(a) Define angle of contact (b) Draw sketches to show angles of contact for a capillary tube dipped vertically in (i) water; (ii) mercury.

A wooden block of mass 1.6kg rest on a rough horizontal surface, if the limiting friction force between the block and the surface is 8N. Calculate the coeffi...

The apparent weight of a body wholly immersed in water is 32N and its weight in air is 96N. Calculate the volume of the body. (Density of water = 1000kgm-3, ...

A uniform cylindrical hydrometer of mass 20g and cross sectional area 0.54cm2 floats upright in a liquid. If 25cm of its length is submerged, calculate the r...

A ball bearing is gently released from rest and allowed to fall through a viscous fluid. Which of the following statements about the motion is correct?

A bus travelling at 15ms-1 accelerates uniformly at 4ms-2, what is the distance covered in 10s?

An iron rod is moved from the earth to the moon. Which of the following properties of the rod would remain unchanged? i. mass ii. weight iii. relative density

The diagram above illustrates three forces T1, T2 and 100N in equilibrium. Determine the magnitude of T1

The driver of a car moving with uniform speed of 40ms-1 observes a truck approaching from the opposite direction with a speed of 20ms-1. Calculate the speed ...