1 Introduction, Measurement, Estimating 2 Describing Motion: Kinematics In One Dimension 3 Kinematics In Two Or Three Dimensions; Vectors 4 Dynamics: Newton's Laws Of Motion 5 Using Newton's Laws: Friction, Circular Motion, Drag Forces 6 Gravitation And Newton's Synthesis 7 Work And Energy 8 Conservation Of Energy 9 Linear Momentum 10 Rotationalmotion 11 Angular Momentum; General Rotation 12 Static Equilibrium; Elasticity And Fracture 13 Fluids 14 Oscillations 15 Wave Motion 16 Sound 17 Temperature, Thermal Expansion And The Ideal Gas Law 18 Kinetic Theory Of Gases 19 Heat And The First Law Of Thermodynamics 20 Second Law Of Thermodynamics 21 Electric Charge And Electric Field 22 Gauss's Law 23 Electric Potential 24 Capacitance, Dielectrics, Electric Energy Storage 25 Electric Currents And Resistance 26 Dc Circuits 27 Magnetism 28 Sources Of Magnetic Field 29 Electromagnetic Induction And Faraday's Law 30 Inductance, Electromagnetic Oscillations, And Ac Circuits 31 Maxwell's Equation And Electromagnetic Waves 32 Light: Reflection And Refraction 33 Lenses And Optical Instruments 34 The Wave Nature Of Light: Interference 35 Diffraction And Polarization 36 Special Theory Of Relativity 37 Early Quantum Theory And Models Of The Atom 38 Quantum Mechanics 39 Quantum Mechanics Of Atoms 40 Molecules And Solids 41 Nuclear Physics And Radioactivity 42 Nuclear Energy; Effects And Uses Of Radiation 43 Elementary Particles 44 Astrophysics And Cosmology expand_more
4.1 Force 4.2 Newton’s First Law Of Motion 4.3 Mass 4.4 Newton’s Second Law Of Motion 4.5 Newton’s Third Law Of Motion 4.6 Weight—the Force Of Gravity; The Normal Force 4.7 Solving Problems With Newton’s Laws: Free-body Diagrams 4.8 Problem Solving—a General Approach Chapter Questions expand_more
Problem 1Q: Why does a child in a wagon seem to fall backward when you give the wagon a sharp pull forward? Problem 2Q: A box rests on the (frictionless) bed of a truck. The truck driver starts the truck and accelerates... Problem 3Q: If the acceleration of an object is zero, are no forces acting on it? Explain. Problem 4Q: If an object is moving, is it possible for the net force acting on it to be zero? Problem 5Q: Only one force acts on an object. Can the object have zero acceleration? Can it have zero velocity?... Problem 6Q: When a golf ball is dropped to the pavement, it bounces back up. (a) Is a force needed to make it... Problem 7Q: If you walk along a log floating on a lake, why does the log move in the opposite direction? Problem 8Q: Why might your foot hurt if you kick a heavy desk or a wall? Problem 9Q: When you are running and want to slop quickly, you must decelerate quickly. (a) What is the origin... Problem 10Q: (a) Why do you push down harder on the pedals of a bicycle when first starting out than when moving... Problem 11Q: A father and his young daughter are ice skating. They face each other at rest and push each other,... Problem 12Q: Suppose that you are standing on a cardboard carton that just barely supports you. What would happen... Problem 13Q: A stone hangs by a fine thread from the ceiling, and a section of the same thread dangles from the... Problem 14Q: The force of gravity on a 2-kg rock is twice as great as that on a 1-kg rock. Why then doesnt the... Problem 15Q: Would a spring scale carried to the Moon give accurate results if the scale had been calibrated on... Problem 16Q: You pull a box with a constant force across a frictionless table using an attached rope held... Problem 17Q: When an object falls freely under the influence of gravity there is a net force mg exerted on it by... Problem 18Q: Compare the effort (or force) needed to lift a 10-kg object when you are on the Moon with the force... Problem 19Q: Which of the following objects weighs about 1 N: (a) an apple, (b) a mosquito, (c) this book, (d)... Problem 20Q: According to Newtons third law. each team in a tug of war (Fig. 4 29) pulls with equal force on the... Problem 21Q: When you stand still on the ground, how large a force does the ground exert on you? Why doesnt this... Problem 22Q: Whiplash sometimes results from an automobile accident when the victims car is struck violently from... Problem 23Q: Mary exerts an upward force of 40N to hold a bag of groceries. Describe the reaction force (Newtons... Problem 24Q: A bear sling, Fig. 430, in used in some national parks for placing backpackers food out of the reach... Problem 1P: (I) What force is needed to accelerate a child on a sled (total mass = 55 kg) at 1.4 m/s2? Problem 2P: (1) A net force of 265N accelerates a bike and rider at 2.30m/s2. What is the mass of the bike and... Problem 3P: (I) What is the weight of a 68-kg astronaut (a) on Earth, (b) on the Moon (g = 1.7 m/s2), (c) on... Problem 4P: (I) How much tension must a rope withstand if it is used to accelerate a 1210-kg