Chapter 5 Solution

5.25

The period of circular motion can be written, using the radius r and velocity v ,
2 r
T=
v
, while the force to maintain the circular path of radius r is

mv2
F=
r
Using those expression, the force F can be expressed as

m 4 2 r 2 4 2 mr
F=
r (
T )=
T2

5.38

STEP 1) Set up the proper coordinate system as, picture below.

19
62

STEP 2) Specify all the forces that the mass is exposed to and analyze
x those forces along the
coordinate youve set.

Let the mass of pack be M , gravitational acceleration g , the tension T1 , T2 for each
rope.
x direction

T 1 sin19+T 2 sin 62=0

y direction

T 1 cos 19+T 2 cos 62=Mg

STEP 3) Calculate the equations of motion in STEP 2)

T 1 sin 29
T2=
sin 62