1 Doing Physics 2 Motion In A Straight Line 3 Motion In Two And Three Dimensions 4 Force And Motion 5 Using Newton's Laws 6 Energy, Work, And Power 7 Conservation Of Energy 8 Gravity 9 Systems Of Particles 10 Rotational Motion 11 Rotational Vectors And Angular Momentum 12 Static Equilibrium 13 Oscillatory Motion 14 Wave Motion 15 Fluid Motion 16 Temperature And Heat 17 The Thermal Behavior Of Matter 18 Heat, Work, And The First Law Of Thermodynamics 19 The Second Law Of Thermodynamics expand_more
1.1 Realms Of Physics 1.2 Measurements And Units 1.3 Working With Numbers 1.4 Strategies For Learning Physics Chapter Questions expand_more
Problem 1FTD: Explain why measurement standards based on laboratory procedures are preferable to those based on... Problem 2FTD Problem 3FTD: Why doesnt Earths rotation provide a suitable time standard? Problem 4FTD: To raise a power of 10 to another power, you multiply the exponent by the power. Explain why this... Problem 5FTD: What facts might a scientist use in estimating Earths age? Problem 6FTD: How would you determine the length of a curved line? Problem 7FTD: Write 1/x as x to some power. Problem 8FTD: Emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil-fuel combustion are often expressed in gigatonnes per year,... Problem 9FTD: In Chapter 3, youll learn that the range of a projectile launched over level ground is given by... Problem 10FTD: What is meant by an explicit-constant definition of a unit? Problem 11FTD: Youre asked to make a rough estimate of the total mass of all the students in your university. You... Problem 12E: The power output of a typical large power plant is 1000 megawatts (MW). Express this result in (a)... Problem 13E: The diameter of a hydrogen atom is about 0.1 nm, and the diameter of a proton is about 1 fm. How... Problem 14E: Use the definition of the meter to determine how far light travels in 1 ns. Problem 15E: In nanoseconds, how long is the period of the cesium-133 radiation used to define the second? Problem 16E: Lake Baikal in Siberia holds the worlds largest quantity of fresh water, about 14 Eg. How many... Problem 17E: A hydrogen atom is about 0.1 nm in diameter. How many hydrogen atoms lined up side by side would... Problem 18E: How long a piece of wire would you need to form a circular are subtending an angle of 1.4 rad, if... Problem 19E: Making a turn, a jetliner flies 2.1 km on a circular path of radius 3.4 km. Through what angle does... Problem 20E: A car is moving at 35.0 mi/h. Express its speed in (a) m/s and (b) ft/s. Problem 21E: You have postage for a 1-oz letter but only a metric scale. Whats the maximum mass your letter can... Problem 22E: A year is very nearly 107s. By what percentage is this figure in error? Problem 23E: How many cubic centimeters are in a cubic meter? Problem 24E Problem 25E: A gallon of paint covers 350 ft2. Whats its coverage in m2/L? Problem 26E: Highways in Canada have speed limits of 100 km/h. How does this compare with the 65 mi/h speed limit... Problem 27E: One m/s is how many km/h? Problem 28E: A 3.0-lb box of grass seed will seed 2100 ft2 of lawn. Express this coverage in m2/kg. Problem 29E: A radian is how many degrees? Problem 30E: Convert the following to SI units: (a) 55 mi/h: (b) 40.0 km/h; (c) 1 week (take that 1 as an exact... Problem 31E: The distance to the Andromeda galaxy, the nearest large neighbor galaxy of our Milky Way, is about... Problem 32E: Add 3.63105 m and 2.13103 km. Problem 33E: Divide 4.23103 m/s by 0.57 ms, and express your answer in m/s2. Problem 34E: Add 5.131022 cm and 6.83103 mm. and multiply the result by 1.83104 N (N is the SI unit of force). Problem 35E: Find the cube root of 6.4 1019 without a calculator. Problem 36E: Add 1.46 m and 2.3 cm. Problem 37E: Youre asked to specify the length of an updated aircraft model for a sales brochure. The original... Problem 38E: Repeat the preceding exercise, this time using 41.05 m as the airplanes original length. 37. Youre... Problem 39P: To see why its important to carry more digits in intermediate calculations, determine (3)3 to three... Problem 40P: Youve been hired as an environmental watchdog for a big-city newspaper. Youre asked to estimate the... Problem 41P: The average dairy cow produces about 104 kg of milk per year. Estimate the number of dairy cows... Problem 42P: How many Earths would fit inside the Sun? Problem 43P: The average American uses electrical energy at the rate of about 1.5 kilowatts (kW). Solar energy... Problem 44P: Youre writing a biography of the physicist Enrico Fermi, who was fond of estimation problems. Heres... Problem 45P: (a) Estimate the volume of water going over Niagara Falls each second, (b) The falls provides the... Problem 46P: Estimate the number of air molecules in your dorm room. Problem 47P: A human hair is about 100 m across. Estimate the number of hairs in a typical braid. Problem 48P: Youre working in the fraud protection division of a credit-card company, and youre asked to estimate... Problem 49P: Bubble gums density is about 1 g/cm3. You blow an 8-g wad of gum into a bubble 10 cm in diameter.... Problem 50P: The Moon barely covers the Sun during a solar eclipse. Given that Moon and Sun are. respectively. 4 ... Problem 51P: The semiconductor chip at the heart of a personal computer is a square 4 mm on a side and contains... Problem 52P: Estimate the number of (a) atoms and (b) cells in your body. Problem 53P: When we write the number 3.6 as typical of a number with two significant figures, were saying that... Problem 54P: Continental drift occurs at about the rate your fingernails grow. Estimate the age of the Atlantic... Problem 55P: Youre driving into Canada and trying to decide whether to fill your gas tank before or after... Problem 56P: In the 1908 London Olympics, the intended 26-mile marathon was extended 385 yards to put the end in... Problem 57P: An environmental group is lobbying to shut down a coal-burning power plant that produces electrical... Problem 58P: If youre working from the print version of this book, estimate the thickness of each page. Problem 59P: Estimate the area of skin on your body. Problem 60P: Estimate the mass of water in the worlds oceans, and express it with SI prefixes. Problem 61P: Express the following with appropriate units and significant figures: (a) 1.0 in plus 1 mm, (b) 1.0... Problem 62P Problem 63P: Caf Milagro sells coffee online. A half-kilogram bag of coffee costs 8.95, excluding shipping. If... Problem 64P: The world consumes energy at the rate of about 500 EJ per year, where the joule (J) is the SI energy... Problem 65P: The volume of a sphere is given by V=43r3, where r is the spheres radius. For solid spheres with the... Problem 66PP: The human body contains about 1014 cells, and the diameter of a typical cell is about 10 m Like all... Problem 67PP: The human body contains about 1014 cells, and the diameter of a typical cell is about 10 m Like all... Problem 68PP: The human body contains about 1014 cells, and the diameter of a typical cell is about 10 m Like all... Problem 69PP: The human body contains about 1014 cells, and the diameter of a typical cell is about 10 m Like all... format_list_bulleted