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Chapter 8
Due: 11:59pm on Monday, April 13, 2015
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Problem 8.1
A spring has a spring constant

of 92.0

Part A
How much must this spring be compressed to store 35.0 of potential energy?
ANSWER:
= 0.872

Correct

Problem 8.2
A 5.0

monkey swings from one branch to another 1.8

higher.

Part A
What is the change in gravitational potential energy?
Express your answer using two significant figures.
ANSWER:
= 88

Correct

Problem 8.8

Part A
If

, what is the force,

Express your answer in terms of some or all of the variables , , , and unit vectors , , and .
ANSWER:
=

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Problem 8.11
A novice skier, starting from rest, slides down a frictionless 13.0

incline whose vertical height is 110

Part A
How fast is she going when she reaches the bottom?
ANSWER:
= 46.4

Correct

Problem 8.12
Jane, looking for Tarzan, is running at top speed (5.5

) and grabs a vine hanging vertically from a tall tree in the jungle.

Part A
How high can she swing upward?
Express your answer using two significant figures.
ANSWER:
= 1.5

Correct

Part B
Does the length of the vine affect your answer?
ANSWER:
yes
no

Correct

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Problem 8.14
A sled is initially given a shove up a frictionless 23.0
it started.

incline. It reaches a maximum vertical height 1.27

higher than where

Part A
What was its initial speed?
ANSWER:
= 4.99

Correct

Problem 8.18
A 0.40-

ball is thrown with a speed of 9.5

at an upward angle of 40 .

Part A
What is its speed at its highest point?
Express your answer using two significant figures.
ANSWER:
= 7.3

Correct

Part B
How high does it go? (Use conservation of energy.)
Express your answer using two significant figures.
ANSWER:
= 1.9

Correct

Problem 8.19
A vertical spring (ignore its mass), whose spring constant is 870
0.180 .

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Part A
What upward speed can it give to a 0.380

ball when released?

ANSWER:
= 8.41

Correct

Part B
How high above its original position (spring compressed) will the ball fly?
ANSWER:
= 3.78

Correct

Problem 8.20
A roller-coaster car shown in the figure is pulled up to point 1 where it is released from rest.

Part A
Assuming no friction, calculate the speed at point 2.
Express your answer to two significant figures and include the appropriate units.
ANSWER:
= 25

Correct

Part B
Assuming no friction, calculate the speed at point 3.

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Express your answer to two significant figures and include the appropriate units.
ANSWER:
= 11

Correct

Part C
Assuming no friction, calculate the speed at point 4.
Express your answer to two significant figures and include the appropriate units.
ANSWER:
= 19

Correct

Problem 8.23
A block of mass
is attached to the end of a spring (spring stiffness constant ). The mass is given an initial displacement
from equilibrium, and an initial speed .

Part A
Ignoring friction and the mass of the spring, use energy methods to find its maximum speed.
Express your answer in terms of some or all of the variables

, ,

, and

ANSWER:

Correct

Part B
Ignoring friction and the mass of the spring, use energy methods to find its maximum stretch from equilibrium, in terms of
the given quantities.

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Express your answer in terms of some or all of the variables

, ,

, and

ANSWER:

Correct

Problem 8.40
A 62
skier starts from rest at the top of a 1200the skier is moving 10.0
.

-long trail which drops a total of 210

from top to bottom. At the bottom,

Part A
How much energy was dissipated by friction?
Express your answer using two significant figures.
ANSWER:
= 1.2105

Correct

Problem 8.66

Part A
How much work can a 6.0

motor do in 2.0 ?

Express your answer using two significant figures.

ANSWER:
= 3.2107

Correct

Problem 8.79

Part A

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What is the average power output of an elevator that lifts 870

a vertical height of 35.0

in 12.0 ?

ANSWER:
= 2.49104

Correct

Problem 8.83
A 62-

skier starts from rest at the top of a ski jump, point A in the figure , and travels down the ramp.

Part A
If friction and air resistance can be neglected, determine her speed
at B.

when she reaches the horizontal end of the ramp

Express your answer using two significant figures.

ANSWER:
= 28

Correct

Part B
Determine the distance

to where she strikes the ground at

Express your answer using two significant figures.

ANSWER:
= 120

Correct

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Problem 8.101

Part A
If the human body could convert a candy bar directly into work, how high could a 71
fueled by one bar (=1100
)?

man climb a ladder if he were

Express your answer using two significant figures.

ANSWER:
= 1600

Correct

Part B
If the man then jumped off the ladder, what will be his speed when he reaches the bottom?
Express your answer using two significant figures.
ANSWER:
= 180

Correct
Score Summary:
Your score on this assignment is 107%.
You received 14 out of a possible total of 14 points, plus 1 points of extra credit.

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