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The L-shaped object in FIGURE 11-41 consists of three masses connected by light rods. What torque must be applied to this object to give it an angular acceleration of 1.20 rad/s2 if it is rotated
The L-shaped object described in the previous problem can be rotated in one of the following three ways: case A, about the x axis; case B, about the y axis; and case C, about the z axis (which passes
A motorcycle accelerates from rest, and both the front and rear tires roll without slipping.(a) Is the force exerted by the ground on the rear tire in the forward or in the backward direction?
A torque of 13 N # m is applied to the rectangular object shown in FIGURE 11-42. The torque can act about the x axis, the y axis, or the z axis, which passes through the origin and points out of the
The gardening tool shown in FIGURE 11-37 is used to pull weeds. If a 1.23-N ∙ m torque is required to pull a given weed, what force did the weed exert on the tool?
Suppose the person in Example 11-11 climbs higher on the ladder.(a) As a result, is the ladder more likely, less likely, or equally likely to slip?(b) Choose the best explanation from among the
A string that passes over a pulley has a 0.321-kg mass attached to one end and a 0.635-kg mass attached to the other end. The pulley, which is a disk of radius 9.40 cm, has friction in its axle. What
To loosen the lid on a jar of jam 7.6 cm in diameter, a torque of 11 N ∙ m must be applied to the circumference of the lid. If a jar wrench whose handle extends 15 cm from the center of the jar is
Referring to the person holding a baseball in Problem 6, suppose the biceps exert just enough upward force to keep the system in static equilibrium.(a) Is the force exerted by the biceps more than,
To determine the location of her center of mass, a physics student lies on a lightweight plank supported by two scales 2.50 m apart, as indicated in FIGURE 11-43. If the left scale reads 435 N, and
A set of fossilized triceratops footprints discovered in Texas show that the front and rear feet were 3.2 m apart. The rear footprints were observed to be twice as deep as the front footprints.
A schoolyard teeter-totter with a total length of 6.4 m and a mass of 41 kg is pivoted at its center. A 21-kg child sits on one end of the teeter-totter.(a) Where should a parent push vertically
A 0.122-kg remote control 23.0 cm long rests on a table, as shown in FIGURE 11-44, with a length L overhanging its edge. To operate the power button on this remote requires a force of 0.365 N. How
A 0.16-kg meterstick is held perpendicular to a vertical wall by a 2.5-m string going from the wall to the far end of the stick.(a) Find the tension in the string.(b) If a shorter string is used,
Babe Ruth steps to the plate and casually points to left center field to indicate the location of his next home run. The mighty Babe holds his bat across his shoulder, with one hand holding the small
A person slowly lowers a 3.6-kg crab trap over the side of a dock, as shown in FIGURE 11-38. What torque does the trap exert about the person's shoulder?
A uniform metal rod, with a mass of 2.0 kg and a length of 1.5 m, is attached to a wall by a hinge at its base. A horizontal wire bolted to the wall 0.70 m above the base of the rod holds the rod at
A rigid, vertical rod of negligible mass is connected to the floor by a bolt through its lower end, as shown in FIGURE 11-45. The rod also has a wire connected between its top end and the floor. If a
In figure 11-46 two acrobats perform a balancing maneuver. The arms of the top acrobat (in yellow), together with the weight of his head and shoulders, provide a downward force at a distance of 28 cm
In FIGURE 11-47 we see the forces acting on a sprinter's foot just before she takes off at the start of the race. Find the magnitude of the force exerted on the heel by the Achilles tendon, FH, and
A stick with a mass of 0.214 kg and a length of 0.436 m rests in contact with a bowling ball and a rough floor, as shown in FIGURE 11-48. The bowling ball has a diameter of 21.6 cm, and the angle the
A hand-held shopping basket 62.0 cm long has a 1.81-kg carton of milk at one end, and a 0.722-kg box of cereal at the other end. Where should a 1.80-kg container of orange juice be placed so that the
If the cat in Example 11-9 has a mass of 3.9 kg, how far to the right of sawhorse B can it walk before the plank begins to tip?
A 0.34-kg meterstick balances at its center. If a necklace is suspended from one end of the stick, the balance point moves 9.5 cm toward that end.(a) Is the mass of the necklace more than, less than,
Three identical, uniform books of length L are stacked one on top the other. Find the maximum overhang distanced in FIGURE 11-49 such that the books do not fall over.
A baseball bat balances 71.1 cm from one end. If a 0.560-kg glove is attached to that end, the balance point moves 24.7 cm toward the glove. Find the mass of the bat.
