Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-308-2

Chapter 1 - Introduction to Physics - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 16: 41

Answer

$\frac{v^{2}}{x}$, $\frac{x}{t^{2}}$ and $\frac{v}{t}$ have the dimension of an acceleration.

Work Step by Step

Dimension of t (time): [T]. Dimension of x (distance): [L]. Dimension of v (velocity): $\frac{[L]}{[T]}$. Dimension of an acceleration: $\frac{[L]}{[T^{2}]}$. (a) $xt^{2}=[L][T^{2}]$. $xt^{2}$ has not the dimension of an acceleration. (b) $\frac{v^{2}}{x}=\frac{(\frac{[L]}{[T]})^{2}}{[L]}=\frac{\frac{[L^{2}]}{[T^{2}]}}{[L]}=\frac{[L]}{[T^{2}]}$. $\frac{v^{2}}{x}$ has the dimension of an acceleration. (c) $\frac{x}{t^{2}}=\frac{[L]}{[T^{2}]}$. $\frac{x}{t^{2}}$ has the dimension of an acceleration. (d) $\frac{v}{t}=\frac{\frac{[L]}{[T]}}{[T]}=\frac{[L]}{[T^{2}]}$. $\frac{v}{t}$ has the dimension of an acceleration.
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