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1 year ago

Is the average speed of a vehicles vector or a scalar quantity? A) vectorB) scalar

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As the speed is a scalar quantity as it has the only magnitude in it. Therefore, the average speed is also stated as a scalar quantity.

Hence, the correct answer is (B)

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Answer:

h = 36.4 cm

Explanation:

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spring constant = 2.5 x 10⁴ N/m

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by energy of conservation

$K.E_i +P.E_i= K.E_f + P.E_f$

$\dfrac{1}{2}kx^2 = mgh$

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3 years ago

A railroad car of mass 2.50*10^4 kg is moving with a speed of 4.00 m/s. It collides and couples with three other coupled railroa

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Answer:

(a) 2.5 m/s

(b) 37.5 KJ

Explanation:

(a)

From the law of conservation of momentum, Initial momentum=Final momentum

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$V_f=\frac {4+(3\times2)}{4}=2.5 m/s$

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Initial kinetic energy is given by

$\frac {mV_1^{2}}{2}+\frac {3mV_2^{2}}{2}=\frac {m(V_1^{2}+3V_2^{2}}{2}=\frac {2.5\times 10^{4}(4^{2}+3(2^{2}))}{2}=350\times10^{3} J= 350 KJ$

Final kinetic energy is given by

$\frac {4mV_f^{2}}{2}=\frac {4\times 2.5\times 10^{4}\times 2.5^{2}}{2}=312.5\times 10^{3} J=312.5 KJ$

The energy lost is given by subtracting the final kinetic energy from the initial kinetic energy hence

Energy lost=350-312.5=37.5 KJ

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Answer:

The acceleration of the object is $-30\ m/s^2$

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Given:

Initial velocity of object $v_i$ = 200 feet/second

Final velocity of object $v_f$ = 50 feet/second

Time of travel = 5 seconds

To calculate acceleration of the object we will find the rate of change of velocity with respect to time.

So, acceleration $a$ is given by:

$a=\frac{v_f-v_i}{t}$

where $v_f$ represents final velocity, $v_i$ represents initial velocity and $t$ is time of travel.

Plugging in values to evaluate acceleration.

$a=\frac{50-200}{5}$

$a=\frac{-150}{5}$

$a=-30\ m/s^2$

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