Chapter 3: Q22P (page 124)
The mass of Mars is and its radius is . What is the value of constant g on Mars?
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The value of constant g on mars is
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Chapter 3: Q22P (page 124)
The mass of Mars is and its radius is . What is the value of constant g on Mars?
The value of constant g on mars is
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Suppose that you are going to program a computer to carry out an iterative calculation of motion involving electric forces. Assume that as usual we use the final velocity in each time interval as the approximate average velocity during that interval. Which of the following calculations should be done before starting the repetitive calculation loop? Which of the calculations listed above should go inside the repetitive loop, and in what order?
(a) Define constants such as
(b) Update the (vector) position of each object.
(c) Calculate the (vector) forces acting on the objects.
(d) Specify the initial (vector) momentum of each object.
(e) Specify an appropriate value for the time step.
(f) Specify the mass of each object.
(g) Update the (vector) momentum of each object.
(h) Specify the initial (vector) position of each object.
A planet of mass is at location. A star of mass is at location. It will be useful to draw a diagram of the situation, including the relevant vectors.
(a) What is the relative position vector pointing from the planet to the star?
(b) What is the distance between the planet and the star?
(c) What is the unit vector role="math" localid="1657099553132" in the direction of ?
(d) What is the magnitude of the force exerted on the planet by the star?
(e) What is the magnitude of the force exerted on the star by the planet?
(f) What is the (vector) force exerted on the planet by the star?
(g) What is the (vector) force exerted on the star by the planet?
A steel ball of mass m falls from a height h onto a scale calibrated in newtons. The ball rebounds repeatedly to nearly the same height h. The scale is sluggish in its response to the intermittent hits and displays an average force F avg , such that , Z where is the brief impulse that the ball imparts to the scale on every hit, and T is the time between hits.
Question: Calculate this average force in terms of m, h and physical constants. Compare your result with the scale reading if the ball merely rests on the scale. Explain your analysis carefully (but briefly).
A star exerts a gravitational force of magnitude on a planet.
(a) What is the magnitude of the gravitational force that the planet exerts on the star?
(b) If the mass of the planet were twice as large, what would be the magnitude of the gravitational force on the planet?
(c)If the distance between the star and planet (with their original masses) were three times larger, what would be the magnitude of this force?
A 60 kg person stands on the Earth’s surface. (a) What is the approximate magnitude of the gravitational force on the person by the Earth? (b) What is the magnitude of the gravitational force on the Earth by the person?
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