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Exercise 1.1 (a) (page 2,3)

1.

2.

(a) 104 (b) 104 (c) 108 (d) 1016 (e) 1024 (f) 1029

3.

(a) 107 (b) 103 (c) 1027 (d) 109 (e) 106

4.

5.

(a) 107 (b) 106

6.

(a) 107 (b) 1013

Exercise 1.1 (b) (page 3)

1.

2.

(a) 25 cm 10 cm 5 cm (b) 150 g (c) 1 sec (d) 20C

3.

(a) 3 1014 (b) 1 102 (c) 4 1012

4.

2 1010 yrs

5.

(a) 100 (b) 106 (c) 104 (d) 104 (e) 105 (f) 109 (China)

Exercise 1.2 (a) (page 6,7)

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

(a) 5.6 103 kg (b) 3.5 106 A (c) 3.2 102 m

(d) 6.3 109 m (e) 2.25 103 kg (f) 440 s1

7.

(a) 2.24 106 J (b) 2.50 103 N m2 (c) 7.5 101 m s1

(d) 2.5 106 m2 (e) 2.4 103 m3 (f) 3.6 106 m3
(g) 2.301 105 m3 (h) 3.62 109 m3

8.

(a) 100 (b) 105 (c) 105

9.

400 m

10.

N m2 kg2

11.

N s m2

(d) 109 s

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Exercise 1.2 (b) (page 9,10)
1.

2.

3.

4.

(a) 4 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 3 (e) 3 (f) 2 (g) 3 (h) 3 (i) 2 (j) 2 (k) 3 (l) 2

5.

(a) 1.25 103 (b) 3.0007 104 (c) 2.510 101 (d) 4 106 (e) 1.20 1017

6.

1.0 101 m2

7.

21.8435 = 21.8 ~ 22 m

8.

490 cm3

9.

200 g cm3

10.

(a) 7.12 (b) 2560 (c) 2.00 103 (d) 2130 (e) 6.56

11.

(a) 89.8 (b) 98.5

12.

3.7 105 cm

Exercise 1.2 (c) (page 12,13)

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

0.932 0.0005 m

6.

(a) 2.35 0.005 mm (b) random error

(a) Yes. Random error evident for the 1.2 A reading.

(b) Average = 8.28 greatest residual from the average is 0.13 So answer is 0.80.1 A

8.

9.0 0.1 N

9.

1.47 0.03 m

10.

27.0 0.3 cm3

11.

(1.2 0.3) x 103 g cm3

12.

0.488 0.003

13.

mean sin 60 = 0.87. max sin 65 = 0.91. min sin 55 = 0.82

Answer = 0.87 0.05.

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Exercise 1.2 (d) (page 19)
1.

2.

3.

R0 = 22 1 W, = 0.0046 0.0005 W q1

4.

10 m s2

5.

6.

log10 V versus log10 d

7.

ln I versus x.

Exercise 1.2 (e) (page 21)

1.

(a), (b) and (c)

Period T 0. 1 s

T2 s2

Absolute
error of T2

0.905

0.819

0.02

1.28

1.64

0.03

1.58

2.48

0.03

1.84

3.39

0.04

2.02

4.08

0.04

(d)

(e)

T2 is directly proportional to l as seen from the straight line graph

(f)

The value for l = 0.8 m falls outside the line of best fit

(g)

gradient = 42/ g = 4.1, so g = 9.6 m s2

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Exercise 1.3 (a) (page 25,26)
1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

(a) 4 m north (b) 13 m west 23 north

(c) 8.5 N northwest (d) 5.0 m.s1 east 37 north

7.

(a) 3 m east (b) 13 m.s2 south

(c) 5.0 N east 54 south (d) 6.0 T south 32 west

8.

(a) 60 ms1 north (b) 60 N north 12 east

9.

20 ms1 W

10.

9.1 m north 22east

Exercise 1.3 (b) (page 27)

1.

2.

4.2 N

3.

vertical = 22.7 m s1, horizontal = 10.6 m s1

4.

11 N

5.

13 N east 23 north

6.

2.8 N south

7.

a = g sin 30 = 4.90 ms2

8.

Horizontal = 12 cos 45 8 cos 25 = 1.235 N west.

Vertical = 15 (12 sin 45 + 8 sin 25 = 3.13 N south.
Resultant = (3.132 + 1.2352) = 3.4 N. tan = 1.235 3.13 = 21.5.
Answer = 3.4 N south 220 west.

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Exercise 1.3 (c) (page 29)
1.

0.76 76%

2.

46.7 2.08

3.

y=x+3

4.

5.

v =

Fr
----m

4 2
-------T2

6.

x = 7/3, y = 10/3

7.

(a) 4352 (b) 125 (c) 4 (d) 0.33

8.

(a) 3 (b) 2

9.

(a) 5.03 cm (b) 2.01 cm2

10.

V = 5.1 10 5 m3 SA = 6.6 103 m2

11.

(a) 4.7 rad (b) 0.79 rad

12.

45

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