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- The starship Enterprise has its tractor beam locked onto some valuable debris and is trying to pull it toward the ship. A Klingon battle cruiser and a Romulan warbird are also trying to recover the item by pulling the debris with their tractor beams as shown in Figure P5.25. a. Given the following magnitudes of the tractor beam forces, find the net force experienced by the debris: FEnt = 7.59 106 N, FRom = 2.53 106 N, and FKling = 8.97 105 N. b. If the debris has a mass of 2549 kg, what is the net acceleration of the debris? FIGURE P5.25arrow_forwardWhy is the following situation impossible? A book sits on an inclined plane on the surface of the Earth. The angle of the plane with the horizontal is 60.0. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the book and the plane of 0.300. At time t = 0, the book is released from rest. The book then slides through a distance of 1.00 m, measured along the plane, in a time interval of 0.483 s.arrow_forwardA student of weight 667 N rides a steadily rotating Ferris wheel (the student sits upright). At the highest point, the magnitude of the normal force on the student from the seat is 556 N. (a) Does the student feel “light” or “heavy” there? (b) What is the magnitude of at the lowest point? If the wheel’s speed is doubled, what is the magnitude FN at the (c) highest and (d) lowest point?arrow_forward
- A student of weight 667 N rides a steadily rotating Ferris wheel (the student sits upright). At the highest point, the magnitude of the normal force on the student from the seat is 556 N. (a) Does the student feel “light” or “heavy” there? (b) What is the magnitude of the lowest point? If the wheel’s speed is doubled, what is the magnitude at the (c) highest and (d) lowest point?arrow_forwardAn elevator carrying a person of mass m is moving upward and slowing down. How does the magnitude F of the force exerted on the person by the elevator floor compare with the magnitude mg of the gravitational force? a F < mg b F > mg c F = mg d F can be greater than or less than mg, depending on the speed of the elevator.arrow_forwardThe figure shows an overhead view of a 0.0270 kg lemon half and two of the three horizontal forces that act on it as it is on a frictionless table. Force Was a magnitude of 5.00 N and is at 9₁ = 33.0°. Force was a magnitude of 8.00 N and is at 92 = 28.0°. In unit- vector notation, what is the third force if the lemon half (a) is stationary, (b) has the constant velocity m/s, and (c) has the varying velocity m/s, where t is time? (a) Number -1.0326 (b) Number i -1.0326 (c) Number i -0.7626 citarrow_forwardIn the figure, a rectangular slab of slate rests on a bedrock surface inclined at angle 0 = 27.8°. The slab has length L = 41.2 m, thickness T = 7.51 m, and width W = 14.1 m, and 1.0 cm³ of it has a mass of 3.2 g. The coefficient of static friction between slab and bedrock is 0.315. (a) Calculate the component of the gravitational force on the slab parallel to the bedrock surface. (b) Calculate the magnitude of the static frictional force on the slab. By comparing (a) and (b), you can see that the slab is in danger of sliding. This is prevented only by chance protrusions of bedrock. (c) To stabilize the slab, bolts are to be driven perpendicular to the bedrock surface (two bolts are shown). If each bolt has a cross-sectional area of 7.06 cm² and will snap under a shearing stress of 3.06 × 108 N/m², what is the minimum number of bolts needed? Assume that the bolts do not affect the normal force. (a) Number i (b) Number (c) Number i Units Units Units <arrow_forwardIn the figure, a rectangular slab of slate rests on a bedrock surface inclined at angle = 25.6°. The slab has length L = 43.4 m, thickness T = 6.23 m, and width W = 13.6 m, and 1.0 cm³ of it has a mass of 3.2 g. The coefficient of static friction between slab and bedrock is 0.351. (a) Calculate the component of the gravitational force on the slab parallel to the bedrock surface. (b) Calculate the magnitude of the static frictional force on the slab. By comparing (a) and (b), you can see that the slab is in danger of sliding. This is prevented only by chance protrusions of bedrock. (c) To stabilize the slab, bolts are to be driven perpendicular to the bedrock surface (two bolts are shown). If each bolt has a cross-sectional area of 6.42 cm² and will snap under a shearing stress of 3.57 × 108 N/m², what is the minimum number of bolts needed? Assume that the bolts do not affect the normal force.arrow_forwardA mysterious force acts on all particles along a particular line and always points towards a particular point P on the line. The magnitude of the force on a particle increases as the cube of the distance from that point, that is, F∝ r3, if the distance from the P to the position of the particle is r. It has been determined that the constant of proportionality is 0.23 N/m3, i.e. the magnitude of the force on a particle can be written as 0.23r3, when the particle is at a distance r from the force center. Find the magnitude of the potential energy, in joules, of a particle subjected to this force when the particle is at a distance 0.21 m from point P assuming the potential energy to be zero when the particle is at P. PE= ?arrow_forwardA mule is harnessed to a sled having a mass of 201 kg, including supplies. The mule must exert a force exceeding 1270 N at an angle of 30.3° (above the horizontal) in order to get the sled moving. Treat the sled as a point as a particle. a) Calculate the normal force (in N) on the sled when the magnitude of the applied force is 1270 N. (Enter the magnitude.) N (b) Find the coefficient of static friction between the sled and the ground beneath it. (c) Find the static friction force (in N) when the mule is exerting a force of 6.35 ✕ 102 N on the sled at the same angle. (Enter the magnitude.) Narrow_forwardTarzan, who weighs 777 N, swings from a cliff at the end of a 16.5 m vine that hangs from a high tree limb and initially makes an angle of 21.9° with the vertical. Assume that an x axis points horizontally away from the cliff edge and a y axis extends upward. Immediately after Tarzan steps off the cliff, the tension in the vine is 721 N. Just then, what are (a) the force from the vine on Tarzan in unit-vector notation, and (b) the net force acting on Tarzan in unit-vector notation? What are (c) the magnitude and (d) the direction (measured counterclockwise from the positive x-axis) of the net force acting on Tarzan? What are (e) the magnitude and (f) the direction of Tarzan's acceleration just then?arrow_forwardKinesiologists—scientists who study human motion—can measure the forces that act on runners as they round a curve. The forces on a runner’s feet are a vertical normal force that, on average, serves to counteract gravity, and a static friction force parallel to the ground and pointing toward the center of the runner’s circular path. The average value of this inward-pointing force is measured to be 600 N for a 75 kg runner rounding a curve that has a 2.5 m radius. What is this runner’s speed?arrow_forwardarrow_back_iosSEE MORE QUESTIONSarrow_forward_ios
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