The electric field between plates (A) is zero. As the beam exits the space between plates (B), it has been deflected 2.0 mm downward (Δy = −2.0 mm). In what direction is the beam moving now?
> An object with a charge of 0.890 µC is placed at the center of a cube. What is the electric flux through one surface of the cube?
> Luke is trying to catch a pesky animal that keeps eating vegetables from his garden. He is building a trap and needs to use a spring to close the door to his trap. He has a spring in his garage, and he wants to determine the spring constant of the spring
> An electromagnetic flowmeter is to be used to measure blood speed. A magnetic field of 0.115 T is applied across an artery of inner diameter 3.80 mm. The Hall voltage is measured to be 88.0 μV. What is the average speed of the blood flowing in the artery
> If a clothes washer’s drum has a radius of 25 cm and spins at 4.0 rev/s, what is the strength of the apparent gravitational field to which the clothes are subjected? Ignore Earth’s gravity and express your answer as a multiple of g.
> Linearly polarized light of intensity I0 shines through two polarizing sheets. The second of the sheets has its transmission axis perpendicular to the polarization of the light before it passes through the first sheet. Must the intensity transmitted thro
> Some feathers of the ruby-throated hummingbird have an iridescent green color due to interference. A simplified model of the step structure of the feather is shown in the figure. If the strongest reflection for normal incidence is at λ = 520
> What fundamental particles make up an atom?
> The power supply for a pacemaker is a small amount of radioactive 238Pu. This nuclide decays by alpha decay with a half-life of 87.7 yr. The pacemaker is typically replaced every 10.0 yr. (a) By what percentage does the activity of the 238Pu source decr
> Human feet and legs store elastic energy when walking or running. They are not nearly as efficient at doing so as kangaroo legs, but the effect is significant nonetheless. If not for the storage of elastic energy, a 70 kg man running at 4 m/s would lose
> It has only been fairly recently that 1.0 F capacitors have been readily available. A typical 1.0 F capacitor can withstand up to 5.00 V. To get an idea why it isn't easy to make a 1.0 F capacitor, imagine making a 1.0 F parallel plate capacitor using ti
> Why must we use absolute temperature (temperature in kelvins) in the ideal gas law (PV = NkBT)? Explain how using the Celsius scale would give nonsensical results.
> A jogger runs counterclockwise around a path of radius 90.0 m at constant speed. He makes 1.00 revolution in 188.4 s. At t = 0, he is heading due east. (a) What is the jogger’s instantaneous velocity at t = 376.8 s? (b) What is his instantaneous veloci
> A Canada goose floats with 25% of its volume below water. What is the average density of the goose?
> Jane is running from the ivory hunters in the jungle. Cheetah throws a 7.0 m long vine toward her. Jane leaps onto the vine with a speed of 4.0 m/s. When she catches the vine, it makes an angle of 20° with respect to the vertical. (a) When Jane is at he
> Why is the receiving antenna of a satellite dish placed at a set distance from the dish?
> A toroid is like a solenoid that has been bent around in a circle until its ends meet. The field lines are circular, as shown in the figure. What is the magnitude of the magnetic field inside a toroid of N turns carrying current I? Apply Ampere's law, fo
> Tarzan is running toward a deep gully. A tree branch with a vine hangs over the gully. Tarzan must grab the vine and swing across the gully to the other side, where the ground surface is 1.7 m higher. How fast does Tarzan have to be running to accomplish
> How far along the incline does the object travel before coming to rest and then sliding back down?
