UCSD DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS Winter Quarter 2000
PHYSICS 8: THE PHYSICS OF EVERYDAY LIFE

Homework 3
(Due February 10 2000)

1. Sketch a gear arrangement that will change the speed of rotation by a
factor of three, and will move the axis of rotation by 90 degrees.

2. Sketch a device which could lift a car off the ground.

3. Explain how a gyroscope works.

4. How is a spring used to measure weight?

5. Name 4 devices which rely on friction.




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