Phy 131 homework, continued. (Reading refers to Serway & Jewett’s Physics for Scientists & Engineers with Modern Physics, 10th
ed.)
Sec. 5: Work and Energy
Read: sec. 7.2-7.7, 8.2-8.4 (skip stuff about springs.)
Quiz A. A pendulum consists of a
5.00 kg mass on a light string 2.00 m long.
The mass is given an initial speed of 4.00 m/s at its lowest
position. When the string makes an angle
of 37° with the vertical, find:
a. The change in the
potential energy of the mass.
b. The speed of the mass.
ans. 19.7 J, 2.85 m/s
B. 1. (1 point) When a particle revolves around a circle, a force acts
on it directed toward the center of the circle.
Why is it that this force does no work on the particle?
2. (2 points)
Including air friction, consider a ball thrown straight up which then
returns to the thrower's hand. State
when each of the following is greatest, or that it remains constant:
i.
Potential energy, Ug.
ii.
Total mechanical energy, E.
3 (7) A 3.00 kg mass has an initial velocity of = (6.00
– 2.00
) m/s. (a) What is its
kinetic energy at this time? (b) Find
the total work done on the object if its velocity changes to (8.00
+ 4.00
) m/s. (Hint: Remember
that v2 =
.)
ans: 60.0
J, 60.0 J
C. 1. (2 points; .4 each) What
is the value of each product?
×
= _____,
×
= _____,
×
= _____,
×
= _____,
×
= _____
2. (1 point) A stunt man hangs by a rope from a large balloon. As the balloon moves 100 m, 50 000 J of work
is done on the man by the 500 N tension in the rope. Did the balloon move horizontally,
vertically, or could it be either?
3. (7) A 1200 kg car with 540,000 J of kinetic energy runs out of gas
at point A. It then coasts up a hill as
shown, while experiencing a drag force of 250 N. What is the distance, s, that it coasts
before coming to rest at point B?
ans: 505 m
D. 1. (1 point) Another student
tells you they have calculated the work done on an object to be
3.50– 1.80
J. Something should look wrong to you. What is it?
2. (9) A 15 kg block is dragged over a horizontal surface by a 70 N
force acting at an angle of 20° above the
horizontal. The block is displaced 5.0 m
and the coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.3. Find (a) the work done by the
70 N force, and (b) the work done by the force of friction.
ans. 329 J, –185 J
E. 1. (1 point) When
nonconservative forces act on a system, does the total mechanical energy remain
constant?
2. (9) A 250 gram glider slides
horizontally along the x axis on a frictionless air track. A string tied to the glider is pulled with a
constant force of F = .700 + .400
N. After being displaced 3.00 m from rest, (a)
how much work has been done on the glider?
(b) what is its speed?
ans: 2.10 J, 4.10 m/s
F. A slide is attached to a
swimming pool as shown. A 22 kg child starts
at rest at point A, then is launched horizontally from point B.
a. If 35 J is lost to
friction along the slide, what is her speed at B?
b. How much time is she in
the air?
c. How far from the point
directly under point B does she hit the water?
ans: 6.10 m/s, .484 s, 2.96 m
Sec. 6: Power /
Read: sec. 5.6, 8.5, 9.1 - 9.5
A. 1. (2 points) A ball is dropped.
(a) What force acts on it while it is falling? (Neglect air
resistance.) (b) Identify the reaction
force.
