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Komentáře • 323

  • @victorprentice1062
    @victorprentice1062 Před 6 lety +529

    AP Physics got me like “A student is going to hang himself because of the overwhelming topic that he fails every test and paper in. He is trying to find a rope that can support his weight. The student weighs 50kg. What is the tension of the rope?”

    • @libertax9213
      @libertax9213 Před 5 lety +35

      There is no tension because there is no rope.

    • @crazykraken55
      @crazykraken55 Před 5 lety +57

      400N (100N loss of brain cells)

    • @annabeladesousa2692
      @annabeladesousa2692 Před 5 lety +11

      The minimum tension that the rope can experience is 490 N,thus the tension will be 490 N upwards.(equilibrium)

    • @rubinakausar9559
      @rubinakausar9559 Před 5 lety +1

      Victor Prentice I agree with you

    • @snehalkancharlawar315
      @snehalkancharlawar315 Před 5 lety +2

      Thats actually me rn, im so dead and tired, ugh

  • @deiu9999
    @deiu9999 Před 10 lety +209

    Wow, wow, I never knew all these concepts are so logical and I guess that`s the problem with most of nowadays teachers, they just fill the table wih formulas without telling us where it all came from... But you sir, you mannage to do this and I must say: "Thank you a lot, sir!" :)

    • @manasmarathe9579
      @manasmarathe9579 Před 5 lety

      There is no formula for this

    • @josephjithu8484
      @josephjithu8484 Před 4 lety

      If Einstein had studied like that he would not be Einstein bud, he would be another brick in the wall

  • @suchasrinagam7265
    @suchasrinagam7265 Před 3 lety +123

    The fact that i got better notes here than my online class makes me wanna quit school and learn everything here!

    • @enderf4515
      @enderf4515 Před rokem +3

      umm..... probably a bad idea

    • @kingofstuff1732
      @kingofstuff1732 Před rokem +10

      @@enderf4515 honestly I agree with them, my teacher is not good at teaching, at this point I'm pretty much doing self-study for ap physics

  • @top10swithtopaza40
    @top10swithtopaza40 Před rokem +32

    This is 15 years old now, but it's still better than the material I get in school, thank you so much Khan academy

  • @add5955
    @add5955 Před 11 lety +21

    I get the concept of tension well, seeing how I get it everyday sitting in a Physics classroom

  • @how-toplaygames4987
    @how-toplaygames4987 Před 6 lety +14

    its been 10 years, and im still watching this

  • @YourFriendDevin
    @YourFriendDevin Před 5 lety +16

    I’m heading over right now to fix that gap in the green line

  • @nickboldan7833
    @nickboldan7833 Před 9 lety +20

    Very well explained. Tension can seem like some abstract thing, but it's really just a force, and often students aren't made aware of that until they see real-life examples.

  • @TunaNoCrust305
    @TunaNoCrust305 Před 11 lety +7

    For future reference, at 8:50, to solve T1 1/2= 100, you have to get the T alone. So to do that you have to cancel out the 1/2 and the way to do that is to do the opposite of division, because 1/2 you are dividing, if you were multiplying you would divide, so you multiply with the recipricle of 1/2 which is 2. So what you do to one side you do to the other, 2 * 100 = 200. T=200

  • @22kuter
    @22kuter Před 8 lety +4

    Thanks, this lifted my stress as my teacher didn't explain it very well, and this explains it in such a simple way, thanks

  • @kundai5265
    @kundai5265 Před 7 lety +4

    Thank you for this! made perfect sense for once

  • @hppaviliona1700la
    @hppaviliona1700la Před 13 lety +1

    Please make a video of this but with an angle in the T2!
    Your videos help me a lot, thanks!

  • @soumyajoshi176
    @soumyajoshi176 Před 3 lety +2

    2012 Khan academy, here I am in 2021

  • @SafeAndEffectiveTheySaid
    @SafeAndEffectiveTheySaid Před 15 lety +3

    What this guy do is a really good job.
    If you can help someone out, you are a good person.
    But if you help people all over the world, you are like an angel.

    • @protopug_
      @protopug_ Před rokem

      wow
      This comment was written when I was 13

    • @SafeAndEffectiveTheySaid
      @SafeAndEffectiveTheySaid Před rokem +1

      @@protopug_ times flies. Hope you enjoy your college time as much as I did.

