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Unit conversions
Mass
1 kg = 1000 g = 6.0221 1026 u
Length and Volume
1 m = 100 cm = 39.370 in = 3.2808 ft
1 mi = 1.6093 km = 5280 ft
1 in = 2.54 cm
1 nm = 109 m = 1
1 m3 = 1000 L = 264.17 gal (US)
1 mL = 103 L = 106 m3 = 1 cm3
Speed and Time
1 m s 1 = 2.2369 mi h1
1 h = 3600 s

Force and Pressure

1 N = 106 dyne = 0.22481 lb
1 ton (US) = 2000 lb
1 Pa = 1 N m2
1 atm = 760 mmHg = 1.01325 105 Pa
= 14.696 psi
Energy and Power
1 J = 1 N m = 1 kg m2 s 2 = 0.23901 cal
1 eV = 1.60217 1019 J
1 hp (US) = 0.74570 kW

Physical constants
Gravitational field at sea level = 9.80 m s 2 = 9.80 N kg 1
Gravitational constant = 6.67384 1011 N m2 kg 2
Avogadro constant A = 6.0221 1023 mol1
Universal gas constant = 8.3145 J K 1 mol1 = 0.082057 L atm K 1 mol1
Boltzmann constant B = 1.38065 1023 J K 1
Mass of Earth = 5.972 1024 kg
Mean radius of Earth = 6.371 106 m
Density of water (3.98 C) = 1.000 103 kg m3
Elementary charge = 1.6022 1019 C
Electron mass = 9.1094 1031 kg
Proton mass = 1.6726 1027 kg
Coulomb constant = 1/40 = 8.98755 109 N m2 C 2
Permittivity of free space 0 = 8.8542 1012 C 2 N 1 m2
Permeability of free space 0 = 1.2566 N A2
Refractive index of freshwater = 1.33
Refractive index of seawater = 1.35
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Q.1 Yellow school bus A yellow school bus (made by

Navistar, Lisle) is traveling along College Road and is acted
upon by the following forces: a downward gravitational force
of 142 kN; an upward contact force due to the road of 142 kN;
another contact force due to the road of 12.0 kN directed
south; and a drag force due to air resistance and friction of
16.0 kN directed north. (a) What is the net force acting on the
school bus? (b) Is it accelerating, decelerating or traveling at
constant velocity?

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Q.2 Go Blackhawks! A hockey player and all his equipment weighs

1000.0 N. He is sitting on the bench with his feet on the ground. He is also
holding his hockey stick on the ground. The bench exerts an upward force
of 700.0 N on the player and the ground exerts an upward force of 200.0 N
on the players feet. (a) With what force is the hockey stick leaning on the
ground? (b) If the player lifts his stick off the ground, and the force on the
players feet is unchanged, what is the force exerted by the player on the
bench?

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Q.3 Lunar weight. An astronaut and all her equipment have a

combined mass of 120.0 kg. She weighs herself (and all her equipment)
on the surface of a newly discovered moon and finds that she weighs
800.0 N. If the radius of the moon is 2.000 106 m, what is the mass
of the moon?

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Q.4 Vector alphabet. A force vector has magnitude 42.0 N and is parallel to the negative axis; vector has an -component of = 37.0 N and a -component of = +23.0 N. Find
the magnitude and direction of = + .

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Q.5 Party time. 1. A spherical party balloon has a diameter of 20.0 in.
(a) What is the volume of the balloon in m3 ? (b) How many of these
balloons can be filled from a helium tank that holds 231 cubic feet of
helium?

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