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2 years ago

Why were quasars and active galaxies not initially recognized as being “special” in some way?

Physics

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djyliett [7]2 years ago

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Answer:

In the past, astronomers look into the sky and the universe as a whole with an idea that it is a place where stars are born, transition through their life stages and ultimately die and this is because they couldnt differentiate between stars, quasars and active galaxies because with advanced equipment, they all look similar but as they technological ages arrived, they were able see that they are not the same.

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Two forces,one of 12 N and another of 24 N,act on a body in such a way that they make an angle of 90degree with each other.Find

jok3333 [9.3K]

Answer:

26.83 N.

Explanation:

If the angle between two vector is 90°, to get the resultant, we use Pythagoras theorem.

a² = b²+c²......................... Equation 1

Where a = R = Resultant, b = 12 N, c = 24 N.

Substitute these values into equation 1

R² = 12²+24²

R² = 144+576

R² = 720

√R² = √720

R = 26.83 N.

Hence, the result of the two force is 26.83 N.

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2 years ago

Which image illustrates refraction?

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Answer:

B illustrates refraction

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2 years ago

Radar is used to determine distances to various objects by measuring the round-trip time for an echo from the object. (a) How fa

zloy xaker [14]

Answer:

150000000000 m

0.0000005 seconds

33.33 ns

Explanation:

Speed of electromagnetic waves through vacuum = $3\times 10^8\ m/s$

Echo time = 1000 seconds

Echo time is the time taken to reach the object and come back to the observer

Distance = Speed×Time

$Distance=3\times 10^8\times \frac{1000}{2}=150000000000\ m$

Venus is 150000000000 m away from Earth

Time = Distance / Speed

$Time=\frac{75}{3\times 10^8}=0.00000025\ seconds$

Echo time will be twice the time

$Echo\ time=2\times 0.00000025=0.0000005\ seconds$

The echo time will be 0.0000005 seconds

Difference in time = Difference in distance / Speed

$\Delta t=\frac{\Delta d}{v}\\\Rightarrow \Delta t=\frac{10}{3\times 10^8}\\\Rightarrow \Delta=33.33\ ns$

The accuracy by which I will be able to measure the echo time is 33.33 ns

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3 years ago

An object experiences an impulse, moves and attains a momentum of 200 kg·m/s. If its mass is 50 kg, what is its velocity?

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Answer:

4 m/s

Explanation:

Momentum is defined as:

$p=mv$

where

m is the mass of the object

v is its velocity

For the object in this problem, we know:

p = 200 kg m/s is the momentum

m = 50 kg is the mass

Solving for the velocity, we find:

$v=\frac{p}{m}=\frac{200}{50}=4 m/s$

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2 years ago

g A 1.45-kg block is pushed against a vertical wall by means of a spring (k = 860 N/m). The coefficient of static friction betwe

olga_2 [115]

Answer:

The minimum compression is $x= 0.046m$

Explanation:

From the question we are told that

The mass of the block is $m_b = 1.45 kg$

The spring constant is $k = 860 N/m$

The coefficient of static friction is $\mu = 0.36$

For the the block not slip it mean the sum of forces acting on the horizontal axis is equal to the forces acting on the vertical axis

Now the force acting on the vertical axis is the force due to gravity which is mathematically given as

$F_y = m_b*g$

And the force acting on the horizontal axis is force due to the spring which is mathematically represented as

$F_x = k *x * \mu$

where x is the minimum compression to keep the block from slipping

Now equating this two formulas and making x the subject

$x = \frac{m_b * g}{k * \mu}$

substituting values we have

$x = \frac{1.45 * 9.8}{860 *0.36}$

$x= 0.046m$

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