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4 years ago

Which part of the steam engine does the work?

2 answers:

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Imagine living off nothing but coal and water and still having enough energy to run at over 100 mph! That's exactly what a steam locomotive can do. Although these giant mechanical dinosaurs are now extinct from most of the world's railroads, steam technology lives on in people's hearts and locomotives like this still run as tourist attractions on many heritage railways.

Steam locomotives were powered by steam engines, and deserve to be remembered because they swept the world through the Industrial Revolution of the 18th and 19th centuries. Steam engines rank with cars, airplanes, telephones, radio, and television among the greatest inventions of all time. They are marvels of machinery and excellent examples of engineering, but under all that smoke and steam, how exactly do they work?

vazorg [7]4 years ago

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The piston is correct

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3 years ago

The momentum of an electron is 1.75 times larger than the value computed non-relativistically. What is the speed of the electron

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Answer:

Speed of the electron is 2.46 x 10^8 m/s

Explanation:

momentum of the electron before relativistic effect = $M_{0} V$

where $M_{0}$ is the rest mass of the electron

V is the velocity of the electron.

under relativistic effect, the mass increases.

under relativistic effect, the new mass M will be

M = $M_{0}/ \sqrt{1 - \beta ^{2} }$

where

$\beta = V/c$

c is the speed of light = 3 x 10^8 m/s

V is the speed with which the electron travels.

The new momentum will therefore be

==> $M_{0}V/ \sqrt{1 - \beta ^{2} }$

It is stated that the relativistic momentum is 1.75 times the non-relativistic momentum. Equating, we have

1.75 $M_{0} V$ = $M_{0}V/ \sqrt{1 - \beta ^{2} }$

the equation reduces to

1.75 = $1/ \sqrt{1 - \beta ^{2} }$

square both sides of the equation, we have

3.0625 = 1/ $(1 - \beta ^{2} )$

3.0625 - 3.0625 $\beta ^{2}$ = 1

2.0625 = 3.0625 $\beta ^{2}$

$\beta ^{2}$ = 0.67

β = 0.819

substitute for $\beta = V/c$

V/c = 0.819

V = c x 0.819

V = 3 x 10^8 x 0.819 = 2.46 x 10^8 m/s

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4 years ago

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3 years ago

Two small conducting point charges, separated by 0.4 m, carry a total charge of 200 C. They repel one another with a force of 12

Lunna [17]

Answer:

200 C

Explanation:

Let C1 and C2 be their charges. According to Coulomb's law

$F_C = k\frac{C_1C_2}{R^2}$

where k = $8.99\times10^9 nm^2/C^2$ is the constant, R = 0.4m is the distance between them, F = 120 N is their resulting charge force

$120 = 8.99\times10^9\frac{C_1C_2}{0.4^2}$

$C_1C_2 = \frac{120*0.4^2}{8.99\times10^9} = 2.13\times10^{-9}$

Since their total charge is 200C:

$C_1 + C_2 = 200$ or $C_1 = 200 - C_2$

We can substitute the above equation

$C_1C_2 = (200 - C_2)C_2 = 2.13\times10^{-9}$

$-C_2^2 +200C_2 - 2.13\times10^{-9} = 0$

$C= \frac{-b \pm \sqrt{b^2 - 4ac}}{2a}$

$C= \frac{-200\pm \sqrt{(200)^2 - 4*(-1)*(-0.00000000213)}}{2*(-1)}$

$C= \frac{-200\pm200}{-2}$

$C = 1.06 \times 10^{-11}$ or $C \approx 200$

So the larger charge is C = 200 C

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Hey there! :D

Cluster- a group of stars or galaxies forming a relatively close association.

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Universe- the whole wide range of galaxies, stars, and solar systems that were ever formed.

The best answer would be "Cluster" because the universe is infinite, they are millions of galaxies, solar systems, and constellations in it. The question only states 'a thousand galaxies'. This is of one kind. This best works for the question.

I hope this helps!
~kaikers

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