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Physics Notes
A person is craving for ice cream and wants to go the restaurant where its available , they
decided to start at 3pm and reached her destination in 15 mins . They had to travel a distance of
6km to reach the distance
Now looking into the analog math while returning she found out that she is 4.5km due south
east of her house
Speed= distance /time
Speed= 6/15 , 0.4 km
Time = 1650/1.5
= 1100/60
= 18.3 minutes
Velocity = displacement /time
Average velocity = total displacement / total time
Acceleration is the rate of change of velocity with respect to time
V-U/ T
Final velocity= v
Initial velocity = U
Time taken= T
Deceleration is when an object decreases its velocity
Unit conversion
T-tera -10^12
G-Giga-10^-9
M-mega-10^6
K-kilo-10^3
B-base-1
m – mili-10^-3
M-micro-10^-6
N-nano-10^-9
P-pico-10^-12
= 100000
If you are given a value and if you need to convert it to the base value , you have to
multiply the given value to the given prefix value (10 n)
Kilo-10^3
Hecto-10^2
Deca- 10^1
Deci- 10^-1
Centi-10^-2
Mili-10^-3
F= Gm1 M1/ r2
coma :As the comet approaches the sun it undergoes structural changes . The suns heat
causes some of the ice to sublimate , forming a huge dusty atmosphere around the
nucleus called coma . together they form the head of a comet . Can reach upto and
beyond 10,000 kms.
Dust tail : as the comet nears the sun, it forms a tail . Radiation from the sun blows dust
particles from the come and worms a wide yellowish and slightly curved dust cloud
Gas tail: solar wind of the sun is made up of a stream of highly energetic charged
particles , this stream sweeps the gases from the coma in a different direction to the
dust tail to form a straight, narrow and bluish tail called the gas tail.
Terminal velocity
Faster we fall , the greater the resistance
Balanced force = constant speed
Upward force needs to greater to slow down
When a sky diver lands there is a force from the ground which decelerates
Center gravity : the point on which the whole weight of a body tends to act
For any regular shaped object the center of gravity is the point at which the axis of
symmetry cross
There in one point where everything can be balanced
Usually the mid point .
Stability :
matters on the position and base
Center of gravity is high if the base is narrow
High center of gravity = less stable
Pivot : forces have a turning effect that makes them turn in a fixed position , the point is
called pivot
Moment = f x d
For force to have its biggest effect , the line of action should be 90 degrees
Moments are measured in Nm , newton meter
Forces on a beam :
When we are on the ground we are exerting a gravitational force .
The total upward force is equal to the downward force
The supports on 2 sides of the beam give the upward force .
If the person in not on the middle me have to calculate the moment on each side
Sum of anticlockwise moment = sum of clockwise moment