If we use 1 millimeter to represent 1 light-year, how large in diameter is the Milky Way Galaxy?
1 answer:
Answer:
d.100 meters
Explanation:
The diameter of the Milky Way Galaxy is approximately 100,000 light years.
Here we are using 1 millimiter (1 mm) to represent 1 light-year (1 ly). So, we can set the following proportion:
and by finding x, we find the diameter of the Milky Way Galaxy in the scale used:
so the correct answer is
d. 100 meters
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Answer:
The ball will drop 0.881 m by the time it reaches the catcher.
Explanation:
The position of the ball at time "t" is described by the position vector "r":
r = (x0 + v0x · t, y0 + v0y · t + 1/2 · g · t²)
Where:
x0 = initial horizontal position.
v0x = initial horizontal velocity.
t = time.
y0 = initial vertical position.
v0y = initial vertical velocity.
g = acceleration due to gravity (-9.8 m/s² considering the upward direction as positive).
When the ball reaches the catcher, the position vector will be "r final" (see attached figure).
The x-component of the vector "r final", "rx final", will be 17.0 m. We have to find the y-component.
Using the equation of the x-component of the position vector, we can calculate the time it takes the ball to reach the catcher (notice that the frame of reference is located at the throwing point so that x0 and y0 = 0):
x = x0 + v0x · t
17.0 m = 0 m + 40.1 m/s · t
t = 17.0 m/ 40. 1 m/s = 0.424 s
With this time, we can calculate the y-component of the vector "r final", the drop of the ball:
y = y0 + v0y · t + 1/2 · g · t²
Initially, there is no vertical velocity, then, v0y = 0.
y = 1/2 · g · t²
y = -1/2 · 9.8 m/s² · (0.424 s)²
y = -0.881 m
The ball will drop 0.881 m by the time it reaches the catcher.
