The Hopping Hamster roller coaster starts with a velocity of…

The Hopping Hamster roller coaster starts with a velocity of 5m/s at point A.  The roller coaster, with the passengers, has a mass of 2000kg. Use the diagram below to answer the following questions. Enter the numbers and units into the box. Supposing there is no friction, what is the speed of the roller coaster at point B in m/s? m/s Supposing 25kJ of thermal energy is released between points A and B, what now is the speed of the roller coaster at point B in m/s? m/s

You want to make a life size mobile of famous cartoon charac…

You want to make a life size mobile of famous cartoon characters to greet people outside of a museum.  You have a Mickey Mouse that has a mass of 10lbs, an Olive Oyl that is 8lbs, a Charlie Brown that is 12 lbs, and a Velma Dinkley that is 11 lbs.  You have a 30ft rod whose center of mass is at the center of the rod.  If Mickey Mouse is placed at the 10ft mark and Olive Oyl at the 18ft mark and Charlie Brown at the 8ft mark, where should you place Velma Dinkley to balance this hilarious mobile?   At which mark, in feet, should we place Velma Dinkley?  Enter only the number into the box.

A Toyota Camry has a gas mileage of 33 miles per gallon in t…

A Toyota Camry has a gas mileage of 33 miles per gallon in the city and a Toyota Corolla a gas mileage of 27 miles per gallon.  If the journey is km, and gas costs $ per liter, how many dollars does the journey cost in the car with the cheaper gas mileage? Enter only a number into the box.

A [grams1]g piece of nickel is dropped into [grams2]g of wat…

A g piece of nickel is dropped into g of water at 23°C in a coffee cup calorimeter. The final temperature of the water and copper mixture is registered at 27°C.  The specific heat of water is 4.184J/g°C and the specific heat of copper is 0.444J/g°C. What was the initial temperature of the nickel in °C?   Enter only the number into the box. 

Nickel is an element that is used to make coins in the Unite…

Nickel is an element that is used to make coins in the United States.  In order to make coins of a specified type, nickel must be melted.  The specific heat capacity for solid and liquid Ni is 0.444Jg℃.  The heat of fusion is 17.48kJ/mol.  The melting temperature of Ni is 1455℃.   How much heat in kilojoules is required to convert 500g nickel at room temperature, ℃ to nickel at ℃ in the process of coin-making? Enter only the number into the box.

Use Newton’s laws to solve.   An astronaut is in a rocket, s…

Use Newton’s laws to solve.   An astronaut is in a rocket, standing upright relative to the ground on a seat, in a nosedive toward the earth accelerating at m/s2.  The pilot has a mass of kg.  What is the pilot’s apparent weight in N in this circumstance? Enter only the number into the box.

Tina, the coding supervisor at Highlands Hospital, has heard…

Tina, the coding supervisor at Highlands Hospital, has heard rumors that her facility is starting a coding training program. Rumor also has it that the HIM director is trying to recruit the coding supervisor from a neighboring hospital to head up the training position. Tina makes the following statement to the assistant director: “I’m obviously not good enough for the training position. Perhaps I should resign.” Determine how the assistant director should respond.