car horizontally... Problem 5P: (II) Superman must stop a 120-km/h train in 150 m to keep it from hitting a stalled car on the... Problem 6P: (II) What average force is required to stop a 950-kg car in 8.0 s if the car is traveling at 95... Problem 7P: (II) Estimate the average force exerted by a shot-putter on a 7.0-kg shot if the shot is moved... Problem 8P: (II) A 0.140-kg baseball traveling 35.0 m/s strikes the catchers mitt, which, in bringing the ball... Problem 9P: (II) A fisherman yanks a fish vertically out of the water with an acceleration of 2.5 m/s2 using... Problem 10P: (II) A 20.0-kg box rests on a table. (a) What is the weight of the box and the normal force acting... Problem 11P: (II) What average force is needed to accelerate a 9.20-gram pellet from rest to 125 m/s over a... Problem 12P: (II) How much tension must a cable withstand if it is used to accelerate a 1200-kg car vertically... Problem 13P: (II) A 14.0-kg bucket is lowered vertically by a rope in which there is 163 N of tension at a given... Problem 14P: (II) A particular race car can cover a quarter-mile track (402m) in 6.40s starting from a... Problem 15P: (II) A 75-kg petty thief wants to escape from a third-story jail window. Unfortunately, a makeshift... Problem 16P: (II) An elevator (mass 4850 kg) is to he designed so that the maximum acceleration is 0.0680g. What... Problem 17P: (II) Can cars stop on a dime? Calculate the acceleration of a 1400-kg car if it can stop from 35km/h... Problem 18P: (II) A person stands on a bathroom scale in a motionless elevator. When the elevator begins to move,... Problem 19P: (II) High-speed elevators function under two limitations: (1) the maximum magnitude of vertical... Problem 20P: (II) Using focused laser light, optical tweezers can apply a force of about 10 pN to a 1.0-m... Problem 21P: (II) A rocket with a mass of 2.75 106 kg exerts a vertical force of 3.55 107N on the gases it... Problem 22P: (II) (a) What is the acceleration of two falling sky divers (mass = 132 kg including parachute) when... Problem 23P: (II) An exceptional standing jump would raise a person 0.80 m off the ground. To do this, what force... Problem 24P: (II) The cable supporting a 2125-kg elevator has a maximum strength of 21,750 N. What maximum upward... Problem 25P: (III) The 100-m dash can be run by the best sprinters in 10.0 s. A 66-kg sprinter accelerates... Problem 26P: (III) A person jumps from the roof of a house 3.9-m high. When he strikes the ground below, he bends... Problem 27P: (I) A box weighing 77.0 N rests on atable. A rope tied to the box runs vertically upward over a... Problem 28P: (I) Draw the free-body diagram for a basketball player (a) just before leaving the ground on a jump,... Problem 29P: (I) Sketch the tree body diagram of a baseball (a) at the moment it is hit by the bat, and again (b)... Problem 30P: (I) A 650-N force acts in a northwesterly direction. A second 650-N force must be exerted in what... Problem 31P: (II) Christian is making a Tyrolean traverse as shown in Fig. 4-35. That is, he traverses a chasm by... Problem 32P: (II) A window washer pulls herself upward using the bucket-pulley apparatus shown in Fig. 436. (a)... Problem 33P: (II) One 3.2-kg paint bucket is hanging by a massless cord from another 3.2-kg paint bucket, also... Problem 34P: (II) The cords accelerating the buckets in Problem 33b, Fig. 437, each has a weight of 2.0 N.... Problem 35P: (II) Two snowcats in Antarctica are towing a housing unit to a new location, as shown in Fig. 438.... Problem 36P: (II) A train locomotive is pulling two cars of the same mass behind it, Fig. 4-39. Determine the... Problem 37P: (II) The two forces F1 and F2 shown in Fig. 4-40a and b (looking down) act on a 18.5-kg object on a... Problem 38P: (II) At the instant a race began, a 65-kg sprinter exerted a force of 720 N on the starting block at... Problem 39P: (II) A mass m is at rest on a horizontal frictionless surface at t = 0. Then a constant force F0... Problem 40P Problem 41P: (II) Uphill escape ramps are sometimes provided to the side of steep downhill highways for trucks... Problem 42P: (II) A child on a sled reaches the bottom of a hill with a velocity of 10.0 m/s and travels 25.0 m... Problem 43P: (II) A skateboarder, with an initial speed of 2.0m/s, rolls virtually friction free down a straight... Problem 44P: (II) As shown in Fig. 4-41, five balls (masses 2.00, 2.05, 2.10, 2.15, 2.20kg) hang from a crossbar.... Problem 45P: (II) A 27-kg chandelier hangs from a ceiling on a vertical 4.0-m-long wire, (a) What horizontal... Problem 46P: (II) Three blocks on a frictionless horizontal surface are in contact with each other as shown in... Problem 47P: (II) Redo Example 413 but (a) set up the equations so that the direction of the acceleration a of... Problem 48P: (II) The block shown