Author Question: A 500-N weight sits on the small piston of a hydraulic machine. The small piston has area 2.0 cm2. ... (Read 59 times)

craiczarry · **on:** Jul 27, 2018

A 500-N weight sits on the small piston of a hydraulic machine. The small piston has area 2.0 cm2. If the large piston has area 40 cm2, how much weight can the large piston support?

A) 25 N
B) 500 N
C) 1000 N
D) 10000 N
E) 40000 N

Question 2

A mass attached to the free end of an ideal spring executes SHM according to the equation x = 0.5 sin(20t) where x is in meters and t is in seconds. What is the magnitude of the maximum acceleration for this mass?

A) 10 m/s2
B) 100 m/s2
C) 20 m/s2
D) 200 m/s2
E) (20/) m/s2