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MBA, Ph.D in Management
Harvard university
Feb-1997 - Aug-2003
Professor
Strayer University
Jan-2007 - Present
----A certain part of an aircraft engine has a volume of 1.5 ft3.
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(a) Find the weight of the piece when it is made of silver.
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(b) If the same piece is made of aluminum, what is its weight?
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Determine how much weight is saved by using aluminum instead of silver.
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-----The water in the plumbing in a house is at a gauge pressure of 160,000 Pa. What force does this cause on the top of the tank inside a water heater if the area of the top is 0.9 m2? (Ignore atmospheric pressure.)
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-----A storage tank 32 m high is filled with gasoline. (Assume the tank is open and exposed to the atmosphere at the top.)
(a) Find the gauge pressure at the bottom of the tank.
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(b) Calculate the magnitude of the force produced by the fluid that acts on a square access hatch at the bottom of the tank that measures 0.7 m by 0.7 m.
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-----A modern-day zeppelin holds 9,520 m3 of helium. Compute its maximum payload at sea level. (Assume the helium and air to be at 0°C and 1 atm.)
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-----A juniper-wood plank measuring 0.41 ft by 1 ft by 17 ft is totally submerged in water. (a) What is its weight?
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(b) What is the buoyant force acting on it?
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(c) What is the size and the direction of the net force on it?
size   ?
direction ?
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