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Physics, Chemistry and Biology: Post your doubts here!

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Someone help me solve part (c)...
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its answer is 1.5 and the reason is simple
first of all leave the two weights 6N and 8N as we calculated in the last part they have equal moment so they cancel out each other
read the question carefully it says uniform rod, which means that the pivot is actually cancelling out the weight of 1.5 N and as the distance is equal the pivot is applying 1.5 N force upwards
hope im right :p
 
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G3?

So yeah one of the conditions of equilibrium is no resultant force. Therefore forces up = forces down
Forces up = 8N
Forces down = 1.5N + 6N = 7.5N
These are not equal.
To make them equal there must be a force acting downwards, of magnitude 0.5N.
YEA he is right i did not read your answer first i just directly replied to him :p
and i also forgot to use the upward forces and downward forces rule damnit im bad at physics.............
 
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can anyone help me i got a* in my school exams in physics but now tomorrow is the paper and im not able to even solve the simplest questions -_-
and i asked a question from 2014 winter 31 it was about the volume of helium in an inflated balloon, can anyone give me COMPLETE explanation i mean everything like why do we use p1v1=p2v2, why does the mark scheme subtract the volume of helium in cylinder from the one calculated using p1v1:p2v2
And one more thing how are you guys preparing for the exam book, past papers or notes? plz reply.......... :)
 
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Could somebody do part (b)
Like a complete diagram please! :)
 

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I understood the first two but the last part marking scheme says 5.24 and they subtracted 14.7 from 30.9(which I did not understand why)

Hope you don't mind me answering.
But for the force in F=ma, you take the resultant force.
There is an upward force acting on the brick, 14.7N and a downward force weight, (3.09 * 10N= 30.9)
Resultant force is 16.2N
16.2/3.09 = 5.24ms^2
 
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