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Chapter 9
21. The mass of Earth is 5.97×1024kg and its orbital radius is an average of 1.50×1011m.
Calculate the magnitude of its linear momentum at the location in the diagram.
29. Water from a fire hose is directed horizontally against a wall at a rate of 50.0 kg/s and a
speed of 42.0 m/s. Calculate the force exerted on the wall, assuming the water’s horizontal
momentum is reduced to zero.
35. Train cars are coupled together by being bumped into one another. Suppose two loaded train cars are
moving toward one another, the first having a mass of 1.50×105kg and a velocity of (0.30m/s)iˆ, and the
second having a mass of 1.10×105kg and a velocity of −(0.12m/s)iˆ. What is their final velocity?
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37. The figure below shows a bullet of mass 200 g traveling horizontally towards the east with
speed 400 m/s, which strikes a block of mass 1.5 kg that is initially at rest on a frictionless table.
Chapter 10
31. A particle moves 3.0 m along a circle of radius 1.5 m. (a) Through what angle does it rotate?
(b) If the particle makes this trip in 1.0 s at a constant speed, what is its angular velocity? (c)
What is its acceleration?
35. On takeoff, the propellers on a UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) increase their angular
velocity for 3.0 s from rest at a rate of ω=(25.0t)rad/s where t is measured in seconds. (a) What
is the instantaneous angular velocity of the propellers at t=2.0s? (b) What is the angular
acceleration?
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37. A wheel has a constant angular acceleration of 5.0rad/s2. Starting from rest, it turns through
300 rad. (a) What is its final angular velocity? (b) How much time elapses while it turns through
the 300 radians?
39. The angular velocity of a rotating rigid body increases from 500 to 1500 rev/min in 120 s. (a)
What is the angular acceleration of the body? (b) Through what angle does it turn in this 120 s?
49. A wind turbine is rotating counterclockwise at 0.5 rev/s and slows to a stop in 10 s. Its
blades are 20 m in length. (a) What is the angular acceleration of the turbine? (b) What is the
centripetal acceleration of the tip of the blades at t=0s? (c) What is the magnitude and direction
of the total linear acceleration of the tip of the blades at t=0s?
61. A neutron star of mass 2×1030kg and radius 10 km rotates with a period of 0.02 seconds.
What is its rotational kinetic energy?
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65. Using the parallel axis theorem, what is the moment of inertia of the rod of mass m about
the axis shown below?
71. Two flywheels of negligible mass and different radii are bonded together and rotate about a
common axis (see below). The smaller flywheel of radius 30 cm has a cord that has a pulling
force of 50 N on it. What pulling force needs to be applied to the cord connecting the larger
flywheel of radius 50 cm such that the combination does not rotate?
85. Suppose you exert a force of 180 N tangential to a 0.280-m-radius, 75.0-kg grindstone (a
solid disk). (a)What torque is exerted? (b) What is the angular acceleration assuming negligible
opposing friction? (c) What is the angular acceleration if there is an opposing frictional force of
20.0 N exerted 1.50 cm from the axis?
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Chapter 11
19. What is the angular velocity of a 75.0-cm-diameter tire on an automobile traveling at 90.0
km/h?
23. A marble rolls down an incline at 30° from rest. (a) What is its acceleration? (b) How far
does it go in 3.0 s?
37. A particle of mass 5.0 kg has position vector r⃗ =(2.0iˆ−3.0jˆ)m at a particular instant of time when its
velocity is v⃗ =(3.0iˆ)m/s with respect to the origin. (a) What is the angular momentum of the particle?
(b) If a force F⃗ =5.0jˆN acts on the particle at this instant, what is the torque about the origin?
45. A boulder of mass 20 kg and radius 20 cm rolls down a hill 15 m high from rest. What is its
angular momentum when it is half way down the hill? (b) At the bottom?
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53. The Sun’s mass is 2.0×1030kg, its radius is 7.0×105km, and it has a rotational period of
approximately 28 days. If the Sun should collapse into a white dwarf of radius 3.5×103km,
what would its period be if no mass were ejected and a sphere of uniform density can model the
Sun both before and after?
63. Three children are riding on the edge of a merry-go-round that is 100 kg, has a 1.60-m
radius, and is spinning at 20.0 rpm. The children have masses

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