Explore BrainMass

Explore BrainMass

    Work

    BrainMass Solutions Available for Instant Download

    Work, Kinetic Energy, and Acceleration

    Please do the circled problems. Thanks. Questions: 89. Two particles with charges Q and -Q are fixed at the vertices of an equilateral triangle with sides of length a. If ..., the work required to move a particle with a charge q from the other vertex to the center fo the line joining the fixed charges is... Please se

    Charge and Work

    Please help me with the circled problems. Questions: 87. Points R and T are each a distance f from each of the two particles with charges of equal magnitudes and opposite signs as shown. If ... the work required to move a particle with the negative charge q from R to T is .... Please see the attached for the complete se

    Charges, spherical shell, and charge density

    Please show all work and show all equations used and diagrams, etc. etc. so I understand completely please. 1) Charge is placed on the surface of a 2.7cm radius isolated conducting sphere. The surface density charge is uniform and has the value 6.9*10^-6C/m^2. The total charge on the sphere is: 2) A spherical shell has a

    Electrostatic Forces and Movement of Charged Particles

    Please show all work and diagrams plus equations used to solve problem. Thanks! 1) Particles 1, with charge q1 and 2, with a charge q2 are on the x axis, with particle 1 at x = a with and particle 2 at x=-2a. For the net force on a third charges particle, at the origin to be zero q1 and q2 must be related by q2=: (answer B

    Object Charges and Forces

    Please show all work and diagrams plus equations used to solve problem. Thanks! 1) A small object has charge Q. Charge q is removed from it and placed on a second small object. The two objects are placed 1 meter apart. For the force that each object exerts on the other to be a maximum, q should be: 2) Two small charged

    Working with harmonic wave functions

    Write an expression for a harmonic wave with an amplitude of 0.11 m, a wavelength of 2.5 m, and a period of 1.2 s. The wave travels to the right.

    Charged particles and net electrostatic force

    Please show step by step solution you used to solve this problem and give the answer. Leave no details out! Even simple math! 1) The figure shows four situations in which five charged particles are evenly spaced along on an axis. The charge values are given except for the central particle, which has the same charge in all

    Perturbation of a Negative Potential Time Dependent Problem

    I am trying to calculate the probability that the n = 3 state will be excited at t = infinity for the case where b<<< a. and to show that for any value of b only the odd n states will be excited at t = infinity. My initial conditions and setup are: V(x,t) = Vinit(x) exp(-lambda times t) where I have a negative potential

    Relativistic Momentum

    A football player with a mass of 88 kg and a speed of 2.0 m/s collides head-on with a player from the opposing team whose mass is 120 kg. The players stick together and are at rest after the collision. Find the speed of the second player, assuming the speed of light is 3.0 m/s.

    Spring Compression, Speed and Distance

    6. [SJ3 7.P.024.] A toy cannon uses a spring to project a 5.30 g soft rubber ball. The spring is originally compressed by 5.00 cm and has a force constant of 7.80 N/m. When it is fired, the ball moves 16.0 cm through the horizontal barrel of the cannon, and a constant frictional force of 0.0320 N exists between barrel and ball.

    Energy - Force and Work

    A 90g bullet is fired from a rifle having a barrel 0.690m long. Assuming the origin is placed the bullet begins to move, the force (in newtons) exerted on the bullet by the expanding gas is 1000 + 6000x- 35000x*x where x is in meters. a) Determine the work done by the gas on the bullet as the bullet travels the length of the

    The coordinates of the third mass ...

    The center of mass of three objects is located at (1,0). One object with a mass of 5 kg is at (-2,-1) and a second object with a mass of 2 kg is at (0,0). Find the coordinates of the third mass of 3 kg. a.(1.7, 6.7) b.(2, 6) c. (1.3, 5.3) d. (6.7, 1.7)

    Working with rotatinal inertia of a cylinder

    A solid cylinder of mass 8kg and diameter 20cm is rotated about an axis parallel to its central axis at a distance of 10 cm from the cylinder. the rotatinal inertia of the cylinder about the parallel axis is: a. 0.12 kg m^2 b. 0.08 kg m^2 c. 12 kg m^2 d. 0.04 kg m^2

    Rotational Work and Kinetic Energy

    If the work required to spin a disk up from 1.0 rad/s to 2.0 rad/s is 100.0 J. (a) what is the moment of inertia (I) of the disk? (b) How much additional work would be required to increase its angular speed from 2.0 rad/s to 4.0 rad/s?

