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23:50:15 General Physics 1.42. At 1200 liters/day per family how much would level of 50 km^2 lake fall in a year if supplying town of population 40000
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RESPONSE --> Assuming 4 people per family, there are 10,000 families. One liter is equal to 1000 cm^3 or .001 m^3. m^3 is the best unit to use here. 1200 l * .001 m^3 = 1.2 m^3 per family. 10,000 families * 365 days a year * 1.2 m^3 = 4.38 million m^3 per year. The area of the lake is equivalent to 5000 m * 10000 m, so it is 50 million m^2. Volume is calculated by area * depth. We have the area and volume, so we can solve for depth. Depth = volume / area 4.38 million m^3 / 50 million m^2 = .0876 meters This correlates to the lake falling 8.8 cm each year.
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23:52:48 ** A liter is 1/1000 of a cubic meter. It can be thought of as a cube 10 cm on a side. To fill a 1-meter cube t would take 10 rows with 10 cubes in each row to make a single layer 10 cm high, and 10 layers to fill the cube--i.e., 10 * 10 * 10 = 1000 one-liter cubes fill a 1-meter cube. A km is 1000 meters so a km^2 is (1000 m)^2 = 10^6 m^2. 1200 liters / day per family, with 40,000 people at 4 persons / family, implies 10,000 families each using 1200 * .001 m^3 = 1.2 m^3 per day. Total usage would be 10,000 families * 1.2 m^3 / day / family * 365 days / year = 4.3 * 10^6 m^3 / year. The volume of the lake corresponding to a depth change `dy is `dy * A, where A is the area of the lake. The area of the lake is 50 km^2 * 10^6 m^2 / km^2 = 5 * 10^7 m^2. `dy * A = Volume so `dy = Volume / A = 4.3 * 10^6 m^3 / (5 * 10^7 m&2) = .086 m or 8.6 cm. This estimate is based on 4 people per family. A different assumption would change this estimate. STUDENT QUESTION: 40000 people in town divided by average household of 4 = 10,000 families 10,000 families * 1200 liters /day = 12000000 liters used per day * 365 days in a year = 4380000000 liter used. Here is where I get confused changing from liters to level of 50 km^2 to subtract. INSTRUCTOR RESPONSE: If you multiply the area of the lake by the change in depth you get the volume of water used. You know the area of the lake and the volume of the water used, from which you can find the change in depth. Of course you need to do the appropriate conversions of units. Remember that a liter is the volume of a cube 10 cm on a side, so it would take 10 rows of 10 such cubes to make one layer, then 10 layers, to fill a cube 1 meter = 100 cm on a side. You should also see that a km^2 could be a square 1 km on a side, which would be 1000 meters on a side, to cover which would require 1000 rows of 1000 1-meters squares. If you end of having trouble with the units or anything else please ask some specific questions and I will try to help you clarify the situation. ANOTHER INSTRUCTOR COMMENT: The water used can be thought of as having been spread out in a thin layer on top of that lake. That thin layer forms a cylinder whose cross-section is the surface of the lake and whose altitude is the change in the water level. The volume of that cylinder is equal to the volume of the water used by the family in a year. See if you can solve the problem from this model. COMMON ERROR: Area is 50 km^2 * 1000 m^2 / km^2 INSTRUCTOR COMMENT: Two things to remember: You can't cover a 1000 m x 1000 m square with 1000 1-meter squares, which would only be enough to make 1 row of 1000 squares, not 1000 rows of 1000 squares. 1 km^2 = 1000 m * 1000 m = 1,000,000 m^2. **
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RESPONSE --> I had a hard time convincing myself that my 50 km^2 calculation was correct.
