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Explain how fossil fuels are used to produce electricity?

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pentagon [3]4 years ago

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<u>Answer</u>

Fossils are remains from animals and plants. They are embedded in rock and preserved in petrified form.

In a fossil fuels power plant carbon fuels such as oil, coal and gas are burnt to generate steam that are used to turn large turbines that generate electricity.

These turbines turn magnetic fields inside conductor inducing a large current in them.

Fossils fuels are much reliable as they can be used for a long period of time.

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Answer:

Inductance as calculated is 13.12 mH

Solution:

As per the question:

Length of the coil, l = 12 cm = 0.12 m

Diameter, d = 1.7 cm = 0.017 m

No. of turns, N = 235

Now,

Area of cross-section of the wire, A = $\frac{\pi d^{2}}{4} = \frac{\pi \times 0.017^{2}}{4} = 2.269\times 10^{- 4}\ m^{2}$

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Explanation:

From the question we are told that:

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Bottle cap area $A_b= 4.40 * 10-4 m^2$

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$P_r=P_{CO_2}-P_a$

Where

$P_a=atmospheric\ pressure = 1.013*10^5 pa$

$P_r=1.50 * 105 Pa-1.013*10^5 pa$

$P_r=0.487*10^5 pa$

Generally the equation for Force exerted by screw F is give as is mathematically given by

$F = P*A\\F = 0.487*10^5*4.00*10^-4\\ F = 19.48 N$

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3 years ago

A worker is thinking about two ways to get a box up 1.2 m onto a loading dock. He can use a force of 250 N to lift it straight u

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Answer:

<em>The second option has a lower power output. P=30 W</em>

Explanation:

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$\displaystyle P=\frac{(250). (1.2)}{3}=100\ Watt$

The second option requires the worker applies 75 N of force and travel a distance of 4 meters for 10 seconds, thus the power is

$\displaystyle P=\frac{(75). (4)}{10}=30\ Watt$

The second option has a lower power output

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