Homework due Tuesday, September 30, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. Homework should be turned in during class or placed in the box outside of the professor's office (Nielsen 343) by 4:00 p.m.
Chapter 5:
Questions: 2, 3, 5, 10, 18, 32
Problems: 6, 8, 10, 12, 26, 35, 37, 38, 46
Problem A: This problem must be solved using the Context-Rich Problem Solutions Outline. Please print copies of the worksheet from the web and use a copy to solve theproblem.
Problem A: Problem A: You are designing a ramp for a small business.
Boxes with a mass of about 100 kg will slide down this frictionless ramp,
starting from rest at the top. The boxes should take about 5.0 seconds to
slide down the ramp, and have a final speed at the bottom of the ramp of
about 3.0 m/s. What angle with respect to the horizontal direction
should you build this ramp?