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00:14:07 univ 1.70 univ sailor 2 km east, 3.5 km SE, then unknown, ends up 5.8 km east find magnitude and direction of 3d leg, explain how diagram shows qualitative agreement
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RESPONSE --> First, I observed that the components of the first leg are given: Ax = 2.0 km Ay = 0 I calculated the components of the second leg: Bx = 3.5 cos(-45) = 2.47 km By = -2.47 km (at -45 degrees, it will be the opposite of cos) Then I observed the components of the final position: Rx = 5.8 km Ry = 0 Before starting her third leg, she is at the sum of the first two vectors: Ax + Bx = 4.47 km and Ay + By = -2.47 km The third leg must be the difference between the final position and the sum of the first two vectors: 5.8km - 4.47 km = 1.33 km = x component of third leg -(-2.47) = 2.47 = y component of third leg. The third leg has magnitude sqrt(1.33^2 = 2.47^2) = 2.8 km and direction arctan (2.47 / 1.33) = 61.7 degrees. In order to check my answer with a diagram, I set up a coordinate system marked with compass directions, and drew each of the vectors with their tails at the origin. It's clear that the x (east) components are all positive, so the final position should be to the east of any of the three legs. The y (north) components are negative and positive and sum to zero, consistent with a final position that is ""dead east""
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00:14:23 ** Letting the three vectors be A, B and C (C unknown) and the x axis point east we have A at 0 degrees, B at 315 degrees and the resultant at 0 degrees. Ax = 2, Ay = 0 (A is toward the East, along the x axis). Bx = B cos(315 deg) = 2.47, By = B sin(315 deg) = -2.47. Rx = 5.8, Ry = 0. Since Ax + Bx + Cx = Rx we have Cx = Rx - Ax - Bx = 5.8 - 2 - 2.47 = 1.33. Since Ay + By + Cy = Ry we have Cy = Ry - Ay - By = 0 - 0 - (-2.47) = 2.47. C has magnitude sqrt( Cx^2 + Cy^2) = sqrt ( 1.33^2 + 2.47^2) = sqrt(7.9) = 2.8, representing 2.8 km. C has angle arctan(Cy / Cx) = arctan(2.47 / 1.33) = 61 deg. **
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00:23:08 **** query univ 1.82 (1.66 10th edition) vectors 3.6 at 70 deg, 2.4 at 210 deg find scalar and vector product
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RESPONSE --> I multiplied the magnitudes of the vectors by the cos of the angle between them to find the scalar product: 3.6 * 2.4 * cos (140) = -6.62 To find the vector product, I had to find the components: Ax = 3.6 cos (70) =1.23 , Ay = 3.6 sin (70) = 1.23 Bx = 2.4 cos (210) = -2.08 , By = 3.6 sin (210) = -1.2 Then calculated (Ax*By) i + (Bx*Ay) j = -1.5i - 7.03j. Since we are moving a 70 degree angle towards a 210 degree angle, the k value is positive.
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00:30:54 ** GOOD STUDENT SOLUTION WITH INSTRUCTOR COMMENT: A * B = |A||B| cos(theta) = AxBx + Ay By + AzBz 3.6 * 2.4 * cos (140 deg) = -6.62 To check for consistency we can calculate the components of A and B: Ax = 3.6 * cos(70 deg) = 1.23 Ay = 3.6 * sin(70 deg) = 3.38 Bx = 2.4 * cos (210 deg) = -2.08 By = 2.4 * sin(210 deg) = -1.2 dot product = 1.23 *-2.08 + 3.38 * -1.2 = -2.5584 + -4.056 = -6.61. Close enough. ---------------------- Cross product: | A X B | = |A| |B| sin (theta) = 3.6 * 2.4 * sin(140) = 5.554. Finding the components we have (Ay * Bz - Az * By) i + (Az * Bx - Ax + Bz) j + (Ax * By - Ay * Bx) k = ((3.38*0)-(0*-1.2)] i + [(0 * -2.08) - (1.23 * 0)] j + [(1.23*-1.2)-(3.38 * -2.08)] k = 0 i + 0 j + 5.55 k, or just 5.55 k, along the positive z axis ('upward' from the plane). INSTRUCTOR COMMENT: Your conclusion is correct. The cross product must be at a right angle to the two vectors. To tell whether the vector is 'up' or 'down' you can use your result, 5.55 k, to see that it's a positive multiple of k and therefore upward. The other way is to use the right-hand rule. You place the fingers of your right hand along the first vector and position your hand so that it would 'turn' the first vector in the direction of the second. That will have your thumb pointing upward, in agreement with your calculated result, which showed the cross product as being in the upward direction. **
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RESPONSE --> I didn't think I needed to include the z components of the vectors if I was calculating vectors that were given in two dimensions. Of course, it makes sense that the vector perpendicular to both of these vectors must be parallel to the z axis. If I had thought about that I would have known that my i and j components had to be zero.
