Engineering analysis

1. You are pushing a 150-kg wooden crate in a straight line a distance of 4.5 m

1. You are pushing a 150-kg wooden crate in a straight line a distance of 4.5 m across a wooden floor at constant speed. The static and kinetic coefficients of friction are 0.42 a…

1. You are required to experiment with waves, so you have strung uniform steel w

1. You are required to experiment with waves, so you have strung uniform steel wire between two posts, 100 m apart, and find that the fundamental mode has a frequency of 150 Hz. a…

1. You are riding in the passenger seat of a car as it goes around a tight turn.

1. You are riding in the passenger seat of a car as it goes around a tight turn. You slide across the seat to the passenger side door. Which statement below properly describes wha…

1. You are riding in the passenger seat of a car as it goes around a tight turn.

1. You are riding in the passenger seat of a car as it goes around a tight turn. You slide across the seat to the passenger side door. Which statement below properly describes wha…

1. You are riding in the passenger seat of a car as it goes around a tight turn.

1. You are riding in the passenger seat of a car as it goes around a tight turn. You slide across the seat to the passenger side door. Which statement below properly describes wha…

1. You are shooting pictures of a football game. Your meter gives you a correct

1. You are shooting pictures of a football game. Your meter gives you a correct exposure of 1/125 sec at f/5.6. What might be a better setting of shutter speed and aperture combin…

1. You are shooting pictures of a football game. Your meter gives you a correct

1. You are shooting pictures of a football game. Your meter gives you a correct exposure of 1/125 sec at f/5.6. What might be a better setting of shutter speed and aperture combin…

1. You are standing inside an elevator that is accelerating upward at 1.5 m/s 2

1. You are standing inside an elevator that is accelerating upward at 1.5 m/s2. The normal force exerted from the floor on your feet (check all that apply)                        …

1. You are standing inside an elevator that is accelerating upward at 1.5 m/s 2

1. You are standing inside an elevator that is accelerating upward at 1.5 m/s2. The normal force exerted from the floor on your feet (check all that apply)                        …

1. You are standing on a high diving board, 3.0 m above a deep pool of water. Yo

1. You are standing on a high diving board, 3.0 m above a deep pool of water. You are holding a large spring in your hands, which has a stiffness of 120 N/m. The spring is initial…

1. You are standing on a scale inside an elevator. The scale reads 112 percent o

1. You are standing on a scale inside an elevator. The scale reads 112 percent of your weight. What is the acceleration of the elevator? (Define positive y upward.) 2.You are stan…

1. You are standing on a scale inside an elevator. The scale reads 61 percent of

1. You are standing on a scale inside an elevator. The scale reads 61 percent of your weight. What is the acceleration of the elevator? (Define positive y upward) 2. You are stand…

1. You are studying guitar strings and are able to measure a few of (but not all

1. You are studying guitar strings and are able to measure a few of (but not all) the standing wave frequencies for a particular string. If you measure frequencies of 360 Hz, 600 …

1. You are to estimate the concentration of an conservative air pollutant that i

1. You are to estimate the concentration of an conservative air pollutant that is emitted locally at a steady rate of 104 kg/day. The local area can be described as a “box” that h…

1. You are traveling in a car going at a constant speed of 100 km/hr down a long

1. You are traveling in a car going at a constant speed of 100 km/hr down a long, straight highway. You pass another car going in the same direction which is traveling at a consta…

1. You are traveling with a constant speed of 26 m/s. (a) What is this speed in

1. You are traveling with a constant speed of 26 m/s. (a) What is this speed in units of mi/h? (b) How far do you travel (in m) in a time of 27 min? Does this value seem reasonabl…

1. You are walking around your neighborhood and you see a child on top of a roof

1. You are walking around your neighborhood and you see a child on top of a roof of a building kick a soccer ball. The soccer ball is kicked at 31 from the edge of the building wi…

1. You bequeath $2,750,000 to CSUS to provide a monthly stipend for a long term,

1. You bequeath $2,750,000 to CSUS to provide a monthly stipend for a long term, tenured, engineering research position. The University deposits the money into an investment accou…

1. You bequeath $2,750,000 to CSUS to provide a monthly stipend for a long term,

1. You bequeath $2,750,000 to CSUS to provide a monthly stipend for a long term, tenured, engineering research position. The University deposits the money into an investment accou…

1. You can use a digital multimeter in a logic system to A.trace power-supply di

1. You can use a digital multimeter in a logic system to A.trace power-supply direct current. B.measure sequential logic C.follow digital signals D.compare logic high. 2. Which on…

1. You can use a digital multimeter in a logic system to A.trace power-supply di

1. You can use a digital multimeter in a logic system to A.trace power-supply direct current. B.measure sequential logic C.follow digital signals D.compare logic high. 2. Which on…

1. You count 11 cycles across 7.7 time divisions on an oscilloscope screen. The

1. You count 11 cycles across 7.7 time divisions on an oscilloscope screen. The time sweep is set to 10 milli seconds. The voltage peak is measured to be 22 volts. What is the fre…

1. You do a physics lab experiment on another planet. A small block is released

1. You do a physics lab experiment on another planet. A small block is released from rest at the top of a long frictionless ramp that is inclined at an angle of 36.9° above the ho…

1. You drop a wooden cork from a height of a few feet above the water. The posit

1. You drop a wooden cork from a height of a few feet above the water. The positive direction is defined as upwards. While the cork is fully submerged and moving downward (after i…

1. You find a half-sunken barge which is full of compressed helium gas cylinders

1. You find a half-sunken barge which is full of compressed helium gas cylinders which you empty out. To have some fun, you get one of the full helium gas cylinders and put it on …

