Chapter 7: Q11Q (page 317)
Describe a situation in which it would be appropriate to neglect the effects of air resistance.
Short Answer
A large item in free fall with a limited area (such as a dense pebble) that descends for a short duration.
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Chapter 7: Q11Q (page 317)
Describe a situation in which it would be appropriate to neglect the effects of air resistance.
A large item in free fall with a limited area (such as a dense pebble) that descends for a short duration.
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You are standing at the top of a 50 mcliff. You throw a rock in the horizontal direction with speed 10 m/s. If you neglect air resistance, where would you predict it would hit on the flat plain below? Is your prediction too large or too small as a result of neglecting air resistance?
Design a 鈥渂ungee jump鈥 apparatus for adults. A bungee jumper falls from a high platform with two elastic cords tied to the ankles. The jumper falls freely for a while, with the cords slack. Then the jumper falls an additional distance with the cords increasingly tense. You have cords that are 10 mlong, and these cords stretch in the jump an additional 24 mfor a jumper whose mass is 80 kg, the heaviest adult you will allow to use your bungee jump (heavier customers would hit the ground). You can neglect air resistance. (a) Make a series of five simple diagrams, like a comic strip, showing the platform, the jumper, and the two cords at various times in the fall and the rebound. On each diagram, draw and label vectors representing the forces acting on the jumper, and the jumper鈥檚 velocity. Make the relative lengths of the vectors reflect their relative magnitudes. (b) At what instant is there the greatest tension in the cords? How do you know? (c) What is the jumper鈥檚 speed at this instant? (d) Is the jumper鈥檚 momentum changing at this instant or not? (That is, isnonzero or zero?) Explain briefly. (e) Focus on this instant, and use the principles of this chapter to determine the spring stiffnessfor each cord. Explain your analysis. (f) What is the maximum tension that each cord must support without breaking? (g) What is the maximum acceleration (in鈥檚) that the jumper experiences? What is the direction of this maximum acceleration? (h) State clearly what approximations and estimates you have made in your design.
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