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01:25:38 `q001. We obtain an estimate of the acceleration of gravity by determining the slope of an acceleration vs. ramp slope graph for an object gliding down an incline. Sample data for an object gliding down a 50-cm incline indicate that the object glides down the incline in 5 seconds when the raised end of the incline is .5 cm higher than the lower end; the time required from rest is 3 seconds when the raised end is 1 cm higher than the lower end; and the time from rest is 2 seconds when the raised end is 1.5 cm higher than the lower end. What is the acceleration for each trial?
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RESPONSE --> We can calculate the average velocities of the trials by 'ds / 'dt, then double the result to get the final velocity. 2 * 50 cm / 5 sec = 20 cm/sec 2 * 50 cm / 3 sec = 33.3 cm / sec 2 * 50 cm / 2 sec = 50 cm / sec Since we started from rest, the final velocity is equal to the 'dv, and we can find acceleration by dividing 'dt into this quantity. 20 cm/sec / 5 sec = 4cm/sec^2 33.3 cm/sec / 3 sec = 11.1 cm/sec^2 50 cm/sec / 2 sec = 25 cm/sec^2
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01:30:26 We can find the accelerations either using equations or direct reasoning. To directly reason the acceleration for the five-second case, we note that the average velocity in this case must be 50 cm/(5 seconds) = 10 cm/s. Since the initial velocity was 0, assuming uniform acceleration we see that the final velocity must be 20 cm/second, since 0 cm/s and 20 cm/s average out to 10 cm/s. This implies a velocity change of 20 cm/second a time interval of 5 seconds, or a uniform acceleration of 20 cm/s / (5 s) = 4 cm/s^2. The acceleration in the 3-second case could also be directly reasoned, but instead we will note that in this case we have the initial velocity v0 = 0, the time interval `dt = 3 sec, and the displacement `ds = 50 cm. We can therefore find the acceleration from the equation `ds = v0 `dt + .5 a `dt^2. Noting first that since v0 = 0 the term v0 `dt must also be 0,we see that in this case the equation reduces to `ds = .5 a `dt^2. We easily solve for the acceleration, obtaining a = 2 `ds / `dt^2. In this case we have a = 2 * (50 cm) / (3 sec)^2 = 11 cm/s^2 (rounded to nearest cm/s^2). For the 2-second case we can use the same formula, obtaining a = 2 * (50 cm) / (2 sec)^2 = 25 cm/s^2.
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01:32:53 `q002. What are the ramp slopes associated with these accelerations?
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RESPONSE --> .5 cm / 50 cm = .01 1 cm / 50 cm = .02 1.5 cm / 50 cm = .03
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01:33:00 For the 5-second trial, where acceleration was 4 cm/s^2, the 'rise' of the ramp was .5 cm and the 'run' was nearly equal to the 50-cm length of the ramp so the slope was very close to .5 cm / (50 cm) = .01. For the 3-second trial, where acceleration was 11 cm/s^2, the 'rise' of the ramp was 1 cm and the 'run' was very close to the 50-cm length, so the slope was very close to 1 cm / (50 cm) = .02. For the 2-second trial, where the acceleration was 25 cm/s^2, the slope is similarly found to be very close to 1.5 cm / (50 cm) = .03.
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01:42:56 `q003. Sketch a reasonably accurate graph of acceleration vs. ramp slope and give a good description and interpretation of the graph. Be sure to include in your description how the graph points seem to lie with respect to the straight line that comes as close as possible, on the average, to the three points.
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RESPONSE --> I graphed the acceleration on the vertical axis vs the ramp slope on the horizontal. The graph is increasing. With only three points, it's difficult to say whether it increases at a constant or increasing rate. Lining up a ruler with the first and last points, a line would almost pass through the middle point. I drew my line between the line passing through the endpoints and a line parallel to that that passes through the middle point.
