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Physics I H Mr. Tiesler

Solutions to Physics Toolkit Homework Problems 6-10

6.) An airplane travels at 950 km h. How long does it take to travel 1.00 km?

Use the speed of the airplane to convert the travel distance into a time.

 1 h   3600 s 
1.00 km     3.8 s
 950 km   1 h 

7.) A typical atom has a diameter of about 1.0 10 10 m. (a) What is this in inches?
(b) Approximately how many atoms are there along a 1.0-cm line?

(a)  
1.0  1010 m  1.0  1010 m  39.37 in 1 m   3.9  109 in

1.0 cm  
1 m   1 atom 
  1.0  10 atoms
8
(b)  10
 100 cm   1.0  10 m 

8.) Express the following sum with the correct number of significant figures:
1.80 m  142.5 cm  5.34 10 5 m.

To add values with significant figures, adjust all values to be added so that their units are all the same.

1𝑚
142.5 𝑐𝑚 ( ) = 1.425 𝑚
100 𝑐𝑚

1𝑚
5.34𝑥105 𝜇𝑚 ( 6 ) = 0.534 𝑚
10 𝜇𝑚

1.80 𝑚 + 1.425 𝑚 + 0.534 𝑚 = 3.759 𝑚 = 3.8 𝑚

9.) A light-year is the distance light travels in one year at speed  3.00  108 m s . (a) How
many meters are there in 1.00 light-year? (b) An astronomical unit (AU) is the average distance
from the Sun to Earth, 1.50 10 8 km. How many AU are there in 1.00 light-year? (c) What is the
speed of light in AU h?

(a)   
1.00 ly  2.998  108 m s 3.156  107 s  9.46  1015 m

 9.462  1015 m   1 AU 
(b) 1.00 ly       6.31 10 AU
4

 1.00 ly   1.50  10 m 
11

(c)  2.998  10 8
  1.501AU
m s  11
10
  3600 s 

m   1 hr 
  7.20 AU h

10.) Estimate how long it would take one person to mow a football field using an ordinary home
lawn mower. Assume the mower moves with a 1 km h speed, and has a 0.5 m width. The
dimensions of an NFL field are 120 yd x 53.33 yd.

An NCAA-regulation football field is 360 feet long (including the end zones) and 160 feet wide, which is
about 110 meters by 49 meters, or 5,390 m2. The mower has a cutting width of 0.5 meters.

Thus the distance to be walked is

𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 5,390 𝑚2
𝑑= = = 10,780 𝑚 = 10.78 𝑘𝑚
𝑊𝑖𝑑𝑡ℎ 0.5 𝑚

At a speed of 1 km/hr, then it will take about 10.78 h to mow the field.