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Given Solution: ** The change in the thermal energy of an isolated system is 0. So assuming that the systems are isolated the thermal energy change of one object is equal and opposite to that of the other. For an ideal substance the change in the thermal energy of an object is directly proportional to the change in its temperature and to its mass (i.e., more mass and more change in temperature implies more change in thermal energy). The specific heat is the proportionality constant for the substance. Using `dQ for the change in the thermal energy of an object we can express this as · `dQ = mass * specific heat * `dT. (General College and University Physics students note that most substances do not quite behave in this ideal fashion; for most substances the specific heat is not in fact strictly constant and for most substances changes with temperature.) For two objects combined in a closed system we have `dQ1 + `dQ2 = 0, which gives us the equation · m1 c1 `dT1 + m2 c2 `dT2 = 0 or equivalently · m1 c1 `dT1 = - m2 c2 `dT2. That is, whatever energy one substance loses, the other gains. In this situation we know the specific heat of water, the two temperature changes and the two masses. We can therefore solve this equation for specific heat c2 of the unknown substance. ** Your Self-Critique: OK Your Self-Critique Rating: OK ********************************************* Question: prin and gen problem 14.3: 2500 Cal per day is how many Joules per day? At a dime per kilowatt hour, how much would this cost? YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Your Solution: confidence rating #$&*: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Given Solution: One Cal (with capital C) is about 4200 Joules, so 2500 Cal is about 4200 * 2500 Joules = 10,500,000 Joules. A watt is a Joule per second, a kilowatt is 1000 Joules / second and a kiliowatt-hour is 1000 Joules / second * 3600 seconds = 3,600,000 Joules. 10,500,000 Joules / (3,600,000 Joules / kwh) = 3 kwh, rounded to the nearest whole kwh. This is about 30 cents worth of electricity, and a dime per kilowatt-hour. Relating this to your physiology: · You require daily food energy equivalent to 30 cents’ worth of electricity. · It's worth noting that you use 85% of the energy your metabolism produces just keeping yourself warm. · It follows that the total amount of physical work you can produce in a day is worth less than a dime. Your Self-Critique: Your Self-Critique Rating: ********************************************* Question: prin phy and gen phy problem 14.07 how many Kcal of thermal energy would be generated in the process of stopping a 1200 kg car from a speed of 100 km/hr? YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Your Solution: confidence rating #$&*: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Given Solution: NOTE: The given solution is based on student solutions for a previous edition of the text, in which the mass of the car was 1000 kg and its initial velocity 100 km/hr. The adjustments for the current mass and velocity (1200 kg and 95 km/hr as of the current edition) are easily made (see the student question below for a solution using these quantities). **STUDENT SOLUTION for 1000 kg car at 100 km/hr WITH ERROR IN CONVERSION OF km/hr TO m/s: The book tells that according to energy conservation · initial KE = final KE + heat or (Q) · 100km/hr *3600*1/1000 = 360 m/s INSTRUCTOR COMMENT: 100km/hr *3600 sec / hr *1/ (1000 m / km) = 360 km^2 sec / ( m hr^2), not 360 m/s. The correct conversion would be 100 km / hr is 100 * 1000 meters / (3600 sec) = 28 m/s or so. STUDENT SOLUTION WITH DIFFERENT ERROR IN UNITS Ke=0.5(1000Kg)(100Km)^2 = 5MJ 1Kcal=4186J 5MJ/4186J==1194Kcal INSTRUCTOR COMMENT: Right idea but 100 km is not a velocity and kg * km^2 does not give you Joules. 100 km / hr = 100,000 m / (3600 sec) = 28 m/s, approx. so KE = .5(1000 kg)(28 m/s)^2 = 400,000 J (approx.). or 100 Kcal (approx). ** STUDENT QUESTION: The book and this problem originally states *1200kg* as the mass. The solution uses 1000kg, giving the answer as about 100kcal. The book uses 95km/hr, 1200kg, and gets an answer of 100kcal. This problem shows 100km/hr, with a mass of 1000kg in the solution and still an answer of 100kcal. I just want to make sure I am doing it correctly. Where 26.39m/s should be used, I am using the conversion for this specific problem with 100km/hr = 1000m/1hr = 1hr/3600s = 27.78 ~28m/s. KE = 1/2mv^2 = ½(1200kg)(28 m/s)^2 = 470,400kg*m/s^2 = 470,400 J 470,400J = 1 cal/4.186J = 1 kcal/1000cal = 112.37 kcal = 