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Physics

John D. Cutnell, Kenneth W. Johnson, David Young, Shane Stadler

ISBN #9781118486894

10th Edition

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Summary

This section introduces physics as the backbone of various scientific and technological fields by highlighting its predictive power through mathematical laws. It covers the importance of units—including the SI system—and demonstrates the procedures of converting units and checking dimensional consistency. Fundamental mathematical tools, such as trigonometric functions, are introduced to solve problems involving right triangles. The differences between scalars and vectors are explained alongside techniques for vector addition, subtraction, and resolution into components, all of which are crucial for solving real-world physics problems.

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Example 1

A student sees a newspaper ad for an apartment that has 1330 square feet $\left(\mathrm{ft}^{2}\right)$ of floor space. How many square meters of area are there?

Example 2

Bicyclists in the Tour de France reach speeds of 34.0 miles per hour $(\mathrm{mi} / \mathrm{h})$ on flat sections of the road. What is this speed in (a) kilometers per hour $(\mathrm{km} / \mathrm{h})$ and $(\mathrm{b})$ meters per second $(\mathrm{m} / \mathrm{s}) ?$

Example 3

Vesna Vulovic survived the longest fall on record without a parachute when her plane exploded and she fell 6 miles, 551 yards. What is this distance in meters?

Example 4

Suppose a man’s scalp hair grows at a rate of 0.35 mm per day. What is this growth rate in feet per century?

Example 5

Given the quantities $a=9.7 \mathrm{m}, b=4.2 \mathrm{s}, c=69 \mathrm{m} / \mathrm{s},$ what is the value of the quantity $d=a^{3} /\left(c b^{2}\right) ?$

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