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2 years ago

This diagram shows the process that powers stars. This process is called?

Physics

2 answers:

Elanso [62]2 years ago

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<u>Answer: </u>The correct answer is Option C.

<u>Explanation:</u>

A star is defined as a fixed point in the night sky which illuminates and is very large. the primary element present in stars is Hydrogen and it continuously changes to helium by a process known as Nuclear fusion reaction. This process releases a huge amount of energy.

Nuclear fusion reaction is defined as the combination of lighter nuclei to form a heavy nuclei. In Stars, hydrogen atoms combine to form a helium atom.

The reactions which takes place in stars follows a series of equations:

$_1^1\textrm{H}+_1^1\textrm{H}\rightarrow _1^2\textrm{H}+_{+1}^0\textrm{e}+\text{energy}\\\\_1^2\textrm{H}+_1^1\textrm{H}\rightarrow _2^3\textrm{He}+\text{energy}\\\\_2^3\textrm{He}+_1^1\textrm{H}\rightarrow _2^4\textrm{He}+_{+1}^0\textrm{e}+\text{energy}$

Overall reaction for the above series of reactions is given by:

$4_1^1\textrm{H}\rightarrow _2^4\textrm{He}+2_{+1}^0\textrm{e}+\text{energy}$

Hence, the correct answer is Option C.

viktelen [127]2 years ago

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The process that powers stars is C)fusion

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$m_{1}$ , $m_{2}$ - Masses of the 0.400-kg and 0.900-kg pucks, measured in kilograms.

$v_{1,o}$ , $v_{2,o}$ - Initial speeds of the 0.400-kg and 0.900-kg pucks, measured in meters per second.

$v_{1}$ , $v_{2}$ - Final speeds of the 0.400-kg and 0.900-kg pucks, measured in meters per second.

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Now, the same variable is substituted in second equation and resulting expression is simplified and solved afterwards:

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The first root coincides with the conditions before collision and the second one represents a physically reasonable solution.

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$v_{1,f} = 5.86-2.25\cdot (3.606)$

$v_{1,f} = -2.254\,\frac{m}{s}$

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