Chapter 6

9. The diameters of the main rotor and tail rotor of a single-engine helicopter are 7.60 m and 1.02 m,
respectively. The respective rotational speeds are 450 rev/min and 4138 rev/min. Calculate the speeds
of the tips of both rotors. Compare these speeds with the speed of sound, 343 m/s.

Ans: 179 m/s; 221 m/s; 0.522vsound ; 0.644 vsound

10. The tub of a washer goes into its spin-dry cycle, starting from rest and reaching an angular speed of
5.0 rev/s in 8.0 s. At this point, the person doing the laundry opens the lid, and a safety switch turns off
the washer. The tub slows to rest in 12.0 s. Through how many revolutions does the tub turn during the
entire 20-s interval?
Assume constant angular acceleration while it is starting and stopping.

Ans : 51 revolutions

11. A car initially traveling at 29.0 m/s undergoes a constant negative acceleration of magnitude 1.75
m/s2 after its brakes are applied.
(a) How many revolutions does each tire make before the car comes to a stop, assuming the car does
not skid and the tires have radii of 0.330 m?
(b) What is the angular speed of the wheels when the car has traveled half the total distance?

Ans : a) 116 rev ; b) 62.1 rad/s

14. An electric motor rotating a workshop grinding wheel at a rate of 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 for the grinding wheel to stop? (b) Through how many radians has the wheel turned during
the interval found in part (a)?

Ans : (a) 5.25 s (b) 27.6 rad

17. (a) What is the tangential acceleration of a bug on the rim of a 10.0-in.-diameter disk if the disk
accelerates uniformly from rest to an angular speed of 78.0 rev/min in 3.00 s?
(b) When the disk is at its final speed, what is the tangential velocity of the bug?
One second after the bug starts from rest, what are its
(c) tangential acceleration,
(d) centripetal acceleration,and

Ans: a) 0.346 m/s2 ; b) 1.04 m/s c) 0.346 m/s2 d) 0.943 m/s2

21. A 55.0-kg ice skater is moving at 4.00 m/s when she grabs the loose end of a rope, the opposite end
of which is tied to a pole. She then moves in a circle of radius 0.800 m around the pole. Determine the
force exerted by the horizontal rope on her arms.
Ans : 1.10 kN
23. A certain light truck can go around a flat curve having a radius of 150 m with a maximum speed of
32.0 m/s. With what maximum speed can it go around a curve having a radius of 75.0 m?
Ans : 22.6 m/s

25. A 50.0-kg child stands at the rim of a merry-go-round of radius 2.00 m, rotating with an angular
speed of 3.00 rad/s. What is the child’s centripetal acceleration?
Ans: 18 m/s2

27. An air puck of mass m1 = 0.25 kg is tied to a string and allowed to revolve in a circle of radius R = 1.0
m on a frictionless horizontal table. The other end of the string passes through a hole in the center of
the table, and a mass of m2 = 1.0 kg is tied to it (Fig. P7.27). The suspended mass remains in equilibrium
while the puck on the tabletop revolves. (a) What is the tension in the string? (b) What is the horizontal
force acting on the puck? (c) What is the speed of the puck?

Ans : (a) 9.8 N (b) 9.8 N (c) 6.3 m/s

34. A satellite has a mass of 100 kg and is located at 2.00 x 106 m above the surface of Earth. (a) What is
the potential energy associated with the satellite at this location? (b) What is the magnitude of the
gravitational force on the satellite?

Ans : (a) − 4.76 x 109 J (b) 568 N

42. An artificial satellite circling the Earth completes each orbit in 110 minutes. (a) Find the altitude of
the satellite. (b) What is the value of g at the location of this satellite?

Ans : (a) 1.23 x 106 m (b) 6.89 m/s2

45. Two satellites are in circular orbits around the Earth. Satellite A is at an altitude equal to the Earth’s
radius, while satellite B is at an altitude equal to twice the Earth’s radius. What is the ratio of their
periods, TB/TA?

Ans : 1.84

44. A 600-kg satellite is in a circular orbit about Earth at a height above Earth equal to Earth’s mean
radius. Find (a) the satellite’s orbital speed, (b) the period of its revolution, and (c) the gravitational force
acting on it.

Ans : (a) 5.59 x 103 m/s (b) 3.98 h (c) 1.47 x 103 N
51. An athlete swings a 5.00-kg ball horizontally on the end of a rope. The ball moves in a circle of radius
0.800 m at an angular speed of 0.500 rev/s. What are
(a) the tangential speed of the ball and
(b) its centripetal acceleration?
Ans: a) 2.51 m/s b) 7.90 m/s2

74. A 0.50-kg ball that is tied to the end of a 1.5-m light cord is revolved in a horizontal plane, with the
cord making a 30° angle with the vertical. (See Fig. P7.74.)
(a) Determine the ball’s speed.
(b) If, instead, the ball is revolved so that its speed is 4.0 m/s, what angle does the cord make with the
vertical?

Ans: a) 2.1 m/s b) 540