Balloons are often filled with helium gas because it weighs only about one-seventh of what air weighs under identical conditions. The buoyancy force which can be expressed as Fb = ρairgVballoon, will push the balloon upward. If the balloon has a diameter of 12 m and carries two people 85 kg each determine the acceleration of the balloon when it is first released. Assume the density of air is ρ = 1 16 kg/m3, and neglect the weight of the ropes and the cage. Answer: 22.4 m/s2

The acceleration of the balloon when it is first released.
Answer to Problem 101RP
The acceleration of the balloon when it is first released is 22.4 m/s2_.
Explanation of Solution
Show the free body diagram of the balloon.
Write the expression of volume of sphere of a balloon.
Vballoon=4πr3/3 (I)
Write the expression of the buoyancy force acting on the balloon.
FB=ρairgVballoon (II)
Here, the density of air is ρH2O, the volume of balloon is Vballoon, and the acceleration of gravity is g.
Write the expression of the mass of helium.
mHe=ρHeVballoon (III)
Here, the density of the helium is ρHe and volume of the balloon is Vballoon.
Write the expression of the total mass can carried by balloon.
mtotal=mHe+mpeople (IV)
Here, the total mass of a people is mpeople and the mass of helium is mHe.
Write the expression of the total weight.
W=mtotalg (V)
Write the expression of net force acting on the balloon.
Fnet=FB−W (VI)
Write the expression of acceleration.
a=Fnetmtotal (VII)
Conclusion:
Substitute 6 m for r in Equation (I).
Vballoon=4π(6 m)3/3=904.8 m3.
Substitute 1.16 kg/m3 for ρair, 9.81 m/s2 for g, and 904.8 m3 for Vballoon in Equation (II).
FB=(1.16 kg/m3)(9.81 m/s2)(904.8 m3)=10296 kg⋅m/s2×(1 N1 kg⋅m/s2)=10296 N
Substitute 1.16/7 kg/m3 for ρHe and 904.8 m3 for Vballoon in Equation (III).
mHe=(1.167 kg/m3)(904.8 m3)=149.9 kg.
Substitute 2×85 kg for mpeople and 149.9 kg for mHe in Equation (V)
mtotal=(149.9 kg)+(2×85 kg)=319.9 kg
Substitute 319.9 kg for mtotal and 9.81 m/s2 for g in Equation (VI).
W=(319.9 kg)(9.81 m/s2)=3138 kg⋅m/s2×(1 N1 kg⋅m/s2)=3138 N
Substitute 10296 N for FB and 3138 N for W in Equation (VII).
Fnet=10296 N−3138 N=7157 N.
Substitute 7157 N for Fnet and 319.9 kg for mtotal in Equation (VIII).
a=(7157 N)(319.9 kg)=(7157 N)(319.9 kg)×(1 kg⋅m/s21 N)=22.4 m/s2
Thus, the acceleration of the balloon when it is first released is 22.4 m/s2_.
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