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17:43:27 The 400 g mass will experience a downward gravitational force of .4 kg * 9.8 meters/second^2 = 3.92 Newtons. It will also experience in upward buoyant force equal to the weight of the 300 cm^3 of water it displaces. This volume of water, at 1 g per cm^3, will have a mass of 300 grams and therefore a weight of .3 kg * 9.8 meters/second^2 = 2.94 Newtons. The forces acting on the mass are therefore the downward 3.92 Newtons of gravity, the upward 2.94 Newtons of the buoyant force and the tension, which we will call T, in the string. Since the system is in equilibrium these forces must add up to 0. We thus have -3.92 Newtons + 2.94 Newtons + T = 0, which has solution T = .98 Newtons. In common sense terms, gravity pulls down with 3.92 Newtons of force and the buoyant force pushes of with 2.94 Newtons of force so to keep all forces balanced the string must pull up with a force equal to the .98 Newton difference.
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RESPONSE --> I did not know how tho solve this problem. But I know see that you find the Force of gravity and the force exerted by the water. These forces plus the string tension must equal zero.
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17:47:07 At a depth of 12 cm, the volume of the immersed portion will be 12 cm * 8 cm^2 = 96 cm^3. This portion will therefore displace 96 grams of water. The weight of this displace water will be .096 kg * 9.8 meters/second^2 = .94 Newtons. This will be the buoyant force on the cylinder.
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RESPONSE --> I knew how the calculate the weight of the water, but I did not know to multiply the depth by the area. I know understand this.
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17:50:40 `q003. The solid cylinder in the preceding problem has a total length of 18 cm and a mass of 80 grams. If the cylinder is immersed as before to a depth of 12 cm then released, what will be the net force acting on it at the instant of release?
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RESPONSE --> F = 0.080 kg * 9.8 m/s^2 F = 0.78 N Fnet = 0.94 N - 0.78 N Fnet = 0.16 N
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17:51:35 The buoyant force on the cylinder is still .94 Newtons, directed upward. Gravity exerts a downward force of .080 kg * 9.8 meters/second^2 = .79 Newtons, approximately. The net force on the cylinder is therefore .94 N - .79 N = .15 N, directed upward. This will give its 80 gram mass and acceleration a = F / m = .15 N / .080 kg = 1.875 m/s^2. Note that as the cylinder rises less and less of its volume is submerged, so the buoyant force will decrease while the weight remains the same. Until the buoyant force has decreased to become equal and opposite to the weight, the net force will continue to be upward and the cylinder will continue to gain velocity. After this instant the cylinder will continue to rise, but the net force will be downward so that the cylinder will begin slowing down. Eventually the cylinder will come to rest and the net downward force will cause it to start descending once more. It will continue descending until the net force is again 0, at which the time it will have a downward velocity that will carry it beyond this point until it again comes to rest and the cycle will start over again.
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RESPONSE --> OK.
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ݭےkx[\|M Student Name: assignment #027
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17:01:06 q001. Note that this assignment contains 8 questions. Masses attract each other. The forces of attraction are equal and opposite: The force exerted by one small concentrated mass on another is equal in magnitude but in the opposite direction from the force exerted on it by the other. Greater masses exert greater attractions on one another. If two such objects remain separated by the same distance while one object increases to 10 times its original mass while the other remains the same, there will be 10 times the original force. If both objects increase to 10 times their original masses, there will be 100 times the original force. The force of attraction is inversely proportional to the square of the distance between the objects. That means that if the objects move twice as far apart, the force becomes 1 / 2^2 = 1/4 as great; if they move 10 times as far apart, the force becomes 1 / 10^2 = 1/100 as great. The same statements hold for spherical objects which have mass distributions which are symmetric about their centers, provided we regard the distance between the objects as the distance between their centers. Suppose a planet exerts a force of 10,000 Newtons on a certain object (perhaps a satellite) when that object is 8000 kilometers from the center of the planet. How much force does the satellite exert on the planet?
