Four objects are situated along the y axis as follows: a 2.00-kg object is at +3.00 m, a 3.

00-kg object is at
+2.50 m, a 2.50-kg object is at the origin, and a 4.00-kg object is at -0.500 m. Where is the center of mass
of these objects?

Ans: (0, 1)

The mass of the Earth is 5.97 x 1024 kg, and the mass of the Moon is 7.35 x 1022 kg. The distance of
separation, measured between their centers, is 3.84 x 108 m. Locate the center of mass of the Earth–
Moon system as measured from the center of the Earth.

Ans: 4.66 x 106 m

Find the center of gravity

Ans: (2.73 cm, 1.42 cm)

Find the center of gravity

Ans: (54.8 mm, 36.6 mm)

A potter’s wheel moves uniformly from rest to an angular speed of 1.00 rev/s in 30.0 s. (a) Find its average
angular acceleration in radians per second per second.

Ans: 0.209 rad/s2

During a certain time interval, the angular position of a swinging door is described by Ɵ = 5.00 + 10.0t +
2.00t2, where u is in radians and t is in seconds. Determine the angular position, angular speed, and
angular acceleration of the door (a) at t = 0 and (b) at t = 3.00 s.

Ans: a. 5 rad, 10 rad/s, 4 rad/s2 b. 53 rad, 22 rad/s, 4 rad/s2

A dentist’s drill starts from rest. After 3.20 s of constant angular acceleration, it turns at a rate of 2.51 x
104 rev/min. (a) Find the drill’s angular acceleration. (b) Determine the angle (in radians) through which
the drill rotates during this period.

Ans: 8.21 x 102 rad/s2, 4.21 x 103 rad

An electric motor rotating a workshop grinding wheel at 1.00 x 102 rev/min is switched off. Assume the
wheel has a constant negative angular acceleration of magnitude 2.00 rad/s2. (a) How long does it take
the grinding wheel to stop? (b) Through how many radians has the wheel turned during the time interval
found in part (a)?

Ans: 5.24 s, 27.4 rad

A vaulter holds a 29.4-N pole in equilibrium by exerting an upward force U with her leading hand and a
downward force D with her trailing hand as shown in Figure P12.12. Point C is the center of gravity of the
pole. What are the magnitudes of (a) U and (b) D?

Ans: 88.2 N and 58.8 N

Sir Lost-a-Lot dons his armor and sets out from the castle on his trusty steed (Fig. P12.19). Usually, the
drawbridge is lowered to a horizontal position so that the end of the bridge rests on the stone ledge.
Unfortunately, Lost-a-Lot’s squire didn’t lower the drawbridge far enough and stopped it at 20.0 deg
above the horizontal. The knight and his horse stop when their combined center of mass is d = 1.00 m
from the end of the bridge. The uniform bridge is l = 8.00 m long and has mass 2 000 kg. The lift cable is
attached to the bridge 5.00 m from the hinge at the castle end and to a point on the castle wall h = 12.0 m
above the bridge. Lost-a-Lot’s mass combined with his armor and steed is 1 000 kg. Determine (a) the
tension in the cable and (b) the horizontal and (c) the vertical force components acting on the bridge at
the hinge.
Ans: 27.7 kN

A hungry bear weighing 700 N walks out on a beam in an attempt to retrieve a basket of goodies hanging
at the end of the beam (Fig. P12.43). The beam is uniform, weighs 200 N, and is 6.00 m long, and it is
supported by a wire at an angle of 60.0°. The basket weighs 80.0 N. (a) Draw a force diagram for the beam.
(b) When the bear is at x = 1.00 m, find the tension in the wire supporting the beam and the components
of the force exerted by the wall on the left end of the beam. (c) What If? If the wire can withstand a
maximum tension of 900 N, what is the maximum distance the bear can walk before the wire breaks?

Ans: 343 N, 171 N, 683 N and 5.14 m

A uniform pole is propped between the floor and the ceiling of a room. The height of the room is 7.80 ft,
and the coefficient of static friction between the pole and the ceiling is 0.576. The coefficient of static
friction between the pole and the floor is greater than that between the pole and the ceiling. What is the
length of the longest pole that can be propped between the floor and the ceiling?

Ans: 9 ft

A rocket is fired straight up through the atmosphere from the South Pole, burning out at an altitude of
250 km when traveling at 6.00 km/s. (a) What maximum distance from the Earth’s surface does it travel
before falling back to the Earth? (b) Would its maximum distance from the surface be larger if the same
rocket were fired with the same fuel load from a launch site on the equator? Why or why not?

Ans: 3.07 x 106 m