> An astronaut of mass 60.0 kg and a small asteroid of mass 40.0 kg are initially at rest with respect to the space station. The astronaut pushes the asteroid with a constant force of magnitude 250 N for 0.35 s. Gravitational forces are negligible. (a) Ho
> A string of 25 decorative lights has bulbs rated at 9.0 W, and the bulbs are connected in parallel. The string is connected to a 120 V power supply. (a) What is the resistance of each of these lights? (b) What is the current through each bulb? (c) Wha
> Consider a 60.0 W incandescent lightbulb and a 100.0 W incandescent lightbulb designed for use in a household lamp socket at 120 V. (a) What are the resistances of these two bulbs? (b) If they are wired together in a series circuit, which bulb shines b
> The bottom of a thundercloud is at a potential of −1.00 × 108 V with respect to Earth's surface. If a charge of −25.0 C is transferred to Earth during a lightning strike, find the electric potential energy released. (Assume that the system acts like a ca
> Beatrice needs to drag her suitcase again (see Example 3.8). This time she pulls with a force of 105 N at 38.0° with the horizontal. The coefficients of static and kinetic friction between the suitcase and the floor are 0.273 and 0.117, respectively. (a
> An airplane lands and starts down the runway at a southwest velocity of 55 m/s. What constant acceleration allows it to come to a stop in 1.0 km? Sketch a graph of vx(t).
> (a) At what temperature (if any) does the numerical value of the temperature in Celsius degrees equal its numerical value in Fahrenheit degrees? (b) At what temperature (if any) does the numerical value of the temperature in kelvins equal its numerical
> The electric potential at a distance of 20.0 cm from a point charge is +1.0 kV (assuming V = 0 at infinity). (a) Is the point charge positive or negative? (b) At what distance is the potential +2.0 kV?
> What is the speed of the object when it has moved 0.10 m along the incline?
> Find the magnetic field at the center of the square.
> Near Earth's surface the air contains both negative and positive ions due to radioactivity in the soil and cosmic rays from space. As a simplified model, assume there are 600.0 singly charged positive ions per cubic centimeter and 500.0 singly charged ne
> In an adventure movie, a 62.5 kg stunt woman falls 8.10 m and lands in a huge air bag. Her speed just before she hits the air bag is 10.5 m/s. (a) What is the total work done on the stunt woman during the fall? (b) How much work is done by gravity on t
> What does it mean if the power factor is 1? What does it mean if it is zero?
> A spring gun (k = 28 N/m) is used to shoot a 56 g ball horizontally. Initially the spring is compressed by 18 cm. The ball loses contact with the spring and leaves the gun when the spring is still compressed by 12 cm. What is the speed of the ball when i
> A 6.0 kg block, starting from rest, slides down a frictionless incline of length 2.0 m. When it arrives at the bottom of the incline, its speed is vf. At what distance from the top of the incline is the speed of the block 0.50vf?
> In a cathode ray tube, electrons are accelerated from rest by a constant electric force of magnitude 6.4 × 10−17 N during the first 2.0 cm of the tube's length; then they move at essentially constant velocity another 45 cm before hitting the screen. (a)
> A sigma baryon at rest decays into a lambda baryon and a photon: Σ0 → Λ0 + γ. The rest energies of Σ0 and Λ0 are 1192 MeV and 1116 MeV, respectively. What is the photon wavelength?
> One way to loosen the lid on a glass jar is to run it under hot water. How does that work?
> A car moving at 30 mi/h is stopped by jamming on the brakes and locking the wheels. The car skids 50 ft before coming to rest. How far would the car skid if it were initially moving at 60 mi/h? [Hint: You will not have to do any unit conversions if you s
> A hang glider moving at speed 9.5 m/s dives to an altitude 8.2 m lower. Ignoring drag, how fast is it then moving?
> A manufacturer is designing a shaving mirror, which is intended to be held close to the face. If the manufacturer wants the image formed to be upright and as large as possible, what characteristics should he choose? (Should the mirror be convex or concav
> A charged particle is observed to have a total energy of 0.638 MeV when it is moving at 0.600c. If this particle enters a linear accelerator and its speed is increased to 0.980c, what is the new value of the particle's total energy?
> The surface of the water in a swimming pool is completely still. Describe what you would see looking straight up toward the surface from under water. [Hint: Sketch some rays. Consider both reflected and transmitted rays at the water surface.]