2. (8) A 3.00 kg object and a 2.00 kg object have a perfectly elastic
head-on collision as shown. (a) How fast
must the 2 kg hit the 3 kg to make the 3 kg stop? (b) How fast is it moving after the
collision?
ans: 1.50 m/s, 7.50 m/s
B. 1. (4 pts) A 1500 kg car
accelerates uniformly from rest to 10 m/s in 3.0 s. Find (a) the work done on the car in this time,
(b) the average power delivered by the engine in the first 3.0 s.
ans: 7.5 x
104 J, 2.5 x 104 W (or 33.5 hp)
2. (6) A .150 kg baseball is thrown at a speed of 40.0 m/s. It is hit straight back at the pitcher with a
speed of 50.0 m/s. (a) What is the
impulse delivered to the baseball? (b)
Find the average force exerted by the bat on the ball if the two are in contact
for 2.00 x 10-3 s.
ans: 13.5
kg×m/s, 6.75 x 103 N, both toward the pitcher
C. 1. (2 points)
2. (8) An unstable
nucleus of mass 17.0 x 10-27 kg, initially at rest at the origin,
disintegrates into three particles. One of the particles, mass = 5.00 x 10-27
kg, moves up the y axis with a velocity of 6.00 x 106 m/s. Another, of mass 8.40 x 10-27 kg,
moves along the positive x axis at 4.00 x 106 m/s. Find the third particle's
velocity vector.
ans: (–9.33 – 8.33
) x 106 m/s
D. A 10.0 kg object moving to
the right with a speed of 3.00 m/s makes an elastic head on collision with a 20.0
kg object initially at rest. Find the
final velocity of each.
ans.: –1.00 m/s, 2.00 m/s
E. A 90 kg fullback running east
with a speed of 5.00 m/s is tackled by a 95 kg opponent running north with a
speed of 3.00 m/s. If the collision is
perfectly inelastic, calculate the speed and direction of the players just
after the tackle.
ans: 2.88
m/s at 32.4° north of east
F. Two frictionless pucks have a
somewhat inelastic, glancing collision. Puck
B is 1.25 times the mass of puck A.
Initially, B is at rest and A is moving at 5.00 m/s at an angle of 37.0° with its final direction of motion.
After the collision, the pucks are moving in perpendicular
directions. (a) What is vA? (b) What is vB? ans:
A: 3.99 m/s, B: 2.41 m/s
Sec. 7: Rotation
Read:
A. 1. (2 points) A wheel is rotating about a fixed axis. Do all points on the wheel have the same (a)
angular velocity? (b) linear velocity?
2. (8) The angle which a certain rotating object has turned through is
given by θ = 5t3 – 30t + 10, where t is in
seconds and θ is in radians.
a. Find its angular velocity
at t = .800 s.
b. Find its angular
acceleration t = .800 s.
c. At what time does the
object stop turning clockwise and start turning counterclockwise?
ans:
–20.4 rad/s, 24.0 rad/s2, 1.41 sec.
B. 1. (2 points) An old style record player turntable rotates at a
constant 45 rev/min.
a. What is its angular speed
in radians per second?
b. What is its angular acceleration?
2. (8) A 25.0 cm radius wheel has a 10.0 cm radius axle. A string wound around the wheel pulls with
90.0 N and a string around the axle pulls with 120 N. The box which makes the 90.0 N force accelerates
downward at a = 5.10 m/s2. What is the moment of
inertia of the wheel and axle?
ans: .515 kg×m2
C. 1. (1 point) If you see an object rotating, is there necessarily a
net torque acting on it?
2. (1) A wheel’s
position is measured every .0100 s, giving the data shown in the table. What is its angular acceleration in degrees/s2?
3. (8) The four particles shown are connected by rigid rods of
negligible mass. They rotate about the z
axis, which passes through the page at the center of the rectangle, with an
angular speed of 6.00 rad/s. Find the
system's
a. moment of inertia about
the z axis, and
b. rotational kinetic
energy.
ans: 143 kg×m2, 2.57 kJ
D. A long uniform rod of length
L and mass M rotates in a vertical plane about a frictionless pivot at one
end. It is released from rest in a
vertical position. At the instant it
passes through the horizontal, find (a) its angular speed, and (b) the
magnitude of its angular acceleration.
ans: ω = , α = 3g/(2L)
E. 1. (1.5 points) Why does a tightrope walker carry a long pole for
balance instead of a bowling ball of the same mass?