    Rotational Work and Kinetic Energy - Speed and Height

    A steel ball rolls down an incline into a loop-the-loop of radius R. (a) What minimum speed must the ball have at the top of the loop in order to stay on the track? (b) At what vertical height (h) on the incline, in terms of the radius of the loop, must the ball be released in order for it to have the required minimum speed at t

    Work Done on a Cart

    A 70 kg cart is pushed 50m with a constant velocity upon a 45 degree frictionless incline. Find the work done on the cart (assume 10 m/s^2 gor gravity). Express in scientific notation and in joules.

    Work and Energy - Force of Friction and Kinetic Friction

    Question: A box of mass m = 20.0 kg is pushed at a constant speed of v = 2.5 m/s, and by a force F = 25.0 N along the horizontal plane. Show the algebraic steps: a) What is the force of friction between the box and the surface? b) What is the value of the coefficient of kinetic friction?

    Work Energy Theorem

    If the work required to speed a car up from 1.0 m/s to 4.0 m/s is 6000J, what is the mass of the car? How much additional work would be required to increase its speed from 4.0 m/s to 10.0 m/s?

    Work and Energy

    A boy pushes a lawn mower on a level lawn with a constant force of 540N at an angle of 30 degrees to the horizontal. Show the algebraic steps. How far does the boy push the mower in 2500J of work?

    Work and Force

    A spring with spring constant k= 1550 N/m is compressed by 0.020m, specify magnitude and direction algebraically: a) What force is required to do this? b) How much work is done in compressing the spring? c) What is the potential energy stored in the spring?

    Word and Energy of Dropping a Book

    A student lifts a book of mass 1.12 kg to a height of 1.24 m; use g=9.8 m/s^2, write an equation then calculate: a) How much work does the student do? b) What is the potential energy of the book? c) If the student drops the book vertically, what is the book's kinetic energy when it reaches the floor? d) What is the spe

    Simple Physics

    A 615 kg car was involved in an accident. The accepted coefficient of friction between concrete and rubber is 0.65. The skid marks left by the car are 18.6m long. How was was the car moving when it hit the brakes?

    Work and Energy Required to Stretch a Spring

    A spring has k = 88 N/m. Draw a graph like that in Fig. 7-12 (see attachment). Use the graph to determine the work needed to stretch the spring from x = 4.4 cm to x = 6.6 cm, where x = 0 refers to the spring's unstretched length. See the attached file.

    Spring Constant of the Spring

    A 1200 kg car rolling on a horizontal surface has speed v = 66 km/h when it strikes a horizontal coiled spring and is brought to rest in a distance of 3.3 m. What is the spring constant of the spring?

    Work & Energy - Average Force of Air Resistance

    A softball having a mass of 0.25 kg is pitched at 114 km/h. By the time it reaches the plate, it may have slowed by 10 percent. Neglecting gravity, estimate the average force of air resistance during a pitch, if the distance between the plate and the pitcher is about 15 m.

    Work & Energy - Average Force Exerted

    A baseball (m = 145 g) traveling 55 m/s moves a fielder's glove backward 35 cm when the ball is caught. What was the average force exerted by the ball on the glove?

    Work and Energy (Force - Catapult)

    A 20,000 kg jet takes off from an aircraft carrier via a catapult. The jet's engines exert a constant force of 136 kN on the jet. The force exerted on the jet by the catapult is plotted in Fig. 7-24b (see attachment) with F1 = 1200 kN and F2 = 73 kN. (a) Determine the work done on the jet by its engines during the launch of th