A thin-walled cylindrical tank with a diameter of 2.0 m and wall thickness of 18 mm is open at the top. The height h of water (weight density 5 9.81 kN/m3) in the tank at which the circumferential stress reaches 10 MPa in the tank wall is approximately:

(A) 14 m

(B) 18 m

(C) 20 m

(D) 24 m


(B) 18 m

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At what instant(s) of time do the marbles have the same instantaneous velocity?


A. At time tB
B. At time tG
C. At both tB and tG
D. Some instant between tC and tD
E. Some instant between tD and tE
F. Roughly time tD

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A) The acceleration of A is greater than the acceleration of B. B) The acceleration of B is greater than the acceleration of A. C) The two bricks have exactly the same acceleration. D) Neither brick has any acceleration once it is released.

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Two charged objects are separated by a distance d. The first charge is larger in magnitude than the second charge

A) The first charge exerts a larger force on the second charge. B) The second charge exerts a larger force on the first charge. C) The charges exert forces on each other equal in magnitude and opposite in direction. D) The charges exert forces on each other equal in magnitude and pointing in the same direction.

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