Chapter 15: Answers to Stop to Think Questions and Odd-Numbered Exercises and Problems

Stop to Think Questions

  1. 1. c. vmax=2πA/T. Doubling A and T leaves vmax unchanged.

  2. 2. d. Think of circular motion. At 45°, the particle is in the first quadrant (positive x) and moving to the left (negative vx).

  3. 3. (vmax)C>(vmax)B>(vmax)A=(vmax)D.

    Energy conservation 12 kA2=12 m(vmax)2 gives vmax=k/mA. K or m has to be increased or decreased by a factor of 4 to have the same effect as increasing or decreasing A by a factor of 2.

  4. 4. c. vx=0 because the slope of the position graph is zero. The negative value of x shows that the particle is left of the equilibrium position, so the restoring force is to the right.

  5. 5. c. The period of a pendulum does not depend on its mass.

  6. 6. τD>τB=τC>τA. The time constant is the time to decay to 37% of the initial height. The time constant is independent of the initial height.

Exercises and Problems

  1. 1.

    1. 13 cm

    2. 9.0 cm

  2. 3. 0.41 s

  3. 5.

    1. 20 cm

    2. 0.13 Hz

    3. +120°

  4. 7.

    1. 5π/6

    2. −14 cm/s

    3. 16 cm/s

  5. 9.

    The figure illustrates the graph of an object in simple harmonic motion.
  6. 11. x(t)=(8.0 cm)cos[(π rad/s)t−π rad]

  7. 13.

    1. ϕ0=−23π rad, or (−120°)

    2. ϕ=−23π rad, 0 rad, 23π rad, 43π rad

  8. 15.

    1. 2.8 s

    2. 1.41 s

    3. 2.0 s

    4. 1.41 s

  9. 17.

    1. 2.0 cm

    2. 0.63 s

    3. 5.0 N/m

    4. −14π rad

    5. 14 cm/s

    6. 20 cm/s

    7. 1.00×10−3 J

    8. 1.5 cm/s

  10. 19.

    1. 2.2 N/m

    2. 0.24 m

  11. 21.

    1. 25 N/m

    2. 0.90 s

    3. 0.70 m/s

  12. 23.

    1. 0.17 kg

    2. 0.57 m/s

  13. 25. 7 times

  14. 27. 33 cm

  15. 29. 0.67 s

  16. 31. 54 cm

  17. 33. 1850, 0.78 m

  18. 35. 250 N/m

  19. 37. 4.2 N/m

  20. 39. 1.7%

  21. 41.

    1. 34, 14

    2. A2

  22. 43.

    1. 6.4 cm

    2. 160 cm/s2

    3. x=−6.4 cm

    4. 28 cm/s

  23. 45.

    1. 10.1 μm

    2. 64 m/s

  24. 49.

    1. 1.125 Hz

    2. 23 cm

    3. 4.1 cm below

  25. 51. 9.2 m/s

  26. 53. 66 rpm

  27. 55. 0.72

  28. 57. 8.7×10−2 kg m2

  29. 59. 0.65 m/s

  30. 61.

    1. 0.84 s

    2. 7.1°

  31. 63.

    1. 0.11 m, 1.7 s

  32. 65. f=12π2TmL

  33. 67.

    1. Highest

    2. 2.5 Hz

  34. 69. 0.66 s

  35. 71. 6.0 cm

  36. 73. 236

  37. 75. f=f12f22f12+f22

  38. 77. 12π57gR

  39. 79. 1.8 Hz

  40. 81. 0.58 s