112kcal INSTRUCTOR RESPONSE: I apparently missed the change in the latest edition of the text; or perhaps I chose not to edit the student solutions posted here. In any case your solution is good. Your Self-Critique: Your Self-Critique Rating: ********************************************* Question: query gen phy problem 14.13 .4 kg horseshoe into 1.35 L of water in .3 kg iron pot at 20 C, final temp 25 C, final temp. YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Your Solution: confidence rating #$&*: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Given Solution: ** STUDENT SOLUTION BY EQUATION (using previous version in which the amount of water was 1.6 liters; adjust for the present 1.35 liters): M1*C1*dT1 + M2*C2*dT2 = 0 is the equation that should be used. 0.4kg * 450J/Kg*Celcius *(25celcius -T1) + 0.3kg * 450J/kg*celcius * (25 celcius - 20 celcius) + 1.6kg *4186J/kg*celcius * (25 celcius - 20 celcius) = 0 Solve for T1, T1 = 214.8 Celsius Solution below is 189.8 C. GOOD STUDENT SOLUTION: This problem is very similar to the first video experiment. You can determine in the same way the thermal energy gained by the water. The pot gains a little thermal energy too,and you have to know how many Joules are gained by a kg of the iron per degree per kg, which is the specific heat of iron (give in text). You can therefore find the energy lost by the horseshoe, from which you can find the energy lost per degree per kg. For this problem I think we are assuming that none of the water is boiled off ass the hot horse shoe is dropped into the water. First I will find the initial temperature of the shoe. Since water's density is 1g/ml, 1 milliliter of water will weigh 1 gram. So 1.35 Liters of water will have a mass of 1.35 kg. 1.35kg of water is heated by 5 degrees · The specific heat of water is 4186 J/kg/degrees celsius so 4186 J / kg / C *1.35 kg * 5 C = 28255 J of energy is necessary to heat the water but since it is in equilibrium with the bucket it must be heated too. mass of bucket = 0.30 kg · specific heat of iron = 450 J/kg/degrees · 450 J / kg / C * 0.30 kg * 5 C = 675 J to heat bucket So it takes · 675 J to heat bucket to 25 degrees celsius · 28255 J to heat water to 25 degrees celsius so the horse shoe transferred 675+28255 = 28930 J of energy. Mass of horse shoe = 0.40 kg · horse shoe is also iron · specific heat of iron = 450 J/kg/degree · energy transferred / mass = 28930 J / 0.40kg =72,326 J / kg · 72 330 J / kg, at 450 (J / kg) / C, implies `dT = 72,330 J/kg / (450 J / kg / C) = 160.7 C, the initial temperature of the horseshoe. A symbolic solution: m1 c1 `dT1 + m2 c2 `dT2 + m3 c3 `dT3 = 0. Let object 1 be the water, object 2 the pot and object 3 the horseshoe. Then `dT1 = `dT2 = + 5 C, and `dT3 = 25 C - T_03, where T_03 is the initial temperature of the horseshoe. We easily solve for `dT3: `dT3 = - (m1 c1 `dT1 + m2 c2 `dT2) / (m3 c3) so `dT3 = - (m1 c1 `dT1 + m2 c2 `dT2) / (m3 c3) = - (1.35 kg * 4200 J / (kg C) * 5 C + .3 kg * 450 J / (kg C) ) / ((.4 kg * 450 J / (kg C) ) = -160 C, approx. so 25 C - T_03 = -160 C and T_03 = 160 C + 25 C = 185 C, approx.. STUDENT ERROR: MISSING COMMON KNOWLEDGE: Estimate 1.60L of water = 1KG. Could not find a conversion for this anywhere. INSTRUCTOR RESPONSE: Each of the following should be common knowledge: · 1 liter = 1000 mL or 1000 cm^3. · Density of water is 1 gram/cm^3 so 1 liter contains 1000 g = 1 kg. · Alternatively, density of water is 1000 kg / m^3 and 1 liter = .001 m^3, leading to same conclusion. ** Your Self-Critique: Your Self-Critique Rating: ********************************************* Question: `q001. Which requires more energy, a 100 kg person climbing a hill 200 meters high or a cup of water heated from room temperature to the boiling point? YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Your Solution: It requires more energy for the person to climb the hill. To determine this, I began with the person climbing the hill and found the energy required to do this. I found the force (mass*acceleration) to be 980 Newtons where acceleration is gravity and the mass is 100 kg. Then, I multiplied the force times distance to get the work or energy required and got 196,000 Newton meters or 196,000 Joules (1 Newton meter= 1 Joule). Next, I found the energy required to heat a cup of water from room temperature to boiling point. I found that the mass of a cup of water is about .236 kg (used the internet) and multiplied this by the specific heat of water (4186 J/kg*C) and then multiplied by the change in temperature 75 C (100-25). NOTE: I used 25 Celsius as my room temperature. When