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Question: `qExplain how we get the components of the resultant of two vectors from the

components of the original vectors.

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Your solution:

Add the two x components to get the new x component.

Add the two y components to get the new y component.

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Given Solution:

`a** If we add the x components of the original two vectors we get the x component of

the resultant.

If we add the y components of the original two vectors we get the y component of the

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I need to remember to call the ""new"" one the resultant vector.

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Question: `qExplain how we get the components of a vector from its angle and magnitude.

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Your solution:

To get x, you multiply magnitude (cos) degrees.

To get y, you multiply magnitude (sin) degrees.

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Given Solution:

`a** To get the y component we multiply the magnitude by the sine of the angle of the

vector (as measured counterclockwise from the positive x axis).

To get the x component we multiply the magnitude by the cosine of the angle of the

vector (as measured counterclockwise from the positive x axis). **

NOTE REGARDING THE CIRCULAR DEFINITION OF TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS VS. THE RIGHT-TRIANGLE

DEFINITIONS:

Students with a background in trigonometry often use the right-triangle definitions of

sine and cosine (sine and cosine defined in terms of opposite and adjacent sides and

hypotenuse), as opposed to the circular definition (using a coordinate system, with

angles measured counterclockwise from the positive x axis--the definition used in this

course).

The two definitions are pretty much equivalent and completely consistent. The circular

definition is a bit more general for two reasons:

The circular definition can be applied to positive or negative angles, and to angles

greater that 180 degrees, whereas triangles are limited to positive angles less than 180

degrees.

The circular definition can yield positive or negative components, whereas the sides of

triangles are all positive.

In most applications it is your choice which definition you use. Some applications are

easier if you use the right-triangle definition, others are easier of you use the

circular definition, and some simply require the circular definition.

In developing this course I chose to express all trigonometric solutions in terms of one

of the definitions, in order to avoid confusion for students with a weak background in

trigonometry. If only one of the definitions is to be used, it must be the more general

circular definition with its four simple rules

(x coordinate = magnitude * cos(angle),

y coordinate = magnitude * sin(angle),

magnitude = sqrt ( (x coordinate)^2 + (y coordinate)^2 ),

angle = arcTan ( y coord / x coord), plus 180 deg or pi rad if x coord is negative).

The circular definition is sufficient for Principles of Physics or General College

Physics..

However General College Physics students are to have completed a year of precalculus or

equivalent, which includes trigonometry, and it is expected that these students can

reconcile the circular and right-triangle definitions and approaches, and understand the

right-angle trigonometry in their text.

University Physics students are of course expected to already be familiar with

trigonometry and the use of vectors (though in reality some refreshing is usually

required, and is provided in the first chapter of the University Physics text). However

students at the level of University Physics should encounter no serious obstacle with

the trigonometry.

In a nutshell, here is a summary of how the right-triangle definitions are related to

the circular definitions:

On a circle of radius r centered at the origin, any first- or second-quadrant angle

gives us a triangle in the upper half-plane having that base angle.

The hypotenuse of this triangle is r,

the adjacent side is the x coordinate r cos(theta), and

the opposite side is the y coordinate r sin(theta).

Thus

adjacent side / hypotenuse = r cos(theta) / r = cos(theta),

opposite side / hypotenuse = r sin(theta) / r = sin(theta), and

opposite side / adjacent side = r sin(theta) / ( r cos(theta) ) = sin(theta) / (cos

(theta)) = tan(theta).

The definitions of the cosecant, secant and cotangent functions are then made in the

usual manner.

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Question `prin `gen (Optional Openstax): A car moving at 10 m/s crashes into a tree and

stops in 0.26 s. Calculate the force the seat belt exerts on a passenger in the car to

bring him to a halt. The mass of the passenger is 70 kg. Do not calculate the

acceleration; use the techniques of the present chapter.

