Lesson_6
Lesson_6
0 m/s at an angle of
50.0° with the horizontal. An assistant standing on the level ground 150
m downrange from the launch point throws an apple straight up with
the minimum initial speed necessary to meet the path of the arrow. (a)
What is the initial speed of the apple? (b) At what time after the arrow
launch should the apple be thrown so that the arrow hits the apple?
2. A tire 0.500 m in radius rotates at a constant rate of 200 rev/min. Find
the speed and acceleration of a small stone lodged in the tread of the tire (on
its outer edge).
3. As their booster rockets separate, Space Shuttle astronauts typically feel
accelerations up to 3g, where g = 9.80 m/s2. In their training, astronauts ride in a
device where they experience such an acceleration as a centripetal acceleration.
Specifically, the astronaut is fastened securely at the end of a mechanical arm that
then turns at constant speed in a horizontal circle. Determine the rotation rate, in
revolu- tions per second, required to give an astronaut a cen- tripetal acceleration of
3.00g while in circular motion with radius 9.45 m.
4. Young David who slew Goliath experimented with slings before tackling
the giant. He found that he could revolve a sling of length 0.600 m at the rate
of 8.00 rev/s. If he in- creased the length to 0.900 m, he could revolve the
sling only 6.00 times per second. (a) Which rate of rotation gives the greater
speed for the stone at the end of the sling? (b) What is the centripetal
acceleration of the stone at 8.00 rev/s? (c) What is the centripetal
acceleration at 6.00 rev/s?
5. An automobile whose speed is increasing at a rate of 0.600
m/s2 travels along a circular road of Radius 20.0 m. When the
instantaneous speed of the automo- bile is 4.00 m/s, find (a) the
tangential acceleration component, (b) the centripetal acceleration
component, and (c) the magnitude and direction of the total acceleration.
6. Figure represents the total acceleration of a parti- cle moving clockwise in a circle
of radius 2.50 m at a certain instant of time. At this instant, find (a) the radial
acceleration, (b) the speed of the particle, and (c) its tan- gential acceleration.
a = 1 5 .0 m /s 2
7. A ball swings in a vertical circle at the end of a rope 1.50 m long. When
the ball is 36.9° past the lowest point on its way up, its total acceleration is
(—22.5ˆi + 20.2ˆj) m/s2. At that instant, (a) sketch a vector diagram showing
the com- ponents of its acceleration, (b) determine the magnitude of its
radial acceleration, and (c) determine the speed and velocity of the ball.
8. A car travels due east with a speed of 50.0 km/h. Rain- drops are falling at
a constant speed vertically with respect to the Earth. The traces of the rain
on the side windows of the car make an angle of 60.0° with the vertical. Find
the velocity of the rain with respect to (a) the car and (b) the Earth.
9. How long does it take an automobile traveling in the left lane at 60.0
km/h to pull alongside a car traveling in the same direction in the right
lane at 40.0 km/h if the cars’ front bumpers are initially 100 m apart?
10. A river has a steady speed of 0.500 m/s. A student swims upstream a distance of
1.00 km and swims back to the starting point. If the student can swim at a speed of 1.20
m/s in still water, how long does the trip take? Com- pare this with the time the trip
would take if the water were still.
11. A bolt drops from the ceiling of a train car that is acceler- ating northward at a rate
of 2.50 m/s2. What is the acceler- ation of the bolt relative to (a) the train car? (b) the
Earth?