A squirrel-proof bird feeder has a lever that closes to protect the seeds when a 0.42-kg squirrel sits on it, but not when a 0.077-kg bird perches there.(a) If the lever radius is 9.6 cm, what
A 2.85-kg bucket is attached to a rope wrapped around a disk shaped pulley of radius 0.121 m and mass 0.742 kg. If the bucket is allowed to fall,(a) What is its linear acceleration?(b) What is the
A child exerts a tangential 53.4-N force on the rim of a diskshaped merry-go-round with a radius of 2.29 m. If the merry-go-round starts at rest and acquires an angular speed of 0.125 rev/s in 3.50
You pull downward with a force of 28 N on a rope that passes over a disk-shaped pulley of mass 1.2 kg and radius 0.075 m. The other end of the rope is attached to a 0.67-kg mass.(a) Is the tension in
One elevator arrangement includes the passenger car, a counterweight, and two large pulleys, as shown in FIGURE 11-50. Each pulley has a radius of 1.2 m and a moment of inertia of 380 kg ∙ m2.
An Atwood's machine consists of two masses, m1 and m2, connected by a string that passes over a pulley. If the pulley is a disk of radius R and mass M, find the acceleration of the masses.
A 1.4-kg bicycle tire with a radius of 33 cm rotates with an angular speed of 155 rpm. Find the angular momentum of the tire, assuming it can be modeled as a hoop.
Jogger 1 in FIGURE 11-51 has a mass of 65.3 kg and runs in a straight line with a speed of 3.35 m/s.(a) What is the magnitude of the jogger's linear momentum?(b) What is the magnitude of the jogger's
Suppose jogger 3 in Figure 11-51 has a mass of 62.2 kg and a speed of 5.85 m/s.(a) Is the magnitude of the jogger's angular momentum greater with respect to point A or point B? Explain.(b) Is the
A torque of 0.12 N ∙ m is applied to an egg beater.(a) If the egg beater starts at rest, what is its angular momentum after 0.65 s?(b) If the moment of inertia of the egg beater is 2.5 × 10-3 kg
A windmill has an initial angular momentum of 8500 kg ∙ m2/s. The wind picks up, and 5.86 s later the windmill's angular momentum is 9700 kg ∙ m2/s. What was the torque acting on the windmill,
At one position during its cycle, the foot pushes straight down with a 440-N force on a bicycle pedal arm that is rotated an angle Ï• = 65 from the vertical, as shown in FIGURE 11-39. If the force
Two gerbils run in place with a linear speed of 0.55 m/s on an exercise wheel that is shaped like a hoop. Find the angular momentum of the system if each gerbil has a mass of 0.22 kg and the exercise
(a) A student rotates on a frictionless piano stool with his arms outstretched, a heavy weight in each hand. Suddenly he lets go of the weights, and they fall to the floor. As a result, does the
A puck on a horizontal, frictionless surface is attached to a string that passes through a hole in the surface, as shown in FIGURE 11-52. As the puck rotates about the hole, the string is pulled
A puck on a horizontal, frictionless surface is attached to a string that wraps around a pole of finite radius, as shown in FIGURE 11-53.(a) As the puck moves along the spiral path, does its speed
As an ice skater begins a spin, his angular speed is 3.04 rad/s. After pulling in his arms, his angular speed increases to 5.24 rad/s. Find the ratio of the skater's final moment of inertia to his
A disk-shaped merry-go-round of radius 2.63 m and mass 155 kg rotates freely with an angular speed of 0.641 rev/s. A 59.4-kg person running tangential to the rim of the merry-go-round at 3.41 m/s
A student sits at rest on a piano stool that can rotate without friction. The moment of inertia of the student-stool system is 4.1 kg ∙ m2. A second student tosses a 1.5-kg mass with a speed of 2.7
A turntable with a moment of inertia of 5.4 ∙ 10-3 kg ∙ m2 rotates freely with an angular speed of 3313 rpm. Riding on the rim of the turntable, 15 cm from the center, is a cute, 32-g mouse.(a)
A student on a piano stool rotates freely with an angular speed of 2.95 rev/s. The student holds a 1.25-kg mass in each outstretched arm, 0.759 m from the axis of rotation. The combined moment of
A child of mass m stands at rest near the rim of a stationary merry-go-round of radius R and moment of inertia I. The child now begins to walk around the circumference of the merry-go-round with a
A person holds a 1.42-N baseball in his hand, a distance of 34.0 cm from the elbow joint, as shown in FIGURE 11-40. The biceps, attached at a distance of 2.75 cm from the elbow, exerts an upward
(a) Two spheres of equal mass and radius are rolling across the floor with the same speed. Sphere 1 is a uniform solid; sphere 2 is hollow. Is the work required to stop sphere 1 greater than, less
Turning a doorknob through 0.25 of a revolution requires 0.14 J of work. What is the torque required to turn the doorknob?