    • @protopug_
      @protopug_ Před rokem

      @@SafeAndEffectiveTheySaid wow, didn't expect to get such a quick reply
      and thank you for your wishes

    • @ranindunimesh4036
      @ranindunimesh4036 Před 10 měsíci

      @@SafeAndEffectiveTheySaid how are you doing now?

  • @galachoxy
    @galachoxy Před 14 lety +1

    Ur a great teacher,,,,u make it simple and clear unlike my teacher in physics who just make get a hard time in solving a tension n' frictions,,i like it so much...thanks a lot from timor-lete..

  • @DeMonYitOoO
    @DeMonYitOoO Před 11 lety +2

    Thank YOU!!! SO MUCH!! YOU HELPED ME ALOT I HAVE A TEST ON WEDNESDAY THANYOU SO MUCH!! ILOVEYOU!

  • @Ahfjo
    @Ahfjo Před 11 lety +4

    I always wondered does the maximum tension of a rope change depending on the length of the rope? Obviously, the material of the rope has to be the same in both cases, but can longer rope hold more weight than a shorter rope?

  • @SSTube80
    @SSTube80 Před 15 lety +1

    you are the man for doing this, thank you!

  • @pirate1406
    @pirate1406 Před 8 lety +2

    Could you make a video with a problem that has a string with mass? Thanks

  • @pushpanarayanpur
    @pushpanarayanpur Před 4 lety +2

    Thank you so much. Excellent explanation!

  • @seavech
    @seavech Před 13 lety

    thnx a lot!!! now i am ready for the test that i have in an hour!!! THNX A LOT

  • @Master1906
    @Master1906 Před 12 lety

    You are completely correct. As sin(angle) approaches 0, the number becomes infinitely small, in other worlds, [100N]/[Very small number ] = Extremely large number.
    So at 0 degrees, in order to keep the string taut under the weight, it will require infinite tension no matter how small the weight is.
    Think about this. Get a string. Make it horizontal and straight. It will NEVER be perfectly straight and taut due to gravity pulling the middle section down, no matter how hard you tense it.

  • @jfmarque
    @jfmarque Před 13 lety +1

    Could you please explain an example using an angle as unknown?

  • @AtlasJS
    @AtlasJS Před 12 lety +2

    @grandprix1110 i realized why i was getting the question wrong... the calculator wasn't in degrees, so each time i would use sine and cosine the answer would be wrong because my calculator wasn't on the degrees setting... FML

  • @derciobene3458
    @derciobene3458 Před 9 lety +2

    Thanks a lot for your good work

  • @Nguyening_music
    @Nguyening_music Před 13 lety +30

    Professor, can you do that WHOLE problem again for me?
    Professor: HELLLLLL TO THE NO!
    youtube: sure click replay :)

  • @xxminaxcoladaxx
    @xxminaxcoladaxx Před 13 lety +2

    Brilliant....really clear and helpful thank you. I have a forces test on Monday and you've really helped to refresh my memory!

    • @CEMAGC
      @CEMAGC Před 3 lety

      did you get an A+?

    • @boniquer931
      @boniquer931 Před 2 lety

      @@CEMAGC bro he passed the whole thing from 11 yrs lmao

  • @Dan4157
    @Dan4157 Před 14 lety +1

    but good sir, that makes too much damn sense!

  • @BrentonaBike
    @BrentonaBike Před 10 lety

    Can you do a video in regards to vertical cables with pretension and horizontal forces?

  • @QuicklimeProductions
    @QuicklimeProductions Před 11 lety +1

    I think the force is distributed throughout the whole rope so it could, like how a larger pot of water take more heat to boil because the thermal energy is distributed through more water, a larger rope has more area to distribute the force so it could handle greater forces before breaking. Idk for sure though...

  • @legoindianajones1000
    @legoindianajones1000 Před 12 lety

    So how do you involve calc in physics? Integration? Derivs?

  • @Abril-ge8uq
    @Abril-ge8uq Před 4 lety +17

    I'm watching this and my midterm exam is tomorrow

  • @sc00biedoo
    @sc00biedoo Před 11 lety

    this is fantastic!