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Your solution:

Fave = `dp/`dt

`dp = mvf - mv0

mvf = 70 kg * 0 m/s = 0 kg m/s

mv0 = 70 kg * 10 m/s = 700 kg m/s

`d-p = 0 kg m/s - 700 kg m/s

Fave = `dp/`dt

Fave = -700 kg m/s / .26 s

Fave = -2,692.3076

The seat belt should be exerting a force equal and opposite to this, so the seat belt

has 2,692.3076 N of force.

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Given Solution:

It would be possible to calculate the average acceleration of the car and multiply this

by the mass of the driver. It is even recommended that you do so in order to verify the

solution you obtain using present techniques.

The solution appropriate to the present chapter applies the impulse-momentum theorem,

which states that the impulse of the net force acting on an object is equal to the

change in the momentum of that object.

The impulse is F_ave `dt, the change in momentum is the change in the quantity m * v.

The object will be the 70 kg driver, whose initial momentum is 70 kg * 10 m/s = 700 kg

m/s and whose final momentum is zero.

`dt is the .26 s time interval.

Solving

F_net * `dt = `d( m v )

for F_net we get

F_net = `d( m v ) / `dt = ( 0 kg m/s - 700 kg m/s) / (.26 s) = 2700 kg m/s^2 = 2700

Newtons.

This force is almost 4 times the weight of the person.

A force of this magnitude could cause some bruising, but would be unlikely to cause any

injury to a healthy person. However note that 10 m/s is only about 23 miles/hour, so

this is a relatively low-speed collision. Forces in such a collision go up in

proportion to the square of the speed; if the speed is doubled the forces would be about

4 times as great, and some degree injury from the seat belt becomes more likely.

However, a minor injury from the seat belt is much preferable to the injury that would

result from being stopped by the steering wheel or from exiting the car through the

windshield.

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Question: `qprin phy, gen phy 7.02. Const frict force of 25 N on a 65 kg skiier for 20

sec; what is change in vel?

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Your solution:

Force * `dt = momentum

25 N * 20 s = 500 Ns

Friction is negative, so it's -500 Ns

a = F/m

a = -500 N / 65 kg

a = -7.7 m/s^2

a`dt = `dv

-7.7 m/s^2 * 20 s = -154 m/s

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Given Solution:

`aIf the direction of the velocity is taken to be positive, then the directio of the

frictional force is negative. A constant frictional force of -25 N for 20 sec delivers

an impulse of -25 N * 20 sec = -500 N sec in the direction opposite the velocity.

By the impulse-momentum theorem we have impulse = change in momentum, so the change in

momentum must be -500 N sec.

The change in momentum is m * `dv, so we have

m `dv = impulse and

`dv = impulse / m = -500 N s / (65 kg) = -7.7 N s / kg = -7.7 kg m/s^2 * s / kg = -7.7

m/s.

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I got mixed up between the impulse and force. I see where I made the mistake.

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Question: `qgen phy #7.12 23 g bullet 230 m/s 2-kg block emerges at 170 m/s speed of

block

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Given Solution:

`a**STUDENT SOLUTION: Momentum conservation gives us

m1 v1 + m2 v2 = m1 v1' + m2 v2' so if we let v2' = v, we have

(.023kg)(230m/s)+(2kg)(0m/s) = (.023kg)(170m/s)+(2kg)(v). Solving for v:

(5.29kg m/s)+0 = (3.91 kg m/s)+(2kg)(v)

.78kg m/s = 2kg * v

v = 1.38 kg m/s / (2 kg) = .69 m/s.

INSTRUCTOR COMMENT:

It's probably easier to solve for the variable v2 ':

Starting with m1 v1 + m2 v2 = m1 v1 ' + m2 v2 ' we add -m1 v1 ' to both sides to get

m1 v1 + m2 v2 - m1 v1 ' = m2 v2 ', then multiply both sides by 1 / m2 to get

v2 ` = (m1 v1 + m2 v2 - m1 v1 ' ) / m2.

