Schaum's Outline of College Physics, Twelfth Edition (Schaum's Outlines)
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ISBN: 9781259587399
Author: Eugene Hecht
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 3, Problem 44SP
Two forces, 80 N and 100 N, acting at an angle of
object. (a) What single force would replace the two forces? (b) What single force
(called the equilibrant) would balance the two forces? Solve algebraically.
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Schaum's Outline of College Physics, Twelfth Edition (Schaum's Outlines)
Ch. 3 - 3.42 [I] Two forces act on a point object as...Ch. 3 - 3.43 [I] Compute algebraically the resultant of...Ch. 3 - 3.44 [I] Two forces, 80 N and 100 N, acting at...Ch. 3 - 3.45 [I] Find algebraically the (a) resultant...Ch. 3 - 3.46 [I] Having hauled it to the top of a...Ch. 3 - 3.47 [II] Repeat Problem 3.46 if the handle is...Ch. 3 - 3.48 [I] A force of 100 lb acting on a body...Ch. 3 - 3.49 [I] An unknown force acting on a 50.0-g...Ch. 3 - 3.50 [I] Once ignited, a small rocket motor on a...Ch. 3 - 3.51 [II] Typically, a bullet leaves a standard...
Ch. 3 - 3.52 [I] A force acts on a 2-kg mass and gives...Ch. 3 - 3.53 [I] An object has a mass of 300 g. (a)...Ch. 3 - 3.54 [I] A horizontal cable pulls a 200-kg cart...Ch. 3 - 3.55 [II] A 900-kg car is going 20 m/s along a...Ch. 3 - 3.56 [II] A 12.0-g bullet is accelerated from rest...Ch. 3 - 3.57 [II] A 20-kg crate hangs at the end of a long...Ch. 3 - 3.58 [II] A 5.0-kg mass hangs at the end of a...Ch. 3 - 3.59 [II] A 700-N man stands on a scale on the...Ch. 3 - 3.60 [II] Using the scale described in Problem...Ch. 3 - 3.61 [II] A cord passing over a frictionless,...Ch. 3 - 3.62 [II] An elevator starts from rest with a...Ch. 3 - 3.63 [II] Just as her parachute opens, a 60-kg...Ch. 3 - 3.64 [II] A 300-g mass hangs at the end of a...Ch. 3 - 3.65 [II] A 20-kg wagon is pulled along the level...Ch. 3 - 3.66 [II] A 12-kg box is released from the top of...Ch. 3 - 3.67 [I] A wooden crate weighing 1000 N is at...Ch. 3 - 3.68 [I] Someone wearing rubber-soled shoes is...Ch. 3 - 3.69 [I] A standing 580-N woman wearing climbing...Ch. 3 - 3.70 [II] For the situation outlined in Problem...Ch. 3 - 3.71 [II] An inclined plane makes an angle of ...Ch. 3 - 3.72 [II] A horizontal force F is exerted on a...Ch. 3 - 3.73 [II] An inclined plane making an angle of ...Ch. 3 - 3.74 [III] Repeat Problem 3.73 if the coefficient...Ch. 3 - 3.75 [III] A horizontal force of 200 N is required...Ch. 3 - 3.76 [II] Find the acceleration of the blocks in...Ch. 3 - 3.77 [III] Repeat Problem 3.76 if the coefficient...Ch. 3 - 3.78 [III] How large a force F is needed in Fig....Ch. 3 - 3.79 [III] In Fig. 3-28, how large a force F is...Ch. 3 - 3.80 [III] (a) What is the smallest force parallel...Ch. 3 - 3.81 [III] A 5.0-kg block rests on a incline. The...Ch. 3 - 3.82 [III] Three blocks with masses 6.0 kg, 9.0...Ch. 3 - 3.83 [I] Floating in space far from anything...Ch. 3 - 3.84 [I] Two cannonballs that each weigh 4.00...Ch. 3 - 3.85 [I] Imagine a planet and its moon...Ch. 3 - 3.86 [I] Two NASA vehicles separated by a...Ch. 3 - 3.87 [I] Suppose you are designing a small,...Ch. 3 - Prob. 88SPCh. 3 - Prob. 89SPCh. 3 - 3.90 [II] A space station that weighs 10.0 MN on...Ch. 3 - 3.91 [II] An object that weighs 2700 N on the...Ch. 3 - 3.92 [II] Imagine a planet having a mass twice...Ch. 3 - 3.93 [II] The Earth’s radius is about 6370 km. An...Ch. 3 - 3.94 [II] A man who weighs 1000 N on Earth stands...Ch. 3 - 3.95 [II] The radius of the Earth is about 6370...Ch. 3 - 3.96 [II] The fabled planet Dune has a diameter...Ch. 3 - 3.97 [III] An astronaut weighs 480 N on Earth. She...
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