2. (8.5) A long uniform rod of length L and mass M rotates in a
vertical plane about a frictionless pivot at one end, as shown above. It is released from rest in a vertical
position. It can be shown that as it
passes through the horizontal, its angular speed is ω = and the magnitude of
its angular acceleration is α = 3g/(2L).
Find the x and y components of the acceleration of its center of mass.
ans: = – (3/2)g
– (3/4)g
F. A wheel 1.00 m in diameter
rotates on a fixed, frictionless axle.
Its moment of inertia about this axis is 5.00 kg×m2. A constant
tension of 20.0 N is maintained on a rope wrapped around the rim of the
wheel. If the wheel starts from rest at
t = 0, find
a. the wheel's angular
acceleration, (ans:
2.00 rad/s2)
b. the wheel's angular speed at t = 3.00 s, (ans:
6.00 rad/s)
c. the length of rope unwound
in the first 3.00 s (ans:
4.50 m)
Sec. 8: Torque &
Statics
Read: ch. 11, sec. 1; ch. 12 all
except sec. 2 & 4
A. 1. (1 point) Can a body be in equilibrium if it is in motion?
2. (9) A construction worker weighing 700 N walks out on a beam in an
attempt to retrieve a box of tools at the end.
The beam is uniform, weighs 200 N, and is 6.00 m long. The tools weigh 80.0 N. When the worker is at x = 1.00 m, find the
tension in the wire, and the components of the force exerted by the wall on the
left end of the beam.
ans: T = 343 N, H =
171 N, V = 683 N,
B. 1. (2 points) What is the value of each product? x
=____,
x
=____,
x
=____,
x
=____,
x
=____,
x
=____
2. (8) A construction worker weighing 700 N walks out on a beam in an
attempt to retrieve a box of tools at the end, as shown above. The beam is
uniform, weighs 200 N, and is 6.00 m long.
The tools weigh 80.0 N. If the
wire can withstand a maximum tension of 900 N, what is the maximum distance, x,
the worker can walk before the wire breaks?
ans: x = 5.14 m
C. A bridge of length 50.0 m and
mass 8.00 x 104 kg is supported only at its
ends, points A and B. A truck of mass
3.00 x 104 kg is located 15.0 m from end
A. What are the forces on the bridge at
each point of support?
ans: FA = 5.98 x 105 N, FB = 4.80 x 105 N
D. A 15.0 m uniform ladder weighing 500 N rests against a frictionless
wall. The ladder makes a 60.0° angle with the horizontal. Find
the horizontal and vertical forces that the ground exerts on the base of the
ladder when an 800 N firefighter is 4.00 m from the bottom.
ans: H = 268 N, V =
1300 N
E. The truck plus contents
weighs 50.0 kN. The wind’s force is a
horizontal 1.20 kN effectively acting at a point 1.70 m above the ground. The front wheels are free to roll, so there
is only a vertical force pushing up on them.
Because the parking brake is on, the ground exerts both horizontal and
vertical components on the rear wheels.
Find (a) the total vertical force on the front wheels from the ground,
(b) the total vertical force on the rear wheels from the ground, and (c) the
total horizontal force on the rear wheels from the ground.
ans: 18.6
kN, 31.4 kN, 1.20 kN
F. The figure shows a stationary claw hammer being used to try and pull
a nail. The force on the hammer from the
nail is parallel to the nail, and the force from the hand is horizontal. If the hand exerts 150 N, what is (a) the
magnitude of the force from the nail, and (b) the force exerted by the surface
on the point of contact with the hammer head?
ans: 1.04 kN, 370 + 900
N
Sec. 9: More Rotation
Read:
A. During a supernova, the core of the exploding star collapses,
sometimes becoming a very compact object called a neutron star. Assume that the net force on each particle of
the imploding core, as it falls inward, is directly toward the star’s
center. If the original core had a mass
of 5.00 x 1030 kg, a radius of 10 000 km and spun at a rate of one
revolution per day, and if the resulting neutron star has the same mass and a
10 km radius, what are its final (a) angular momentum, (b) rotational kinetic
energy and (c) angular velocity?
ans: 1.45 x 1040
kg·m2/s, 5.29 x 1041 J, 72.7 rad/s
B. 1. (2 points) Compressed air
blows out of a ramp's surface, similar to our air tracks. With the air off, a solid plastic cylinder is
rolled down the ramp without slipping.
