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In a laboratory experiment, a calorimeter is used to find the specific heat of an unknown metal. 100.0 grams of dry metal shot
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We often use a spoon to cool coffee by stirring. Some of the heat is conducted from the coffee to the air by this method, but
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How much heat (in joules) is required to boil 250 grams of water that starts at 25C completely to steam? Use 4.2 J/gC for the
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How so I solve for Torque 2 mass?Torque 1= .125Nm Torque 2= mass? x 9.80 m/s^2 x .253m
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How much force must be exerted at the right end to pick up the lever and load if it pivots at the left end? The 2.00 meter long
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The meter stick has a fulcrum at the 60.0 cm mark. There is 4.0 N at the 20.0 cm mark. The meter stick is uniform and has a
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A crowbar is used to pull a nail. The length of the effort arm of the crowbar is 26 cm and the resistance arm is 4.2 cm. What
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How much force must be exerted at the right end to pick up the lever and load if it pivots at the left end? The 2.00 meter long
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The center of gravity of a meter stick that weighs 1.950 N is at the 50.00 cm mark. A 3.54 N weight is suspended from the 20.0
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A weight of 15 N is located at a distance of 2.5 meters from the fulcrum of a simple lever. At what distance from the fulcrum
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A force of 25 N is on the end of a 4 meter lever arm turning clockwise. What is the torque?so CW is neg so 25*-4=-100Nm right?
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A rod has a pivot point on the left end, one force of 6 N up in the middle and one force of 3 N up on the right end. Can the
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Two people sitting on rolling chairs with little friction push off from each other so that they move apart. On is 60 kg and one
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A 4 kg block, initially moving due east at 3 m/s, is acted upon by an impulse having magnitude 8 Ns and direction due west. The
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A truck of mass 4000 kg is at rest, but free to roll with no resistance. If you push it forward with a force of 500 N, the
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A ball is dropped down to the floor and bounces back up to the same height. (we are assuming a "perfect" ball.) What is the
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When a baseball bat hits the ball, the impulse delivered to the ball is increased byis it "follow through"??
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What is meant by KE being lost to the system in an inelastic collision?
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Trying to understand what happens to KE in an inelastic collision. I know it is not conserved. Does that mean it is lost?But if
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A 12000 kg train engine moving at 2.2 m/s locks into 3 boxcars with a total mass of 25000 kg sitting still. If the collision is
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A 2.0 kg lab car moving to the right with an initial velocity of 3.0 m/s collides with a 1.0 kg lab car moving to the left with
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2. 1,064 views
In the first step of nuclear fission, a U-235 atom absorbs a neutron and becomes U-236 before becoming unstable and breaking
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An impulse of 15 Ns acts on a 0.2 kg ball initially at rest. What is the final speed?
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A ball traveling with an initial momentum of 4.5 kgm/s bounces off a wall and comes back in the opposite direction with a
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An impulse of 15 Ns acts on a 0.2 kg ball initially at rest. What is the change in momentum?momentum =mV how do I get to V I am
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A bullet of mass 0.010 kg and speed of 100 m/s is brought to rest in a wooden block after penetrating a distance of 0.10 m. The
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What is the formula for NORMAL force?
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A projectile is launched horizontally from a height of 2.2 meters at 35 m/s. How far will it travel horizontally before it hits
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A 1600 kg car moving at 22 m/s is in a wreck with a 2900 truck moving at 32 m/s in the opposite direction. Which exerts a
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A roller coaster with people on board has a total mass of 4500 kg and starts at a height of 22 meters with a speed of 2.0 m/s.
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A 10 kg rock that has been dropped from a 60 meter high cliff experiences a average force of air resistance of 30 N. Calculate
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In an auditorium, a physics teacher uses a pendulum made by hanging a bowling ball from a wire to the ceiling. At the low point
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If you double the speed of a car, how much does the kinetic energy increase?How do you know?
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A ball is thrown straight up from a bridge at a speed of 11.0 m/s. What will be its velocity (speed and direction) after 2.0
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Is it possible for a slower moving person to produce a higher horsepower than a faster moving person? If so under what
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If the speed of a car is doubled, the work to stop the car changes by a factor ofso it's 4....but I cannot think of how I know
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An object with a kinetic energy of 50 J is stopped in a distance of 0.01 m. The average force that stops the object is??
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A 2200 kg car can accelerate from 0 to 30.0 m/s in 5.5 seconds. What is the power required?
