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Chapter 15 Problem 16CQ

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Problem 16CQ

If you have a hair dryer and a Ping Pong ball at home, try this demonstration. Direct the air from the dryer in a direction just above horizontal. Next, place the Ping Pong ball in the stream of air. If done just right, the ball will remain suspended in midair. Use the Bernoulli effect to explain this behavior.

Solution

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When a ball is placed in an airflow, the air speed over its top surface is greater than the speed across its lower surface, resulting in less air pressure at the top of the ball.

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Title Physics with MasteringPhysics 4 
Author James S. Walker
ISBN 9780321541635

If you have a hair dryer and a Ping Pong ball at home, try

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