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RESPONSE --> -10,000 N
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17:01:21 The gravitational forces exerted by the planet and the object are equal and opposite, and are both forces of attraction, so that the object must be exerting a force of 10,000 Newtons on the planet. The object is pulled toward the planet, and the planet is pulled toward the object.
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RESPONSE --> OK.
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17:01:42 `q002. If the object and the planet are both being pulled by the same force, why is it that the object accelerates toward the planet rather than the planet accelerating toward the object?
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RESPONSE --> Because it has less mass.
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17:02:02 Presumably the planet is much more massive than the object. Since the acceleration of any object is equal to the net force acting on it divided by its mass, the planet with its much greater mass will experience much less acceleration. The minuscule acceleration of the planet toward a small satellite will not be noticed by the inhabitants of the planet.
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RESPONSE --> OK.
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17:02:46 `q003. If the mass of the object in the preceding exercise is suddenly cut in half, as say by a satellite burning fuel, while the distance remains at 8000 km, then what will be the gravitational force exerted on it by the planet?
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RESPONSE --> 10,000 N
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17:03:35 Halving the mass of the object, while implicitly keeping the mass of the planet and the distance of the object the same, will halve the force of mutual attraction from 10,000 Newtons to 5,000 Newtons.
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RESPONSE --> OK. I understand that the Force is also cut in half.
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17:05:08 `q004. How much force would be experienced by a satellite with 6 times the mass of this object at 8000 km from the center of a planet with half the mass of the original planet?
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RESPONSE --> 10,000 N * 6 * 1/2 30,000 N
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17:05:26 The distance is the same as in the previous examples, so increasing the mass by a factor of 6 would to result in 6 times the force, provided everything else remained the same; but halving the mass of the planet would result in halving this force so the resulting force would be only 1/2 * 6 = 3 times is great as the original, or 3 * 10,000 N = 30,000 N.
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RESPONSE --> OK.
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17:06:43 `q005. How much force would be experienced by the original object at a distance of 40,000 km from the center of the original planet?
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RESPONSE --> 10,000 * 1/4^2 625 N
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17:07:30 The object is 40,000 km / (8000 km) = 5 times as far from the planet as originally. Since the force is proportional to the inverse of the square of the distance, the object will at this new distance experience a force of 1 / 5^2 = 1/25 times the original, or 1/25 * 10,000 N = 400 N.
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RESPONSE --> I mistakenly used 1/4 instead of 1/5, but I understand.
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17:19:33 `q006. The relationship between the force of attraction and the masses and separation can be expressed by a proportionality. If the masses of two small, uniformly spherical objects are m1 and m2, and if the distance between these masses is r, then the force of attraction between the two objects is given by F = G * m1 * m2 / r^2. G is a constant of proportionality equal to 6.67 * 10^-11 N m^2 / kg^2. Find the force of attraction between a 100 kg uniform lead sphere and a 200 kg uniform lead sphere separated by a center-to-center distance of .5 meter.
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RESPONSE --> F = (G * m1 * m2) / r^2 F = (G * 100 kg * 200 kg) / 0.5 m F = 2.668 * 10^-6 N
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17:21:28 We are given the two masses m1 = 100 kg and m2 = 200 kg and the separation r = .5 meter between their centers. We can use the relationship F = G * m1 * m2 / r^2 directly by simply substituting the masses and the separation. We find that the force is F = 6.67 * 10^-11 N m^2 / kg^2 * 100 kg * 200 kg / (.5 m)^2 = 5.3 * 10^-6 Newton. Note that the m^2 unit in G will be divided by the square of the m unit in the denominator, and that the kg^2 in the denominator of G will be multiplied by the kg^2 we get from multiplying the two masses, so that the m^2 and the kg^2 units disappear from our calculation.
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RESPONSE --> I did not square the 0.5 m and that is why my answer was off, but I understand.
