EBK PHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS
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Chapter 3, Problem 37P
(II) A fire hose held near the ground shoots water at a speed of 6.5 m/s. At what angle(s) should the nozzle point in order that the water land 2.5 m away (Fig. 3-40)? Why are there two different angles? Sketch the two trajectories.
FIGURE 3-40
Problem 31.
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(II) A fire hose held near the ground shoots water at a
speed of 6.5 m/s. At what angle(s) should the nozzle point
in order that the water land 2.5 m away (Fig. 3–36)? Why
are there two different angles?
Sketch the two trajectories.
FIGURE 3-36
Problem 23.
2.5 m–
Raindrops make an angle 0 with the vertical when viewed
through a moving train window (Fig. 3–52). If the speed
of the train is vr, what is the speed of the raindrops in the
reference frame of
the Earth in which
they are assumed to
fall vertically?
FIGURE 3-52
Problem 61.
(II) A passenger on a boat moving at 1.70 m/s on a still lake
walks up a flight of stairs at a speed of 0.60 m/s, Fig. 3–43.
The stairs are angled at 45° pointing in the direction of
motion as shown. What is the velocity of the passenger rel-
ative to the water?
0.60 m/s y
45°
V = 1.70 m/s
FIGURE 3-43 Problem 42.
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