Think Like a Physicist 5

1.  Why can't you open a door by pushing on its hinge side?

2.  You can do push-ups with either your toes or your knees acting as the pivot about which your body rotates.  When you pivot about your knees, your feet actually help you lift your head and chest.  Explain.

3.  When you begin to walk forward, what exerts the force that allows you to accelerate?

4.  A toy top spins for a long time on its sharp point.  Why does it take so long for the friction to slow the top's rotation?

Torque Problem (invisible fulcrum)

Two construction workers carry a 500 N load using a pole 2.55 m long and weighing 20 N. The load is placed at the middle of the pole. One worker supports the pole at one end. Where should the heavier worker support the pole if he is to shoulder part of the load in the ratio 3:2 with the other worker?

Think Like a Physicist 4

Explain why the Coke Zero can balance as shown in the figure.

Think Like a Physicist 3

You cannot throw an egg against a brick wall without breaking the egg, but you can throw it with the same velocity into a sagging sheet without breaking the egg.  Explain.

Momentum Conservation: Inelastic Collision

A 5.00-g bullet is fired with a velocity of 100 m/s toward a 10.0-kg stationary solid block resting on a frictionless surface.

a.  What is the change in momentum of the bullet if it is embedded in the block?

b.  What is the change in momentum of the bullet if it ricochets in the opposite direction with a speed of 99 

      m/s- almost the same speed as it had originally?

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A 50-kg girl throws a 5.0-kg pumpkin of 10 m/s to a 50-kg boy, who catches it.  If both are on a frictionless frozen lake, how fast does each of them move backward?

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More Friction Problems

This is problem #10 p. 103 of your textbook.

*Note: THERE SHOULD BE A SQUARE ON 5.3 m/s.

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This is problem #4 in p. 102 of your textbook.

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