course phy 121 ʆCϓgႾX雪Xɟzassignment #024
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22:54:49 `q001. Note that this assignment contains 4 questions. . Note that this assignment contains 4 questions. When an object moves a constant speed around a circle a force is necessary to keep changing its direction of motion. This is because any change in the direction of motion entails a change in the velocity of the object. This is because velocity is a vector quantity, and if the direction of a vector changes, then the vector and hence the velocity has changed. The acceleration of an object moving with constant speed v around a circle of radius r has magnitude v^2 / r, and the acceleration is directed toward the center of the circle. This results from a force directed toward the center of the circle. Such a force is called a centripetal (meaning toward the center) force, and the acceleration is called a centripetal acceleration. If a 12 kg mass travels at three meters/second around a circle of radius five meters, what centripetal force is required?
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RESPONSE --> F = m* a a = v^2/r m = 12kg v = 3 m/s r = 5m F = 12kg ( (3m/s)^2/ 5m) F = 12kg ( 9m^2/s^2 / 5m) F = 12kg * 1.8 F = 21.6 N confidence assessment: 2
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22:55:23 The centripetal acceleration of the object is v^2 / r = (3 meters/second) ^ 2/(5 meters) = 1.8 meters/second ^ 2. The centripetal force, by Newton's Second Law, must therefore be Fcent = 12 kg * 1.8 meters/second ^ 2.
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RESPONSE --> self critique assessment: 3
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23:01:06 `q002. How fast must a 50 g mass at the end of a string of length 70 cm be spun in a circular path in order to break the string, which has a breaking strength of 25 Newtons?
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RESPONSE --> m= 50 g = .05kg r = 70 cm = .7m v = ? F > 25N F = m * (v^2 / r) 25N = .05kg * ( v^2 / .7m) 500 = v^2 / .7m v^2 = 350 v = 18.71 = 19 m/s confidence assessment: 2
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23:01:17 The centripetal acceleration as speed v will be v^2 / r, where r = 70 cm = .7 meters. The centripetal force will therefore be m v^2 / r, where m is the 50 g = .05 kg mass. If F stands for the 25 Newton breaking force, then we have m v^2 / r = F, which we solve for v to obtain v = `sqrt(F * r / m). Substituting the given values we obtain v = `sqrt( 25 N * .7 meters / (.05 kg) ) = `sqrt( 25 kg m/s^2 * .7 m / (.05 kg) ) = `sqrt(350 m^2 / s^2) = 18.7 m/s.
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RESPONSE --> self critique assessment: 3
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23:15:30 `q003. What is the maximum number of times per second the mass in the preceding problem can travel around its circular path before the string breaks?
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RESPONSE --> v0 = 0 m/s vf = 18.7 m/s r = .7m need to determine diameter, circumference and dt to get to vf diameter = 2r = 2 (.7) = 1.4m Circumference = pi * d = 3.14 * 1.4 = 4.396 = 4.4m a = v^2 /r a = 18.7m/s / .7 = 26.7 m/s^2 vf = v0 + a * dt 18.7 = 0 + 26.7m/s^2 * dt dt = .7s It will take .7 s for the string to break. How many times can it make one rotationof 4.4m in the .7s accelerating at 26.7m/s^2 to a max of 18.7 m/s? Hmmm... 26.7 m/s^2 / 4.4m = 6 times I think 6 times per second confidence assessment: 1
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23:17:43 The maximum possible speed of the mass was found in the preceding problem to be 18.7 meters/second. The path of the mass is a circle of radius 70 cm = .7 meters. The distance traveled along this path in a single revolution is 2 `pi r = 2 `pi * .7 meters = 4.4 meters, approximately. At 18.7 meters/second, the mass will travel around the circle 18.7/4.4 = 4.25 times every second.
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RESPONSE --> But the mass doesn't reach the velocity of 18.7 m/s instantaneously. It will take time to get there and during that time it will not be going at the max velocity. Is my answer to the question correct if you take that into consideration? self critique assessment: 2
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23:21:57 `q004. Explain in terms of basic intuition why a force is required to keep a mass traveling any circular path.
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RESPONSE --> If an object is in motion it will stay in motion until a force is acted upon it. But it will stay in the same direction that it is moving - straight. It will only turn, slow down, speed up or stop if a force is applied to it. In this case the force causes it to turn. The force is a vector and has a straight direction. confidence assessment: 3
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23:32:40 We simply can't change the direction of motion of a massive object without giving it some sort of a push. Without such a force an object in motion will remain in motion along a straight line and with no change in speed. If your car coasts in a circular path, friction between the tires and the road surface pushes the car toward the center of the circle, allowing it to maintain its circular path. If you try to go too fast, friction won't be strong enough to keep you in the circular path and you will skid out of the circle. In order to maintain a circular orbit around the Earth, a satellite requires the force of gravity to keep pulling it toward the center of the circle. The satellite must travel at a speed v such that v^2 / r is equal to the acceleration provided by Earth's gravitational field.
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RESPONSE --> I got that, but I have a question regarding the satellite and gravity. When I picture a circle and a force I kind of picture the airplane and the wind example, where the force is outside of the circle pushing in. But in my mind it isn't actually pusing straight in towards the center, but rather at an angle (I don't know how to explain this adequately in words). If you drew the airplane on the circle at any given point around the circle it would be headed in a straight direction at an angle away from the circle. Like when water droplets fly off if you swing a wet cloth around in a circle. They fly off, not straight out, but at an angle. So, that's the motion of the object, be it plane, satellite, or water drops. The force then, in my mind, is pushing from directly behind that objects path of motion.
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