> Yosemite Falls in California is about 740 m high, (a) What average power would it take for a 70 kg person to hike up to the top of Yosemite Falls in 1.5 h? (b) The human body is about 25% efficient at converting chemical energy to mechanical energy. Ho
> A point source of light is in front of a plane mirror. (a) Show that all the reflected rays, when extended back behind the mirror, intersect in a single point. [Hint: See Fig. 23.27a and use similar triangles.] (b) Show that the image point lies on a l
> A projectile with mass of 500 kg is launched straight up from Earth’s surface with an initial speed vi. What magnitude of vi enables the projectile to just reach a maximum height of 5RE, measured from the center of Earth? Ignore air friction as the proje
> A spaceship traveling at speed 0.13c away from Earth sends a radio transmission to Earth. (a) According to Galilean relativity, at what speed would the transmission travel relative to Earth? (b) Using Einstein's postulates, at what speed does the trans
> /can alpha decay to the ground state of / , or to any of the four excited states of / shown in Fig. 29.7. The maximum kinetic energy of the alpha particles emitted by / is 6.090 MeV. What other alpha particle kinetic energies are possible? [Hint: Estim
> Explain what is meant by a phase difference. Sketch graphs of i(t) and vC(t), given that the current leads the voltage by π/2 radians.
> A solenoid with a radius of 8.0 × 10−3 m and 200 turns/cm is used as an inductor in a circuit. When the solenoid is connected to a source of 15 V rms at 22 kHz, an rms current of 3.5 × 10−2 A is measured. Assume the resistance of the solenoid is negligib
> How long a pipe is needed to make a tuba whose lowest note is low C (frequency 130.8 Hz)? Assume that a tuba is a long straight pipe open at both ends.
> Two cows, with approximately 1.8 m between their front and hind legs, are standing under a tree during a thunderstorm. See the diagram with Conceptual Question 16. (a) If the equipotential surfaces about the tree just after a lightning strike are as sho
> A spaceship is moving away from Earth with a constant velocity of 0.80c with respect to Earth. The spaceship and an Earth station synchronize their clocks, setting both to zero, at an instant when the ship is near Earth. By prearrangement, when the clock
> A marble column with a cross-sectional area of 25 cm2 supports a load of 7.0 × 104 N. The marble has a Young’s modulus of 60 GPa and a compressive strength of 200 MPa. (a) What is the stress in the column? (b) What is the strain in the column? (c) If
> An elevator starts at rest on the ninth floor. At t = 0, a passenger pushes a button to go to another floor. The graph for this problem shows the acceleration ay of the elevator as a function of time. Let the y-axis point upward. (a) Has the passenger g
> An accelerometer—a device to measure acceleration—can be as simple as a small pendulum hanging in an airplane cockpit. An essentially similar accelerometer is found in the inner ear of vertebrates. Suppose you are flyi
> A tower outside the Houses of Parliament in London has a famous clock commonly referred to as Big Ben, the name of its 13 ton chiming bell. The hour hand of each clock face is 2.7 m long and has a mass of 60.0 kg. Assume the hour hand to be a uniform rod
> The intrinsic magnetic dipole moment of the electron has magnitude 9.3 × 10−24 A·m2. What is the maximum torque on an electron due to its intrinsic dipole moment in a 1.0 T magnetic field?
> A converging lens made of glass (n = 1.5) is placed under water (n = 1.33). Describe how the focal length of the lens under water compares to the focal length in air.
> Why would silver and brass probably not be a good choice of metals for a bimetallic strip (leaving aside the question of the cost of silver)? (See Table 13.2.)
