# Giancoli Solutions on Video

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## Sample solution

Giancoli 7th Edition, Chapter 5, Problem 12

(4:49)

### Giancoli 6th Edition, Chapter 8, Problem 64

By thesouthportschool on Sat, 02/18/2017 - 15:37

Is the answer not 453.6926 J or 5*10^2 J, I copied the exact calculations from your final answer of part A (3:49) and did not get 5*10^16 J.

By thesouthportschool on Sat, 02/18/2017 - 15:43

And I also you changed the angular velocity from 3.333*10^-4 to 3.333*10^-11 when doing the calculations to work out the KE

### Giancoli 7th Edition, Chapter 12, Problem 15

By margolinw on Fri, 02/17/2017 - 08:04

What is your rationale for deciding to multiply by (r^2/10^beta/10) in part B?

### Giancoli 7th Edition, Chapter 16, Problem 5

By julia.wolfe on Sun, 02/12/2017 - 12:41

How are you supposed to know that the comb gained (rather than lost) electrons? I know that the chapter mentions that plastic items develop negative charges when rubbed, but I thought the problem would specify that the charge acquired was -3 microcoulombs if the comb had gained (vs. lost) electrons?
Thanks,
Julia

### Giancoli 7th Edition, Chapter 11, Problem 28

By donnarrnc on Fri, 02/10/2017 - 18:10

Is this calculation correct? It shows 4/pi^2 on the calculator display.

By Mr. Dychko on Fri, 02/10/2017 - 23:42

Hi donnarrnc,

Thanks for the question. Yes, things are all good here. The calculator display shows /4/pi^2, which is another way of saying what you might have been expecting: /(4pi^2).

All the best,
Mr. Dychko

### Giancoli 7th Edition, Chapter 18, Problem 36

By tuh20232 on Thu, 02/09/2017 - 15:50

I got confused with the P= 75 w and the P = the power consumed would you please explain the difference? Thank you

By Mr. Dychko on Fri, 02/10/2017 - 23:48

Hi tuh20232, thanks for the question. P = the power consumed, always. On the packaging for a bulb, the manufacturer will give the answer to the power calculation, assuming a particular voltage. For a bulb sold in the US, the manufacturer will assume 120 V in the calculation for the bulb power, where for a bulb sold in the EU, the manufacturer will assume 240 V.

P = the power consumed, whereas the P = ## rating for a bulb depends on where the bulb is sold.

Hope that helps,
Mr. Dychko

### Giancoli 7th Edition, Chapter 19, Problem 18

By saie.joshi on Sun, 02/05/2017 - 11:21

do the nodes initially not mean anything then? I thought the nodes would make the resistors not in parallel or series.

By Mr. Dychko on Sun, 02/05/2017 - 12:24

Hi saie.joshi,

Thanks for the question. This diagram is a bit tricky since some resistors are in series, whereas others are in parallel. We break it down step by step. If current reaching a node has a choice between multiple paths, then the resistors along the two (or more) paths are in parallel. If current reaching a node has only one option, and that is to proceed through another resistor, then that next resistor is in series. Does that help?

All the best,
Mr. Dychko

### Giancoli 7th Edition, Chapter 10, Problem 22

By rdattafl on Thu, 02/02/2017 - 11:00

In the video, you wrote 1.29 * 10^5 Pa, but in the main answer section, you wrote 1.20 * 10^5 Pa. Merely for clarity, can you correct the second answer?

By Mr. Dychko on Sun, 02/05/2017 - 12:25

Thank you very much for spotting that rdattafl. I've updated the quick answer.

### Giancoli 7th Edition, Chapter 2, Problem 30

By m_iqbal on Tue, 01/31/2017 - 19:20

Hi,
I have a question that if the object has constant negative velocity, will the object speed up or slow down?

By Mr. Dychko on Sun, 02/05/2017 - 12:35

Hi m_iqbal, thanks for the question. The negative sign for velocity indicates direction only. It says nothing about whether the object is speeding up or slowing down. A negative velocity means only that the object is moving in the negative direction, which is typically to the left, although a person solving a problem is free to redefine the coordinate system by saying "I feel like making the negative direction to the right". It's a bit unusual to say "right is negative", but you do need to be prepared for this idea since occasionally I do say "let down be the positive direction", rather than the traditional "up is positive", when doing so simplifies the mathematics by avoiding so many negative signs in a formula.

A change in speed is given by acceleration, so your next question might be: does a negative acceleration mean the object is speeding up or slowing down. The answer here depends on whether the object currently has a negative velocity, or not. If the acceleration has the same sign as the velocity, it's speeding up. An acceleration with an opposite sign to the velocity means the object is slowing down. So, running through the list of possibilities: +a & +v => speeding up, -a & +v => slowing down, +a & -v => slowing down, -a & -v => speeding up. The last scenario is probably the one you'll want to take note of, where a negative acceleration means the object is speeding up when it already has negative velocity.

All the best,
Mr. Dychko