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Any help would be appreciated. I have the answers to these problems but can't seem to fully work through them. Well here they are:
#1) A 5.0 g coin is placed 15 cm from the center of a turntable. The coin has static and kinetic coefficients of friction iwth the turntable surface of static friction=0.80 and kinetic friction=0.50. The turntable very slowly speeds up to 60 rpm. Does the coin slide off?
The answer is no. But I am not sure how to get there. I converted 60 rpm to radians per second and figured the maximum static friction before the coin will move is 0.0392 (0.80*0.049). I tried to figure what the force on the penny would be by using Newton's 2nd law: sum of the forces in the r direction=mass*angular velocity*radius (0.005*(2*PI)^2)(0.15). Is any of this right?
#2) Wheat is poured onto a convyor belt at a steady rate of 30 kg/s. What force must be exerted to keep the belt moving at a constant speed of 2.0 m/s? Any help on this one would be appreciated. I am not sure how to even start attacking this one.
#1) A 5.0 g coin is placed 15 cm from the center of a turntable. The coin has static and kinetic coefficients of friction iwth the turntable surface of static friction=0.80 and kinetic friction=0.50. The turntable very slowly speeds up to 60 rpm. Does the coin slide off?
The answer is no. But I am not sure how to get there. I converted 60 rpm to radians per second and figured the maximum static friction before the coin will move is 0.0392 (0.80*0.049). I tried to figure what the force on the penny would be by using Newton's 2nd law: sum of the forces in the r direction=mass*angular velocity*radius (0.005*(2*PI)^2)(0.15). Is any of this right?
#2) Wheat is poured onto a convyor belt at a steady rate of 30 kg/s. What force must be exerted to keep the belt moving at a constant speed of 2.0 m/s? Any help on this one would be appreciated. I am not sure how to even start attacking this one.