Question:
You decide to visit Santa Claus at the north pole to put in a good word about your splendid behavior throughout the year. While there, you notice that the elf Sneezy, when hanging from a rope, produces a tension of 475.0 N in the rope. If Sneezy hangs from a similar rope while delivering presents at the earths equator, what will the tension in it be? (Recall that the earth is rotating about an axis through its north and south poles.) Consult Appendix F and start with a free-body diagram of Sneezy at the equator.
Appendix F:
Fundamental Physical Constants*
Other Useful Constants*
Astronomical Data
Prefixes for Powers of 10
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Name Symbol Value 2.99792458 x 10® m/s 1.602176487(40) × 10-1º c 6.67428(67) × 10-1! N •m²/kg² 6.62606896(33) × 10-34 J .s 1.3806504(24) × 10–23 J/K 6.02214179(30) × 1023 molecules/mol 8.314472(15) J/mol · K 9.10938215(45) × 10-31 kg 1.672621637(83) × 10-27 kg 1.674927211(84) × 10-27 kg 4m x 10-7 Wb/A•m 8.854187817... × 10-12 C²/N• m? 8.987551787... × 10º N • m²/C² Speed of light in vacuum Magnitude of charge of electron Gravitational constant G Planck's constant Boltzmann constant k NA Avogadro's number Gas constant Mass of electron me Mass of proton Mass of neutron Permeability of free space Permittivity of free space 1/Học2 1/4πεο Mechanical equivalent of heat Standard atmospheric pressure Absolute zero Electron volt Atomic mass unit Electron rest energy Volume of ideal gas (0°C and 1 atm) Acceleration due to gravity (standard) 4.186 J/cal (15° calorie) 1.01325 x 10° Pa 1 atm OK -273.15°C 1.602176487(40) × 10-19 J 1.660538782(83) x 10-27 kg 0.510998910(13) MeV 22.413996(39) liter/mol 9.80665 m/s? 1 eV mc²