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    Projectile Motion Problem

    A projectile is fired from ground level at time t=0, at an angle [THETA] with respect to the horizontal. It has an initial speed V0. In this problem we are assuming that the ground is level ... **Please see attachment for proper citation of symbols and complete question.

    Movement on an Inclined Plane

    A block is given an initial speed of 4.0 m/s up a 22° plane. (a) How far up the plane will it go? (b) How much time elapses before it returns to its starting point? Ignore friction.

    Rocket Acceleration Problem

    A Saturn V rocket has a mass of 2.75 x 10^6 kg and exerts a force of 33 x 10^6 N on the gases it expels. Determine (a) the initial vertical acceleration of the rocket, (b) its velocity after 8 seconds, and (c) how long it takes to reach an altitude of 9500m. (Ignore the mass of gas expelled and assume g remains constant.)

    Forces, free body diagrams, and work

    Please give complete solutions step by step. Thanks again for helping me! 1. A box is touching the floor. The normal force of the floor on the box depends on... (see attachment for rest)

    Coefficient of friction and dynamic and static friction

    It's not a problem but I need a good explanation please because I really don't understand: I need someone to explain why when we have (for example) one block on another, why when we represent the friction force, its direction can sometimes become, in the same sense, not only direction but also acceleration? How is this possib

    Physics: Horizontal force applied to a radio at rest; friction, acceleration

    1.) A horizontal force of 3.00 N is applied to a 1.00-kg radio, initially at rest on a table with a level surface. a.) Will the radio move if the coefficient of the friction is 0.45? b.) What is the coefficient of friction if it just begins to move? c.) What is its acceleration if the coefficient of the friction is only 0.0

    Free Body Diagrams

    Use the Free-body diagrams to answer the following: 1. You are driving along the highway, when the car in front of you makes a right-hand turn. What is the best free-body diagram of forces on the turning car, from your point of view behind the car? 2. The speed of the car in front of you is a constant 25m/s. The mass of th

    Acceleration, tension

    4.) A 0.840 kg glider on a level air track is joined by strings to two hanging masses. The strings have negligible mass and pass over light, frictionless pulleys. a.) Find the acceleration of the masses and... b.) Find the tension in the strings when the air flow is turned off and the coefficient of friction between the glide

    Acceleration and collision

    1) You are playing an air hockey game where a puck glides frictionless on a cushion of air on a flat level table. When the puck is gliding across the table at constant velocity, which statement is true? There are no forces acting on the puck There is a force on the puck that causes it to continue to move forward. The vecto

    Kinematics Graph for Velocity

    Please give step by step answers. The four question that follow belong to the graph being described. The graph has velocit on the y axis in m/s and the x axis is time in seconds. The points given make the grph line. Points (0,20), (2,30), (4,40), (6,40), (8,0), and (10,-30). 1) What is the velocity of the object at t=2

    Calculating density, acceleration, mass, and distance

    Please give an answer and explanation with steps if needed. 1) A block of material has dimensions 3.8cm by 6.1 cm by 3.8cm. Its mass is 594g. What is the density? Answer in units of g/cm^3 2) An acceleration of 4.2 mi/h/s is equal to: Answer in units of m/s^2. 3) Grains of fine beach sand are assumed to be spheres

    Simple Acceleration

    Car A is at rest (0 mi/hr), while car B is going 90m/hr with constant velocity. How fast will car A have to travel from rest in order to catch up to car B over a distance of 3 miles? How long will it take for car A to catch car B?

    Angular Momentum and Centripetal Force

    A car of mass 1000kg moves with a speed of 50 m/s on a circular track of radius 100m. What is the magnitude of its angular momentum (in kg.m^2/s) relative to the center of the racetrack? ============================================== Answers: a) 5 x 10^2 b) 5 x 10^6 c) 2.5 x 10^6 d) 2.5 x 10^4 ############################

    Calculating with Newton's 2nd Law

    1. If a cord is pulled upward, making an angle of 27º with respect to the horizon line, produces a force of 365N and can pull a box over the floor with a weight of 55.2 kg at a constant speed of 20.5 centimeters/sec - which is the magnitude of the friction force that opposes the movement of the box? 2. A boat pulls a water-sk

