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What is a concave lens?

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ozzi3 years ago

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A concave lens is a lens that has at least one of its surfaces or both surfaces curved inwards. Due to this reason, this lens diverges the light that falls on it and hence is also called a diverging lens. The concave lens is thinner in the middle compared to its edges. These are used in flashlights, binoculars, telescopes, etc.
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Answer:

(a) The range of the projectile is 31,813.18 m

(b) The maximum height of the projectile is 4,591.84 m

Explanation:

Given;

initial speed of the projectile, u = 600 m/s

angle of projection, θ = 30⁰

acceleration due to gravity, g = 9.8 m/s²

(a) The range of the projectile in meters;

$R = \frac{u^2sin \ 2\theta}{g} \\\\R = \frac{600^2 sin(2\times 30^0)}{9.8} \\\\R = \frac{600^2 sin (60^0)}{9.8} \\\\R = 31,813.18 \ m$

(b) The maximum height of the projectile in meters;

$H = \frac{u^2 sin^2\theta}{2g} \\\\H = \frac{600^2 (sin \ 30)^2}{2\times 9.8} \\\\H = \frac{600^2 (0.5)^2}{19.6} \\\\H = 4,591.84 \ m$

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a) 0 kg m/s

b) 0 kg m/s

c) +3 m/s

d) 60 N

Explanation:

The momentum of an object is a vector quantity given by:

$p=mv$

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m is the mass of the object

v is the velocity of the object

In this problem, we have a system of two people, so the total momentum will be the sum of the individual momenta of the two people:

$p=p_1 + p_2$

Which can be rewritten as

$p=m_1 u_1 + m_2 u_2$

where $m_1,m_2$ are the masses of the two people and $u_1,u_2$ their initial velocities.

However, the two people are initially at rest, so

$u_1 = 0\\u_2 = 0$

Therefore the total momentum is

$p=0+0=0$

The principle of conservation of momentum states that when there are no external forces acting on a system, the total momentum of the system is conserved, so we can write:

$p_i = p_f$

where

$p_i$ is the total momentum of the system before

$p_f$ is the total momentum of the system after

In this problem,

$p_i = 0$

As we calculated in part a: this is because the total momentum of the two people before they push off each other is zero.

Therefore, according to the law of conservation of momentum,

$p_f = p_i = 0$

So the total momentum is zero also after they push off each other.

The total momentum of the girl and the boy after they push off each other can be written as:

$p_f = m_1 v_1 + m_2 v_2$ (1)

where:

$m_1 = 30 kg$ is the mass of the girl

$v_1 = -5 m/s$ is her velocity (she moves backward, so the negative sign)

$m_2 = 50 kg$ is the mass of the boy

$v_2$ is the velocity of the boy

As calculated in part b), we also know that the total momentum of the girl and the boy is

$p_f = 0$ (2)

By combining eq(1) and eq(2) we get

$0=m_1 v_1 + m_2 v_2$

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$\Delta p = F\Delta t$

where

$\Delta p$ is the change in momentum

F is the force

$\Delta t$ is the time during which the force is applied

In this problem:

$\Delta t = 2.5 s$

For the boy, the change in momentum is:

$\Delta p = m_2 (v_2 - u_2)$

And since

$m_2 = 50 kg\\u_2 = 0 m/s\\v_2 = 3 m/s$

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