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3 years ago

Describe the main reason why the scientific community did not accept Alfred wegener idea of continental drift?

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<span>I think they were also too skeptic to believe the continent did move or pull apart, even today do you believe that the continents broke from one big flat plate, and that they pulled apart? They also wonder what large force would be responsible for the movement.

It was much later that evidences from plant and animal features that had similarity from two different planets came up that scientists began accepting the idea of continental drift.
And similar rock strata from two different opposite continents, showed similar rock strata.
All these evidences came up much later after Alfred Wengener.

So Alfred Wengener was honored Posthumously</span>

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2 years ago

For the material in the previous question that yields at 200 MPa, what is the maximum mass, in kg, that a cylindrical bar with d

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Answer:

The maximum mass the bar can support without yielding = 32408.26 kg

Explanation:

Yield stress of the material ( $\sigma$ ) = 200 M Pa

Diameter of the bar = 4.5 cm = 45 mm

We know that yield stress of the bar is given by the formula

Yield Stress = $\frac{Maximum load}{Area of the bar}$

⇒ $\sigma$ = $\frac{P_{max} }{A}$ ---------------- (1)

⇒ Area of the bar (A) = $\frac{\pi}{4}$ × $D^{2}$

⇒ A = $\frac{\pi}{4}$ × $45^{2}$

⇒ A = 1589.625 $mm^{2}$

Put all the values in equation (1) we get

⇒ $P_{max}$ = 200 × 1589.625

⇒ $P_{max}$ = 317925 N

In this bar the $P_{max}$ is equal to the weight of the bar.

⇒ $P_{max}$ = $M_{max}$ × g

Where $M_{max}$ is the maximum mass the bar can support.

⇒ $M_{max}$ = $\frac{P_{max} }{g}$

Put all the values in the above formula we get

⇒ $M_{max}$ = $\frac{317925}{9.81}$

⇒ $M_{max}$ = 32408.26 Kg

There fore the maximum mass the bar can support without yielding = 32408.26 kg

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2 years ago

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Inga [223]

Answer:

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2 years ago

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Given a 10-V power supply, would a 20-ohm resistor and a 5-ohm resistor need to be arranged in parallel or in series to generate

Bogdan [553]

Answer:

The resistors will be in parallel to produce a net resistance of 4ohm and current in 20 ohm resistor will be 0.5A and 5ohm resistor will be 2A.

Explanation:

We are given 10 voltage power source and we have two Resistors with resistance of 20 ohm and 5ohm.

We need to find the orientation in which these two resistors would be arranged so that the circuit could get a current of 2.5Ampere.

Using ohm's law we have

V = I*R

V= voltage

I= current

R= resistance

10 = 2.5*R

R = 10/2.5 = 4ohm

that means we need a total of 4ohm resistance from these two resistors.

since the net Resistance(4ohm) is lower than the smallest resistance(5ohm) available that means the orientation of the resistors will be in parallel.

$\frac{1}{R} = \frac{1}{R1} +\frac{1}{R2}\\ = \frac{1}{20} +\frac{1}{5}\\ \\ = \frac{1+4}{20} =\frac{1}{4}$

R(net) =4ohm

Now the orientation of the resistors are in parallel so the current will be divided.

we know that the current will divide in opposite manner the arm which provides more resistance less current will flow from there and vice versa.

We know that the voltage in parallel remains same

In 20 ohm resistance

again using ohms law

V = i1*R1

10 = i1*20

i1 = 0.5A

in 5ohm resistor

V=i2*R2

10 = I2*5

i2 =2A

and i1+i2 = 0.5+2= 2.5A which means our calculation is correct.

Therefore the resistors will be in parallel to produce a net resistance of 4ohm and current in 20 ohm resistor will be 0.5A and 5ohm resistor will be 2A.

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