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3 years ago

As light from air to water to glass, it will refract. The best explanation for this would be

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oksano4ka [1.4K]3 years ago

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The speed of a wave slows as it travels at different speed in different media. This is what causes the light to bend.

diamong [38]3 years ago

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It d I took the test

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The magnitude of the gravitational field strength near Earth's surface is represented by

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Answer:

The magnitude of the gravitational field strength near Earth's surface is represented by approximately $9.82\,\frac{m}{s^{2}}$ .

Explanation:

Let be M and m the masses of the planet and a person standing on the surface of the planet, so that M >> m. The attraction force between the planet and the person is represented by the Newton's Law of Gravitation:

$F = G\cdot \frac{M\cdot m}{r^{2}}$

Where:

$M$ - Mass of the planet Earth, measured in kilograms.

$m$ - Mass of the person, measured in kilograms.

$r$ - Radius of the Earth, measured in meters.

$G$ - Gravitational constant, measured in $\frac{m^{3}}{kg\cdot s^{2}}$ .

But also, the magnitude of the gravitational field is given by the definition of weight, that is:

$F = m \cdot g$

Where:

$m$ - Mass of the person, measured in kilograms.

$g$ - Gravity constant, measured in meters per square second.

After comparing this expression with the first one, the following equivalence is found:

$g = \frac{G\cdot M}{r^{2}}$

Given that $G = 6.674\times 10^{-11}\,\frac{m^{3}}{kg\cdot s^{2}}$ , $M = 5.972 \times 10^{24}\,kg$ and $r = 6.371 \times 10^{6}\,m$ , the magnitude of the gravitational field near Earth's surface is:

$g = \frac{\left(6.674\times 10^{-11}\,\frac{m^{3}}{kg\cdot s^{2}} \right)\cdot (5.972\times 10^{24}\,kg)}{(6.371\times 10^{6}\,m)^{2}}$

$g \approx 9.82\,\frac{m}{s^{2}}$

The magnitude of the gravitational field strength near Earth's surface is represented by approximately $9.82\,\frac{m}{s^{2}}$ .

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3 years ago

What factors determine the magnitude of the electric force between two particles ?

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The electric force between the two particles are calculated through the equation,

F = kQ₁Q₂ / d²

where F is the force, k is a constant called Coulomb's law constant, Q₁ and Q₂ are the charges, and d is the distance. This equation is called the Coulomb's law.

It can be seen from the equation above that the electric forces between the objects are majorly affected by the substance's charges and distance.

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on a very muddy football field, a 120 kg linebacker tackles an 75 kg halfback. immediately before the collision, the linebacker

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B4 the tackle:

The linebacker's momentum = 115 x 8.5 = 977.5 kg m/s north 

and the halfback's momentum = 89 x 6.7 = 596.3 kg m/s east 

After the tackle they move together with a momentum equal to the vector sum of their separate momentums b4 the tackle 

The vector triangle is right angled: 

magnitude of final momentum = √(977.5² + 596.3²) = 1145.034 kg m/s 

so (115 + 89)v(f) = 1145.034 ←←[b/c p = mv] 

v(f) = 5.6 m/s (to 2 sig figs) 

direction of v(f) is the same as the direction of the final momentum 

so direction of v(f) = arctan (596.3 / 977.5) = N 31° E (to 2 sig figs) 

so the velocity of the two players after the tackle is 5.6 m/s in the direction N 31° E 

btw ... The direction can be given heaps of different ways ... N 31° E is probably the easiest way to express it when using the vector triangle to find it

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A 25 kg child runs at a speed of 5.0 m/s and jumps onto a stationary shopping cart and holds on for dear life. The cart has mass

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Answer:

3.38 m/s

Explanation:

Mass of child = m₁ = 25

Initial speed of child = u₁ = 5 m/s

Initial speed of cart = u₂ = 0 m/s

Mass of cart = m₂ = 12 kg

Velocity of cart with child on top = v

This is a case of perfectly inelastic collision

$m_1u_1+m_2u_2=(m_1+m_2)v\\\Rightarrow v=\frac{m_1u_1+m_2u_2}{m_1+m_2}\\\Rightarrow v=\frac{25\times 5+12\times 0}{25+12}\\\Rightarrow v=\frac{125}{37}\\\Rightarrow v=3.38\ m/s$

Velocity of cart with child on top is 3.38 m/s

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