Two unfortunate climbers, roped together, are sliding freely down an icy mountainside. The upper climber (mass 75 kg) is on a slope at 12° to the horizontal, but the lower climber (mass 63 kg) has gone over the edge to a steeper slope at 38°. (a) Assuming frictionless ice and a massless rope, what’s the acceleration of the pair? (b) The upper climber manages to stop the slide with an ice ax. After the climbers have come to a complete stop, what force must the ax exert against the ice?
Two unfortunate climbers, roped together, are sliding freely down an icy mountainside. The upper climber (mass 75 kg) is on a slope at 12° to the horizontal, but the lower climber (mass 63 kg) has gone over the edge to a steeper slope at 38°. (a) Assuming frictionless ice and a massless rope, what’s the acceleration of the pair? (b) The upper climber manages to stop the slide with an ice ax. After the climbers have come to a complete stop, what force must the ax exert against the ice?
Two unfortunate climbers, roped together, are sliding freely down an icy mountainside. The upper climber (mass 75 kg) is on a slope at 12° to the horizontal, but the lower climber (mass 63 kg) has gone over the edge to a steeper slope at 38°. (a) Assuming frictionless ice and a massless rope, what’s the acceleration of the pair? (b) The upper climber manages to stop the slide with an ice ax. After the climbers have come to a complete stop, what force must the ax exert against the ice?
A 276-kg glider is being pulled by a 1 950-kg jet along a horizontal runway with an acceleration of = 2.20 m/s2 to the right. Find (a) the thrust provided by the jet’s engines and (b) the magnitude of the tension in the cable connecting the jet and glider.
A 40 kg girl and an 8.4 kg sled are on the frictionless ice of a frozen lake, 15 m apart but connected by a rope of negligible mass. The girl exerts a horizontal 5.2 N force on the rope.What are the acceleration magnitudes of (a) the sled and (b) the girl? (c) How far from the girl’s initial position do they meet?
A 1370 kg car is skidding to a stop along a horizontal surface. The car decelerates from 25 m/s to a rest position in 2.0 seconds. Assuming negligible air resistance, determine (a) how much force is applied by the brake to stop? (b) what is the weight of the car?
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