in Fig. 4-43 has mass m = 7.0 kg and lies on a fixed smooth frictionless plane... Problem 49P: (II) A block is given an initial speed of 4.5 m/s up the 22 plane shown in Fig. 443. (a) How far up... Problem 50P: (II) An object is hanging by a string from your rearview mirror. While you are accelerating at a... Problem 51P: (II) Figure 4-45 shows a block (mass mA) on a smooth horizontal surface, connected by a thin cord... Problem 52P: (II) (a) If mA = 13.0 kg and mB = 5.0 kg in Fig. 445, determine the acceleration of each block. (b)... Problem 53P: (III) Determine a formula for the acceleration of the system shown in Fig. 445 (see Problem 51) if... Problem 54P: (III) Suppose the pulley in Fig. 446 is suspended by cord C. Determine the tension in this cord... Problem 55P: (III) A small block of mass m rests on the sloping side of a triangular block of mass M which itself... Problem 56P: (III) The double Atwood machine shown in Fig. 4-48 has frictionless, massless pulleys and cords.... Problem 57P: (III) Suppose two boxes on a frictionless table are connected by a heavy cord of mass 1.0 kg.... Problem 58P: (III) The two masses shown in Fig, 450 are each initially 1.8 m above the ground, and the massless... Problem 59P: (III) Determine a formula for the magnitude of the force F exerted on the large block (mc) in Fig.... Problem 60P: (III) A particle of mass m, initially at rest at x = 0, is accelerated by a force that increases in... Problem 61P: (III) A heavy steel cable of length and mass M passes over a small massless, frictionless pulley.... Problem 62GP: A person has a reasonable chance of surviving an automobile crash if the deceleration is no more... Problem 63GP: A 2.0-kg purse is dropped 58 m from the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa and falls 55 m before... Problem 64GP: Toms hang glider supports his weight using the six ropes shown in Fig. 452. Each rope is designed to... Problem 65GP: A wet bar of soap (m = 150 g) slides freely down a ramp 3.0 m long inclined at 8.5. How long does it... Problem 66GP: A cranes trolley at point P in Fig. 4-53 moves for a few seconds to the right with constant... Problem 67GP: A block (mass mA) lying on a fixed frictionless inclined plane is connected to a mass mB by a cord... Problem 68GP: (a) In Fig. 454, if mA = mB = 1.00 kg and 33.0, what will be the acceleration of the system? (b) If... Problem 69GP: The masses mA and mB slide on the smooth (frictionless) inclines fixed as shown in Fig. 455. (a)... Problem 70GP: A 75.0-kg person stands on a scale in an elevator. What does the scale read (in N and in kg) when... Problem 71GP: A city planner is working on the redesign of a hilly portion of a city. An important consideration... Problem 72GP: If a bicyclist of mass 65 kg (including the bicycle) can coast down a 6.5 hill at a steady speed of... Problem 73GP: A bicyclist can coast down a 5.0 hill at a constant speed of 6.0km/h. If the force of air resistance... Problem 74GP: Francesca dangles her watch from a thin piece of string while the jetliner she it in accelerates for... Problem 75GP: (a) What minimum force F is needed to lift the piano (mass M) using the pulley apparatus shown in... Problem 76GP: In the design of a supermarket, there are to be several ramps connecting different parts of the... Problem 77GP: A jet aircraft is accelerating at 3.8m/s2 as it climbs at an angle of 18 above the horizontal (Fig.... Problem 78GP: A 7650-kg helicopter accelerates upward at 0.80 m/s2 while lifting a 1250-kg frame at a construction... Problem 79GP: A super high-speed 14-car Italian train has a mass or 640 metric tons (640,000 kg). It can exert a... Problem 80GP: A fisherman in a boat is using a 10-lb test fishing line. This means that the line can exert a force... Problem 81GP: An elevator in a tall building is allowed to reach a maximum speed of 3.5 m/s going down. What must... Problem 82GP: Two rock climbers, Bill and Karen, use safety ropes of similar length. Karens rope is more elastic,... Problem 83GP: Three mountain climbers who are roped together in a line are ascending an icefield inclined at 31.0... Problem 84GP: A doomsday asteroid with a mass of 1.0 1010kg is hurtling through space. Unless the asteroids speed... Problem 85GP: A 450-kg piano is being unloaded from a truck by rolling it down a ramp inclined at 22. There is... Problem 86GP: Consider the system shown in Fig. 462 with mA = 9.5 kg and mB = 11.5 kg. The angles A=59 and B=32.... Problem 87GP: A 1.5-kg block rests on top of a 7.5-kg block (Fig. 463). The cord and pulley have negligible mass,... Problem 88GP: You are driving home in your 750-kg car at 15 m/s. At a point 45 m from the beginning of an... Problem 89GP: (II) A large crate of mass 1500 kg starts sliding from rest along a frictionless ramp, whose length... format_list_bulleted