A person exerts a tangential force of 36.1 N on the rim of a diskshaped merry-go-round of radius 2.74 m and mass 167 kg. If the merry-go-round starts at rest, what is its angular speed after the
To prepare homemade ice cream, a crank must be turned with a torque of 3.95 N ∙ m. How much work is required for each complete turn of the crank?
A popular make of dental drill can operate at a speed of 42,500 rpm while producing a torque of 3.68 oz ∙ in. What is the power output of this drill? Give your answer in watts.
For a home repair job you must turn the handle of a screwdriver 27 times.(a) If you apply an average force of 13 N tangentially to the 3.0-cm-diameter handle, how much work have you done?(b) If you
The L-shaped object in Figure 11-40 consists of three masses connected by light rods. Find the work that must be done on this object to accelerate it from rest to an angular speed of 2.35 rad/s
The rectangular object in Figure 11-41 consists of four masses connected by light rods. What power must be applied to this object to accelerate it from rest to an angular speed of 2.5 rad/s in 6.4 s
A circular saw blade accelerates from rest to an angular speed of 3620 rpm in 6.30 revolutions.(a) Find the torque exerted on the saw blade, assuming it is a disk of radius 15.2 cm and mass 0.755
A uniform disk stands upright on its edge, and rests on a sheet of paper placed on a tabletop. If the paper is pulled horizontally to the right, as in FIGURE 11-54,(a) Does the disk rotate clockwise
At the local playground, a 21-kg child sits on the right end of a horizontal teeter-totter, 1.8 m from the pivot point. On the left side of the pivot an adult pushes straight down on the
Consider the two rotating systems shown in FIGURE 11-55, each consisting of a mass m attached to a rod of negligible mass pivoted at one end. On the left, the mass is attached at the midpoint of the
(a) A disk and a hoop (bicycle wheel) of equal radius and mass each have a string wrapped around their circumferences. Hanging from the strings, halfway between the disk and the hoop, is a block of
A beetle sits at the rim of a turntable that is at rest but is free to rotate about a vertical axis. Suppose the beetle now begins to walk around the perimeter of the turntable. Does the beetle move
After getting a drink of water, a hamster jumps onto an exercise wheel for a run. A few seconds later the hamster is running in place with a speed of 1.3 m/s. Find the work done by the hamster to get
A 47.0-kg uniform rod 4.25 m long is attached to a wall with a hinge at one end. The rod is held in a horizontal position by a wire attached to its other end. The wire makes an angle of 30.0° with
A puck attached to a string moves in a circular path on a frictionless surface, as shown in Figure 11-52. Initially, the speed of the puck is v and the radius of the circle is r. If the string passes
The masseter muscle, the principal muscle for chewing, is one of the strongest muscles for its size in the human body. It originates on the lower edge of the zygomatic arch (cheekbone) and inserts in
You are designing exercise equipment to operate as shown in FIGURE 11-58, where a person pulls upward on an elastic cord. The cord behaves like an ideal spring and has an unstretched length of 31 cm.
Paleontologists believe that Tyrannosaurus rex stood and walked with its spine almost horizontal, as indicated in FIGURE 11-59, and that its tail was held off the ground to balance its upper body
In Example 11-11, suppose the ladder is uniform, 4.0 m long, and weighs 60.0 N. Find the forces exerted on the ladder when the person is(a) Halfway up the ladder(b) Three-fourths of the way up the
Consider the pulley-block systems shown in Conceptual Example 11-5.(a) Is the tension in the string on the left-hand rotating system (the one with the moveable masses at the ends of the rod) greater
When you arrive at Duke’s Dude Ranch, you are greeted by the large wooden sign shown in FIGURE 11-60. The left end of the sign is held in place by a bolt, the right end is tied to a rope that makes
A 67.0-kg person stands on a lightweight diving board supported by two pillars, one at the end of the board, the other 1.10 m away. The pillar at the end of the board exerts a downward force of 828
A woman might wear a pair of flat shoes to work during the day, as in FIGURE 11-61(a), But a pair of high heels, FIGURE 11-61(b), When going out for the evening. Assume that each foot supports half
A young girl sits at the edge of a dock by the bay, dipping her feet in the water. At the instant shown in FIGURE 11-62, she holds her lower leg stationary with her quadriceps muscle at an angle of
A crossing guard holds a STOP sign at arm’s length, as shown in FIGURE 11-63. Her arm is horizontal, and we assume that the deltoid muscle is the only muscle supporting her arm. The weight of her
To determine the force a person's triceps muscle can exert, a doctor uses the procedure shown in FIGURE 11-64, where the patient pushes down with the palm of his hand on a force meter. Given that the
Suppose partial melting of the polar ice caps increases the moment of inertia of the Earth from 0.331 MERE2 to 0.332 MERE2.(a) Would the length of a day (the time required for the Earth to complete
A bicycle wheel of radius R and mass M is at rest against a step of height 3R/4, as illustrated in FIGURE 11-65. Find the minimum horizontal force F that must be applied to the axle to make the wheel
A 0.101-kg yo-yo has an outer radius R that is 5.60 times greater than the radius r of its axle. The yo-yo is in equilibrium if a mass m is suspended from its outer edge, as shown in FIGURE 11-66.
