HOMEWORK CHAPTER 5
1) A book on a table has a weight of 9.0 N. A force Ps = 3.0 N is required to start it sliding. But to keep it sliding at a constant speed, a minimum force Pk = 2.0 N is required. Find:
a) the coefficient of static friction and b) the coefficient of kinetic friction.
Ans. a. 0.33 b. 0.22
21) An object is moving on a curved
path at a linear speed v = 30.0 m/s in a circle of radius r = 2.00 m. The
object’s mass is m = 0.100 kg. Find the centripetal force.
Ans. 45.0 N
29) The mass of the earth is, ME =
5.98 x 1024 kg, and the mass of the moon, MM = 7.36 x 1022 kg. The distance
between their centers is 3.82 x 108 m. How far from the center of the earth is
the center of mass of the Earth-Moon system?
Ans. 4.64 x 106 m. [the radius is the earth is 6.37 x 106 m, placing the center of mass inside the earth.]
SOLUTIONS
(1)
(a)
The
coefficient of static motion is described as the maximum ratio obtained between
applied force and the normal force of a body in a static position. In other words,
is the maximum resistive force provided by a body counteract the applied force.
So that body can continue in its static position. Mathematically, the Coefficient
of Static Friction is the ratio between applied force and normal force. It is represented
as follows:
mus= *Fs/*FN, where *Fs and *FN are the applied force
and normal force respectively.
Normal
force (*FN) = mgN
In
this case, the normal force (N), is its weight.
N=mg=
9N, where m is the mass of the object and g is the acceleration of gravity. Furthermore,
Ps is the applied force. Therefore, its Coefficient of Static Motion becomes:
mus= *Fs/*FN (3.0N/9.0N)= 0.33
(b)
The
Coefficient of Kinetic Friction is described as the ratio between the friction
force, and the normal force, and it is given by:
mu=F/N, where F is the
friction force and N is the normal force.
mu=2.0N/9.0N = 0.22
(21)
Centripetal
force (Fc) is given by Fc=mac, and ac is the centripetal acceleration.
ac=v2/r=r (angular frequency)2
Therefore,
Fc=0.100Kg*1/2.0m* (30.0m/s) 2= 45.0N
(29)
For
simplification of calculations, let the origin be the center of the Earth. For
that reason, subscripts E and M, denote Earth and Moon respectively. y is the
distance between the center of the Earth-Moon System and Earth’s center.
Xcm=
(mMXM + mEXE)/ (mM + mE)
Since
Earth’s center is the origin mEXE becomes 0.
Distance
between Earth’s center and Earth-Moon System (y) = (mMXM
+ 0)/ (mM + mE)
y=mMXM
/ (mM + mE)
3.82*108m
7.36*1022/ (7.36*1022
+ 5.98*1024) m
y=4.64*106m
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