Physics Problems for Dennis J. Darland to Solve

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I realized that it was insufficient to only provide computer solutions.
I did not, however, want to repeat the problems for each language that I am using.
So, I am gathering the problems in one place.
Book index
  1. Haliday-Resnick, Physics: Parts I & II, second printing [1967]
Books:

  1. Haliday-Resnick, Physics: Parts I & II, second printing [1967]

    I'm planning to study physics.
    I'm starting with my text I used in 1970.
    The textbook is Physics: Parts I & II
    By David Halliday & Robert Resnick.
    Second printing April 1967.
    I plan to solve problems with my computer.
    I hope to advance beyond that!
    I'm trying several languages - to review my knowledge.
    Before long, I expect to be mainly using Maple & Maxima.
    I hope I can eventually get to Quantum Field Theory, etc.
    That may be a pipe dream!!!
    Doing this gives me examples of basic programming constructs in these languages!!!
    Because there is so much to get through, and I know some of it,
    I am only going to program a limited number of problems.
    I am going, also, to use varying language constructs in the languages,
    in order to get such practice.

    Chapters

    1. Chapter 1 - Measurement
      1. Problem 1
        Express your height in the metric system of units
      2. Problem 2
        In track meets both 100 yards and 100 meters are used as distances for dashes.
        Which is longer? By how many meters is it longer? By how many feet?
      3. Problem 3
        A rocket attained a height of 300 kilometers. What is this distance in miles?
    2. Chapter 2 - Vectors
      1. Problem 5
        Given two vectors a = 4i - 3j and b = 6i + 8j, find the magnitude and direction
        of a and b, of a + b, of b - a and a - b.

        NOTE: I added dot and cross product and some additional vectors.
    3. Chapter 3 - Motion in One Dimension
      1. Problem 5
        A tennis ball is dropped onto the floor from a height of 4.0 ft.
        It rebounds to a height of 3.0 ft. If the ball was in contact with the floor for 0.010 sec,
        what was its average acceleration during contact?
    4. Chapter 4 - Motion in a Plane
      1. Problem 3
        A ball rolls off the top of a stairway with a horizontal velocity of magnitude 5.0 ft/sec.
        The steps are 8.0 in. high and 8.0 in wide. Which step will the ball hit first?
    5. Chapter 5 - Particle Dynamics - I
      1. Problem 5
        A car moving initially at a speed of 50 miles/hr and weighing 3000 lb is brought to a
        stop in a distance of 200 ft. (a) Find the braking force and the time requines to stop.
        (b) Assuming the same braking force, find the distance and time required to stop if the
        car were going 25 miles/hr initially.
    6. Chapter 6 - Particle Dynamics - II
      1. Problem 5
        A Hockey puck weighing 0.24 lb slides on the ice for 50 ft before it stops.
        (a) If its initial speed was 20 ft/sec, what is the force of friction between
        puck and ice? (b) What is the coefficient of kinetic friction?
    7. Chapter 7 - Work and Energy - II
      1. Problem 1
        A 100-lb block of ice slides down an incline 5.0 ft long and 3.0 ft high . A man
        pushes up on the ice parallel to the incline so that it slides at constant speed.
        The coefficient of friction between the ice and the incline is 0.10. Find (a) the
        force exerted by the man, (b) the work done by the man on the block, (c) the work
        done by gravity on the block, (d) the work done by the surface of the incline on
        the block, (e) the work done by the the resultant forces on the block, and (f) the
        change in the kinetic energy of the block.