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The document is a problem set containing various physics and mathematics problems, including calculations related to stress, strain, Young's modulus, heart rate, frequency, oscillation, buoyant force, and electrical circuits. Each problem requires a complete solution with boxed final answers. The problems cover a range of topics such as mechanics, thermodynamics, optics, and fluid dynamics.

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Problem Set

The document is a problem set containing various physics and mathematics problems, including calculations related to stress, strain, Young's modulus, heart rate, frequency, oscillation, buoyant force, and electrical circuits. Each problem requires a complete solution with boxed final answers. The problems cover a range of topics such as mechanics, thermodynamics, optics, and fluid dynamics.

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1. A steel wire of length 3 meters and cross-sectional area 3 mm² is stretched by 2 mm when a
force of 200 N is applied. Find: (2 points)
a. The stress in the wire
b. The strain in the wire
c. Young’s modulus of steel for this case
2. If your heart rate is 150 beats per minute during strenuous exercise, what is the time per beat
in units of seconds? (1 point)
3. Find the frequency of a tuning fork that takes 2.5 x 10−3 s to complete one oscillation.
4. The position of a particle is given by the expression x=4 cos (3 πt ¿+ π)¿, where x is in meters
and t is in seconds. Determine
a. The frequency and
b. Period of the motion,
c. The amplitude of the motion,
d. The phase constant, and
e. The position of the particle at t=0.25 s.
5. The mattress of a water bed is 2.00 m long by 2.00 m wide and 30.0 cm deep.
a. Find the weight of the water in the mattress.
b. Find the pressure exerted by the water bed on the floor when the bed rests in its normal
position. Assume the entire lower surface of the bed makes contact with the floor.
6. In a car lift used in a service station, compressed air exerts a force on a small piston that has a
circular cross section and a radius of 5.00 cm. This pressure is transmitted by a liquid to a
piston that has a radius of 15.0 cm.
a. What force must the compressed air exert to lift a car weighing 13 300 N?
b. What air pressure produces this force?
7. Estimate the force exerted on your eardrum due to the water when you are swimming at the
bottom of a pool that is 5.0 m deep.
8. Water is filled to a height H behind a dam of width w. Determine the resultant force exerted by
the water on the dam. (3 points)

9. Archimedes supposedly was asked to determine whether a crown made for the king consisted
of pure gold. According to legend, he solved this problem by weighing the crown first in air and
then in water as shown in Figure. Suppose the scale read 7.84 N when the crown was in air
and 6.84 N when it was in water.
a. What is the buoyant force?
b. What is the density of the crown?
10. An iceberg floating in seawater as shown in Figure is extremely dangerous because most of
the ice is below the surface. This hidden ice can damage a ship that is still a considerable
distance from the visible ice. What fraction of the iceberg lies below the water level?

11. A glass window with an area of 2 m2 and a thickness of 0.5 cm has an inside temperature of
W
20 ℃ and an outside temperature of 0 ℃ . The thermal conductivity of glass is 0.8 . Find the
mK
rate of heat loss through the window.
12. A 10Ω resistor, a 20Ω resistor, and a 30Ω resistor are connected in series to a 12V battery.
a. Calculate the equivalent resistance of the circuit.
b. Calculate the total current flowing from the battery.
c. Calculate the voltage drop across each resistor.

Then, the same three resistors are connected in parallel to the same 12V battery.
d. Calculate the equivalent resistance of the parallel circuit.
e. Calculate the total current flowing from the battery in the parallel configuration.
f. Calculate the current flowing through each resistor in the parallel configuration.
13. An object 2 cm tall is placed 10 cm in front of a concave mirror with a focal length of 15 cm.
Find the image distance and the image height.
14. An object is placed 25 cm in front of a convex lens with a focal length of 10 cm. Find the image
distance and the magnification.
15. Solve for i 1 , i 2∧i 3.

Vx

i1 i3
i2

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