1CQChapter 27, Problem 1CQIntroduction: The resultant amplitude of two waves with equal amplitude is given by A2=2A12(1+cosδ)...Given: The nth -order diffraction angle for the longest wavelength is, θl1=53.13°. The longest...Chapter 28, Problem 1CQGiven: The Relativistic energy is E, Themomentum is p, The rest mass is m0 The speed of light is c....Chapter 29, Problem 1CQChapter 30, Problem 1CQGiven: The wavelength of first photon is λ1=121.6 nm. The wavelength of second photon is λ2=102.6...Given: The energy of the level 2 is E2=−3.4 eV. The energy of the level 3 is E3=−1.5 eV. Formula...Chapter 31, Problem 1CQChapter 32, Problem 1CQIntroduction: The formation of one or more different atomic nuclei and the subatomic particles by...Given: The reaction of nuclear fission is n01+U92235→U92236→B56141a +Ky92r + x n01 Formula Used: An...Chapter 33, Problem 1CQChapter 34, Problem 1CQ
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