> A locust jumps at an angle of 55.0° and lands 0.800 m from where it jumped. (a) What is the maximum height of the locust during its jump? Ignore air resistance. (b) If it jumps with the same initial speed at an angle of 45.0°, would the maximum height
> A / nucleus (mass 208.0 u) emits a 452 keV photon to jump to a state of lower energy. Assuming the nucleus is initially at rest, calculate the kinetic energy of the nucleus after the photon has been emitted. [Hint: Assume the nucleus can be treated nonr
> A child’s playground swing is supported by chains that are 4.0 m long. If a child in the swing is 0.50 m above the ground and moving at 6.0 m/s when the chains are vertical, what is the maximum height of the swing? Assume the masses of the chains are neg
> Justin moves a desk 5.0 m across a level floor by pushing on it with a constant horizontal force of 340 N. (It slides for a negligibly small distance before coming to a stop when the force is removed.) Then, changing his mind, he moves it back to its sta
> In her job as a dental hygienist, Kathryn uses a concave mirror to see the back of her patient's teeth. When the mirror is 1.20 cm from a tooth, the image is upright and 3.00 times as large as the tooth. What are the focal length and radius of curvature
> How can the lights in a home be dimmed using a coil of wire and a soft-iron core?
> (a) Light of wavelength 300 nm is incident on a metal that has a work function of 1.4 eV. What is the maximum speed of the emitted electrons? (b) Repeat part (a) for light of wavelength 800 nm incident on a metal that has a work function of 1.6 eV. (c)
> For each of the lenses in the figure, state whether the lens is converging or diverging.
> A frog is sitting on a lily pad when it sees a delicious fly. He darts out his tongue at a speed of 3.7 m/s to catch the fly. The tongue has a mass of 0.41 g, and the rest of the frog plus the lily pad have a mass of 12.5 g. What is the recoil speed of t
> Starting from rest, a package slides down a 2.8 m long ramp inclined 53° below the horizontal. If μk = 0.30, find the speed of the package at the bottom of the ramp.
> How much energy is converted by the muscles of an 80.0 kg person in climbing a vertical distance of 15 m? Assume that muscles have an efficiency of 22%; that is, the increase in gravitational potential energy is 22% of the total energy converted.
> Ugonna stands at the top of an incline and pushes a 100 kg crate to get it started sliding down the incline. The crate slows to a halt after traveling 1.50 m along the incline. (a) If the initial speed of the crate was 2.00 m/s and the angle of inclinat
> A wheel of radius r rolls to the right without slipping on a horizontal road. Its axle moves at a constant speed vaxle. (a) Find the velocities of points A, B, and C with respect to the axle. Express your answers in terms of vaxle and r, as needed. [Hin
> What is the potential energy for these two charges?
> A radar pulse has an average wavelength of 1.0 cm and lasts for 0.10 μs. (a) What is the average energy of the photons? (b) Approximately what is the least possible uncertainty in the energy of the photons?
> A scientist working late at night in her low-temperature physics laboratory decides to have a cup of hot tea, but discovers the lab hot plate is broken. Not to be deterred, she puts about 8 oz of water, at 12°C, from the tap into a lab dewar (essentially
> To increase the amount of light collected by the objective lens of a microscope, a technique known as oil immersion microscopy is used. To replace the air between the objective lens and the thin slip of glass (n = 1.51) covering the specimen, a drop of o
> A ball weighing 20.0 N is tied to a string fixed to the ceiling. The string makes a 30.0° angle with the ceiling. Initially, the ball is held in place by a force / that is perpendicular to the string. (a) What is the magnitude of the force
> Refer to Problems 11–14. Find the final speed of the sliding crate if the incline is frictionless.
> A graph is plotted of the vertical velocity component vy of an elevator versus time. The y-axis points up. (a) How high is the elevator above the starting point (t = 0) after 20 s have elapsed? (b) When is the elevator at its highest location above the
> Two blocks are connected by a light string passing over an ideal pulley. The block with mass m1 = 20.0 kg slides on a frictionless horizontal surface, while the block with mass m2 = 1.0 kg hangs vertically. The radius of the pulley is 6.0 cm. (a) Assumi
> A circuit has a resistor and an unknown component in series with a 12 V (rms) sinusoidal ac source. The current in the circuit decreases by 25% when the frequency increases from 150 Hz to 250 Hz. What is the second component in the circuit? Explain your
> Find the orbital radius of a geostationary satellite without using the speed found in Example 5.9. Start by writing an equation that relates the period, radius, and speed of the orbiting satellite. Then apply Newton’s second law to the satellite. You wil
> If the electric force on the drop is found to be 9.6 × 10−16 N and the potential difference between the plates is 480 V, what is the magnitude of the charge on the drop in terms of the elementary charge e? Ignore the small buoyant force on the drop.
