Chapter 4: Answers to Stop to Think Questions and Odd-Numbered Exercises and Problems

Stop to Think Questions

  1. 1. c. v=0 requires both vx=0 and vy=0. Neither x nor y can be changing.

  2. 2. d. The parallel component of a⃗ is opposite v ⃗ and will cause the particle to slow down. The perpendicular component of a⃗ will cause the particle to change direction downward.

  3. 3. d. A projectile’s acceleration a⃗=−gĵ does not depend on its mass. The second marble has the same initial velocity and the same acceleration, so it follows the same trajectory and lands at the same position.

  4. 4. f. The plane’s velocity relative to the helicopter is v ⃗PH=v ⃗PH=v ⃗PG+v ⃗GH=v ⃗PG−v ⃗HG, where G is the ground. The vector addition shows that v ⃗PH is to the right and down with a magnitude greater than the 100 m/s of v ⃗PG.

    The figure illustrates the plane’s velocity relative to a helicopter given by vector addition.
  5. 5. b. An initial cw rotation causes the particle’s angular position to become increasingly negative. The speed drops to half after reversing direction, so the slope becomes positive and is half as steep as the initial slope. Turning through the same angle returns the particle to θ=0°.

  6. 6. aB>aE>aA=aC>aD. Centripetal acceleration is v2/r. Doubling r decreases ar by a factor of 2. Doubling v increases ar by a factor of 4. Reversing direction doesn’t change ar.

  7. 7. c. ω is negative because the rotation is cw. Because ω is negative but becoming less negative, the change Δω is positive. So α is positive.

Exercises and Problems

  1. 3. C

  2. 5.

    1. Slowing

    2. Curving downward

  3. 7. 2.2 m/s2

  4. 9.

    1. 0 m, 2 m/s; 0 m, 8.3 m/s

    2. 90° south of the +x-axis, 14° north of the +x-axis

  5. 11. 19.6 m

  6. 13.

    1. v →0=(2.0î+4.0j^) m/s, v →2=(2.0î+0.0j^) m/s, v →3=(2.0î+2.0j^) m/s

    2. −2.0 m/s2

    3. 63° above the +x-axis

  7. 15.

    1. 0.064 s

    2. 780 m/s

  8. 17.

    1. 276 m farther

    2. 12.75 s longer

  9. 19.

    1. 50 m east (downstream)

    2. 2.2 m/s

  10. 21.

    1. 42° west of north

    2. 45 s

  11. 23. 8.8 rev

  12. 25.

    The figure illustrates a theta-versus-time graph for an object.
  13. 27. 8°/h

  14. 29. 22 cm/s

  15. 31. 43 m

  16. 33.

    1. 3.0×104 m/s

    2. 2.0×10−7 rad/s

    3. 6.0×10−3 m/s2

  17. 35. v=5.7 m/s, ar=108 m/s2

  18. 37.

    1. 30 rad/s

    2. 20 rad/s

  19. 39. 98 rpm

  20. 41.

    1. 53 rpm

    2. 12.3 rev

  21. 43. 38 rev

  22. 45. (12bt2+v0x) î+(e−ct+v0y)ĵ

  23. 47. 15°, 75°

  24. 49.

    1. 12 m/s

    2. 0.90 m

  25. 51. 13°

  26. 53. 7.6 m

  27. 55.

    1. 13 m/s

    2. 48°

  28. 57. 470 m/s2

  29. 59.

    1. 3.9×102 m

    2. 7.4° below the horizontal

  30. 61. 69 m/s, 21°

  31. 63.

    1. 32 rad/s

    2. 1.7×102 rad/s2

    3. 28 rev

  32. 65.

    1. 1.75×104 m/s2

    2. 4.4×103 m/s2

  33. 67.

    1. v=2αΔθR

    2. a=2αΔθR

  34. 69.

    1. 12 m/s

    2. 36 rev

  35. 71.

    1. 1.0 km/s

    2. 1.4×102 rad/s

    3. 40,000 rev

  36. 73.

    1. 6.3 s

    2. 84 rad

  37. 75. 2.3×102 rad/s2

  38. 77. 550 rpm

  39. 79.

    1. 30 m west

  40. 81. 3.8 m

  41. 83. θ=π2−ϕ2

  42. 85. 10°