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17:27:20 `q007. If these two objects were somehow suspended so that the net force on them was just their mutual gravitational attraction, at what rate would the first object accelerate toward the second, and if both objects were originally are rest approximately how long would it take it to move the first centimeter?
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RESPONSE --> a = F / m a = (5.3 * 10^-6 N) / 100 kg a = 5.3 * 10^-8 m/s^2 a = F / m a = (5.3 * 10^-6 N) / 200 kg a = 2.7 * 10^-8 m/s^2
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17:28:37 A mass of 100 kg subject a net force of 5.3 * 10^-6 N will have acceleration of a = 5.3 * 10^-6 N / (100 kg) = 5.3 * 10^-8 m/s^2. At this rate to move from rest (v0 = 0) thru the displacement of one centimeter (`ds = .01 m) would require time `dt such that `ds = v0 `dt + .5 a `dt^2; since v0 = 0 this relationship is just `ds = .5 a `dt^2, so `dt = `sqrt( 2 `ds / a) = `sqrt( 2 * .01 m / (5.3 * 10^-8 m/s^2) ) = `sqrt( 3.8 * 10^5 m / (m/s^2) ) = 6.2 * 10^2 sec, or about 10 minutes. Of course the time would be a bit shorter than this because the object, while moving somewhat closer (and while the other object in turn moved closer to the center of gravity of the system), would experience a slightly increasing force and therefore a slightly increasing acceleration.
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RESPONSE --> OK.
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17:29:46 `q008. At what rate would the second object accelerate toward the first?
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RESPONSE --> a = F / m a = (5.3 * 10^-6 N) / 200 kg a = 2.7 * 10^-8 m/s^2
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17:29:46 `q008. At what rate would the second object accelerate toward the first?
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17:30:03 The second object, with its 200 kg mass, would also a subject to a net force of 5.3 * 10^-6 N and would therefore experience and acceleration of a = 5.3 * 10^-6 N / (200 kg) = 2.7 * 10^-8 m/s^2. This is half the rate at which the first object changes its velocity; this is due to the equal and opposite nature of the forces and to the fact that the second object has twice the mass of the first.
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RESPONSE --> OK.
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絉㺯}mC~g Student Name: assignment #028
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17:47:51 `q001. Note that this assignment contains 11 questions. The planet Earth has a mass of approximately 6 * 10^24 kg. What force would therefore be experienced by a 3000 kg satellite as it orbits at a distance of 10,000 km from the center of the planet?
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RESPONSE --> F = (G * m1 * m2) / r^2 F = (G * 6 * 10^24 kg * 3000 kg) / (10,000 km)^2 F = 1.2 * 10^10 N
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17:49:35 The force would be F = G m1 m2 / r^2, with m1 and m2 the masses of the planet and the satellite and r the distance of the satellite from the center of the planet. Thus we have F = 6.67 * 10^-11 N m^2 / kg^2 * (6 * 10^24 kg) * 3000 kg / (10,000,000 meters) ^ 2 = 12,000 Newtons.
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RESPONSE --> I needed to convert the 10,000 km to meters.
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17:52:02 `q002. What force would the same satellite experience at the surface of the Earth, about 6400 km from the center.
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RESPONSE --> F = 6.67 * 10^-11 N m^2 / kg^2 * (6 * 10^24 kg) * 3000 kg / (6,400,000 meters) ^ 2 F = 29,311.5 N
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17:52:26 The force would be F = G m1 m2 / r^2, with m1 and m2 the masses of the planet and the satellite and r the distance of the satellite from the center of the planet. Thus we have F = 6.67 * 10^-11 N m^2 / kg^2 * (6 * 10^24 kg) * 3000 kg / (6,400,000 meters) ^ 2 = 29,000 Newtons. Note that this is within roundoff error of the F = m g = 3000 kg * 9.8 m/s^2 = 29400 N force calculated from the gravitational acceleration experienced at the surface of the Earth.
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RESPONSE --> OK.