I multiplied the mass times the specific heat times the change in temperature of the water, I got that the energy was 74092.2 Joules. You can see from the comparison of the energy required for the hiker (196,000 Joules) and the energy required to heat the water (74,092.2 Joules) that the energy required for the hiker is much more than the energy required to heat the water. confidence rating #$&*: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ------------------------------------------------ Self-Critique Rating: ********************************************* Question: `q002. A container holds 4 kilograms of water, 8 kilograms of concrete and 500 grams of ice, all at 0 Celsius. The system is heated to 30 Celsius. Place in order the heat required to raise the temperature of the these three components of the system, given common knowledge and the facxt that the specific heat of concrete is about 1/3 that of water. At about what temperature would two of these components have gained the same amount of heat? YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Your Solution: 502320 Joules (water) 336000 Joules (concrete) 227790 Joules (ice) I found the heat required to raise the temperature of the water by multiplying its mass times the specific heat of water times the change in temperature (4*4186*30= 502320). I found the heat required to raise the temperature of the concrete by multiplying its mass times its specific heat (about 1/3 of waters) times the change in temperature (8*1400*30= 336000). I found the heat required to melt the ice and added it to the heat required to raise the temperature of the melted ice. So first, for the heat required to melt the ice I multiplied the mass of the ice (which I converted to kg) times the heat of fusion (.5*3.3*10^5= 165000). Then I found the heat required to raise the temperature of the melted ice by multiplying the mass times the specific heat of water times the change in temperature (.5*4186*30= 62790). Lastly, I added these two values up to find the total heat required to raise the temperature of the ice (165000+62790= 227790). At about 11 degrees Celsius, the ice and water would've gained the same amount of heat. I determined this by realizing that one of the two components had to be ice because the heat required to melt the ice is dependent of temperature. It wouldn't have made sense to find the temperature at which the heats of water and concrete were equal because I would get zero. The equation of how this would've looked is below: 8 kg*1400 J/(kg C)*(T2-0)= 4 kg*4186 J/(kg C)*(T2-0) 11200*T2= 16744*T2 You can see, that I will just get zero for the temperature, which doesn't make sense. So, I set the energy of the ice equal to the energy of the water leaving the temperature as a variable since that's what I'm solving for. The equation is below: .5*3.3*10^5+ .5*4186*(T2-0)= 4*4186*(T2-0) Now solving for T2: 165000+2093*T2= 16744*T2 165000=14651*T2 T2= 11.2 confidence rating #$&*: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ------------------------------------------------ Self-Critique Rating: ********************************************* Question: query univ problem 18.61 / 18.60 (16.48 10th edition) 1.5 L flask, stopcock, ethane C2H6 at 300 K, atm pressure. Warm to 380 K, open system, then close and cool. What is the final pressure of the ethane and how many grams remain? Explain the process you used to solve this problem. YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Your Solution: There will be 1.1 grams of ethane that remain. I determined this by first using the equation PV=nRT to solve for the value of n at 380 K. It looked like this: 1*10^5*1.5*10^-3= n*8.31*380 n= .0475 moles Then, I multiplied this by the molecular mass of ethane to find the number of grams of ethane (.0475*30.07) which came out to be about 1.4 grams. Since the system is open while it's being heated, the pressure is constant which means the volume and temperature will be proportional to each other. So I can use: V1/V2= T1/T2 1.9/V2= 380/30 V2= 1.5 So the amount remaining is 1.5 L or about 1.11 grams. I used the mass found for 1.9 L to solve for the mass of 1.5 L by using a proportion: 1.5/1.9= m1/1.4 m1= 1.11 grams To solve for the final pressure I realized that since it was a closed system, the amount of gas would remain constant which would make temperature and pressure proportional to each other. I set up the proportion: P2/P1= T2/T1 P2/1= 300/380 P2= .79 atm. confidence rating #$&*: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Given Solution: ** use pV = nRT and solve for n. · n = p V / (R T) = (1.03 *10^5 Pa )(1.5 * 10^-3 m^3 ) / [ (8.31 J / (mol K) )(380 K) ] = .048 mol, approx.. If the given quantities are accurate to 2 significant figures, then calculations may be done to 2 significant figures and more accurate values of the constants are not required. The atomic masses of 2 C and 6 H add up to 30.1, meaning 30.1 grams / mol. So total mass of the gas is initially · m(tot) = (.048 mol)(30.1 g/mol) · m(tot) = 1.4 g Now if the system is heated to 380 K while open to the atmosphere, pressure will remain constant so volume will be proportional to temperature. Therefore the volume of the gas will increase to · V2 = 1.5 liters * 380 K / (300 K) = 1.9 liters. Only 1.5 liters, with mass 1.5 liters / (1.9 liters) * 1.4 grams = 1.1 grams, will stay in the flask. · The pressure of the 1.1 grams of ethane is 1 atmosphere when the system is closed, and is at 380 K. As the temperature returns to 300 K volume and quantity of gas will remain constant so pressure will be proportional to temperature. · Thus the pressure will drop to P3 = 1 atm * 300 K / (380 K) = .79 atm, approx.. ** Your Self-Critique: OK Your Self-Critique Rating: OK ********************************************* Question: univ phy query problem (publisher has omitted this problem from the 12th edition) 18.62 (16.48 10th edition) A uniform cylinder is .9 meters high, and contains air at atmospheric pressure. It is fitted at the top with a tightly sealed piston. A little bit of mercury (density 13600 kg / m^3) is poured on top of the piston, which increases the force exerted by the piston. The piston therefore descends, compressing the confined air until the pressures equalize. Mercury continues to be added, further lowering the piston and compressing the air. If this continues long enough, mercury will spill over the top of the cylinder. How high is the piston above the bottom of the cylinder when this occurs? YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Your Solution: I got the height of the piston above the bottom of the cylinder to be about .139 meters. I know that the air in the piston will maintain a constant number of moles and constant temperature which means that the pressure times the volume will equal a constant. I also know that the the volume divided by the height gives me the cross-sectional area which remains constant also. These two equations look like this: PV= constant1 V/h= constant2 By manipulating the variable V I can rewrite the equations to look like this: constant1/P= h*constant2 constant1/constant2= h*P Note: constant1/constant2 is essentially just some other constant, say constant 3, so I will just call this a plain old constant. This tells me that h and P are proportional to each other and I can say P1h1=P2h2. The height of the piston is .9 meters, so when the vertical distance of the air column is added to the vertical distance of the mercury and the sum equals .9 meters, the mercury will begin to spill over. I labeled the vertical distance of the air column as h2 and the vertical distance of the piston as y. The h1 value is .9. P1 is just atmospheric pressure and P2 is atospheric pressure plus rho*g*y. So, using the proportion my equation looks like this: 101325*.9= (101325+13600*9.8*y)*(.9-y) NOTE: I said earlier that h2 was the vertical distance of the air column, so I solved for this in terms of y by knowing that .9=h1+y. So then, h1= .9-y. Now, I just solved for y and got .139 meters. confidence rating #$&*: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Given Solution: ** Let y be the height of the mercury column. Since · T and n for the gas in the cylinder remain constant we have P V = constant, and · cross-sectional area remains constant V = A * h, where h is the height of the air column, we have P * h = constant. Thus · P1 h1 = P2 h2, with P1 = atmospheric pressure = Patm and h1 = .9 m, P2 = Patm + rho g y. Mercury spills over when the depth of the mercury plus that of the air column is .9 m, at which point h2 = h1 - y. So the equation becomes · Patm * h1 = (Patm + rho g y) * (h1 - y). We can solve this equation for y (the equation is quadratic). We obtain two solutions: · one solution is y = 0; this tells us what when there is no mercury (y = 0) there is no deflection below the .9 m level. · The other solution is y = (g·h1·rho - Pa)/(g·rho) = .140 m, which tells us that .140 m of mercury will again bring us to .9 m level. We might assume that this level corresponds to the level at which mercury begins spilling over. To completely validate this assumption we need to show that the level of the top of the