Then with the air on, it is slid down the ramp on its end, without
rolling. No significant energy is lost
to friction in either case, and the center of mass drops the same distance in
both cases. In which trial does it get
to the bottom quicker, or is it the same?
(Considering conservation of energy might be helpful.)
2. (8) A solid sphere rolls down a ramp without slipping, as shown. What is its final speed if there are no
losses to friction?
ans: 7.31 m/s
C. C. A basketball (thin spherical shell) with a
radius of 12.0 cm rolls past point A at 3.50 m/s, then rolls up a curved ramp
and shoots straight up from the top. It
rolls without slipping until it shoots off the ramp at point B, and negligible
energy is lost to friction. C is the
highest point it reaches.
a. What is its speed at
point B?
b. What is its angular speed
at point B?
c. What is its speed at
point C?
d. What is its angular speed
at point C?
ans:
2.00 m/s, 16.7 rad/s, 0, 16.7 rad/s
D. 1. (2 points) What is the direction of this particle's angular
momentum vector?
2. (8) A playground merry-go-round of radius R = 2.00 m
has a moment of inertia of I = 250 kg×m2
and is rotating at 10 rev/min about a frictionless vertical axis. A 25 kg child hops on, moving straight toward
the axis, and landing at the merry-go-round's outer edge. What is its new angular speed?
ans: 7.14
rpm
E. 1. (2 points) Three objects of uniform density - a solid sphere, a
solid cylinder and a thin hollow cylinder - are placed at the top of an
incline. If they all are released from
rest at the same elevation and roll without slipping, which object reaches the
bottom first? Which reaches it last?
2. (8) A woman on a lawn tractor is pulling a cylindrical 50.0 kg
roller over level ground. The roller
passes point A at 1.75 m/s. If the net work done on the roller between points A
and B is 190 J, what is its speed (in m/s) at point B?
ans: 2.85 m/s
F. A particle of mass 10.0 g and
initial speed 5.00 m/s collides with and sticks to the edge of a uniform solid
sphere of mass 1.00 kg and radius 20.0 cm, as shown. If the sphere is initially at rest and is
pivoted about a frictionless axle through its center which is perpendicular to
the page, find
a. the angular velocity of
the system after the collision,
b. how much energy was lost
in the collision.
ans: .610 rad/s, .122 J
Sec. 10: Springs and
Vibration:
Read: Those parts of ch. 7 & 8 which are about springs; ch. 15 up
to the heading "The physical pendulum" on P.402.
A. The motion of a piston in an engine is simple harmonic. If the displacement of a certain piston
varies according to
x = (5.00 cm)cos(2.00t
+ π/6)
where x is in cm, and t is in seconds, find
a.
the piston's displacement at t = 0,
b. its velocity at t = 0,
c. its acceleration at t =
0,
d. the period of its motion,
and
e. the amplitude of its
motion.
ans: 4.33 cm, –5.00
cm/s, –17.3 cm/s2, 3.14 s, 5.00 cm
B. 1. (1 point) A spring stretches two inches when a certain weight is
hung from it. The spring is then cut in
half; the same weight stretches either half one inch. The spring constant of either piece is
__________ the original spring's. (more
than? less than? the same as?)
