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7.2 - Equilibrium

The document is a worksheet on equilibrium for AP Physics containing 10 problems related to forces, masses, and distances acting on objects like teeter totters, boards, ladders, and pipes. The problems require calculating unknown masses, distances, tensions, and force components using the principles of equilibrium.

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7.2 - Equilibrium

The document is a worksheet on equilibrium for AP Physics containing 10 problems related to forces, masses, and distances acting on objects like teeter totters, boards, ladders, and pipes. The problems require calculating unknown masses, distances, tensions, and force components using the principles of equilibrium.

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AP Physics 7.

2 Equilibrium

Como te llamas? _________________________ Period _______

Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it. -- Ben Franklin 1) Why is the center of gravity of a baseball bat not located at its midpoint? 2) Give three examples of objects that have no mass at their center of gravity. 3) Two adult nitwits sit balanced on a teeter totter type device. One of the cheese doodles, whos mass is 45.2 kg, is 1.30 m from the point of balance. The other chowder-head is 2.15 m from the point of balance. What is the mass of the second imbecile? [27.3 kg] 4) Two little vermin children sit on a teeter totter. One kid, Rotface, has a mass of 15.2 kg and is 1.10 m from the point of balance. The other tot, Gnarlspine, has a mass of 17.1 kg. How far away from the pivot is Gnarlspine? [0.978 m]
0.60 m 0.15 m

5) A 5.8-kg board, 1.80 m long, rests on two sawhorses. Sawhorse A is 0.60 m from the left end of the board, and sawhorse B is 0.15 m from the right end of the board. What force does each sawhorse exert on the board? [40.6 N, 16.2 N]

6) An 85.0-kg diver walks to the right end of a diving board. The board, which is 3.50 m long with a mass of 14.0 kg, is supported in two places. One place is 1.25 m from the left end and the other is at the left end. What are the forces (with direction) exerted on the two supports? [1554 N down, 2524 N up] 7) A 5.10 kg kitty cat is hanging by a rope suspended from a 2.35 kg uniform pipe that is 3.05 m in length. One end of the pipe is attached to a wall, the other end has a cord that supports the outer end of the thing as shown. The angle the cord makes with the pipe is 43.0. a) What is the weight of the cat? [50 N] b) What is the tension in the cable? [68.5 N] c) What are the components of the force exerted by the wall on the pipe? [50.1 N, 26.3 N]

43.0 o 2.15 m 3.05 m

8) A uniform 325 N beam that is 3.35 m in length sticks out horizontally from a wall. A lightweight cable connects the end of the beam to the wall, making an angle of 60.0 between the beam and the cable. A 625 N worker stands on the beam a distance of 1.10 m from the wall. a) What is the tension in the cable? [425 N] b) What are the components of the force exerted on the beam by the wall? [213 N, 582 N]

60
1.10 m

3.35 m

9) A uniform 12.0 m long ladder weighing 125 N rests against a smooth vertical wall. The bottom of the ladder makes an angle of 67.0 with the floor. A bucket of paint with a mass of 14.0 kg rests on a rung, 7.00 m from the bottom end of the ladder. What is the frictional force exerted on the bottom of the ladder? [60.5 N]

67

10) A uniform 225 N ladder leans against a smooth vertical wall. The ladder is 9.00 m in length. It makes an angle of 78.0 with the floor. A 65.0 kg Bengal tiger rests on one of the rungs 3.00 m from the top end of the ladder. a) Find the force of friction exerted by the floor on the bottom of the ladder. [114 N] b) What is the upward force exerted by the ladder? [862 N]

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