> An airplane of mass 2800 kg has just lifted off the runway. It is gaining altitude at a constant 2.3 m/s while the horizontal component of its velocity is increasing at a rate of 0.86 m/s2. Assume g = 9.81 m/s2. (a) Find the direction of the force exert
> The magnetic field between the poles of a magnet has magnitude 0.55 T. A circular loop of wire with radius 3.2 cm is placed between the poles so the field makes an angle of 22° with the plane of the loop. What is the magnetic flux through the loop?
> Two different monochromatic light sources, one yellow (580 nm) and one violet (425 nm), are used in a photoelectric effect experiment. The metal surface has a photoelectric threshold frequency of 6.20 × 1014 Hz. (a) Are both sources able to eject photoe
> (a) What is the reactance of a 10.0 mH inductor at the frequency f = 250.0 Hz? (b) What is the impedance of a series combination of the 10.0 mH inductor and a 10.0 Ω resistor at 250.0 Hz? (c) What is the maximum current through the same circuit when th
> Three capacitors (2.0 µF, 3.0 µF, 6.0 µF) are connected in series to an ac voltage source with amplitude 12.0 V and frequency 6.3 kHz. (a) What are the peak voltages across each capacitor? (b) What is the peak current that flows in the circuit?
> A small object of mass 0.50 kg is attached by a 0.50 m long cord to a pin set into the surface of a frictionless table top. The object moves in a circle on the horizontal surface with a speed of 2.0π m/s. (a) What is the magnitude of the radial accelera
> Earth’s orbit around the Sun is nearly circular. The period is 1 yr = 365.25 d. (a) In an elapsed time of 1 d, what is Earth’s angular displacement in radians? (b) What is the change in Earth’s velocity, /? (c) What is Earth’s average acceleration du
> Consider two protons (charge +e), separated by a distance of 2.0 × 10−15 m (as in a typical atomic nucleus). The electric force between these protons is equal in magnitude to the gravitational force on an object of what mass near Earth’s surface?
> A helicopter is lifting two crates simultaneously. One crate with a mass of 200 kg is attached to the helicopter by a cable. The second crate with a mass of 100 kg is hanging below the first crate and attached to the first crate by a cable. As the helico
> Credit cards have a magnetic strip that encodes information about the credit card account. Why do devices that read the magnetic strip often include the instruction to swipe the card rapidly? Why can’t the magnetic strip be read if the card is swiped too
> In air under ordinary conditions (room temperature and atmospheric pressure), the average intermolecular distance is about 4 nm and the mean free path is about 0.1 µm. The diameter of a nitrogen molecule is about 0.3 nm. Which two distances should we com
> The principal component of natural gas is methane (CH4). How many moles of CH4 are present in 144.36 g of methane?
> The maximum strain of a steel wire with Young’s modulus 200 GPa, just before breaking, is 0.20%. What is the stress at its breaking point, assuming that strain is proportional to stress up to the breaking point?
> At a baseball game, a spectator is 60.0 m away from the batter. How long does it take the sound of the bat connecting with the ball to travel to the spectator's ears? The air temperature is 27.0°C.
> The circuit is used to study the charging of a capacitor. (a) At t = 0, the switch is closed. What initial charging current is measured by the ammeter? (b) After the current has decayed to zero, what are the voltages at points A, B, and C?
> Derive the rotational form of Newton's second law as follows. Consider a rigid object that consists of a large number N of particles. Let Fn, mn, and rn represent the tangential component of the net force acting on the nth particle, the mass of that part
> A vertical metal rod of length 20 cm moves south at constant speed 2.6 m/s in a 0.60 T magnetic field directed west. (a) Which end of the rod has an accumulation of excess electrons? (b) What is the potential difference between the ends of the rod?
> A laboratory observer measures an electron's kinetic energy to be 1.02 × 10−13 J. What is the electron's speed?
