Conceptual Physics (12th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780321909107
Author: Paul G. Hewitt
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 7, Problem 8RCQ
Two cars are raised to the same elevation on service- station lifts. If one car is twice as massive as the other, compare their gains of potential energy.
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Ch. 7 - 11. Compared with a car moving at some original...Ch. 7 - If you push a crate horizontally with 100 N across...Ch. 7 - 13. How does speed affect the friction between a...Ch. 7 - 14. What will be the kinetic energy of a pile...Ch. 7 - An apple hanging from a limb has potential energy...Ch. 7 - 16. What is the source of energy in sunshine?
Ch. 7 - Prob. 17RCQCh. 7 - 18. Can a machine multiply input force? Input...Ch. 7 - 19. If a machine multiplies force by a factor of...Ch. 7 - 20. A force of 50 N is applied to the end of a...Ch. 7 - 21. What is the efficiency of a machine that...Ch. 7 - Prob. 22RCQCh. 7 - Prob. 23RCQCh. 7 - Prob. 24RCQCh. 7 - 25. Can we correctly say that hydrogen is a new...Ch. 7 - Prob. 26RCQCh. 7 - Prob. 27RCQCh. 7 - Prob. 28RCQCh. 7 - Prob. 29RCQCh. 7 - Prob. 30RCQCh. 7 - Prob. 31RCQCh. 7 - Power = work/time: P = W / t 32. Show that 50 W of...Ch. 7 -
33. Show that about 786 W of power is expended...Ch. 7 - Prob. 34RCQCh. 7 - 35. Show that the gravitational potential energy...Ch. 7 - Kinetic energy= 1 2 mass X speed : KE= 1 2 m v 2...Ch. 7 - 37. Calculate the kinetic energy of an 84-kg...Ch. 7 - Work-energy theorem: Work = KE
38. Show...Ch. 7 - 39. Show that a 2,500,000-J change in kinetic...Ch. 7 - Prob. 40RCQCh. 7 - Prob. 41RCQCh. 7 - 42. (a) How much work is done when you push a...Ch. 7 - 43. This question is typical on some driver’s...Ch. 7 - Belly-flop Bernie dives from atop a tall flagpole...Ch. 7 - Nellie Newton applies a force of 50 N to the end...Ch. 7 - 46. Consider an ideal pulley system. If you pull...Ch. 7 - 47. In raising a 5000-N piano with a pulley...Ch. 7 - 48. In the hydraulic machine shown, you observe...Ch. 7 - 49. How many watts of power do you expend when you...Ch. 7 - Emily holds a banana of mass m over the edge of a...Ch. 7 - 51. The mass and speed of the three vehicles, A,...Ch. 7 - 52. A ball is released from rest at the left of...Ch. 7 - 53. The roller coaster ride starts from rest at...Ch. 7 - Prob. 54RCQCh. 7 - Prob. 55RCQCh. 7 - Why do you do no work on a 25-kg backpack when you...Ch. 7 - If your friend pushes a lawnmower four times as...Ch. 7 - Why does one get tired pushing against a...Ch. 7 - Prob. 59RCQCh. 7 - Prob. 60RCQCh. 7 - Prob. 61RCQCh. 7 - When a rifle with a longer barrel is fired, the...Ch. 7 - Prob. 63RCQCh. 7 - 64. You and a flight attendant toss a ball back...Ch. 7 - Prob. 65RCQCh. 7 - Prob. 66RCQCh. 7 - Prob. 67RCQCh. 7 - Prob. 68RCQCh. 7 - 69. A physics instructor demonstrates energy...Ch. 7 - Prob. 70RCQCh. 7 - Prob. 71RCQCh. 7 - 72. A moving hammer hits a nail and drives it into...Ch. 7 - Prob. 73RCQCh. 7 - 74. Why does the force of gravity do work on a car...Ch. 7 - Prob. 75RCQCh. 7 - Prob. 76RCQCh. 7 - Prob. 77RCQCh. 7 - Prob. 78RCQCh. 7 - Prob. 79RCQCh. 7 - Prob. 80RCQCh. 7 - Prob. 81RCQCh. 7 - Prob. 82RCQCh. 7 - Prob. 83RCQCh. 7 - Prob. 84RCQCh. 7 - Prob. 85RCQCh. 7 - When the velocity of an object is doubled, by what...Ch. 7 - Prob. 87RCQCh. 7 - Prob. 88RCQCh. 7 - Prob. 89RCQCh. 7 - If your momentum is zero, is your kinetic energy...Ch. 7 - 91. If two objects have equal kinetic energies, do...Ch. 7 - 92. Two lumps of clay with equal and opposite...Ch. 7 - Scissors for cutting paper have long blades and...Ch. 7 - Prob. 94RCQCh. 7 - Prob. 95RCQCh. 7 - Prob. 96RCQCh. 7 - Prob. 97RCQCh. 7 - Prob. 98RCQCh. 7 - Prob. 99RCQCh. 7 - 100. Consider the identical balls released from...Ch. 7 - Prob. 101RCQCh. 7 - Prob. 102RCQCh. 7 - Prob. 103RCQCh. 7 - Prob. 104RCQCh. 7 - Prob. 105RCQCh. 7 - Prob. 106RCQCh. 7 - Prob. 107RCQCh. 7 - Prob. 108RCQCh. 7 - 109. Your discussion partner is confused about...Ch. 7 - 110. In the absence of air resistance, a ball...Ch. 7 - 111. You’re on a rooftop and you throw one ball...Ch. 7 - 112. In the pulley system shown, block A has a...Ch. 7 - Prob. 113RCQCh. 7 - Prob. 114RCQCh. 7 - Prob. 115RCQCh. 7 - Prob. 116RCQCh. 7 - Prob. 117RCQCh. 7 - 118. Consider a bob attached by a string, a simple...Ch. 7 - Consider a satellite in a circular orbit above...Ch. 7 - 120. Consider the swinging-balls apparatus. If two...Ch. 7 - To combat wasteful habits, we often speak of...Ch. 7 - Prob. 122RCQ
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