1. You hang a mass of on a spring that has a spring constant of 6.4 N/m. a. If y

1. You hang a mass of on a spring that has a spring constant of 6.4 N/m. a. If you pull down the mass and release it, you findnd that it oscillates up and down 8 times in 7.2 s. W…

1. You have a converging lens of focal length 20 -cm. For what range of object d

1. You have a converging lens of focal length 20 -cm. For what range of object distances will the image be larger than the object? For what range of object distances will the imag…

1. You have a converging lens of focal length 20 -cm. For what range of object d

1. You have a converging lens of focal length 20 -cm. For what range of object distances will the image be larger than the object? For what range of object distances will the imag…

1. You have a light, flexible string. One end (the left in the picture below) is

1. You have a light, flexible string. One end (the left in the picture below) is held and oscillated an amount too small to be seen in the pictures, at a carefully chosen frequenc…

1. You have a tube, with a white-noise (random) vibrator at one end. The other e

1. You have a tube, with a white-noise (random) vibrator at one end. The other end is OPEN. Pick three of the snapshots that could represent the motion of the molecules back and f…

1. You have a tug of war with your kid brother but he is standing on his skatebo

1. You have a tug of war with your kid brother but he is standing on his skateboard. You can now make him roll across the floor (with a constant speed) when you pull hard. In the …

1. You have a wire of length L = 1.4 m for making a square coil of a dc motor. T

1. You have a wire of length L = 1.4 m for making a square coil of a dc motor. The current in the coil is I = 2.1 A, and the magnetic field of the motor has a magnitude of B = 0.2…

1. You have contracted out the management of your large laptop network to Morhel

1.                            You have contracted out the management of your large laptop network to Morhel Communications, a network management specialist. All is well until one …

1. You have one convergent and one divergent lens and you are experimenting with

1. You have one convergent and one divergent lens and you are experimenting with them. Using either lens but only one of the lenses at a time, which of the following images is NOT…

1. You have taken data in the laboratory with the following set up: Two identica

1. You have taken data in the laboratory with the following set up: Two identical 0.170 kg gliders, glider A and glider B, can glide without friction on a horizontal air track. Th…

1. You have the following chemical and physical data for two cements Cement GS (

1. You have the following chemical and physical data for two cements Cement GS (96) GA(%) CAF (%) B. Fineness 28 49 19 380 370 12 10 Which cement (Type A or Type B) can be used in…

1. You have two isolated, equal and opposite point charges, -Q 20 apart, on a mo

1. You have two isolated, equal and opposite point charges, -Q 20 apart, on a mounting board. On a straight line connecting the charges, at a point 15 cm away from the negative ch…

1. You have two isolated, equal and opposite point charges, -Q 20 apart, on a mo

1. You have two isolated, equal and opposite point charges, -Q 20 apart, on a mounting board. On a straight line connecting the charges, at a point 15 cm away from the negative ch…

1. You invite n guests to a party, none of whom know each other when the party s

1. You invite n guests to a party, none of whom know each other when the party starts.   a) If you want to introduce your guests to each other two at a time, how many introduction…

1. You know that the heat lost by a hotter material equals the heat gained by th

1. You know that the heat lost by a hotter material equals the heat gained by the colder material when the two materials are combined. However, based on your observations, would c…

1. You know the size and direction of the magnetic field. You know the velocity

1. You know the size and direction of the magnetic field. You know the velocity of the bar and that this velocity is constant. You know the resistance of the wire. You know the in…

1. You know the size and direction of the magnetic field. You know the velocity

1. You know the size and direction of the magnetic field. You know the velocity of the bar and that this velocity is constant. You know the resistance of the wire. You know the in…

1. You leave your home at noon hoping to get to your destination, which is 300 m

1. You leave your home at noon hoping to get to your destination, which is 300 miles away, by 5 p.m. During the first two hours of your trip you encounter road construction and on…

1. You lift a 48.10-kg box from the floor onto a shelf 0.79m above the floor. If

1. You lift a 48.10-kg box from the floor onto a shelf 0.79m above the floor. If you lift the box with a constant speed, what is the force you exert on the box? Is it upward or do…

1. You look up and see a rock 120 m above the ground falling through the sky. Yo

1. You look up and see a rock 120 m above the ground falling through the sky. You determine its speed to be 17 m/s. Three seconds later you determine that the rock is moving at 22…

1. You measure the current in a complex circuit by putting an ammeter in series

1. You measure the current in a complex circuit by putting an ammeter in series with the power supply, whose potential difference is known. Now, calculat ethe total resistance of …

1. You need to produce a solenoid that has an inductance of 2.61 ?H . You constr

1. You need to produce a solenoid that has an inductance of 2.61 ?H . You construct the solenoid by uniformly winding 1.11 m of thin wire around a tube. How long, in centimeters, …

1. You need two capacitors of magnitude 0.8 F and 5.0 F. In your stock, you have

1. You need two capacitors of magnitude 0.8 F and 5.0 F. In your stock, you have ONLY four capacitors, C1=1F, C2 = 2 F, C3 = 3 F and C4 = 4 F. Try if you can make the needed capac…

1. You overhear one of your fellow students in this course say: “If you are whir

1. You overhear one of your fellow students in this course say: “If you are whirling a ball around in a circle on the end of a string and the string breaks then the ball is thrown…

1. You overhear one of your fellow students in this course say: “If you are whir

1. You overhear one of your fellow students in this course say: “If you are whirling a ball around in a circle on the end of a string and the string breaks then the ball is thrown…