Physics 50 example problems

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This is a video podcast of solutions to example problems from Dr. Beyersdorf's Physics 50 class at San Jose State University. Several episodes will be published each week including solutions to the previous week's homework and examples that may be useful in understanding current homework or preparing for upcoming exams.

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14-51 Tube of Mercury-fluid mechanics

Nov 15th, 2006 5:26 AM

For a tube containing mercury and water, find the difference in height of the mercury and water using Pascal's law

14-47 Mass of a Planet-fluid mechanics

Nov 15th, 2006 5:25 AM

Given some measurements of the pressure in a fluid taken on the surface of an unknown planet, use Pascal's law and the universal law of gravitation to find the mass of the planet.

14-37 Airplane Wing-fluid mechanics

Nov 15th, 2006 5:24 AM

Use Bernoulli's Equation to find the force on an airplane wing and then find the net force acting on the airplane.

14-29 Shower Head-fluid mechanics

Nov 15th, 2006 5:24 AM

Use the continuity equation to find the exit velocity for water in a shower head

14-25 Wood Floating in Oil-fluid mechanics

Nov 15th, 2006 5:23 AM

For a block of wood floating on top of a layer of water and below a layer of oil, find its mass and density given how high it is floating

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