course ߥLi|QfYassignment #010
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10:00:44 Query introductory problem set 3 #'s 7-12 Describe two ways to find the KE gain of an object of known mass under the influence of a known force acting for a given time, one way based on finding the distance the object moves and the other on the change in the velocity of the object, and explain why both approaches reach the same conclusion.
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RESPONSE --> The first way would be with the assumption that the known forced applied would be the net force; therefore, the change in KE = Fnet * 'ds. The second way would be to utilize the known Fnet and mass to calculate the a in the equation a = F/ m; therefore, with a known we can calculate the change in velocity with 'dv = a 'dt, which then allows us the the find the change in KE the second way with the equation KE = .5 m 'dv^2. They both reach the same conclusion because with the first method we are combining the units of Newtons and meters, which gives us the derived unit of energy joules. In the second method we can substitute the variables of m and .5 'dv^2 for the variables of the first in this manner. m = F/ a, which gives us the units of N/(m/s^2), and with 'dv^2 giving us the units of m^2/s^2. If we then look at only the units involved we see that N/(m/s^2) * (m^2/s^2) = N * (s^2/m) * (m^2/s^2) = N * m, which we already have concluded is equal to joules the unit of energy. Therefore, we can conclude that both methods arrive at equal values with the same unit. confidence assessment: 3
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10:01:13 ** First way: KE change is equal to the work done by the net force, which is net force * displacement, or Fnet * `ds. Second way: KE change is also equal to Kef - KE0 = .5 m vf^2 - .5 m v0^2. **
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RESPONSE --> Ok self critique assessment: 3
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10:01:35 General College Physics and Principles of Physics: prob 2.04 convert 35 mi/hr to km/hr, m/s and ft/s.
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RESPONSE --> Ok confidence assessment: 3
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10:01:44 We need a conversions between miles and meters, km and ft, and we also need conversions between hours and seconds. We know that 1 mile is 5280 ft, and 1 hour is 3600 seconds. We also know that 1 inch is 2.54 cm, and of course 1 foot is 12 inches. 1 mile is therefore 1 mile * 5280 ft / mile = 5280 ft, 5280 ft = 5280 ft * 12 in/ft * 2.54 cm / in = 160934 cm, which is the same as 160934 cm * 1 m / (100 cm) = 1609.34 m, which in turn is the same as 1609.34 m * 1 km / (1000 m) = 1.60934 km. Thus 35 mi / hr = 35 mi / hr * (1.60934 km / 1 mi) = 56 (mi * km / (mi * hr) ) = 56 (mi / mi) * (km / hr) = 56 km / hr. We can in turn convert this result to m / s: 56 km/hr * (1000 m / km) * (1 hr / 3600 sec) = 15.6 (km * m * hr) / (hr * km * sec) = 15.6 (km / km) * (hr / hr) * (m / s) = 15.6 m/s. The original 35 mi/hr can be converted directly to ft / sec: 35 mi/hr * ( 5280 ft / mi) * ( 1 hr / 3600 sec) = 53.33 ft/sec.
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RESPONSE --> Ok self critique assessment: 3
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10:01:52 Gen phy and prin phy prob 2.16: sports car 95 km/h stops in 6.2 s; find acceleration
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RESPONSE --> Ok confidence assessment: 3
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10:01:59 ** 95 km/hr = 95,000 m / (3600 sec) = 26.3 m/s. So change in velocity is `dv = 0 m/s - 26.3 m/s = -26.3 m/s. Average acceleration is aAve = `dv / `dt = -26.3 m/s / (6.2 s) = -4. m/s. So the time to come to a stop is `dt = `ds / vAve = 50 m / (12.5 m/s) = 4 s. Acceleration is rate of velocity change = change in velocity / change in clock time = -25 m/s / (4 s) = -4.2 m/s^2. Extension: One 'g' is the acceleration of gravity, 9.8 m/s^2. So the given acceleration is -4.2m/s^2 / [ (9.8 m/s^2) / 'g' ] = -.43 'g'.
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RESPONSE --> Ok self critique assessment: 3
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11:58:57 univ phy 2.66 train 25m/s 200 m behind 15 m/s train, accel at -.1 m/s^2. Will the trains collide and if so where? Describe your graph.
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RESPONSE --> If we set the the distance equations of the two trains equal to each other we find the time at which the positions are equal. 200 m + 15 m/s * 'dt = 25 m/s * 'dt + .5 ( -.1 m/s^2) 'dt^2; -200 m + 10 m/s * 'dt - 0.05 m/s^2 * 'dt^2. Now we solve for t with the quadratic equation with -200 = c, 10 = b, and -.05 =a; { -10 +- 'sqrt[ 10^2 - 4 ( -0.05) ( -200) ] }/ 2 (-.05) = [ -10 +- 'sqrt( 100 - 40) ]/ -.1 = [-10 +- 'sqrt (60)]/ -.1 = [ -10 + (7.75)]/ -.1 & [ -10 - (7.75)]/ -.1 = -2.25/ -.1 & -17.75/ -.1 = 22.5 & 177.5. We can discount the second value since we are only interested in when the positions are first equal to each other, which is at 22.5 secons. This is when the trains would collide. The graph would would have the position at t = 0 of s = 200, with a curve that opens upward as the value of time approaches 22.5 s, and the distance = 0. confidence assessment: 3
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12:00:58 ** If we assume the passenger train is at position x = 0 at clock time t = 0 we conclude that the position function is x(t) = x0 + v0 t + .5 a t^2; in this case a = -.1 m/s&2 and x0 was chosen to be 0 so we have x(t) = 25 m/s * t + .5 * (-.1m/s^2) * t^2 = 25 m/s * t - .05 m/s^2 * t^2. To distinguish the two trains we'll rename this function x1(t) so that x1(t) = 25 m/s * t - .05 m/s^2 * t^2. At t = 0 the freight train, which does not change speed so has acceleration 0 and constant velocity 15 m/s, is 200 m ahead of the passenger train, so the position function for the freight train is x2(t) = 200 m + 15 m/s * t . The positions will be equal if x1 = x2, which will occur at any clock time t which solves the equation 25 t - .05 t^2 = 200 + 15 t(units are suppressed here but we see from the units of the original functions that solutions t will be in seconds). Rearranging the equation we have -.05 t^2 + 10 t - 200 = 0. The quadratic formula tells us that solutions are t = [ - 10 +- sqrt( 10^2 - 4 * (-.05) * (-200) ) ] / ( 2 * .05 ) Simplifying we get solutions t = 22.54 and t = 177.46. At t = 22.54 seconds the trains will collide. Had the trains been traveling on parallel tracks this would be the instant at which the first train overtakes the second. t = 177.46 sec would be the instant at which the second train again pulled ahead of the slowing first train. However since the trains are on the same track, the accelerations of both trains will presumably change at the instant of collision and the t = 177.46 sec solution will not apply. GOOD STUDENT SOLUTION: for the two trains to colide, the 25 m/s train must have a greater velocity than the 15 m/s train. So I can use Vf = V0 + a('dt). 15 = 25 + (-.1)('dt) -10 = -.('dt) 'dt = 100 so unless the displacement of the 25 m/s train is greater than the 15 m/s train in 100 s, their will be no colision. 'ds = 15 m/s(100) + 200 m 'ds = 1700 m 'ds = 25 m/s(100) + .5(-.1)(100^2) = 2000 m. The trains collide. **
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RESPONSE --> Ok, but weren't we also supposed to give the time of collision, which this solution does not cover, but only proves that the collision does occur at some point before 100s. self critique assessment: 3
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