A person jumps out a fourth-story window 14 m above a firefighter safety net. The survivor stretches the net 1.8 m before coming to rest. what was the deceleration experienced by the survivor? Use g = 9.8 m/s2 Calculate to one decimal.

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Answer 1

Answer:

The deceleration is  [tex]a = - 76.27 m/s^2[/tex]

Explanation:

From the question we are told that

   The height above  firefighter safety net is [tex]H = 14 \ m[/tex]

   The length by which the net is stretched is [tex]s = 1.8 \ m[/tex]

   

From the law of energy conservation

    [tex]KE_T + PE_T = KE_B + PE_B[/tex]

 Where [tex]KE_T[/tex] is the kinetic energy of the person before jumping which equal to zero(because to kinetic energy at maximum height )

   and  [tex]PE_T[/tex] is the potential energy of the before jumping  which is mathematically represented at

          [tex]PE_T = mg H[/tex]

and  [tex]KE_B[/tex] is the kinetic energy of the person just before landing on the safety net  which is mathematically represented at

        [tex]KE_B = \frac{1}{2} m v^2[/tex]

and  [tex]PE_B[/tex] is the potential energy of the person as he lands on the safety net which has a value of zero (because it is converted to kinetic energy )

   So the above equation becomes

          [tex]mgH = \frac{1}{2} m v^2[/tex]

=>           [tex]v = \sqrt{2 gH }[/tex]

    substituting values

                [tex]v = 16.57 m/s[/tex]

Applying the equation o motion

             [tex]v_f = v + 2 a s[/tex]

Now the final velocity is zero because the person comes to rest

      So

         [tex]0 = 16.57 + 2 * a * 1.8[/tex]

            [tex]a = - \frac{16.57^2 }{2 * 1.8}[/tex]

            [tex]a = - 76.27 m/s^2[/tex]

         

         


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The instantaneous speed of a particle moving along one straight line is v(t) = ate−6t, where the speed v is measured in meters per second, the time t is measured in seconds, and the magnitude of the constant a is measured in meters per second squared. What is its maximum speed, expressed as a multiple of a? (Do not include units in your answer.)

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Answer:

v_max = (1/6)e^-1 a

Explanation:

You have the following equation for the instantaneous speed of a particle:

[tex]v(t)=ate^{-6t}[/tex]   (1)

To find the expression for the maximum speed in terms of the acceleration "a", you first derivative v(t) respect to time t:

[tex]\frac{dv(t)}{dt}=\frac{d}{dt}[ate^{-6t}]=a[(1)e^{-6t}+t(e^{-6t}(-6))][/tex]  (2)

where you have use the derivative of a product.

Next, you equal the expression (2) to zero in order to calculate t:

[tex]a[(1)e^{-6t}-6te^{-6t}]=0\\\\1-6t=0\\\\t=\frac{1}{6}[/tex]

For t = 1/6 you obtain the maximum speed.

Then, you replace that value of t in the expression (1):

[tex]v_{max}=a(\frac{1}{6})e^{-6(\frac{1}{6})}=\frac{e^{-1}}{6}a[/tex]

hence, the maximum speed is v_max = ((1/6)e^-1)a

A steam engine takes in superheated steam at 270 °C and discharges condensed steam from its cylinder at 50 °C. The engine has an efficiency of 30%, and taken in 50 kJ from the hot steam per cycle. If a Carnot engine takes in the same amount of heat per cycle and operates at these temperatures, the work it can turn into is most likely to be:a) 15 kJ. b) 20 kJ. c) 10 kJ. d) 50 kJ.

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Answer:

b) 20 kJ

Explanation:

Efficiency of carnot engine = (T₁ - T₂ ) / T₁  Where T₁ is temperature of hot source  and T₂ is temperature of sink .

T₁ = 270 + 273 = 543K

T₂ = 50 + 273 = 323 K

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heat input = 50 KJ

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.405 = output work / 50

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