column will be increasing at this point (if the height is not increasing the mercury will reach this level but won’t spill over). · The level of the top of the mercury column above the bottom of the cylinder can be regarded as a function f (y) of the depth of the mercury. · If mercury depth is y then the pressure in the cylinder is Patm + rho g y and the height of the gas in the cylinder is Patm / (Patm + rho g y ) * h1. The level of the mercury is therefore f(y) = Patm / (Patm + rho g y) * h1 + y The derivative of this function is f ' ( y ) = 1 - Patm·g·h1·rho/(g·rho·y + Patm)^2, which is a quadratic function of y. Multiplying both sides by (rho g y + Patm)^2 we solve for y to find that y = sqrt(Patm)·(sqrt(g* h1 * rho) - sqrt(Patm) )/ (g·rho) = .067 m approx., is a critical point of f(y). The second derivative f '' (y) is 2 Patm·g^2·h1·rho^2/(g·rho·y + Patm)^3, which is positive for y > 0. This tells us that any critical point of f(y) for which y > 0 will be a relative minimum. So for y = .0635 m we have the minimum possible total altitude of the air and mercury columns, and for any y > .0635 m the total altitude is increasing with increasing y. This proves that at y = .140 m the total height of the column is increasing and additional mercury will spill over. To check that y = .140 m results in a total level of .9 m: · We note that the air column would then be .9 m - .140 m = .760 m, resulting in air pressure .9 / .760 * 101300 Pa = 120,000 Pa. · The pressure due to the .140 m mercury column is 19,000 Pa, which when added to the 101,300 Pa of atmospheric pressure gives us 120,000 Pa, accurate to 3 significant figures. The gauge pressure will be 19,000 Pa. A more direct but less rigorous solution: The cylinder is originally at STP. The volume of the air in the tube is inversely proportional to the pressure and the altitude of the air column is proportional to the volume, so the altitude of the air column is inversely proportional to the pressure. If you pour mercury to depth y then the mercury will exert pressure rho g y = 13,600 Kg/m^3 * 9.8 m/s^2 * y = 133,000 N / m^3 * y. Thus the pressure in the tube will thus be atmospheric pressure + mercury pressure = 101,000 N/m^2 + 133,000 N/m^3 * y. As a result the altitude of the air column will be the altitude of the air column when y cm of mercury are supported: · altitude of air column = atmospheric pressure / (atmospheric pressure + mercury pressure) * .9 m =101,000 N/m^2 / (101,000 N/m^2 + 133,000 N/m^3 * y) * .9 m. At the point where mercury spills over the altitude of the air column will be .9 m - y. Thus at this point · 101,000 N/m^2 / (101,000 N/m^2 + 133,000 N/m^3 * y) * .9 m = .9 m - y. This equation can be solved for y. The result is y = .14 m, approx. The pressure will be 101,000 N/m^2 + 133,000 N/m^3 * .14 m = 120,000 N/m^2. The gauge pressure will therefore be 120,000 N/m^2 - 101,000 N/m^2 = 19,000 N/m^2. ** Your Self-Critique: I didn't even think about having to prove that the piston was still going up when it got to .139 meters. After looking at the solution it makes sense why this would be necessary. I also didn't solve for any pressure like the solution did in the end. I'm assuming the problem in the book asked for pressure as well but this question didn't ask for it so I didn't include it. Your Self-Critique Rating: 3
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Given Solution: ** We can solve this problem knowing that ave KE per particle is 3/2 k T so the .5 m v^2 = 3/2 k T, where v is RMS velocity. Thus · m = 3 k T / v^2. From the density of water and the mass of the particle we can determine its volume, which is equal to 4/3 pi r^3. From this we find r. · We obtain volume m / rho = 3 k T / (v^2 rho), where rho is the density of water. · Setting this equal to 4/3 pi r^3 we get the equation 4/3 pi r^3 = 3 k T / (v^2 rho). The solution is r = [ 9 k T / ( 4 v^2 rho) ] ^(1/3). From the mass, Avogadro's number and the mass of a mole of water we determine the number of molecules. The following analysis shows the intermediate quantities we obtain in the process. Some of the calculations, which were done mentally, might be in error so you should redo them using precise values of the constants. At 273 Kelvin we have ave KE = 3/2 k T = 5.5 * 10^-21 Joules. mass is found by solving .5 m v^2 = 3/2 k T for m, obtaining m = 3/2 k T / (.5 v^2) = 5.5 * 10^-21 J / (.5 * (.001 m/s)^2 ) = 1.2 * 10^-14 kg. The volume of the sphere is therefore 1.2 * 10^-14 kg / (1000 kg / m^2) = 1.2 * 10^-17 m^3. Setting this equal to 4/3 pi r^3 we obtain radius r = ( 1.2 * 10^-17 m^3 / 4.2)^(1/3) = ( 