Questions from Modern Physics

Q: A 2.00-kg bucket containing 10.0 kg

A 2.00-kg bucket containing 10.0 kg of water is hanging from a vertical ideal spring of force constant 450 N/m and oscillating up and down with an amplitude of 3.00 cm. Suddenly the bucket springs a l...

Q: A uniform beam is suspended horizontally by two identical vertical springs that

A uniform beam is suspended horizontally by two identical vertical springs that are attached between the ceiling and each end of the beam. The beam has mass 225 kg, and a 175-kg sack of gravel sits on...

Q: A 5.00-kg partridge is suspended from a pear

A 5.00-kg partridge is suspended from a pear tree by an ideal spring of negligible mass. When the partridge is pulled down 0.100 m below its equilibrium position and released, it vibrates with a perio...

Q: A 0.0200-kg bolt moves with SHM that has

A 0.0200-kg bolt moves with SHM that has an amplitude of 0.240 m and a period of 1.500 s. The displacement of the bolt is +0.240 m when t = 0. Compute (a) the displacement of the bolt when t = 0.500 s...

Q: A spring of negligible mass and force constant k = 400 N

A spring of negligible mass and force constant k = 400 N/m is hung vertically, and a 0.200-kg pan is suspended from its lower end. A butcher drops a 2.2-kg steak onto the pan from a height of 0.40 m....

Q: A 40.0-N force stretches a vertical spring 0

A 40.0-N force stretches a vertical spring 0.250 m. (a) What mass must be suspended from the spring so that the system will oscillate with a period of 1.00 s? (b) If the amplitude of the motion is 0.0...

Q: While on a visit to Minnesota (“Land of 10,000

While on a visit to Minnesota (“Land of 10,000 Lakes”), you sign up to take an excursion around one of the larger lakes. When you go to the dock where the 1500-kg boat is tied, you find that the boat...

Q: An interesting, though highly impractical example of oscillation is the motion

An interesting, though highly impractical example of oscillation is the motion of an object dropped down a hole that extends from one side of the earth, through its center, to the other side. With the...

Q: An object is moving with SHM of amplitude A on the end

An object is moving with SHM of amplitude A on the end of a spring. If the amplitude is doubled, what happens to the total distance the object travels in one period? What happens to the period? What h...

Q: A rifle bullet with mass 8.00 g and initial horizontal

A rifle bullet with mass 8.00 g and initial horizontal velocity 280 m/s strikes and embeds itself in a block with mass 0.992 kg that rests on a frictionless surface and is attached to one end of an id...