Schaum's Outline of College Physics, Twelfth Edition (Schaum's Outlines)
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Author: Eugene Hecht
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Ch. 9 - 17. A wheel spins around exactly 6 times. How many...Ch. 9 - 18. Given that a disk revolves through 81.681...Ch. 9 - 19. Convert (a) 50.0 rev to radians, (b) 48π rad...Ch. 9 - 20. Express 40.0 deg/s in (a) rev/s, (b) rev/min,...Ch. 9 - 21. A 2.00-m-long steel rod, pivoted at one end,...Ch. 9 - 22. A pendulum swings through an angle of 20.0°,...Ch. 9 - 23. A pebble is stuck in the tread of a tire...Ch. 9 - 24. A sphere rotates about a fixed axis 10.0 times...Ch. 9 - 25. A flywheel turns at 480 rpm. Compute the...Ch. 9 - 26. It is desired that the outer edge of a...
Ch. 9 - 27. Through how many radians does a point fixed on...Ch. 9 - 28. A wheel 25.0 cm in radius turning at 120 rpm...Ch. 9 - 29. The angular speed of a disk decreases...Ch. 9 - 30. A car wheel 30 cm in radius is turning at a...Ch. 9 - 31. A wheel revolving at 6.00 rev/s has an angular...Ch. 9 - 32. A thin string wound on the rim of a wheel 20...Ch. 9 - 9.33 [II] A mass of 1.5 kg out in space moves in a...Ch. 9 - 34. (a) Compute the radial acceleration of a point...Ch. 9 - 35. A mass is whirling in a circle at the end of a...Ch. 9 - 36. A mass is whirling in a circle at the end of a...Ch. 9 - 37. Imagine a weightless 2.00-kg mass far out in...Ch. 9 - 38. The old Bohr model of the hydrogen atom has a...Ch. 9 - 39. With the previous problem in mind, what is the...Ch. 9 - Prob. 40SPCh. 9 - 41. A car moving at 5.0 m/s tries to round a...Ch. 9 - 42. A box rests at a point 2.0 m from the central...Ch. 9 - 43. A stone rests in a pail which is tied to a...Ch. 9 - Prob. 44SPCh. 9 - 45. Refer back to Fig. 9-6. How large must h be...Ch. 9 - 46. If, in Fig. 9-6 and in Problem 9.33, h = 2.5R,...Ch. 9 - 47. A satellite orbits the Earth at a height of...Ch. 9 - 49. The human body can safely tolerate a vertical...Ch. 9 - 50. A 60.0-kg pilot in a glider traveling at 40.0...Ch. 9 - 51. Suppose the Earth is a perfect sphere with R =...Ch. 9 - 9.52 [III] A mass m hangs at the end of a pendulum...
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