Substituting for m1, v1, m2, v2 we will get the result you obtained.**

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Question `gen, `prin (Optional Openstax):

A 0.450-kg hammer is moving horizontally at 7.00 m/s when it strikes a nail and comes to

rest after driving the nail 1.00 cm into a board.

(a) Calculate the duration of the impact.

(b) What was the average force exerted on the nail?

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Your solution:

p = m * v

p = .45 kg * 7 m/s

p = 3.15 kg m/s

`ds = (v0+vf)/2 * `dt

`dt * (v0 + vf)/2 = `ds

`dt = 2`ds / (vo-vf)

`dt = 2 (.01 m) / (7 m/s + 0 m/s)

`dt = .02 m / 7 m/s

`dt = .0028571 seconds

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Given Solution:

We can calculate the hammer's initial and final momentum, knowing its mass and its

initial and final velocities. If we can calculate the duration of the impact, then, we

will be able to find the average force from the impulse-momentum theorem

F_net_ave * `dt = `d( m v ).

The force resisting the nail's penetration of the wood could be expected to increase as

the nail penetrates further and further into the wood. So we wouldn't expect the

acceleration to be uniform.

However, to deal with a nonuniform acceleration would require calculus, so we will make

the assumption that the acceleration is uniform.

The hammer's velocity decreases from 7 m/s to 0 over a displacement of 1 cm. Its

average velocity is 3.5 m/s, so to travel 1 cm the time required is

`dt = 1 cm / (3.5 m/s^2) = .01 m / (3.5 m/s^2) = .003 seconds, very approximately.

The hammer's initial momentum is .45 kg * 7 m/s = 3.2 kg m/s, approx., and (assuming

that the hammer comes to rest while in contact with the nail) its final momentum is

zero. So its change in momentum is -about 3.2 kg m/s.

Solving F_net_ave * `dt = `d ( m v ) for F_net_ave we get

F_net_ave = `d( m v ) / `dt = -3.2 kg m/s / (.003 s) = -1000 kg m/s^2 = -1000 Newtons,

approximately.

This is the average force acting on the hammer. This force is exerted by the nail, and

by Newton's Third Law is equal and opposite to the force exerted by the nail on the

hammer.

The force exerted on the hammer is thus -1000 Newtons, a force of 1000 Newtons in the

direction opposite its motion. The force exerted by the hammer on the nail is equal and

opposite to this, or 1000 Newtons.

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Self-critique (if necessary):

I got more correct than I expected. I needed to go one more step: Fnet * `dt = `d

(m*v), which becomes: Fnet = `d(m*v)/`dt

Fnet = 3.15 kg m/s / .003 s

Fnet = 1050 N

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Question: `q**** Univ. 8.75 (11th edition 8.70) (8.68 10th edition). 8 g bullet

into .992 kg block, compresses spring 15 cm. .75 N force compresses .25 cm. Vel of

block just after impact, vel of bullet?

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Given Solution:

`a** The spring ideally obeys Hook's Law F = k x. It follows that k = .75 N / .25 cm =

3 N / cm.

At compression 15 cm the potential energy of the system is PE = .5 k x^2 = .5 * 3 N/cm *

(15 cm)^2 = 337.5 N cm, or 3.375 N m = 3.375 Joules, which we round to three significant

figures to get 3.38 J.

The KE of the 1 kg mass (block + bullet) just after impact is in the ideal case all

converted to this PE so the velocity of the block was v such that .5 m v^2 = PE, or v =

sqrt(2 PE / m) = sqrt(2 * 3.38 J / ( 1 kg) ) = 2.6 m/s, approx.

The momentum of the 1 kg mass was therefore 2.6 m/s * .992 kg = 2.6 kg m/s, approx.,

just after collision with the bullet. Just before collision the momentum of the block

was zero so by conservation of momentum the momentum of the bullet was 2.6 kg m/s. So

we have

mBullet * vBullet = 2.6 kg m/s and vBullet = 2.6 kg m/s / (.008 kg) = 330 m/s, approx.

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