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17:55:19 `q003. What would be the acceleration toward the center of the Earth of the satellite in the previous two questions at the distance 10,000 km from the center of the Earth? We may safely assume that no force except gravity acts on the satellite.
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RESPONSE --> a = 12,000 N / 3000 kg a = 4,000 m/s^2
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17:55:45 The force at the 10,000 km distance was previously calculated to be 12,000 Newtons, the mass of the satellite being 3000 kg. Since the only force acting on the satellite is that of gravity, the 12,000 Newtons is the net force and the acceleration of the satellite is therefore a = 12,000 N / 3000 kg = 4 m/s^2.
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RESPONSE --> a = 12,000 N / 3000 kg a = 4 m/s^2 Miscalculation.
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17:57:44 `q004. The centripetal acceleration of an object moving in a circle of radius r at velocity v is aCent = v^2 / r. What would be the centripetal acceleration of an object moving at 5000 m/s in a circular orbit at the distance of 10,000 km from the center of a planet, and how this this compare to the 4 m/s^2 acceleration net would be experienced by an object at this distance from the center of the Earth?
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RESPONSE --> aCent = (5000 m/s)^2 / 10,000,000 m aCent = 2.5 m/s^2
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17:57:52 The centripetal acceleration of the given object would be aCent = (5000 m/s)^2 / (10,000,000 m) = 2.5 m/s^2. This is less than the acceleration of gravity at that distance.
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RESPONSE --> OK.
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17:58:41 `q005. What would be the centripetal acceleration of an object moving at 10,000 m/s in a circular orbit at the distance of 10,000 km from the center of a planet, and how does this compare to the 4 m/s^2 acceleration that would be experienced by an object at this distance from the center of the Earth?
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RESPONSE --> aCent = (10,000 m/s)^2 / 10,000,000 m aCent = 10 m/s^2
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17:58:54 The centripetal acceleration of this object would be aCent = v^2 / r = (10,000 m/s)^2 / (10,000,000 m) = 10 m/s^2, which is greater than the acceleration of gravity at that distance.
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RESPONSE --> OK.
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18:02:16 `q006. An object will move in a circular orbit about a planet without the expenditure of significant energy provided that the object is well outside the atmosphere of the planet, and provided its centripetal acceleration matches the acceleration of gravity at the position of the object in its orbit. For the satellite of the preceding examples, orbiting at 10,000 km from the center of the Earth, we have seen that the acceleration of gravity at that distance is approximately 4 m/s^2. What must be the velocity of the satellite so that this acceleration from gravity matches its centripetal acceleration?
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RESPONSE --> 4 m/s^2 = v^2 / 10,000,000 m v = 'sqrt(40,000,000 m^2/s^2) v = 6324.56 m/s
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18:02:42 The velocity must be such that aCent = v^2 / r matches the 4 m/s^2. Solving aCent = v^2 / r for v we obtain v = `sqrt( aCent * r ), so if aCent is 4 m/s^2, v = `sqrt( 4 m/s^2 * 10,000,000 m ) = `sqrt( 40,000,000 m) = 6.3 * 10^3 m/s.
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RESPONSE --> OK.
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18:07:43 `q007. The orbital velocity of a satellite in a circular orbit is that velocity for which the centripetal acceleration of the satellite is equal to its gravitational acceleration. The satellite in the previous series of examples had a mass of 3000 kg and orbited at a distance of 10,000 km from the center of the Earth. What would be the acceleration due to Earth's gravity of a 5-kg hunk of space junk at this orbital distance?
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RESPONSE --> F = (G * 3000 kg * 5 kg) / (10,000,000)^2 F = 1.0 * 10^-20 N a = (1.0 * 10^-20 N) / 5 kg a = 2 * 10^-21 m/s^2
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18:08:35 The force of gravity on the junk hunk is easily found from Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation. Using F = G m1 m2 / r^2 we see that the force of gravity must be Fgrav = (6.67 * 10^-11 kg) * (6 * 10^24 kg) * (5 kg) / (10,000,000 m)^2 = 20 Newtons, approx.. Its acceleration due to gravity is thus a = Fgrav / m = 20 Newtons / 5 kg = 4 m/s^2. We note that this is the same gravitational acceleration experienced by the 3000 kg mass, and conjecture that any mass will experience the same gravitational acceleration at this distance from the center of the planet.
