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4 years ago

Perform an Internet search to learn about grounding wires, fuses, and circuit breakers. Specifically,

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A ground wire provides a conducting path to the earth which is separate and independent from the path of an electrical appliance. Also, a ground wire is an additional pathway for an electric current to safely return to the ground without imposing danger to anyone in the event that a short circuit might occur. This is particularly important for shock hazard since it forces the breaker to trip by supplying a path to the ground if ever a hot wire comes in contact with a metal case of the appliance.

A fuses and circuit breakers limit the current which can possibly flow in a circuit. The metal filament present in the fuse will melt and break the connection. On the other hand, the circuit breaker with its bimetallic strip's heating effect causes a bending and tripping of a spring-loaded switch.

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The pressure on a balloon holding 356 mL of an ideal gas is increased from 267 torr to 1.00 atm. What is the new volume of the b

Natalija [7]

Answer:

124.52 mL

Explanation:

from Boyle's Law,

PV = P'V' ................... Equation 1

Where P = Initial pressure of the gas, V = Initial volume of the gas, P' = Final pressure of the gas, V' = Final volume of the gas.

make V' the subject of the equation.

V' = PV/P'............. Equation 2

Given: P = 267 torr = (267×0.00131) = 0.34977 atm, V = 356 mL, P' = 1 atm

Substitute into equation 2

V' = (0.34977×356)/1

V' = 124.52 mL.

Hence the new volume of the balloon = 124.52 mL

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3 years ago

Explain why streets and highways have speed limits and not velocity limits.

alexdok [17]

We know that speed is a scalar unit while velocity is a vector. The signs are mostly concerned with the magnitude that the car should travel in, the direction is not as important.

Hope I helped :)

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3 years ago

Write a rule for the sequence. 3, -3, -9, -15. A. Start with 3 and add -6 repeatedly B. Start with -6 and add 3 repeatedly C. St

faust18 [17]

Substract two consecutive terms of the sequence to see if there is a common difference:

$\begin{gathered} (-3)-(3)=-3-3=-6 \\ (-9)-(-3)=-9+3=-6 \\ (-15)-(-9)=-15+9=-6 \end{gathered}$

As we can see, there is a common difference of -6.

Then, if a number of the sequence is given, the next one can be found by adding -6 (which is the same as subtracting 6).

Notice that the first term of the sequence is 3.

Then, the rule for the sequence is to start with 3 and add -6 repeatedly.

Therefore, the correct choice is option A) Start with 3 and add -6 repeatedly.

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2 years ago

A rock is thrown vertically upward from some height above the ground. It rises to some maximum height and falls back to the grou

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Answer:

At the highest point the velocity is zero, the acceleration is directed downward.

Explanation:

This is a free-fall problem, in the case of something being thrown or dropped, the acceleration is equal to -gravity, so -9.80m/s^2. So, the acceleration is never 0 here.

I attached an image from my lecture today, I find it to be helpful. You can see that because of gravity the acceleration is pulled downwards.

At the highest point the velocity is 0, but it's changing direction and that's why there's still an acceleration there.

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4 years ago

An oven uses 4500 watts of power in 2 minutes, how much work was done?

jolli1 [7]

First of all we state the formula
Power=work done/time
we can rearrange this formula as well
work done=power x time

Since the SI unit of time is in seconds we change the minutes to seconds
2mins= 60x2 = 120 seconds

Using our formula (work done=power x time) we simply put in the values
work done = 4500 x 120
work done = 540,000J

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3 years ago