PHY 111 COLLEGE PHYSICS I

CLASS ASSIGNMENT SCHEDULE: Sections 12147/49 – 12148/50

Fall 2011
November 02, 2011 28 Chapter 9 3,4,11, 23, 31 47

9.3 Four acrobats of mass75.0 kg, 68.0 kg, 62.0 kg and 55.0kg for a human tower, with each acrobat
standing on the shoulders of another acrobat. The 75.0kg acrobas is at the bottom of the tower. (a)
What is the normal force acting on the 75—kg acrobat? (b) If the area of each of the 75.0 kg
acrobat’s show is 425 cm2, what average pressure ( not including atmospheric pressure) does the
column of acrobats exert on the floor? (c) Will the pressure be the same if a different acrobat is on
the bottom?

A) The Normal

force is
A 1= 55.0kg x 9.8
equal and
m/s2=539 N
opposite to
Weight of the four Acrobats is A2 = 62.0kg x 9.8 the force of
m/s2=608 N gravity and is
= A1 + A2 +A3 +A4 = -2548N
A3= 68.0kg x 9.8 perpendicular
( Earthward ) m/s2=666 N to the surface
A4= 75.0kg x 9.8
of the floor.
m/s2=735 N

B) Average C) If the area of either of the feet of

Pressure P on another acrobats is different than that of
the floor the 75.0kg acrobat, then the pressure
will also be different. If the area of the
P= feet of another acrobat is the same are
Force/Area the 75.0kg acrobat, then the pressure
P = W/ A will be the same.

P = 2548
N/2(.04M)

P = 31.8 x

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CLASS ASSIGNMENT SCHEDULE: Sections 12147/49 – 12148/50
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November 02, 2011 28 Chapter 9 3,4,11, 23, 31 47

9.4 Calculate the mass of a solid gold rectangular bar that has dimensions of 4.5 cm x 11.0 cm x 26.0 cm.

Density = mass/volume, or ρ= m/v solve for

mass m yields,

m= ρv. In this case ρ of gold is given and volume

3 3
ρgold = 19.3 x 10 kg/M
V = (4.5 x 11.0 x 26.0) cm3 = (.045 x .11 x .26) m3 =1.29 x 10-3 M3

m=(19.3 x 103 kg/M3) x (1.29 x 10 -3 M) =19.47 kg

m = 19.47kg

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CLASS ASSIGNMENT SCHEDULE: Sections 12147/49 – 12148/50
Fall 2011
November 02, 2011 28 Chapter 9 3,4,11, 23, 31 47

9.11 A plank 2.00cm thick and 15.0cm wide is firmly attached to the railing of a ship by clamps so that
the rest of the board extends 2.00 m horizontally over the sea below. A man of mass 80.00 kg is
forces to stand on the very end. If the end of the board drops by 5.00cm because of the man’s
weight, find the shear modulus of the wood

2.00cm x 15.0cm x 2.00 m

F=80.00kgx 9.8

Two cross-sectional areas in the plank, with one directly above the rail and one at the outer end of the plank,

separated by distance h = 2.00 m and each with area, A = ( 2.00 cm ) ( 15.0 cm ) = 30.0 cm move a
2

distance ∆ x = 5.00 × 10 −2 m parallel to each other. The force causing this shearing effect in the plank is

the weight of the man F = mg applied perpendicular to the length of the plank at its outer end. Since the
shear modulus S is given by

shear stress F A Fh
S = = =
shear strain ∆x h ( ∆x) A

we have

( 80.0 kg ) ( 9.80 m s2 ) ( 2.00 m )

S = = 1.05 × 10 7 Pa
( 5.00 × 10 −2 ) (
m  30.0 cm 2 ) ( 1 m 2 104 cm 2 ) 

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CLASS ASSIGNMENT SCHEDULE: Sections 12147/49 – 12148/50
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November 02, 2011 28 Chapter 9 3,4,11, 23, 31 47

9.23 A collapsible plastic bas contains a clusoe solution. If the average gauge
pressure in the vein is 1.33 x 103 Pa, whatmustbe the minimum height h
of the bag in ore vein? Assume the specific gravity of the solution is 1.2.

The density of the solution is ρ = 1.02 ρwater = 1.02 × 103 kg m 3 . The gauge

pressure of the fluid at the level of the needle must equal the gauge pressure

in the vein, so Pgauge = ρ gh = 1.33 × 103 Pa , and

Pgauge 1.33 × 103 Pa

h = = = 0.133 m
ρg ( )(
1.02 × 103 kg m 3 9.80 m s2 )

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CLASS ASSIGNMENT SCHEDULE: Sections 12147/49 – 12148/50
Fall 2011
November 02, 2011 28 Chapter 9 3,4,11, 23, 31 47

9.31 A small ferryboat is 4.00m wide and 6.00m long. When a loaded small truck pulls onto it., the boat
sinks an additional 4.00cm into the river. What is the weight of the truck?

The boat sinks until the weight of the additional water displaced equals the weight of the truck. Thus,

wtruck =  ρwater ( ∆V )  g

 kg  
( 4.00 m ) ( 6.00 m ) 4.00 × 10 −2 m   9.80 s2 ÷
( ) m
=  103
 m3 ÷


or

wtruck = 9.41 × 103 N = 9.41 kN

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CLASS ASSIGNMENT SCHEDULE: Sections 12147/49 – 12148/50
Fall 2011
November 02, 2011 28 Chapter 9 3,4,11, 23, 31 47

9.47A hypodermic syringe contains a medicine with the density of

water. The barrel of the syringe has a cross-sectional area
of 2.5 x 10 -5 m2 . In the absence of a force on the plunder,
the pressure every where is and 1.00atm. a force F of
magnitude 2.00 N is exerted on the plunder, making
medicine squirt from the needle. Determine the medicine’s flow speed through the needle. Assume
the pressure in the needle remains equal to 1.00 atm that the syringe is horizontal.

From Bernoulli’s equation, choosing at y = 0 the level of the syringe and needle, so the flow speed in the needle,

P2 + 1
2
ρv22 = P1 + 1
2
ρv12 is

2 ( P1 − P2 )
v2 = v12 +
ρ

In this situation,

P1 − P2 = P1 − Patmo = ( P1 ) gauge =
F 2 .00 N
= = 8.00 × 10 4 Pa
A1 2 .50 × 10 −5 m 2

Thus, assuming υ ≈ 0,

v2 = 0+
(
2 8.00 × 10 4 Pa ) = 12.6 m s
1.00 × 103 kg m 3

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