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RESPONSE --> I used the wrong value for m1, but I understand.
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18:11:02 `q008. What therefore will be the orbital velocity of the 5-kg piece of junk?
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RESPONSE --> v = 'sqrt(4 m/s^2 * 10,000,000 m) v = 6324.56 m/s
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18:11:11 Orbital velocity is calculated from distance and gravitational acceleration by solving a = v^2 / r for v, where a is the centripetal acceleration, which is the same as the gravitational acceleration. We get v = `sqrt( a * r), just as before, and v = `sqrt( 4 m/s^2 * 10,000,000 m) = 6.3 * 10^3 m/s, the same velocity as for the 3000 kg satellite.
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RESPONSE --> OK.
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18:13:16 We know that the gravitational force on the object is Fgrav = G * mEarth * mObject / r^2, where G is the universal gravitational constant, r the distance from the center of the Earth, mEarth the mass of the Earth and mObject the mass of the object. The acceleration of the object is a = Fgrav / mObject, by Newton's Second Law. Substituting the expression G * mEarth * mObject / r^2 for Fgrav we see that a = [ G * mEarth * mObject / r^2 ] / mObject = G * mEarth / r^2. We note that this expression depends only upon the following: G, which we take to be univerally constant, the effectively unchanging quantity mEarth and the distance r separating the center of the Earth from the center of mass of the object. Thus for all objects at a distance of 10,000 km from the center of the Earth the acceleration due to the gravitational force must be the same.
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RESPONSE --> OK. I can follow this equation.
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18:15:18 `q010. How much work would have to be done against gravity to move the 3000 kg satellite from a circular orbit at a distance of 10,000 km to a circular orbit at a distance of 10,002 km?
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RESPONSE --> W = 20 N * 2,000 m W = 40,000 J
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18:26:34 As found previously the object experiences a force of approximately 12,000 N at a distance of 10,000 km. At a distance of 10,002 km, the force of gravity will be slightly less than at 10,000 km, but only by about 5 Newtons or .0004 of the force. That is, over the 2 km distance the force of gravity doesn't change by very much. Therefore to move 2 km = 2000 m further from the center of the planet would require the application of a force very close to 12,000 N in the direction away from the center. The work done by this force is therefore `dW = 12,000 Newtons * 2000 m = 24,000,000 Joules.STUDENT QUESTION: I understand this mathmatically, I'm not sure I understand practically. How do you gain KE if one object was intially stationary? It would seem that the first object would lose and the second object would gain what was lost but not more than what was lost... INSTRUCTOR RESPONSE: As stated it isn't possible for total KE to increase unless there is some other source of energy involved. For example if there is a coiled spring on one object it could uncoil on collision and add extra KE. Momentum conservation does not say anything about energy. Momentum and energy are two completely independent quantities. **
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RESPONSE --> I used the wronge force.
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18:27:19 `q011. Does it therefore follow that the work done to move a 3000 kg satellite from the distance of 10,000 km to a distance of 10,002 km from the center of the Earth must be 24,000,000 Joules?
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RESPONSE --> Yes.
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18:27:53 It might seem so, but this is not the case. The net force does work, but when the radius of the orbit changes the velocity and hence the kinetic energy of the satellite also changes. The work done by the net force is equal to the sum of the changes in the KE and the gravitational PE of the satellite. The change in gravitational PE is the 24,000,000 J we just calculated, and if there is no KE change this will be equal to the work done by the net force. However if KE increases the net force must do more than 24,000,000 J of work, and if KE decreases the net force must do less than 24,000,000 J of work. In this case, as we move further away the KE decreases so the net force must do less than 24,000,000 J of work.
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RESPONSE --> OK.
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