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3 years ago

What is the difference between mass and weight?

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Mass is the actual amount of material contained in a body and is measured by kg, gm, etc. Whereas weight is the force extorted by the gravity on that object mg. Note that mass is independent of everything but weight is different on earth, moon, etc.

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Explanation:

It is given that,

Angular frequency, $\omega=4\ s^{-1}$

Maximum displacement, A = 0.5 m at t = 0 s

We need to find the time at which it reaches its maximum speed. Firstly, we will find the maximum velocity of the object that is exhibiting SHM.

$v_{max}=A\times \omega$

$v_{max}=0.5\times 4$

$v_{max}=2\ m/s$ ............(1)

Acceleration of the object, $a=\omega^2A$

$a=4^2\times 0.5$

$a=8\ m/s^2$ ...............(2)

Using first equation of motion we can calculate the time taken to reach maximum speed.

$v=u+at$

$t=\dfrac{v-u}{a}$

$t=\dfrac{2-0}{8}$

t = 0.25 s

So, the object will take 0.25 seconds to reach its maximum speed. Hence, this is the required solution.

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How strong is the attractive force between a glass rod with a 0.700μC0.700μC charge and a silk cloth with a –0.600μC–0.600μC cha

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Answer:

0.2625 N/C

Explanation:

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where Q₁ and Q₂ are charges and R is distance between charges.K is a constant equal to 9 x 10⁹.

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How is wave movement affected by the various mediums it may travel through?

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Answer:

speed is affected by the medium in wich the wave travels.

Explanation:

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For light waves, the denser the medium through which the wave travels, the slower it will go through it, as there is more resistance to the light particles.

And in waves like sound, which instead of particles is a vibration or disturbance in the medium, they travel faster in denser mediums such as metal, because the disturbance is transmitted more efficiently thanks to how close together that the particles are in the metal, This is why sound does not travel in a vacuum; there are not even particles to transmit the vibration.

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D) The heavier ball will have a higher temperature because the change of temperature is inversely proportional to mass.

Explanation:

As stated in the problem, the amount of heat released by each ball is

$Q=mC_p \Delta T$

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m is the mass of the ball

Cp is the specific heat of iron (so, it is equal for both balls)

$\Delta T$ is the change in temperature of each ball

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