As an acapulco cliff diver drops to the water from a height of 42.0 m, his gravitational potential energy decreases by 27,500 j. what is the diver's weight in newtons?

A student is standing in an elevator that is accelerating downward. The force that the student exerts on the floor of the elevator must be (1) less than the weight of the student when at rest (2) greater than the weight of the student when at rest

Which of the following systems has constant kinetic and potential energies? A car moving along a level road at constant speed A car moving up a hill at constant speed A car moving down a hill at constant speed All of the above

A battery high rate discharge (load capacity) test is being performed on a 12 volt battery. Technician A says that a good battery should have a voltage reading of higher than 9.6 volts while under load at the end of the 15-second test.

Four events in nature are described below. Event 1: A volcano erupts under the ocean. Event 2: Cool air masses meet warm air masses. Event 3: Warm ocean currents meet cool ocean currents.

A certain pendulum with a 1.00 kg bob has a period of 3.50 s. What will happen to the period of the pendulum if the 1.00 kg bob is replaced by a bob with a mass of 2.00 kg? Briefly explain your answer.

A liquid filled sealed system has cylinders with movable pistons on each end. The face of one piston has an area of 5 cm². The other piston has an area of 500 cm² and is supporting a weight of 2 kN on it.

A turntable is spinning on a frictionless axle when a ball of putty is dropped onto it from above. The putty sticks to the turntable when it lands. Is angular momentum conserved for the turntable and putty (the system) during this process?

A cheetah can run from 0 to 70 mph in 2.2 seconds. what is the cheetah's top speed in m/s?

Which statement about how light travels is true? A Light waves need a medium to travel, and they travel at the same speed even if the light source is moving.

Explain why the car reaches a top speed even though the thrust Force remains constant at 3500N