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Flauer [41]
2 years ago
6

Why is a minimum of three seismic stations needed to find the epicenter of an earthquake?

Physics
1 answer:
vazorg [7]2 years ago
5 0

Each station can detect how far away the epicenter was. So each station basically has a circle made of possible epicenters. When you have three, you narrow it down to one, final point.

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(b μk = 0.1135

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d:displacement in meters (m)  

t : time in seconds (s)

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vf: final speed in m/s  

a: acceleration in m/s

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0=5.8+a*t

-5.8 = a*t

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∑F = m*a    Formula (3)

∑F : algebraic sum of the forces in Newton (N)

m : mass in kilograms (kg)

a : acceleration in meters over second square (m/s²)

Look at the free body diagram of the  hockey puck in the attached graphic

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(b) Calculation of the coefficient of friction (μk)

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