2. (9) A block of mass .250 kg is placed on top of a vertical spring of
constant k = 5000 N/m and pushed downward, compressing the spring .100 m. After the block is released, it travels
upward and then leaves the spring. To
what maximum height above the point where your hand released it does it rise?
ans: 10.2 m
C. Approximating small changes
with differentials: A simple pendulum has a length of 2.50 m. Determine the change in its period if
it is taken from a point where g = 9.80 m/s2 to an elevation where
the free-fall acceleration is 9.79 m/s2, as follows: (a) Do this by calculating the differential
of the formula for T, then filling numbers into the result. (b) Find exactly what the change really is by
calculating T at each location and subtracting.
ans
to both a & b: increases by .00162 s
D. 1. (3 points) Can the following quantities be in the same direction
for a simple harmonic oscillator?
a. Displacement and
velocity? ____________
b. Velocity and
acceleration? ____________
c. Displacement and
acceleration? ____________
2. (7) A 130 gram mass, attached to a spring, is moving on a
frictionless horizontal surface. It
passes through equilibrium at 5.00 m/s.
If the spring has a stiffness of k = 67.0 N/m, what is its speed when
the mass is 15.0 cm from equilibrium?
ans: 3.66
m/s
E. 1. (1 point) If a mass - spring system is hung vertically and set
into oscillation, why does the motion eventually stop?
2. (9) A frictionless puck of mass m is connected to two rubber bands of
length L, each under tension T, as shown.
This is on a smooth, horizontal sheet of ice. The puck is displaced a small distance y
perpendicular to the rubber bands. When released, it vibrates along the y
axis. Assuming that the tension does not
change,
(a) show that the restoring force is – (2T / L)y and
(b) find the expression for how the angular frequency depends on m, L
and T.
ans: ω =
F.
A 3.0 kg block, sliding on a horizontal surface with a coefficient of
kinetic friction of .30, collides with a horizontal massless spring with a
force constant of 30 N/m. Its speed is
1.5 m/s when it first touches the spring.
How far will it compress the spring before stopping momentarily?
ans: 26.4 cm
Sec. 11: Waves
Read:
A. 1. (2 points) Name four
different kinds of electromagnetic waves (not necessarily in order).
2. (8) A sinusoidal wave train is described by the equation
y = (.250 m)sin[(.300 m-1)x
– (40.0 s-1)t)]
Find this wave's (a) amplitude, (b) angular frequency, (c) wave number,
(d) wavelength, (e) wave speed, (f) direction of motion (right or left) and (g)
displacement at x = 3.20 m when t = .190 s.
ans: .250 m, 40.0
rad/s, .300 rad/m, 20.9 m, 133 m/s, right, –.0873 m
B. 1. (2 points) How do transverse waves differ from longitudinal
waves?
2. (8) A sinusoidal wave in the rope shown is described by the wave
function y = (.200)sin(.750πx –
18.0πt) where x and y are in
meters and t is in seconds. The rope has
a linear mass density of .250 kg/m. What
is the value of the suspended mass, which is providing the tension in the rope?
ans: 14.7 kg
C. 1. (4 points) You are
standing by the side of a road, just about directly in front of an approaching
car which is blowing its horn. Point A
is 1000 ft in front of you, point B is 500 ft in front of you, and point C is
500 ft behind you. If the car maintains
a constant velocity,
a. When the car is at A, how
does the pitch you hear compare to the pitch heard by the driver?
b. When the car is at B, how
does the pitch you hear compare to the pitch you heard when it was at A?
c. When the car is at C, how
does the pitch you hear compare to the pitch you heard when it was at B?
d. When the car is at C, how
does the pitch you hear compare to the pitch heard by the driver?
2. (6) A sinusoidal wave is traveling along a rope. The oscillator which generates the wave
completes 40.0 vibrations in 30.0 seconds.
Also, a given maximum travels 425 cm along the rope in 10.0
seconds. What is the wavelength?
ans: .319 m
D. 1. (2.5 points) Name the
colors of the visible spectrum in order.
