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 8, Problem 37SP
A 1200-kg gun mounted on wheels shoots an 8.00-kg projectile with a muzzle velocity of 600 m/s at an angle of 30 0° above the horizontal. Find the horizontal recoil speed of the gun.
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Schaum's Outline of College Physics, Twelfth Edition (Schaum's Outlines)
Ch. 8 - 21. A ball having a mass of 0.500 kg is thrown at...Ch. 8 - 22. A projectile experiences a force of 2.0 kN for...Ch. 8 - 8.23 [I] Imagine an automobile traveling at a...Ch. 8 - 24. Imagine a space vehicle floating in the void....Ch. 8 - 8.25 [I] A billiard ball moving at a speed ...Ch. 8 - 8.26 [I] A billiard ball moving at a speed ...Ch. 8 - 8.27 [I] Using the results of the previous two...Ch. 8 - 28. Imagine that a 1.20-kg hard-rubber ball...Ch. 8 - 29. Suppose the ball in the previous problem is in...Ch. 8 - 30. A force of 1000 N is applied to a small space...
Ch. 8 - 31. Typically, a tennis ball hit during a serve...Ch. 8 - 32. During a soccer game a ball (of mass 0.425...Ch. 8 - 33. A 40 000-kg freight car is coasting at a speed...Ch. 8 - 34. An empty 15 000-kg coal car is coasting on a...Ch. 8 - 35. Sand drops at a rate of 2000 kg/min from the...Ch. 8 - 36. Two bodies of masses 8 kg and 4 kg move along...Ch. 8 - 37. A 1200-kg gun mounted on wheels shoots an...Ch. 8 - 38. Three masses are placed on the y-axis: 2 kg at...Ch. 8 - 39. Four masses are positioned in the xy-plane as...Ch. 8 - 40. A ball of mass m sits at the coordinate origin...Ch. 8 - 41. A ball of mass m at rest at the coordinate...Ch. 8 - 42. A 2.0-kg block of wood rests on a long...Ch. 8 - 43. A 2.0-kg block of wood rests on a tabletop. A...Ch. 8 - 44. A 6000-kg truck traveling north at 5.0 m/s...Ch. 8 - 45. What average resisting force must act on a...Ch. 8 - 46. A 7.00-g bullet moving horizontally at 200 m/s...Ch. 8 - 47. Two balls of equal mass, moving with speeds of...Ch. 8 - 48. A 90-g ball moving at 100 cm/s collides...Ch. 8 - 8.49 [III] A ball is dropped onto a horizontal...Ch. 8 - 50. Two identical balls undergo a collision at the...Ch. 8 - 8.51 [II] Two identical balls traveling parallel...Ch. 8 - 8.52 [II] (a) What minimum thrust must the engines...
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