The downward force produced by the quadriceps muscles during the power stroke of bicycle-pedaling motion is shown in FIGURE 11-67 as a function of the crank angle Ï• (see Figure 11-39). The force
Suppose a torque rotates your body about one of three different axes of rotation: case A, an axis through your spine; case B, an axis through your hips; and case C, an axis through your ankles. Rank
A cylinder of mass m and radius r has a string wrapped around its circumference. The upper end of the string is held fixed, and the cylinder is allowed to fall. Show that its linear acceleration is
Consider a system of four uniform bricks of length L stacked as shown in FIGURE 11-68. What is the maximum distance, x, that the middle bricks can be displaced outward before they begin to tip?
The two solid lines in Figure 11-69 (b) represent the two forces applied to the tooth. Which of the following statements about the two lines is correct?A. Line I = F1y, line II = F2y.B. The force
What is the value of the torque that corresponds to one of the forces being equal to zero?A. 0.0023 N ∙ mB. 0.0058 N ∙ mC. 0.0081 N ∙ mD. 0.017 N ∙ m
Find the values of F1y and F2y required to give zero net torque.A. F1y = -1.2 N, F2y = 3.0 NB. F1y = 1.1 N, F2y = 0.75 NC. F1y = -0.73 N, F2y = 2.5 ND. F1y = 0.52 N, F2y = 1.3 N
Find the values of F1y and F2y required to give a net torque of 0.0099 N ∙ m. This is a torque that would be effective at rotating the tooth.A. F1y = -1.7 N, F2y = 3.5 NB. F1y = -3.8 N, F2y =
Suppose the mass of the pulley is doubled, to 0.160 kg, and that everything else in the system remains the same.(a) Do you expect the value of T2 to increase, decrease, or stay the same? Explain.(b)
Suppose the mass of the cart is doubled, to 0.62 kg, and that everything else in the system remains the same.(a) Do you expect the value of T2 to increase, decrease, or stay the same? Explain.(b)
Suppose the child runs with a different initial speed, but that everything else in the system remains the same. What initial speed does the child have if the angular speed of the system after the
Suppose everything in the system is as described in Quick Example 11-22 except that the child approaches the merry-go-round in a direction that is not tangential. Find the angle u between the
If you light a candle on the International Space Station-which would not be a good idea-would it burn the same as on the Earth? Explain.
The Earth and Moon exert gravitational forces on one another as they orbit the Sun. As a result, the path they follow is not the simple circular orbit you would expect if either one orbited the Sun
Does the radius vector of Mars sweep out the same amount of area per time as that of the Earth? Why or why not?
One day in the future you may take a pleasure cruise to the Moon. While there you might climb a lunar mountain and throw a rock horizontally from its summit. If, in principle, you could throw the
System A has masses m and m separated by a distance r; system B has masses m and 2m separated by a distance 2r; system C has masses 2m and 3m separated by a distance 2r; and system D has masses 4m
Three 7.25-kg masses are at the corners of an equilateral triangle and located in space far from any other masses.(a) If the sides of the triangle are 0.610 m long, find the magnitude of the net
Four masses are positioned at the corners of a rectangle, as indicated in FIGURE 12-35.(a) Find the magnitude and direction of the net force acting on the 2.0-kg mass.(b) How do your answers to part
Suppose that three astronomical objects (1, 2, and 3) are observed to lie on a line, and that the distance from object 1 to object 3 is D. Given that object 1 has four times the mass of object 3 and
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