A movie stuntman (mass 80.0kg) stands on a window ledge 5.0 mabove the floor. Grabbing a rope attached to a chandelier, heswings down to grapple with the movie's villian (mass 70.0 kg), whois standing directly under the chandelier.(assume that thestuntman's center of mass moves downward 5.0 m. He releasesthe rope just as he reaches the villian).
a) with what speed do the entwined foes start to slide acrossthe floor?
b) if the coefficient of kinetic friction of their bodies withthe floor is 0.250, how far do they slide?
The article “Modeling of Urban Area Stop-andGo Traffic Noise” presents measurements of traffic noise, in dBA, from 10 locations in Bangkok, Thailand. Measurements, presented in the following table, were made at each location, in both the acceleration and deceleration lanes.
\(\begin{array}{|c|c|}\hline \text{Location} & \text{Acceleration} & \text{Decelaration} \\ \hline 1 & 78.1 & 78.6 \\ \hline 2 & 78.1 & 80.0 \\ \hline 3 & 79.6 & 79.3 \\ \hline 4 & 81.0 & 79.1 \\ \hline 5 & 78.7 & 78.2 \\ \hline 6 & 78.1 & 78.0 \\ \hline 7 & 78.6 & 78.6 \\ \hline 8 & 78.5 & 78.8 \\ \hline 9 & 78.4 & 78.0 \\ \hline 10 & 79.6 & 78.4 \\ \hline \end{array}\)
Can you conclude that there is a difference in the mean noise levels between acceleration and deceleration lanes?