1.050: Checklist Exercises
Due: Wednesday āSeptember 12, 2007 (In Class)
MIT ā1.050 (Engineering Mechanics I)
Fall 2007
Instructor: Markus J. BUEHLER
This subject, 1.050 Engineering Mechanics I, builds upon what you have learned in
your physics and mathematics courses, in particular at MIT, 8.01 and 18.01. The following
exercises, which are inspired from problem sets in 8.01 and 18.01, are designed for you to
refresh your memory after the long summer. They are also important for us to get a good
feel on what we can build together ānow that we start to explore the world of Engineering
Mechanics. In all these exercises, specify your assumptions, and feel free to add any physics
quantity you may need to provide an engineering answer. Furthermore, specify all the
resources you use for your solution.
Team Building and Team Work We strongly encourage you to form Homework teams
of three students. Each team only submits one solution for correction. We expect true team
work, i.e. one where everybody contributes equally to the result. This is testiā¦ed by the team
members signing at the end of the team copy a written declaration that āthe undersigned have
equally contributed to the homeworkā. Ideally, each student will work ā¦rst individually through
the homework set. The team then meets and discusses questions, diĀ¢ culties and solutions, and
eventually, meet with TA or instructor. This ā¦rst assignment is a good occasion for team building.
1. A waiterās job: A new waiter is given the task of holding a tray of size 5l, with three
drinks of various weights. The drinks are distributed in the tray as displayed in the
ā¦gure. Calculate the location along the tray where the waiter should place his hand in
order to lift and equilibrate all the items.
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Figure by MIT OpenCourseWare.
