Describe a theme-park ride that has constant speed but changing velocity. Thank you!
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Answers:
A. A car driving at steady speed on a straight and level road.
B. A car driving at steady speed up a 10∘ incline.
Explanation:
An object is said to be in an inertial reference frame if the net force acting on the object is zero. According to Newton's second law, this also means that the acceleration of the object is also zero:
Since F=0, a=0 as well.
Let's now analyze each case.
A. A car driving at steady speed on a straight and level road. --> YES: this is an inertial reference frame, because the car is keeping a constant speed and a constant direction, so its velocity is not changing, and its acceleration is zero.
B. A car driving at steady speed up a 10∘ incline. --> YES: this is an inertial reference frame, because the car is keeping a constant speed and a constant direction, so its velocity is not changing, and its acceleration is zero.
C. A car speeding up after leaving a stop sign. --> NO: this is not an intertial reference frame, because the car is speeding up, so it is accelerating.
D. A car driving at steady speed around a curve. --> NO: this is not an inertial reference frame, because the car is changing direction, therefore its velocity is changing and so the car is accelerating.
So the only two choices which are correct are A and B.
Answer:
2.39 revolutions
Explanation:
As she jumps off the platform horizontally at a speed of 10m/s, the gravity is the only thing that affects her motion vertically. Let g = 10m/s2, the time it takes for her to fall 10m to water is
Knowing the time it takes to fall to the pool, we calculate the angular distance that she would make at a constant acceleration of 15 rad/s2:
As each revolution is 2π, the total number of revolution that she could make is: 15 / 2π = 2.39 rev