The mean distance of Mars from the Sun is 1.52 times that of Earth from the Sun. From Kepler\'s law of periods, calculate the number of years required for Mars to make one revolution around the Sun; compare your answer with the value given in Appendix...
A person jumps from the roof of a house 2.8 m high. When he strikes the ground below, he bends his knees so that his torso decelerates over an approximate distance of 0.70 m. If the mass of his torso (excluding legs) is 42 kg, find (a) His velocity just before his feet strike the ground, (b) The...
A compound disk of outside diameter 140.0 cm is made up of a uniform solid disk of radius 50.0 cm and area density 3.00 g/cm2 surrounded by a concentric ring of inner radius 50.0 cm, outer radius 70.0 cm, and area density 2.00 g/cm2. Find the moment of inertia of this object about an axis...
To get a feel for higher order ODEs, show that the given functions are solutions and form a basis on any interval. Use Wronskians. In Prob. 6, x > 0, e x , e -x , e 2x , y\"\' - 2y\" - y\' + 2y = 0
Nelson wanted to sell his home. Baker sent him a written offer to purchase the home. Nelson made some changes to Baker’s offer and wrote him that he, Nelson, was accepting the offer as amended. Baker notified Nelson that he was dropping out of the transaction. Nelson sued Baker for breach of...
Pennack Corporation purchased 75% of the outstanding stock of Shing Corporation on January 1, 2014 for $300,000 cash. At the time of the purchase, the book value and fair value of Shing\'s assets and liabilities were equal. Shing\'s balance sheet at the time of acquisition and December 31, 2014 are...
Suppose that a railroad runs beside a field in which commercial crops are grown. The railroad is powered by a steam locomotive that spews hot cinders out of its smokestack. From time to time those cinders land on the crops nearest to the track and burn them to the ground. Assume that each year, the...