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1.convert these measurement in SI unit and scientific notation.
a)6000pF
2)1 astronomy unit (1Au) is defined as 92.9x106mile.convert the 1Au into the
following units:
a)Tm
4)A 0.50m string with cross-sectional area 1.0 x 10-6m2 has young modulus of 2.0
x 109Nm-2.by how much must you strecth the string to obtain a tension of 20N?
5)an anchor, made of cast iron with volume 0.230m3 has bulk modulus of 60
x109 Pa is lowered over the side of the ship to the bottom of the harbor.The
pressure below the harbor is greater than sea level pressure by 1.75 x 10 6
Pa.what is the change in the volume of the anchor?
P=hpg
7)a flat-bottom barge has a mass of 50 x 103kg.It is 18.0m long and 9.0m
wide.It floats in fresh water.what is the depth of the barge of the barge below
the waterline?
8)In a hydraulic lift,if the radius of the smaller piston is 2.0 cm and the radius of
the larger piston is 20.0cm.What weight can the larger piston support when a
force of 250N is applied to the smaller piston?
9)A cube of gelatin with dimensions of 5.0cm on each side iis displaced0.64cm
by a tangential force.IF the shear madulus of gelatin is 940Mpa,what is the
magnitude of the force?.
a)density
b)area
d)power
11)a vertical steel wire of length 0.8m and radius 1.omm has a mass of 20kg
applied to its lower end.assuming that the proportional limit is not exceeded
calculate
a)the extension
Take the young modulus for steel as 2.0 x1011Nm-2 and g as 10ms-1
a)take the linear expensivity a’for copper as 1.2 x 1011 Nm-2.assum that the
proportional limit is not exceeded.
14)an object of mass 3.0 x 103kg is suspended from a steel cable of length 40m
and cross-sectional area 1.0 x 10-4m2.determine the extension of the cable
when this mass-cable system
a)is at rest