  • @arjungathwala8217
    @arjungathwala8217 Před 6 lety

    Great video! Sal is the real man 🐉

  • @shamimjaved8714
    @shamimjaved8714 Před 7 lety

    its very helpfull for students

  • @olivermathiasen3594
    @olivermathiasen3594 Před 11 měsíci

    Very well explained. Didnt understand the last part. But ill rewatch after some sleep. Hopefully it will get in then.

  • @XH1tokiriX
    @XH1tokiriX Před 15 lety +2

    great way to study for mid-terms.
    Thx!!
    =]

    • @BarbarosZeren
      @BarbarosZeren Před 2 lety

      Wow 12 years ago. I wonder what are you doing right know.

    • @XH1tokiriX
      @XH1tokiriX Před 2 lety

      @@BarbarosZeren I don't even know how you found a 12 year old comment!! I'm a police officer now, fell a little short of my scientist goal loool

    • @BarbarosZeren
      @BarbarosZeren Před 2 lety

      @@XH1tokiriX I hope you are doing great. I wish you the best.

  • @janeeyre9076
    @janeeyre9076 Před 3 lety

    Thank you. It was very Helpfull🙏

  • @Hunnymuffin321
    @Hunnymuffin321 Před 11 lety

    @rnichols16 that gets confusing for me too, but if you we're to multiply 100 by (1/2) it would be 50, but you were dividing in this case. 100/(1/2) is the same as 100 times the reciprocal of (1/2) which is 2.

  • @kaldorei58
    @kaldorei58 Před 3 lety

    Such a classic we have here.

  • @janahsabriyamacapundag3448
    @janahsabriyamacapundag3448 Před 5 měsíci

    WOW I LOVE THIS

  • @abhishekutkarsh
    @abhishekutkarsh Před 12 lety

    you are great !!!!

  • @fozanshaque6094
    @fozanshaque6094 Před 4 lety

    awesome explaination

  • @serenavue4254
    @serenavue4254 Před 7 lety

    How did you know what equation to use to find the T1x component?

  • @ua24986
    @ua24986 Před 15 lety +1

    he always says, "I'll see you in the next video" but actually only talk to us, I wish he showed his face...I would like to see this professor!

  • @IQ-rl2wx
    @IQ-rl2wx Před 4 lety

    Such important concepts

  • @gerrenx7
    @gerrenx7 Před 13 lety

    Bless you sir

  • @USMChiLD
    @USMChiLD Před 14 lety

    Thanks Sal.

  • @emmafrankly
    @emmafrankly Před 13 lety

    So does T1 include the blue string directly above the object?

  • @fefafe334
    @fefafe334 Před 13 lety +1

    his favorite word is "intuitive" .. lolx!

  • @asteroides8204
    @asteroides8204 Před 11 lety +2

    can i just say, I LOVE YOU. I WISH YOU WERE MY TEACHER

  • @cubesolver
    @cubesolver Před 16 lety

    I like how the 30 degree angle is larger than the 60 degree angle

  • @TheKmanOfSmash
    @TheKmanOfSmash Před 12 lety +1

    So with a 100N weight and the angle T1 makes being 30 degrees, the tension in the T1 string is 200N (100/(sin30) = 100N/(1/2) = (2)(100N) = 200N). I understand that. Now, this happens to be double the weight of the original weight (100N). Does this mean that as the angles T1 makes approaches 0 degrees (horizontal), the tension in the T1 string approaches infinity? If so or not, why? And if so, why is the tension in T2 not infinity by this logic?

  • @nidaaa7714
    @nidaaa7714 Před 6 lety

    many thankkkkss

  • @khalidfaiz8735
    @khalidfaiz8735 Před 7 lety

    bro your videos are the best

  • @lalali451
    @lalali451 Před 4 lety

    Thank you sir 👍👌

  • @seifdeiab
    @seifdeiab Před 11 lety

    Why we did not use sin60*?

  • @Papaabe
    @Papaabe Před 5 lety

    when the string breaks will the particle move a distance before hitting the ground, please I need a quick answer

  • @uralegend123
    @uralegend123 Před 11 lety +3

    Finally, this is the first time I've seen trigonometry in application

  • @lazaruz01
    @lazaruz01 Před 7 lety +51

    Haha!
    SOH CAH TOA
    in blood red.
    Like the blood in my nose when I couldn't get this topic when I was in high school

  • @carlybutler9190
    @carlybutler9190 Před 11 lety +2

    Thankyou!!! I have a test tomorrow and this is perfectt!!

