AP Physics 7.

2 Equilibrium

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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]

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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]

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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]