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Index of Problem Situations This index presents a list of situations analyzed in the Worked Examples and Focused Problems. Agent Smith, 185 Alice and Bob, 175, 187, 216, 218, 221, 228, 285 astronaut, 294, 338 ball, tossing, 5, 29, 168, 281 bathroom scale, 334 bird, 242, 244, 290 black hole, falling into, 338 block and pulley problems, 335 boat race, 86 book on car seat, 332 boxes, 212 broom, 204 bullet, 208, 269 bully and nerd, 289 cannon, 94, 112, 235, 264 casserole, 5, 29 cats: Peanut, 181; Spooky, 122 Cecil, 221, 228 cement truck, 286 cheetah, 186 clown shot from cannon, 94, 112, 235, 264 cruise control, 135, 136 daylight, hours of, 30 DeeDee, 228 dragster, 147, 149, 152, 156, 157, 181 driver and mechanic, 101 driveway, 93, 136 driving: and changing lanes, 85; on cruise control, 135, 136; downhill, 316; against drag force, 316; over a hill, 136, 336; and spinning wheels, 316; and turning, 93, 136; uphill, 136, 316 Earth, motion around sun, 135, 243 electron, 182 elevator, 101, 242, 265 Empire State Building, 101 Equator, 334 escalator, 245 flying saucer, 92, 123. See also spaceship foot bone, 212 glasses, filling, 5, 29 423 424 Index of Problem Situations grocery cart, 236, 264 helicopter, 244 hiker, 12 horse and cart, 289 hours of daylight, 30 hummingbird, 290 jet, 137 Krakatoa, 281 lazy horse, 289 Little Billy, 332 Little Millie, 333 mail cart, 218, 221, 228, 263 mechanic and driver, 101 moon, 250 motorcycle, 286 Neo, 185 Nerd, 289 ocean liner sightings, 21, 85 orangutan, 212, 289 otter, 281 pelican, 281 penny, 101, 135 plane: jet taking off, 137; minimum speed for takeoff, 187 plasma, 185 Poindexter, 281 postal workers, 228, 263 Professor Snerd, 332 proton, 185 puddle, temperature of, 30 race car, 132 restoring force, 281 rocket ship, 92, 123, 289, 294 shopping cart, 236, 264 skateboarder, 123 ski ramp, 333 sled, pulling, 332, 333 south pole, 334 spaceship, 289, 294. See also flying saucer standing on tiptoe, 212 star, simple model for, 336 stock price, 16, 30 swimming race, 187 taxicab, 76, 82, 182, 190, 375 tiny tot, 101, 241 toy car, 132 Trinity, 185 trolley car, 142, 144, 150, 280 truck, 286 volcano, 281 wildebeest, 186 ...

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