Which color has the highest frequency? The longest wavelength?
2. (7.5) A train passes a platform at 40.0 m/s, with its horn
blowing. The engineer hears the horn's
frequency to be 320 Hz. What change in
frequency is observed by a person on the platform as the train passes?
ans: 75.7 Hz drop
E. The sound level at a distance
of 3.00 m from a source is 120 dB. At
what distance will the sound level be 100 dB?
ans: 30.0 m
F. With 100 people talking in a
restaurant, the sound level is 80.0 dB.
What is the average sound level later, with only five people left? Assume that the people are the only
significant source of sound, the conversations never die down and each person
is equally loud.
ans: 67.0 dB
Sec. 12 - Gravitation/ Temperature & The Ideal Gas Law
Read: Ch. 13, sec. 1, 2 & 4; those parts of sec. 18.2 & 18.3
which define temperature scales;
sec. 18.5
A. You are an astronaut visiting
a spherical asteroid (a very small planet). Walking directly away from your
ship in a straight line, you find yourself back at it after walking 6.3 km.
Releasing a hammer from a height of 2.0 m, you observe that it reaches the
ground after 69 seconds. Find the
planet's mass. ans: 1.27 x 1013 kg
B. 1. (2 points) Two cylinders of the same kind of gas are at the same
temperature and hold the same number of moles of gas. If the volume of cylinder A is three times
the volume of cylinder B, how does the pressure in A compare to the pressure in
B?
2. (8) A vacuum system attains a pressure of 1.00 x 10-9
ans: 2.41 x 1011
C. You check the pressure in
one of your tires, and the gauge reads 31.0 lb/in2. Having just been driven, the tire is at 45.0°C.
a. As the car sits in the parking lot,
the tire cools to 11.0°C. If you check the pressure
after it cools, what does the gauge read?
b. After that, a mechanic removes the
tire from the rim, which lets the air out.
How much volume will the air from the tire occupy after being released
into the atmosphere? The tire's volume is 20.0 liters, and the temperature of
the atmosphere is 11.0°C.
ans: 26.1 lb/in2, 55.5 liters
D. In an effort to explain the timing of large meteor collisions with
the earth, a distant, dim companion star was once suggested for our sun. If this star (which they called Nemesis) had
an orbital period of 3.0 x 107 years, and a mass of .20Msun, determine its average distance from the sun. Msun = 2.0 x 1030 kg.
ans: 1.54 x 1016 m
E. Three uniform spheres are
placed at the corners of a right triangle, as shown. Calculate the magnitude and direction of the
resultant gravitational force on the 4.00 kg mass, assuming that the rest of
the Universe is far away enough to ignore.
(F64 means the force the 6 kg makes on the 4 kg and F24
means the force the 2 kg makes on the 4 kg.)
ans: 116 pN at 149°
F. 1. (5 points) A satellite is put into an orbit with the following
parameters: perigee, 459 km; apogee,
2289 km (both distances above Earth's surface); and period, 6762 s. Find the ratio vp/va of the speed at perigee to the speed at apogee.
ans: 1.27
2. (5) Io, a satellite of Jupiter, has an orbital period of 1.53 x 105 s and an orbital radius of 4.22 x 108 m. From these
data, determine the mass of Jupiter.
Assume mIo << mJupiter.
ans: 1.90 x 1027 kg
Sec. 13 - Heat
Read:
A. One liter of water at 30°C is used to make iced tea. How
much ice at 0°C must be added to
lower the temperature of the tea to 10°C?
ans: 223 g
B. 1. (3 points) A Thermos bottle consists of one glass bottle within
another, with the air pumped out of the space between them. The glass walls are
silvered like a mirror.
a. What type(s) of heat flow
are inhibited by removing the air?
b. What type(s) of heat flow
are inhibited by silvering the walls?
