Newton's Third Law and Force Pairs: System of Interest Impact

Chapter 27, Problem 45

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A Ferrari with a mass of 1400 kg approaches a freeway underpass that is 10 m across.

At what speed must the car be moving, in order for it to have a wavelength such that it might somehow "diffract" after passing through this "single slit"?

How do these conditions compare to normal freeway speeds of 30 m/s?

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QUESTION:

A Ferrari with a mass of 1400 kg approaches a freeway underpass that is 10 m across.

At what speed must the car be moving, in order for it to have a wavelength such that it might somehow "diffract" after passing through this "single slit"?

How do these conditions compare to normal freeway speeds of 30 m/s?

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The mass of Ferrari is \(m=1400 \mathrm{~kg}\).

The width across underpass is \(d=10 \mathrm{~m}\).

The underpass of the car should be treated as single slit experiment therefore the width across underpass is equal to the wavelength of light which is \(\lambda=10 \mathrm{~m}\).

The de Broglie wavelength can be given as,

\(\lambda=\frac{h}{m v}\)

 

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Delve into Newton's third law of motion and explore how the choice of the 'system of interest' influences whether force pairs cancel each other out.


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