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01:44:11 The graph will have acceleration in cm/s^2 on the vertical axis (the traditional y-axis) and ramp slope on the horizontal axis (the traditional x-axis). The graph points will be (.01, 4 cm/s^2), (.02, 11.1 cm/s^2), (.03, 25 cm/s^2). The second point lies somewhat lower than a line connecting the first and third points, so the best possible line will probably be lower than the first and third points but higher than the second. The graph indicates that acceleration increases with increasing slope, which should be no surprise. It is not clear from the graph whether a straight line is in fact the most appropriate model for the data. If timing wasn't particularly accurate, these lines could easily be interpreted as being scattered from the actual linear behavior due to experimental errors. Or the graph could indicate acceleration vs. ramp slope behavior that is increasing at an increasing rate.
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01:55:06 `q004. Carefully done experiments show that for small slopes (up to a slope of about .1) the graph appears to be linear or very nearly so. This agrees with theoretical predictions of what should happen. Sketch a vertical line at x = .05. Then extend the straight line you sketched previously until it intersects the y axis and until it reaches past the vertical line at x = .05. What are the coordinates of the points where this line intersects the y-axis, and where it intersects the x =.05 line? What are the rise and the run between these points, and what therefore is the slope of your straight line?
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RESPONSE --> The extended line passes through (.005 cm, 0 cm/sec^2) and (.05 cm, 38 cm/sec^2)) The rise is 38 cm/sec ^2 and the run is .045 cm The slope is (38 cm/sec ^2) / .045 cm = 844 cm/sec^2, which correlates to 8.44 m/sec^2
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01:55:44 A pretty good straight line goes through the points (0, -6 cm/s^2) and (.05, 42 cm/s^2). Your y coordinates might differ by a few cm/s^2 either way. For the coordinates given here, the rise is from -6 cm/s^2 to 42 cm/s^2, a rise of 48 cm/s^2. The run is from 0 to .05, a run of .05. The slope of the straight line is approximately 48 cm/s^2 / .05 = 960 cm/s^2. Note that this is pretty close to the accepted value, 980 cm/second^2, of gravity. Carefully done, this experiment will give us a very good estimate of the acceleration of gravity.
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02:06:19 `q005. The most accurate way to measure the acceleration of gravity is to use the relationship T = 2 `pi / `sqrt(g) * `sqrt(L) for the period of a pendulum. Use your washer pendulum and time 100 complete back-and-forth cycles of a pendulum of length 30 cm. Be sure to count carefully and don't let the pendulum swing out to a position more than 10 degrees from vertical. How long did it take, and how long did each cycle therefore last?
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RESPONSE --> 100 complete back and forth cycles of the pendulum took 112 seconds. This correlates to an average of 1.12 seconds per cycle.
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02:06:50 100 cycles of a pendulum of this length should require approximately 108 seconds. This would be 108 seconds per 100 cycles, or 108 sec / (100 cycles) = 1.08 sec / cycle. If you didn't count very carefully or didn't time very accurately, you might differ significantly from this result; differences of up to a couple of cycles are to be expected.
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02:17:19 `q006. You now have values for the period T and the length L, so you can use the relationship T = 2 `pi / `sqrt(g) * `sqrt(L) to find the acceleration g of gravity. Solve the equation for g and then use your values for T and L to determine the acceleration of gravity.
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RESPONSE --> 2 `pi * `sqrt(30)cm / 1.12 sec = `sqrt(g) 30.72 cm / sec = `sqrt(g) 944.16 cm/sec^2 = g = 9.4 cm/sec^2
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02:21:22 Solving T = 2 `pi / `sqrt(g) * `sqrt(L) for g, we can first multiply both sides by `sqrt(g) to obtain T * `sqrt(g) = 2 `pi `sqrt(L). Then dividing both sides by T we obtain `sqrt(g) = 2 `pi `sqrt(L) / T. Squaring both sides we finally obtain {}g = 4 `pi^2 L / T^2. Plugging in the values given here, L = 30 cm and T = 1.08 sec, we obtain g = 4 `pi^2 * 30 cm / (1.08 sec)^2 = 1030 cm/s^2. You should check these calculations for accuracy, since they were mentally approximated.
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RESPONSE --> Squaring both sides then substituting the values, I get 9.47 cm/sec^2. I did not square time initially.
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