2. (7) A bar of gold is in thermal contact with a bar of silver of the
same length and cross-section, as shown.
Assuming steady state heat flow with no losses to the surroundings, what
is the temperature of the junction between the metals?
ans: 51.2°C
C. 1. (2 pts) Why can you get a
more severe burn from steam at 100°C than from
water at 100°C?
2. (8) A 1.50 kg iron horseshoe initially at 600°C is dropped into 20.0 kg of water at 25.0°C. What is the final equilibrium
temperature? (Neglect heat lost to the
container or to vaporization of the water.)
ans: 29.6°C
D. A steel ball bearing is 4.000
cm in diameter at 20.0°C. A bronze plate has a hole in it that is 3.994
cm in diameter at 20°C. What common temperature must they have for
the ball to just squeeze through the hole?
ans: 208°C
E. 1. (2 points) The specific heat of water is about two times that of
ethyl alcohol. Equal masses of alcohol
and water in separate beakers are supplied with the same amount of energy. Compare their temperature increases.
2. (8) A 3.00 g lead bullet at 30.0°C is fired
at a speed of 240 m/s into a block of ice at 0°C, in which
it becomes embedded. As a result, the
ice becomes a mixture of ice and water.
When thermal equilibrium is reached, what quantity of ice has melted?
ans: .294 g
F. 1. (2 points) You can hold the end of a glass rod whose other end is
in a flame for a much longer time before burning your fingers than you can with
a metal rod the same size. Explain why.
2. (8) The sun’s surface has a temperature of about 5800 K. Its radius
is 6.96 x 108 m. Assuming that it behaves
like a blackbody, calculate the total energy radiated by the sun each day.
ans: 3.38 x 1031 J
Sec. 14: Fluid Mechanics
Read:
A. The water supply enters a
building at a pressure of 300 kPa, moving at .400 m/s through a pipe with a
cross sectional area of 75.0 cm2.
All of this water flows through a 10.0 cm2 pipe on the top
floor, 25.0 m higher. (Only one faucet
in the whole building is being used at the moment.) Find (a) the flow velocity and (b) the
pressure in this top floor pipe.
ans: 3.00 m/s, 50.6
kPa
B. 1. (2 points) A person in a
boat floating in a small pond throws a heavy anchor overboard. Does the level of the pond rise, fall, or
remain the same?
2. (8) A small girl at a fair has a balloon filled with .0058 cubic
meters of helium. The total mass of
balloon plus helium is 3.15 grams. If
she lets go of it, what will its upward acceleration be?
ans: 13.5 m/s2
C. The spring of the pressure
gauge shown in this cross-sectional view has a force constant of 1000 N/m, and
the piston has a diameter of 2.00 cm.
Find the depth in water for which the spring is compressed .500 cm more
than it is at the surface.
ans: 1.62 m
D. 1. (2 points) Lead is denser than iron. If submerged in some fluid, is the buoyant
force on a lead object greater than, less than, or equal to the buoyant force
on a (lighter) iron object of the same volume?
2. (8) The small piston of a hydraulic lift has a radius of 1.00 cm,
and its large piston has a radius of 8.00 cm.
What force must be applied to the small piston for it to raise a load of
15.0 kN? (In service stations, this force is usually generated using compressed
air.)
ans: 234 N
E. A plastic sphere floats in
water with 50.0% of its volume submerged.
This same sphere floats in glycerin with 40.0% of its volume
submerged. Determine (a) the density of
the glycerin and (b) the density of the sphere.
ans: 1250 kg/m3, 500 kg/m3
F. An open barrel full of water has a hole in it 30 cm below the water
level and 45 cm above the ground.
a. With what speed does
water shoot out of the hole? (Hint: The
pressure is atmospheric at both the top surface of the water and at the hole.)
b. How far from the bottom
of the barrel does the water hit the ground?
(Think of the water as a stream of projectiles.)
ans: 2.42
m/s, .733 m