  • @phanidruva
    @phanidruva Před 8 lety +20

    Since the body is stationary, the sum of all forces is equal to zero? Is it so?

    • @aragonification
      @aragonification Před 8 lety +3

      Since the body isn't accelerating*, I think.

    • @aragonification
      @aragonification Před 8 lety +1

      Since the body isn't accelerating*, I think.

    • @lazaruz01
      @lazaruz01 Před 7 lety +4

      It's the idea...Equilibrium should mean that the object is not accelerating and to the that all the forces must be equal to zero either to keep the object stationary or moving in a constant motion.

    • @sanaakhan6273
      @sanaakhan6273 Před 6 lety

      yes, it is in equilibrium

    • @muhammadjawadaslam9020
      @muhammadjawadaslam9020 Před 5 lety

      Hmmm... I think if you do not consider the rotation velcoity of earth then yeah, but since the direction of rotation is constantly changing then velcoity of earth is constantly changing, therefore it exerts its effect onto us, but since the system and us observing it have the same velcoity at every point on the Earth s surface, we say it's in equilibrium, as we consider that velocity as constant.

  • @benihana360
    @benihana360 Před 11 lety

    thank you so much!!!!!

  • @jojogirl2008
    @jojogirl2008 Před 11 lety

    why are the pulley videos private?!

  • @muhammadadel191
    @muhammadadel191 Před 10 lety

    woooondeeeerfuuul >> Bless you!

  • @Shivastorm88
    @Shivastorm88 Před 12 lety

    You, sir, are a God amongst MEN!

  • @funkyboy_22
    @funkyboy_22 Před 8 lety +1

    Audio's pretty bad. In middle volume, I can hardly hear anything.

  • @niceguy4801
    @niceguy4801 Před 3 lety

    Thankyou sir

  • @jigneshshah6134
    @jigneshshah6134 Před 6 lety

    tysm sir

  • @priyanshusobti9935
    @priyanshusobti9935 Před 6 lety +1

    thnx sir
    I was never able to solve complicated tension problems befor watching this👍

  • @alientechgaming7521
    @alientechgaming7521 Před 6 lety

    What about spring tension

  • @ibraheemmonks8866
    @ibraheemmonks8866 Před 3 lety +1

    Which pixel is the string?

  • @UltimateSAB
    @UltimateSAB Před 12 lety

    thanks!!!!!!

  • @yc9928
    @yc9928 Před 5 lety

    Thx teacher khan

  • @baretings1
    @baretings1 Před 12 lety

    would you call the tension the reaction force of the weight of the block?
    or is it a seperate force and will have its own reaction force?

  • @wrestlewithmagic123
    @wrestlewithmagic123 Před 6 lety +1

    why cos 30 only was taken in the last step...

  • @arpangoswami2333
    @arpangoswami2333 Před 8 lety

    you are good

  • @Yaj-kk4is
    @Yaj-kk4is Před rokem +1

    nice

  • @sangitaaditya4505
    @sangitaaditya4505 Před 6 lety

    Can anyone explain how is that angle 30 degrees?

  • @trailertrashtactics
    @trailertrashtactics Před 5 lety

    anybody else notice that the intro to this video compared to the ending of the last sounded like Sal was recording in his closet trying not to wake up his wife and kid XD. This guy is seriously incredible though.

  • @megaelliott
    @megaelliott Před 15 lety

    He does that to try to give people intuition.

  • @and1fer
    @and1fer Před 10 lety +2

    well those are some thick fuggin lines

  • @tantalides
    @tantalides Před 14 lety

    isn't some of the tension distributed to the bottom string in the second problem?

  • @Jeromebefit
    @Jeromebefit Před 12 lety

    I thought it was pretty good. Do another problem where something is hanging from one string and then it has a rope attached to the left 15 degree below the horizontal and then a rope from the right with a 25 degree angle. The tension on the rope to the left is 500N. Whats the tension on the 25 degree rope? Something like that.

