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3 years ago

1. The statement about Newton's reflecting telescope contains 1 error. Find the error, write it, and

Physics

1 answer:

Jlenok [28]3 years ago

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Answer:

i. The error is the rough convex mirror.

ii. This should be replaced with a smooth convex morror.

Explanation:

Reflection is dependent on the surface involved and has two types; diffuse and specular. When the surface is rough, diffused reflection is observed. The surface causes a distortion of the incident light (the rays would be reflected at different angles to one another) after reflection. This makes some rays to interfere with one another. While specular reflection is observed with a smooth surface.

In the statement, the rough convex mirror would produce a distorted reflection which would produce diffused reflection. The effect is that few or no rays (depending on the degree of how rough the surfce is) would be reflected to the other smooth, flat diagonal mirror.

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Explanation:

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Answer:

(A)

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Explanation:

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When a particle is dropped in free air, it starts falling to the ground with an acceleration equal to the gravity. If one wanted to know the height of launching, it can indirectly be measured by the time it takes to reach the ground by the formula

$\displaystyle D=\frac{gt^2}{2}$

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If we are taking into consideration the time we can hear the sound it makes when hitting the ground (or water in this case), we must also consider the speed of the sound for the time it takes to reach back our ears. That time can be computed from the basic equation for the speed

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$\displaystyle \sqrt{\frac{2D}{g}}=t_t-\frac{D}{v_s}$

Let's square both sides

$\displaystyle \frac{2D}{g}=t_t^2-2t_t\frac{D}{v_s}+\frac{D^2}{v_s^2}$

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Rearranging and factoring

$\boxed{\displaystyle D^2-\left (\frac{2v_s^2}{g}+2t_tv_s\right )D+t_t^2v_s^2=0}$

Now, let's put in numbers:

$g=9.8\ m/s^2,\ v_s=345\ m/s,t_t=3.5\ sec$

$\displaystyle D^2-\left (\frac{2(345)^2}{9.8}+2(3.5)(345)\right )D+(12.25)345^2=0$

Computing all the coefficients:

$\displaystyle D^2-26,705.82D+1,458,056.25=0$

Solving for D, we have two possible solutions:

$D=54.71,\ D=26,651.11$

The second solution is called "extraneous", since it comes from squaring an equation, which can introduce non-valid (or external) solutions. It's impossible, given the conditions of the problem, that the well could be 26.5 km deep. So we'll keep the only solution as.

D=54.71 m

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$\displaystyle t_1=\sqrt{\frac{2(54.71)}{9.8}}=3.34\ sec$

$\displaystyle t_2=\frac{54.71}{345}=0.16\ sec$

We can see their sum is 3.5 seconds, 3.34 of which were taken to reach the bottom of the well, and 0.16 sec took the sound to reach the top.

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3 years ago

Please help on this one

mixas84 [53]

Ep=mgh
h= Ep/mg
h=57÷(3.3×9.8)
h= 57÷32.34
h= 1.8m
So; the answer is B. 1.8m

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Answer:

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Answer:

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