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A roller coaster with people on board has a total mass of 4500 kg and starts at a height of 22 meters with a speed of 2.0 m/s.
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A roller coaster with a mass of 500.0 kg starts from a height of 27.0 meters with a speed of 5.1 m/s. It descends to a height of
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A force of F = 125 N is used to drag a crate 3.0 m across a floor. The force is directed at an angle upward from the crate so
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2. 1,697 views
A 10 kg rock that has been dropped from a 60 meter high cliff experiences a average force of air resistance of 30 N. Calculate
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A roller coaster with a mass of 500.0 kg starts from a height of 27.0 meters with a speed of 5.1 m/s. It descends to a height of
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2. 1,322 views
In an auditorium, a physics teacher uses a pendulum made by hanging a bowling ball from a wire to the ceiling. At the low point
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A toy "spring gun" has a spring with a spring constant of 30,000 N/m and is depressed 4 cm. It shoots a plastic dart with a mass
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A basketball player throws a 1.2 kg ball 15 meters into the air. What is the increase in potential energy? What is the work done
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A 600.0 kg roller coaster is going around vertical loop with a radius of 10.0 meters. The speed of the coaster is 14m/s at the
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A forensic scientist (CSI) is trying to find a weapon thrown off a bridge into the lake. Assume it is thrown horizontally and it
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A racecar driver has to hold on tightly when going around a banked curve. How many "gs" does the driver experience in a 2200 kg
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A racecar driver has to hold on tightly when going around a banked curve. Approximately what is the centripetal force on a
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A golf club head can be thought of as undergoing circular motion when you swing the club. If the club head has a mass of 0.65
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A baseball is thrown horizontally from a height of 6 meters at a speed of 24 m/s. How far will it travel horizontally before it
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A 1600 kg car moving at 22 m/s is in a wreck with a 2900 truck moving at 32 m/s in the opposite direction. Which exerts a
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A man has a mass of 77.0 kg and is accelerating upward in an elevator at 2.50 m/s2 What is the normal force on his feet in
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What is the mass of a car that weighs 11,220 N? (The units are kg. Do not include units in the answer and you may round to 3
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A water balloon with a mass of 1.20 kg is falling from a roof. If the average force of friction is 0.500 N, what is the
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An elevator has a mass of 1200.0 kg. It is rising at a steady acceleration DOWNWARD of -3.00 m/s2. What is the tension in the
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An elevator has a mass of 1200.0 kg. It is rising at a steady speed of 3.00 m/s. What is the tension in the cable lifting the
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Three railroad cars are pulled by a train engine at a constant speed. How does the tension pulling the last single car compare
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A croquet ball that is hit by a bat keeps rolling horizontally after it leaves the bat because of
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An object has a mass of 24.0 kg and is accelerated horizontally at 4.0 m/s2. What is the force required?
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Suppose you throw a ball vertically upward with a speed of 49 m/s. Neglecting air friction, what would be the speed of the ball
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The acceleration due to the Earth's gravity, in English units, is 32 ft/s2. In the absence of air friction, a ball is dropped
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A car accelerates from 0.0 to 33 m/s in 6.0 seconds. What is the magnitude of the acceleration?I got 198 but the answer is 5.5??
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A runner can run a 400.0 meter lap in 50.0 seconds. He finishes at the same spot as he began. What is his average velocity?
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An airplane is flying at 95.0 m/s when the engine is turned off. As it glides, it experiences a force of drag so that is slows
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A rock dropped from a bridge takes 3.21 seconds to hit the water. How high is the bridge in meters?I need to find Vsub0 to be
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A car traveling at 22.0 m/s decelerates for 2.33 seconds at a rate of -2.25 m/s2. What will the final speed be in m/s?=16.8m/s??
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A car traveling at 22.0 m/s accelerates for 2.37 seconds at a rate of 2.25 m/s2. How far will it travel in meters during this
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A car moving at 22.0 m/s accelerates at 3.00 m/s2 for 2.39 seconds. What will the final speed be in m/s?do I use v subf= at+v
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A runner travels 1.65 km in 5 min and 30 seconds. What is the velocity in m/s? Answer to two decimal places.I think I have
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A sprinter accelerates at 5.0 m/s2. How far will she travel in 4.0 seconds if she starts at 0 m/s?
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A ball is thrown straight up from a bridge at a speed of 11.0 m/s. If it takes 5.5 seconds to hit the water below, what is the
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A ball is thrown straight up from a bridge at a speed of 11.0 m/s. What will be its velocity (speed and direction) after 2.0
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