  • @meatmissile8229
    @meatmissile8229 Před 6 lety

    This video made me understand this concept a lot better. I do have a question though. Sal used a triangle to the right of the T_1y vector. Couldn't he have used the same triangle on the other side of the vector where the side parallel to the y component would've been straight up from the weight? The angle is the same as he stated, and the use of sin is still the same because the y component is still the opposite side from the angle.

    • @sunritroykarmakar4406
      @sunritroykarmakar4406 Před 6 lety

      Meat Missile yes but the second part of the question would have become more complicated. it is the same really

  • @FastKid26
    @FastKid26 Před 11 lety

    YES WE KHAN

  • @Thesashi7
    @Thesashi7 Před 11 lety

    How do you get the net force(T1 + T2 + T3 )?
    I tried but this doesn't give me 0. what's wrong?

  • @funkyboy_22
    @funkyboy_22 Před 8 lety +39

    It's so confusing

    • @nirmitbatavia8192
      @nirmitbatavia8192 Před 6 lety +4

      RadiantBlue3 go to hell

    • @dhairyasalot3478
      @dhairyasalot3478 Před 6 lety +22

      Nirmit Batavia why such hate?

    • @nirmitbatavia8192
      @nirmitbatavia8192 Před 6 lety

      dhairya salot can u do your own work instead of poking ur *** in every matter

    • @dhairyasalot3478
      @dhairyasalot3478 Před 6 lety +3

      Nirmit Batavia thanks for showing me that a person like you cannot reply politely

    • @nirmitbatavia8192
      @nirmitbatavia8192 Před 6 lety

      dhairya salot of course because then people like u will poke up everywhere

  • @AimlessZealot
    @AimlessZealot Před 12 lety

    Physics is full of calc:
    Uniform Force = (mass)x(acceleration), and (acceleration) = (Rate of change of velocity)... Anyone taking basic calc (derivatives) recognizes "Rate of change" meaning "Derivative of".
    Momentum = (mass)(velocity) and Kinetic Energy = (1/2)(mass)(velocity)^2. Users of integral calc recognize that w/ constant mass (both equations are), kinetic energy=integral of momentum. Physics is full of calc, but if you don't know calc you can memorize and muddle through.

  • @AtlasJS
    @AtlasJS Před 12 lety

    @sk8rlt Thats where the problem is i understand the concept yet i don't know what is going on that im getting wrong. I love math and one of the reasons is that i've realized that in math if i get an answer wrong i can just retrace my steps and find that one small addition error or maybe a negative sign i forgot to place at some point or another, but in physics that's not the case. I can't seem to find any errors in what i'm doing and therers so many steps its just overwhelming.

  • @NishieFernandez
    @NishieFernandez Před 13 lety

    it's dat easy? ;) thx man

  • @pjtheman1
    @pjtheman1 Před 14 lety

    the reason he used trig is to help apply the concept of conceptual thinking and help you understand whats going on and why the things work- the pythagorean theorem would be able to do that - but that would get the right answer- but good thinking bkisme

  • @prabhanjantelang509
    @prabhanjantelang509 Před 7 lety

    @Sal Khan. Sir what application do you use to create these videos?

  • @myworld-si8zk
    @myworld-si8zk Před 7 lety

    good

  • @youknowwhatimtalkingabout
    @youknowwhatimtalkingabout Před 4 měsíci

    6:40 'SOH CAH TOA in blood red'

  • @A591m
    @A591m Před 4 lety +1

    this video made me realize this was really the easiest thing ever but why did it seem like such a messy and horrible thing to learn during class.... lol

  • @Pamplemousse89
    @Pamplemousse89 Před 13 lety

    @martmelee
    It is EXACTLY THE SAME for me! :(

  • @SgxNaaBoy
    @SgxNaaBoy Před 12 lety

    @desertfox1792 It has already been multiplied by gravity, thats why its in newtons and not in kg or any other unit of mass.

  • @Nutterbutterz95
    @Nutterbutterz95 Před 14 lety

    It is. What made you think it wasn't?

  • @michaelpalomino6239
    @michaelpalomino6239 Před 7 lety +1

    how is that angle 30 degree's? I always thought that the angle closest to the 90 degree angle is 60 degrees and the angle farthest makes the 30 degree angle.