Only two horizontal forces act on a 3.0 kg body that can move over a frictionless floor. One force is 9.0 N, acting due east, and the other is 8.0 N, acting 623 north of west. What is the magnitude of the bodys acceleration?
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Chapter 5 Problem 25
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Sunjamming. A sun yacht is a spacecraft with a large sail that is pushed by sunlight.Although such a push is tiny in everyday circumstances, it can be large enough to send the spacecraft outward from the Sun on a cost-free but slow trip. Suppose that the spacecraft has a mass of 900 kg and receives a push of 20 N. (a) What is the magnitude of the resulting acceleration? If the craft starts from rest, (b) how far will it travel in 1 day and (c) how fast will it then be moving?
Solution
Step 1 of 3 a) Using the Newton’s law we can write the force acting on the spacecraft is, Implies, The acceleration, Given mass of the spacecraft, Push force on the spacecraft, So, The magnitude of the resulting acceleration is .
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Title
Fundamentals of Physics 10
Author
David Halliday; Robert Resnick; Jearl Walker
ISBN
9781118230725