2.8 * 10^-18 m^3)^(1/3) = 1.4 * 10^-6 m. Diameter is double this, about 2.8 * 10^-6 m. This is only 3 microns, and is not visible to the naked eye, though it could easily be viewed using a miscroscope. A water molecule contains 2 hydrogen and 1 oxygen molecule with total molar mass 18 grams = .018 kg. The 1.2 * 10^-14 kg mass of particle therefore consists of 1.2 * 10^-14 / (.018 kg / mole) = 6.7 * 10^-13 moles. With about 6 * 10^23 particles in a mole this consists of 6.7 * 10^-13 moles * 6 * 10^23 particles / mole = 4* 10^11 particles (about 400 billion water molecules). ** STUDENT COMMENT: I'm still not sure about the 'visible' thing. INSTRUCTOR COMMENT: In any case, visible light has a wavelength between about .4 microns and .7 microns. Nothing smaller than this is visible even in principle, in the sense that its image can't be resolved by visible light. If we mean 'visible to the naked eye', that limit occurs between 10 and 100 microns. So this object is in principle visible (wouldn't be hard to resolve with a microscope), but not to the naked eye. Your Self-Critique: I will come back to this solution. One thing I did notice while trying to understand the solution without having the full problem, is that you seem to have lost the pi in the following part of the solution: 'Setting this equal to 4/3 pi r^3 we get the equation 4/3 pi r^3 = 3 k T / (v^2 rho). The solution is r = [ 9 k T / ( 4 v^2 rho) ] ^(1/3).' I think the above equation (including pi) should be: r= [ 9 k T / ( 4 v^2 pi rho) ] ^(1/3) Perhaps I am missing something and this is why I don't understand what happened to the 'pi'. I will come back to this problem when I get my book. Your Self-Critique Rating: 3 ********************************************* Question: `q003. A long U-tube, open at both ends, holds water to a level 40 cm above the bottom of the tube. Oil of density 900 kg / m^3 is added to one side. The oil floats on top of the water, forming an oil column on top of the water column on that side. What will be the height of the oil column when the difference in levels of the two sides is 3 centimeters? What will be the height of the water column when the water has been completely displaced from one side? What will happen if oil continues to be slowly added? YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Your Solution: The height of the oil column when the difference of the two sides is 3 centimeters is 30 cm. I found this by setting up two equations for pressure shown below: P1= Ps+rho*g*h1 P2= Ps+rho*g*h2 Where Ps is atmospheric pressure, P1 is the pressure of the water, and P2 is the pressure of the oil. Rho represents the densities for the two substances, g represents gravity, h1 represents the height of the water (measurement starts from the bottom of the oil column that is across from it on the U-tube), and h2 represents the height of the oil column (starting from the top of the water, not the bottom of the tube). You're given that the difference between the height of the oil column and the height of the water column is 3 inches so you can say that h2-h1= 3 I solved for h1 in terms of h2 since h2 is what we're solving for (the height of the oil column) h1=h2-3 You now set the two pressures equal to each other and solve for h2: Ps+rho(water)*g*(h2-3)=Ps+rho(oil)*g*h2 The Ps's cancel and so do the gravities and you're left with: rho(water)*(h2-3)=rho(oil)*h2 Now plugging in numbers...: 1000*(h2-3)=900*h2 1000*h2-900*h2= 3000 h2(1000-900)= 3000 h2=3000/100 So h2 equals 30 cm. The height of the water column when the water has been completely displaced from one side will be 80 cm because you're displacing 40 cm of water to a side that already had 40 cm of water so 40+40= 80. This seems very simple but this is the only thing that made sense. Also, I assumed that when the problem said 'completely displaced from one side' that this was talking about just the vertical part of the tube, not the full half of the tube. If you continue to add oil, the oil will start to spill over. Since the density of oil is less, the column of oil will always be taller than the column of water in order to maintain the equilibrium of the two pressures. So the oil will begin to spill over if you keep adding it to the u-tube. confidence rating #$&*: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ------------------------------------------------ Self-Critique Rating: " Self-critique (if necessary): ------------------------------------------------ Self-critique rating: " Self-critique (if necessary): ------------------------------------------------ Self-critique rating: #*&!