The costs of mining and transporting coal are roughly independent of the heating value of the coal. consider: (1) that the coal in the ground is valued at 50 cents/(million kj), (2) that mining costs are 8 dollars/tonne, and (3) that transportation costs are 8 cents/(tonneꞏkm). if the price of other delivered coals is 160 cents/(million kj), find: (a) the radius from the mine, in kilometers, that a coal of 32,560 kj/kg can be delivered and sold for zero profit or loss; (b) the same radius for a coal with a heating value of 23,200 kj/kg; and (c) the minimum heating value (in kj/kg) of a coal that could be used locally (i. e., a mine mouth plant).

Tom is having a problem with his washing machine. he notices that the machine vibrates violently at a frequency of 1500 rpm due to an unknown rotating unbalance. the machine is mounted on 4 springs each having a stiffness of 10 kn/m. tom wishes to add an undamped vibration absorber attached by a spring under the machine the machine working frequency ranges between 800 rpm to 2000 rpm and its total mass while loaded is assumed to be 80 kg a) what should be the mass of the absorber added to the machine so that the natural frequency falls outside the working range? b) after a first trial of an absorber using a mass of 35 kg, the amplitude of the oscillation was found to be 10 cm. what is the value of the rotating unbalance? c) using me-3.5 kg.m, find the optimal absorber (by minimizing its mass). what would be the amplitude of the oscillation of the absorber?