Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics
Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics
4th Edition
ISBN: 9780131495081
Author: Douglas C. Giancoli
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
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Chapter 2, Problem 75GP

Suppose a car manufacturer tested its cars for front-end collisions by hauling them up on a crane and dropping them from a certain height. (a) Show that the speed just before a car hits the ground, after falling from rest a vertical distance H, is given by 2 g H . What height corresponds to a collision at (b) 50 km/h? (c) 100 km/h?

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Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics

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Car A...Ch. 2 - Can an object be increasing in speed as its...Ch. 2 - A baseball player hits a ball straight up into the...Ch. 2 - As a freely falling object speeds up, what is...Ch. 2 - You travel from point A to point B in a car moving...Ch. 2 - Can an object have zr velocity and nonzero...Ch. 2 - Can an object have zero acceleration and nonzero...Ch. 2 - Which of these motions is not at constant...Ch. 2 - In a lecture demonstration, a 3.0-m-long vertical...Ch. 2 - Describe in words the motion plotted in Fig. 236...Ch. 2 - Describe in words the motion of the object graphed...Ch. 2 - (I) If you are driving 110 km/h along a straight...Ch. 2 - What must your cars average speed be in order to...Ch. 2 - (I) A particle at t1 = 2.0 s is at x1 = 4.3 cm and...Ch. 2 - A rolling ball moves from x1 = 3.4 cm to x2 = 4.2...Ch. 2 - (II) According to a rule-of-thumb, every five...Ch. 2 - (II) You are driving home from school steadily at...Ch. 2 - (II) A horse canters away from its trainer in a...Ch. 2 - (II) T x = 34 + 10t 2t3, where t is in seconds...Ch. 2 - (II) The position of a rabbit along a straight...Ch. 2 - (II) On an audio compact disc (CD), digital bits...Ch. 2 - A car traveling 95 km/h is 110 m behind a truck...Ch. 2 - (II) Two locomotives approach each other on...Ch. 2 - (II) Digital bits on a 12.0-cm diameter audio CD...Ch. 2 - (II) An airplane travels 3100 km at a speed of 720...Ch. 2 - (II) Calculate the average speed and average...Ch. 2 - (II) The position of a ball rolling in a straight...Ch. 2 - (II) A dog runs 120m away from its master in a...Ch. 2 - (III) An automobile traveling 95 km/h overtakes a...Ch. 2 - (III) A bowling ball traveling with constant speed...Ch. 2 - (I) A sports car accelerates from rest to 95 km/h...Ch. 2 - (I) At highway speeds, a particular automobile is...Ch. 2 - (I) A sprinter accelerates from rest to 9.00m/s in...Ch. 2 - (I) Figure 2-37 shows the velocity of a train as a...Ch. 2 - (II) A sports car moving at constant speed travels...Ch. 2 - (II) A car moving in a straight line starts at x =...Ch. 2 - (II) A particular automobile can accelerate...Ch. 2 - (II) A particle moves along the x axis. Its...Ch. 2 - (II) The position of a racing car, which starts...Ch. 2 - (II) The position of an object is given by x = At...Ch. 2 - (I) A car slows down from 25 m/s to rest in a...Ch. 2 - (I) A car accelerates from 12 m/s to 21 m/s in 6.0...Ch. 2 - (I) A light plane must reach a speed of 32m/s for...Ch. 2 - (II) A baseball pitcher throws a baseball with a...Ch. 2 - (II) Show that =(+0)/2 (see Eq. 2-12d) is not...Ch. 2 - (II) A world-class sprinter can reach a top speed...Ch. 2 - (II) An inattentive driver is traveling 18.0 m/s...Ch. 2 - (II) A car slows down uniformly from a speed of...Ch. 2 - (II) In coming to a stop, a car leaves skid marks...Ch. 2 - (II) A car traveling 85 km/h slows down at a...Ch. 2 - (II) A car traveling at 105 km/h strikes a tree....Ch. 2 - (II) Determine the stopping distances for an...Ch. 2 - (II) A space vehicle accelerates uniformly from 65...Ch. 2 - (II) A 75-m-long train begins uniform acceleration...Ch. 2 - (II) An unmarked police car traveling a constant...Ch. 2 - (III) Assume in Problem 44 that the speeders speed...Ch. 2 - (III) A runner hopes to complete the 10,000-m run...Ch. 2 - (III) Mary and Sally are in a fool race (Fig....Ch. 2 - (I) A stone is dropped from the top of a cliff. 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