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 6, Problem 36SP
A 200-kg cart is pushed slowly at a constant speed up an incline. How much work does the pushing force, which is parallel to the incline, do in moving the cart up to a platform 1.5 m above the starting point if friction is negligible?
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Ch. 6 - 24. A force of 3.0 N acts through a distance of 12...Ch. 6 - 25. A box is pulled across a level floor a...Ch. 6 - 26. An automobile is pushed 10.0 ft by a woman...Ch. 6 - 27. A steady force of 500 N is applied...Ch. 6 - 28. Suppose that a 100-kg crate is to be raised...Ch. 6 - 29. A 10.0-kg flowerpot falls off a windowsill...Ch. 6 - 30. How much work in total must a 200-lb man do...Ch. 6 - 31. A 4.0-kg object is lifted 1.5 m. (a) How much...Ch. 6 - 32. A uniform rectangular marble slab is 3.4 m...Ch. 6 - 33. How large a force is required to accelerate a...
Ch. 6 - 34. A 1200-kg car going 30 m/s applies its brakes...Ch. 6 - 35. A proton (m = 1.67 × 10−27 kg) that has a...Ch. 6 - 36. A 200-kg cart is pushed slowly at a constant...Ch. 6 - 6.37 [II] Repeat Problem 6.36 if the distance...Ch. 6 - 38. A 50 000-kg freight car is pulled 800 m up...Ch. 6 - 39. A 60-kg woman walks up a flight of stairs that...Ch. 6 - 40. A pump lifts water from a lake to a large tank...Ch. 6 - 41. Just before striking the ground, a 2.00-kg...Ch. 6 - 42. A 0.50-kg ball falls past a window that is...Ch. 6 - 43. At sea level a nitrogen molecule in the air...Ch. 6 - 44. The coefficient of sliding friction between a...Ch. 6 - 6.45 [II] Consider the simple pendulum shown in...Ch. 6 - 46. A 1200-kg car coasts from rest down a driveway...Ch. 6 - 47. The driver of a 1200-kg car notices that the...Ch. 6 - 48. A 2000-kg elevator rises from rest in the...Ch. 6 - 49. Figure 6-8 shows a bead sliding on a wire. How...Ch. 6 - 50. In Fig. 6-8, h1 = 50.0 cm, h2 = 30.0 cm, and...Ch. 6 - 51. In Fig. 6-8, h1 = 200 cm, h2 = 150 cm, and at...Ch. 6 - 6.52 [I] Imagine a 60.0-kg skier standing still on...Ch. 6 - 53. Considering the skier in the previous problem,...Ch. 6 - 6.54 [II] Considering the skier in the previous...Ch. 6 - 55. A 10.0-kg block is launched up a 30.0°...Ch. 6 - 56. Calculate the average power required to raise...Ch. 6 - 57. Compute the power output of a machine that...Ch. 6 - 58. An engine expends 40.0 hp in propelling a car...Ch. 6 - 6.59 [II] A 1000-kg auto travels up a 3.0 percent...Ch. 6 - 60. A 900-kg car whose motor delivers a maximum...Ch. 6 - 6.61 [II] Water flows from a reservoir at the rate...Ch. 6 - 6.62 [II] Find the mass of the largest box that a...Ch. 6 - 6.63 [II] A 1300-kg car is to accelerate from rest...
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