Angular Acceleration, Max/Min, and Grav. Attraction

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The discussion revolves around three physics homework questions related to angular acceleration, the dynamics of a car on a banked curve, and gravitational attraction between two individuals. The subject area includes kinematics and gravitational physics.

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  • The original poster attempts to apply kinematic equations to calculate angular acceleration from the tire's revolutions and time. They also derive a range of speeds for a car on a banked curve using friction and geometry. For gravitational attraction, they estimate masses and distance to apply the gravitational formula.

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Participants are engaged in clarifying the original poster's use of equations and formatting. Some guidance has been provided regarding the use of the equation editor for clearer communication. The discussion is ongoing with no explicit consensus on the correctness of the calculations yet.

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The original poster's questions involve assumptions about the conditions of the problems, such as the values for mass and distance in the gravitational attraction question. There is also a note about the formatting of the post that may affect clarity.

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Here are three questions on my physics homework and my attempts to solve them...am I looking at this the right way?

Question 1: A tire placed on a balancing machine in a service station starts from rest and turns through 4.7 revolutions in 1.2 seconds before reaching it's final angular speed. Calculate its angular acceleration.

My attempt: Using formula x(t) = x[tex]_{0}[/tex]+ v[tex]_{0}[/tex]*T + (.5)at[tex]^{2}[/tex]

I got

4.7 = .5(a)(1.2[tex]^{2}[/tex])

Solving for a, I got 6.522 rotations, or 40.98 radians.

Question 2: A car rounds a banked curve where the radius of curvature of the road is R, the banking angle is theta, and the coefficient of static friction is mu. Find the range of speeds the car can have without slipping up or down the road, and what is the range of speeds possible if R = 100m, theta = 10 degrees, and mu = 0.10?

The formula I pounded out was...

[tex]\sqrt{(((r*g(sin(\theta) - \mu(cos(\theta))))/(cos(\theta) + \mu(sin(\theta))}[/tex] < V < [tex]\sqrt{((r*g(sin(\theta) + \mu(cos(\theta))))/(cos(\theta) - \mu(sin(\theta)))}[/tex]

I plugged in the numbers and wound up with 8.57 < V < 16.603, in any case, which I'm sure is right so long as my formula is right.

Question Three: Two schoolmate, Romeo and Juliet, catch each other's eye across a crowded dance floor at a school dance. Find the order of magnitude of the gravitational attraction that Juliet exerts on Romeo and vice versa. State quanities you take as data and the values you measure or estimate for them.

I basically just guessed my own masses (Romeo is 80kg and Juliet is 70kg) and the distance between is 12m. I used the formula

((m[tex]_{1}[/tex]*m[tex]_{2}[/tex])/distance[tex]^{2}[/tex])*gravity to get 381.11N, of magnitude 10^2~.

That work?
 
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Please post in the HW help section, and please revise you post using the text tool bar. I can't read what you wrote.

Its the equation editor in advanced mode.
 
I'm not seeing the equation editor when I went to advanced mode...where is it?
 
There is a small sigma symbol up top on the tool bar.
 
Thanks! I've cleaned it up.
 

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