Questions from College Physics


Q: A 0.500 - kg block is released from rest and

A 0.500 - kg block is released from rest and slides down a frictionless track that begins 2.00 m above the horizontal, as shown in Figure P13.66. At the bottom of the track, where the surface is horiz...

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Q: A 3.00 - kg object is fastened to a light

A 3.00 - kg object is fastened to a light spring, with the intervening cord passing over a pulley (Fig. P13.67). The pulley is frictionless, and its inertia may be neglected. The object is released fr...

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Q: A 5.00 - g bullet moving with an initial speed

A 5.00 - g bullet moving with an initial speed of 400. m/s is fired into and passes through a 1.00 - kg block, as in Figure P13.68. The block, initially at rest on a frictionless horizontal surface, i...

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Q: A large block P executes horizontal simple harmonic motion as it slides

A large block P executes horizontal simple harmonic motion as it slides across a frictionless surface with a frequency f = 1.50 Hz. Block B rests on it, as shown in Figure P13.69, and the coefficient...

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Q: A spring 1.50 m long with force constant 475 N

A spring 1.50 m long with force constant 475 N/m is hung from the ceiling of an elevator, and a block of mass 10.0 kg is attached to the bottom of the spring. (a) By how much is the spring stretched w...

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Q: A spring in a toy gun has a spring constant of 9

A spring in a toy gun has a spring constant of 9.80 N/m and can be compressed 20.0 cm beyond the equilibrium position. A 1.00 - g pellet resting against the spring is propelled forward when the spring...

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Q: A light balloon filled with helium of density 0.179 kg

A light balloon filled with helium of density 0.179 kg/ m3 is tied to a light string of length L = 3.00 m. The string is tied to the ground, forming an “inverted” s...

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Q: An expandable cylinder has its top connected to a spring with force

An expandable cylinder has its top connected to a spring with force constant 2.00 x 103 N/m (Fig. P10.64). The cylinder is filled with 5.00 L of gas with the spring relaxed at a pressure of 1.00 atm a...

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Q: An object of mass m is connected to two rubber bands of

An object of mass m is connected to two rubber bands of length L, each under tension F, as in Figure P13.72. The object is displaced vertically by a small distance y. assuming the tension does not cha...

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Q: Assume a hole is drilled through the center of the Earth.

Assume a hole is drilled through the center of the Earth. It can be shown that an object of mass m at a distance r from the center of the Earth is pulled toward the center only by the material in the...

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