Physics, 08.11.2019 05:31 avonsluv8809

1) the current theory of the structure of the
earth, called plate tectonics, tells us that the
continents are in constant motion.
assume that the north american continent
can be represented by a slab of rock 4050 km
on a side and 29 km deep and that the rock
has an average mass density of 2750 kg/m3
.
the continent is moving at the rate of about
4.8 cm/year.
what is the mass of the continent?
answer in units of kg.
005 (part 2 of 3) 10.0 points
what is the kinetic energy of the continent?
answer in units of j.
006 (part 3 of 3) 10.0 points
a jogger (of mass 63 kg) has the same kinetic
energy as that of the continent.
what would his speed be?
answer in units of m/s.

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Answer from: sierras0330

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a) $1.307(10)^{21} kg$

b) 1051.359 J

c) 5.777 m/s

Explanation:

a) Mass of the continent

Density $\rho$ is defined as a relation between mass and volume :

$\rho=\frac{m}{V}$ (1)

Where:

$\rho=2750 kg/m^{3}$ is the average density of the continent

is the mass of the continent

is the volume of the continent, which can be estimated is we assume it as a a slab of rock 4050 km on a side and 29 km deep:

$V=(length)(width)(depth)=(4050 km)(4050 km)(29 km)=475,672,500 km^{3} \frac{(1000 m)^{3}}{1 km^{3}}=4.756(10)^{17} m^{3}$

Finding the mass:

$m=\rho V$ (2)

$m=(2750 kg/m^{3})(4.756(10)^{17} m^{3})$ (3)

$m=1.307(10)^{21} kg$ (4) This is the mass of the continent

b) Kinetic energy of the continent

Kinetic energy is given by the following equation:

$K=\frac{1}{2}mv^{2}$ (5)

Where:

$m=1.307(10)^{21} kg$ is the mass of the continent

$v=4.8 \frac{cm}{year} \frac{1 m}{100 cm} \frac{1 year}{365 days} \frac{1 day}{24 hours} \frac{1 hour}{3600 s}=1.2683(10)^{-9} m/s$ is the velocity of the continent

$K=\frac{1}{2}(1.307(10)^{21} kg)(1.2683(10)^{-9} m/s)^{2}$ (6)

K=1051.359 J (7) This is the kinetic energy of the continent

c) Speed of the jogger

If we have a jogger with mass m=63 kg and the same kinetic energy as that of the continent 653.5 J , we can find its velocity by isolating from (5):

$v=\sqrt{\frac{2 K}{m}}$ (6)

$v=\sqrt{\frac{2 (1051.359 J)}{63 kg}}$

Finally:

v=5.777 m/s This is the speed of the jogger

Answer from: dbhuggybearow6jng

a) $1.31x10^{21} kg$ .

b) $1.51x10^{3} J$

c) $6.92\frac{m}{s}$

Explanation:

In first place, to calculate the mass of the continent we have to use the density definition because it includes volume (V), density (p) and mass (m), and the problem give us all values needed. The equation to solve is $\rho=\frac{m}{V}$ ; we have to isolate m and first calculate the volume.

Volume of the continent:

$V = A.h =(4050km)(4050km)(29km) = 4.76x10^{8} km^{3}$ ; but we need to use volume in meters.

$1km = 1000m\\1km^{3} =(1000m)^{3}=1x10^{9} m^{3}$

Then, $V=4.76x10^{8} km^{3} \frac{1x10^{9}m^{3} }{1km^{3} } = 4.76x10^{17}m^{3}$

Now, we can calculate the mass of the continent:

$m = \rho.V=2750\frac{kg}{m^{3} } (4.76x10^{17}m^{3} )=1.31x10^{21} kg$ .

Then, to calculate the kinetic energy, we recur to the definition expressed in this equation: $K=\frac{1}{2} mv^{2}$ . But, we first have to transform the continent speed into meter and seconds, because it's in centimeter and years.

We know that 1 meter is equivalent 100 centimetres, and 1 year is equivalent to $3.15x10^{7} sec$ . So, we transform:

$v=4.8\frac{cm}{year} .\frac{1year}{3.15x10^{7}sec }.\frac{1m}{100cm} = 1.52x10^{-9} \frac{m}{s}$ .

Now, we can calculate the kinetic energy:

$K= \frac{1}{2} (1.31x10^{21}kg)(1.52x10^{-9}\frac{m}{s} )^{2} = 1.51x10^{3} J$

At last, the jogger has the same kinetic energy and mass of 63kg.

We use the same definition and isolate the speed in the equation:

$K=\frac{1}{2} mv^{2} \\v=\sqrt{\frac{2K}{m} }=\sqrt{\frac{2(1.51x10^{3}J) }{63kg} } =6.92\frac{m}{s}$

Therefore, the speed of the jogger is $6.92\frac{m}{s}$

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