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The Figure represents an insect caught at the midpoint of a spider-web thread. The thread breaks under a stress of 8.20108N/m2and a strain of 2.00. Initially, it was horizontal and had a length of 2.00cm and a cross-sectional area of 8.001012m2. As the thread was stretched under the weight of the insect, its volume remained constant. If the weight of the insect puts the thread on the verge of breaking, what is the insect鈥檚 mass? (A spider鈥檚 web is built to break if a potentially harmful insect, such as a bumble bee, becomes snared in the web.)

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The insect鈥檚 mass, if the weight of the insect puts the spider鈥檚 web on the verge of breaking, is 0.421g

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01

Listing the given quantities

Thread breaks under a stress of8.20108鈥塏/m2and strain of 2.00.

Initial length of the thread is 2.00cm and a cross-sectional area is 8.001012m2.

02

Understanding the concept of stress and strain

The stress is equal force per unit area. The strain is equal to change in length per original length. Using the condition for equilibrium,and equation for stress and strain, we can find the insect鈥檚 mass, if the weight of the insect puts the spider鈥檚 web on the verge of breaking.

Consider the required equation as follows:

mg=2Tsin

03

Step 3:Draw free body diagram for the situation

The length of thread on the verge of breaking is

L=L0+L

Solve further as:

L=L0(1+LL0)L=L0(1+2)=3L0

Consider the value of the length is:

L0=2.00cm=0.0200m

Solve for the strain as:

strain=L/L0

04

Determine the equation for the mass of insect

But, according to the conditions of equilibrium,

mg=2Tsin

From the free body diagram, we can see that the vertical components of the tensions are in the same direction.So, they will be added and weight mg is balanced by 2Tsin.

T=A(stress)=A0(L0L)=A03

Consider by the Pythagoras theorem find the vertical distance of the fly:

y=9L024-L024=2L0

Therefore, the formula for the mass of the insect is as follows:

m=2Tsing=2(A03)(stress)sing=2A0(stress)y3g(3L02)=42A0(stress)9g

This equation is the final expression for the mass of insect.

05

Determine the mass of insect

Substitute the given values in the expression derived in step 4 to calculate the mass of the insect.

m=42(8.001012m2)(8.20108N/m2)9(9.8m/s2)=0.421g

Therefore, the insect鈥檚 mass, if the weight of the insect puts the spider鈥檚 web on the verge of breaking, is 0.421g

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