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People A and B are taking a lift of mass 500 kg which has constant acceleration and the force from the rope that pulls it is 7500 N. The scales where the people stand show a reading of 720 N and 500 N.

Question 1 : Find the acceleration of the lift.Implementing Newton's Second Law we have : F_net =Mα_lift --->T-F_A-F_B -Mg=...

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Electrons moving in a beam have the same de Broglie wavelength as protons moving in a separate beam. The proton beam moves at a speed of 3.1 x 10^4 m/s. What is the speed of the electrons?

From the data sheet, the de Broglie wavelength, 𝜆 = h/p = h/(mv)
The electron wavelength equals the proton wavelength so: 𝜆_e = 𝜆_p
So:

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If a ball is launched at ground level at a velocity v and angle θ, find an expression for it's height at horizontal distance x.

Firstly it must be understood that vertical and horizontal motion can be treated as independent, as they are perpendicular to each other (and acceleration due to gravity only affects the y component of ve...

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The flow of water in a pipe is turbulent. Define turbulent flow.

There are sudden changes in speed and direction of the fluid.

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Imagine a ball rolls off a set of stairs with horizontal velocity, u; the stairs have a height, h and length of l. Find a formula for which step the ball will hit, n.

We set up equations in horizontal and vertical directions assuming constant acceleration due to gravity, g. It is always useful to draw a diagram to see what's going on. Using the SUVAT formula of s = ut...

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