    Calculations Using Newton's 2nd Law

    1. A ball that weights 5N falls on earth ...what is the net force that acts on the ball during the fall? Which is the force (including its direction) that the ball exercises on the land when it falls? 2. In the moon, the gravitational acceleration of the objects is around 1.67 meter/s2 How much does it weight in the moon an ob

    Force, Newton's 2nd law

    1. If a cord is pulled upward, making an angle of 27º with respect to the horizon line, produces a force of 365N and can pull a box over the floor with a weight of 55.2 kg at a constant speed of 20.5 centimeters/sec - which is the magnitude of the friction force that opposes the movement of the box? 2. A boat pulls a water-ski

    Position Equation for Movement of a Particle

    1. The position equation for the movement of a particle is given by when s is measured in feet and t is measured in seconds. Find the acceleration at two seconds. 2. Find the derivative: . 3. Find if . 4. The radius of a circle is increasing at the rate of 5 inches per minute. At what rate is the area increasing when

    Finding the Height of a Window and Building

    A rock is released at rest from the top of a building. A window of the building which measures d=3.5 m from top to bottom. Its bottom edge is distance h=36 m from the ground. The rock takes time T= .12 seconds to pass from the top to the bottom of the window. a. find the height of the building. b. find the time the rock takes

    Torque and angular acceleration of a ring and bar combination.

    A uniform thin ring, mass M= 6 kg and radius R= .35 m, with a bar of mass m= 4.5 kg across its diameter, is mounted on frictionless bearings at its center. A cord wrapped on the surface of the ring suspends a weight W= 14.7 nt. See ATTACHMENT1 for a diagram showing parameters and stating physics required.

    SHM vertically moving tray with loose cube on top

    A tray is moving with SHM along a vertical y axis. A small aluminum cube is placed on the tray. a. If the period is fixed at T= 1.5 sec, find the maximum amplitude Ym for which the cube remains in contact with the tray. b. If the amplitude is fixed at Ym= .15 m, find the minimum period T for which the cube remains in contact w

    Given x(t) for a certain SHM, find x, v, and a at a given instant.

    For a certain point executing SHM on an x axis with amplitude .40 m, the equation giving its location as a function of time is given by: (1) x = .4 m cos (6 t) a. At time t= .35 sec, find the location, the velocity and the acceleration of the moving point. b. Find the first time after t=0 that the moving point is located a

    Calculus : Acceleration, Average Value and Values of Derivatives

    8) The acceleration at time t, of a particle moving along the x axis is given by a(t)=20t^3+6. At time t=0 the velocity of the particle is 0 and the position of the particle is 7. What is the position of the particle at time t? 12) The function f is given by f(x)=3x^2+1. What is the average value os f over the closed inte

    Inertia problem

    In Fig. 11-42, one block has a mass M = 500 g, the other has mass m = 460 g, and the pulley, which is mounted in horizontal frictionless bearings, has a radius of 5.00 cm. When released from rest, the heavier block falls 81.5 cm in 2.90 s (without the cord slipping on the pulley). (a) What is the magnitude of the block's acce

    Acceleration Problem - Equation of Motion

    Figure 1-43 shows two blocks, each of mass m, suspended from the ends of a rigid weightless rod of length L1+L2 with L1 = 19 cm and L2 = 82 cm (see attachment). The rod is held horizontally on the fulcrum and then released. (a) What is the magnitude of the initial acceleration of the block closer to the fulcrum. (b) What is

    Acceleration that m must move in a circle of radius to stay at rest

    See attached file. A mass m = 3 kg on a frictionless table is attached to a hanging mass M = 5 kg by a cord through a hole in a table (see figure below). Find the speed with which m must move in a circle of radius r = 0.5 m in order for M to stay at rest. Please provide step by step solution

    Coriolis Acceleration Physics

    Question: Pin P is attached to the collar shown; the motion of the pin is guided by a slot cut in bar BD and by the collar that slides on rod AE. Rod AE rotates with a constant angular velocity of 5 rad/s clockwise and the distance from A to P increases at a constant rate of 2 m/s. Determine at the instant shown (a) the angular