Physics
Physics
1st Edition
Walker
ISBN: 9780133256925
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Exercise 27
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The two key characteristics of the the pressure exerted by a gas are: \
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The pressure in a gas acts equally in all directions.
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The pressure exerted on a given surface is always at right angles to that surface.
end{enumerate}
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The pressure is equal in all directions, and at right angles to the surface it acts upon.
Exercise 28
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Archimedes’ principle says that the buoyant force acting on a body immersed in water is equal to the weight of water squeezed out by that body. We can illustrate that by filling the bathtub all the way to the top and then immersing a body in in connected to dynamometer. If we catch all of the water squeezed out and measure its’ weight it will be equal to the buoyant force determined from the dynamometer (before we submerge the body in water the dynamometer shows its’ weight while after submerging it shows its’ weight minus the buoyancy force.)
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Exercise 29
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Principle of work of a suction cup is simple. We squeeze out the air underneath it which highly reduces its’ pressure. The difference in pressures between that air and the atmospheric air creates a force that holds the cup.
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Exercise 30
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When we immerse our bodies into $n$ an upward force ( buoyant force ) acts on own body, having magnitude $=Vrho g$ .

In the great salt lake at water, the density of the water $(rho)$ is very high, owing to the high salt content. so the buoyant force acting on our body balances the weight of our body, and we are able to float without effort.

Exercise 31
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In the beginning the amount of water pushed out is equal to the weight of the piece of ice and the pebble together. We will name these volumes $V_1$ (owing to the weight of ice) and $V_2$ (owing to the weight of the pebble).

When the ice melts its weight remains the same, and it will fully fill the volume $V_1$ (just as it did in the easier problem with only the ice block in the cup), but the pebble with volume $V_3$ will now drop into the cup.

The whole question boils down to which is bigger, the volume of the pebble $V_3$, or the volume of the pushed out water $V_2$ owing to the weight of the rock.

Equating the weights of the pebble and the water pushed out by its weight we get:

$$
begin{align*}
V_2 cdot rho_{text{water}} cdot g = V_3 cdot rho_{text{pebble}} cdot g
end{align*}
$$

Since we know that the density of the pebble is higher that that of water it follows that

$$
begin{align*}
V_3 < V_2
end{align*}
$$

We have found that the volume $V_2$ pushed out because of the pebble is greater than its own volume, so we conclude that the final level of water will fall when the ice melts.

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The water level will fall, since the density of the pebble is higher that that of water.
Exercise 32
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Given : $qquadrho_{text{lead}}> rho_{text{aluminium}}$

Force of buoyancy $(F_B)$ is equal in magnitude to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object.

The lead and aluminium spheres have the same diameter , which means that they displace the same volume of water $(V)$ .

Now , buoyant force acting on both spheres is : $F_B=Vrho_wg$ , where $(rho_w )$ is the density of water.

Hence, the buoyant force acting on both the spheres is the same.

Exercise 33
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We know the density of the air ($rho approx 1.29 mathrm{kg/m^3}$). We can also easily measure the length, width and height of the room. Then we can calculate the volume ($V$) of the room. Knowing the volume of the room and density of the air we can calculate the mass of the air in the room by formula

$$
m=rho V
$$

Exercise 34
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The total downward force exerted by the atmosphere on a football field is found using the atmospheric pressure as follows:

$$
begin{equation*}
F = P_{text{atmospheric}} cdot A
end{equation*}
$$

Where $A$ is the area of the football field:

$$
begin{align*}
A = a cdot b = 110text{ m} cdot 49text{m}
end{align*}
$$

Finally:

$$
begin{align*}
F &= 101.3text{ kPa} cdot 110text{ m} cdot 49text{ m} \
F &= 546 cdot 10^{6}text{ N}
end{align*}
$$

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The total downward force exerted by the atmosphere: $F = 546 cdot 10^{6}text{ N}$
Exercise 35
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To determine the weight of the horse, we will use the concept of buoyant force where the weight of the object us equal to the weight of the fluid that the object displaced.

$$
F = rho Vg
$$

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The value of density of water to be used is $1000kg/m^3$. for the volume, we will multiply the length, width, and the submerged depth of the raft

$$
F = (1000kg/m^3)[(4.2m)(6.5m)(0.027m)](9.81m/s^2)
$$

$$
F = 7231.0N
$$

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Weight of the horse is $7231.0N$
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When a horse is loaded onto the raft it sinks until the weight of the pushed out water equals the weight of the horse.

To find the weight of the pushed off water we first find its mass:

$$
begin{equation*}
m = rho , V
end{equation*}
$$

To find the volume we use the dimensions of the raft $a, b$ and the heights it sinks into the water $h$:

$$
begin{align*}
V = A cdot h = a , b , h
end{align*}
$$

Finally the weight is:

$$
begin{equation*}
F = m , g
end{equation*}
$$

Putting this all together we have:

$$
begin{align*}
F = m , g = rho , V , g = rho , a , b , h , g
end{align*}
$$

Plugging in the values:

$$
begin{align*}
F &= 1000 ; frac{text{kg}}{text{m}^3} cdot 4.2text{ m} cdot 6.5text{ m} cdot 2.7 cdot 10^{-2}text{ m} cdot 9.81 ; frac{text{m}}{text{s}^2} \
F &= 7230.95text{ N}
end{align*}
$$

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The weight of the horse is $F = 7230.95text{ N}$
Exercise 36
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We know that our hydraulic lift operates in such a way that the pressure is the same on both pistons of the lift, so we can write:

$$
begin{align*}
P_1 &= P_2 \
frac{F_1}{A_1} &= frac{F_2}{A_2}
end{align*}
$$

We know the force on the small piston $F_1 = 750text{ N}$, and the areas of the small and large piston $A_1 = 0.0075text{ m}^2$, $A_2 = 0.13text{ m}^2$

Rearranging for $F_2$ we get:

$$
begin{align*}
F_2 = F_1 cdot frac{A_2}{A_1}
end{align*}
$$

Plugging in the values we get:

$$
begin{align*}
F_2 = 750text{ N} cdot frac{0.13}{0.0075} = 13000text{ N}
end{align*}
$$

Result
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The force exerted by the large piston is $F_2 = 13000text{ N}$
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