tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244458674117363159.post1595681393568109964..comments2023-09-24T02:39:05.162-07:00Comments on Daily GRE: Physics GRE - #4Paul Liuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16809371907394009052noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244458674117363159.post-68713728503189280882011-08-08T19:42:22.365-07:002011-08-08T19:42:22.365-07:00@Alemi (8692910415860994666):
I've switched it...@Alemi (8692910415860994666):<br />I've switched it back to the old system for now.<br />Comments for the new posts should be working.Paul Liuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16809371907394009052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244458674117363159.post-91007276298753828422011-08-08T19:20:33.189-07:002011-08-08T19:20:33.189-07:00@8692910415860994666.0
Geez! You're right! The...@8692910415860994666.0<br />Geez! You're right! The comment box just disappeared! Thanks for the heads up!Paul Liuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16809371907394009052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244458674117363159.post-35658090831880160332011-08-08T19:18:58.633-07:002011-08-08T19:18:58.633-07:00@8692910415860994666.0
Hmm. Ok. I'll check it ...@8692910415860994666.0<br />Hmm. Ok. I'll check it out.Paul Liuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16809371907394009052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244458674117363159.post-86929104158609946662011-08-08T19:04:19.834-07:002011-08-08T19:04:19.834-07:00The commenting on the newer posts is broken.The commenting on the newer posts is broken.Alemihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15394732652049740436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244458674117363159.post-38429578614361562682011-08-05T11:49:16.493-07:002011-08-05T11:49:16.493-07:00Any time sand is falling, the center of mass of th...Any time sand is falling, the center of mass of the hourglass is moving. The CoM starts and ends at rest, so it must have both accelerated and decelerated within the hour. Thus, the net force on the hourglass has been both downwards and upwards within the hour.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08318027490502136589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244458674117363159.post-32128041899312185552011-08-05T10:30:07.554-07:002011-08-05T10:30:07.554-07:00Nevermind. I was making the mistake of ignoring th...Nevermind. I was making the mistake of ignoring the fact that because the sand is accelerating in free fall is essentially unsupported.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244458674117363159.post-78178824439716913952011-08-05T10:23:44.770-07:002011-08-05T10:23:44.770-07:00Well, if the medium were honey the weight would re...Well, if the medium were honey the weight would remain constant the entire time. If the medium were a vacuum, the weight would drop and then rise back to the total weight.<br /><br />Air is somewhere in between, but at drag forces would counter-act some of the missing weight from sand in free fall. I just don't know how much. I need a scale and an hourglass. :PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244458674117363159.post-77698920237674274712011-08-05T09:13:57.096-07:002011-08-05T09:13:57.096-07:00@orsonscott:
What kind of interaction do you mean...@orsonscott:<br /><br />What kind of interaction do you mean?<br /><br />Also, think about this:<br />If you were standing on a scale, and you bent down a little, how does the scale reading change?Paul Liuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16809371907394009052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244458674117363159.post-74631801967340974772011-08-05T09:09:44.841-07:002011-08-05T09:09:44.841-07:00@Dave:
I was assuming that the last speck of sand...@Dave:<br /><br />I was assuming that the last speck of sand hits the bottom of the hourglass at exactly one hour. This would mean that the scale reads more than its supposed to, since to increase and then decrease to W, you need some split seconds of adjustment time (however you are right in that it'll decrease, increase, and then decrease to W).<br /><br />As for whether it depends on if how much sand is in free-fall, at 0.001 seconds, no sand has reached the bottom of the hourglass, so we don't need to worry about that if we're just evaluating the 3 specific times they gave us.<br /><br />And yes, it would be much better to rewrite this problem as a solid mass falling thorough a trap door that opens at some time (maybe I'll do this in the future once you guys have forgotten all about this problem :) ).Paul Liuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16809371907394009052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244458674117363159.post-38486818889627972872011-08-05T09:02:01.734-07:002011-08-05T09:02:01.734-07:00Wouldn't the sand interacting with the air com...Wouldn't the sand interacting with the air compensate for the missing weight of the sand in free fall? Wouldn't it remain ~constant throughout operation?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244458674117363159.post-2518019336435967872011-08-05T06:07:41.367-07:002011-08-05T06:07:41.367-07:00This question seems kind of misleading. I agree wi...This question seems kind of misleading. I agree with your analysis until the very end. At 1 hour, the last speck of sand will increase the weight as it delivers an impulse, but once that speck of sand is at rest, the weight returns to W. So it will decrease, then increase, then decrease to W. I guess it depends on whether you think that last grain of sand is at rest at t=1.<br /><br />Wouldn't the answer also depend on how much sand is in free-fall at once? If the impulse of the sand is not enough to overcome the loss of the weight from the sand in free-fall behind it, then I agree it will decrease, then increase to W presumably.<br /><br />This also doesn't consider the loss of weight when you pick up the system to flip it, plus the increase in weight when you put it back down.<br /><br />Seems like a better way to write this problem would be to have a solid mass falling in a cylindrical container.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12306044061825233084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244458674117363159.post-84900208084031769972011-08-05T05:56:12.400-07:002011-08-05T05:56:12.400-07:00Thinking on your feet: You had it at decreasing, ...Thinking on your feet: You had it at decreasing, only one answer left.Alemihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15394732652049740436noreply@blogger.com