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107976016192400 NA golf club hits a golf ball with a force of 2400 N. The golf ball hits the club with a force0
107975849636 m/sAirlifted medical supplies in a box are dropped from a helicopter. The mass of the box is 2.0 kg. The face of the box closest to the ground measures 1 m x 0.75 m. The density of the air, ρ, is approximately 1.3 kg/m 3 and the drag coefficient of the box, C D is 1.1. Which of the following is the best estimate of the terminal speed of the box?1
107975778876 NThe coefficient of static and kinetic frictions between a 3.0-kg box and a desk are 0.40 and 0.30, respectively. What is the net force on the box when a 15-N horizontal force is applied to the box?2
10797554172force- push or pull - unbalanced: cause an object to accelerate - vector3
10797554173contact (force)involve contact between bodies normal, friction4
10797554174field (force)act without necessity of contact gravity5
10797554175equilibriumnet force on a body is zero6
10797554176dynamicmoving equilibrium7
10797554177staticequilibrium at rest8
10797554178newton's first lawa body in motion stays in motion unless acted upon by an external force horizontal component of velocity9
10797554179newton's second lawF=ma10
10797554180inertiaresistance of an object to being accelerated11
10797554181masssame as inertia12
10797554182weightgravitational attraction13
10797554183normal forcethe force that keeps one object from invading another object14
10797554184tension- a pulling force - rope/string resists being pulled apart15
10797554185frictionopposes sliding motion16
10797554186staticfriction that exists before sliding occurs17
10797554187kineticfriction that exists while moving18
10797554188newton's third law- for every action there exists an equal and opposite reaction19
10797571721300 NA person on a scale rides in an elevator. If the mass of the person is 60.0 kg and the elevator accelerates downward with an acceleration of 5.0 m/s2, what is the reading on the scale?20
1079761424911.5 NIf the box in the picture had a mass of 2 kg. Calculate the tension of the cord. (round your degree to the nearest angle for calculations sake)21
107977108375.88 m/s2A 200.0-gram mass (m2) and 50.0-gram mass (m1) are connected by a string. The string is stretched over a pulley. Determine the acceleration of the masses.22
10797741721294 m/sA 60 kg jumps out of an airplane with a parachute. He decides not to pull the rip cord until he reaches terminal velocity. If the drag force is equal to F D=−bv and b=2kg/s , what is the magnitude of the velocity when he decides to pull the cord?23
107977836676.53 m/s2Using the Atwood Machine shown, determine the acceleration of the system.24
1079783977213.07 NUsing the Atwood Machine shown, determine the tension of the string.25
10797865296200 NIf the tension in string 2 is 4N, and the block is moving at a constant rate, what is the weight of block B. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the block and table is 0.0226
1079797473375 NA 50-N applied force (30 degrees to the horizontal) accelerates a box across a horizontal sheet of ice. Calculate the normal force.27
1079800886512 m/s2Suppose that a sled is accelerating at a rate of 2 m/s2. If the net force is tripled and the mass is halved, then what is the new acceleration of the sled?28
107980157883 m/s2Suppose that a sled is accelerating at a rate of 2 m/s2. If the net force is tripled and the mass is doubled, then what is the new acceleration of the sled?29

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