An astronaut takes an iPod onto the space shuttle. An identical iPod remains on Earth. Which statement about the pull of Earth's
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Answer:
The ratio of the time he is above ymax /2 to the time it takes him to go from the floor to that height = 0.707
Explanation:
The mathematical derivation and steps is as shown in the attached file.
1. The magnitude of the magnetic field doubles
Explanation: the intensity of the magnetic field produced by a current-carrying wire is given by:
where is the vacuum permeability, I is the current in the wire, r is the distance from the wire.
As we see from the formula, the intensity of the magnetic field is directly proportional to the current: if the current increases from 5 A to 10 A, it means it doubles, so the magnetic field doubles as well.
2. The magnitude of the magnetic field halves
Explanation: the intensity of the magnetic field produced by a current-carrying wire is given by:
We see that the magnitude of the magnetic field is inversely proportional to the distance from the wire (r). In this case, the distance of the particle is changed from 10 cm to 20 cm, so it is doubled: therefore, the magnitude of the field will become half of the initial value.
3. The force reverses direction
Explanation: the force exerted on a charged particle in a magnetic field is:
where q is the charge, v is the speed of the particle, B is the magnetic field intensity and the angle between the direction of v and B. If the charge of the particle is switched from 2 µC to –2µC, the magnitude of the force does not change (because the absolute value of q does not change), however the charge q gets a negative sign (-), so the sign of the force changes and gets a negative sign too, so the force reverses direction.
Answer:
A. when the mass has a displacement of zero
Explanation:
The velocity of a mass on a spring can be calculated by using the law of conservation of energy. In fact, the total energy of the mass-spring system is equal to the sum of the elastic potential energy (U) of the spring and the kinetic energy (K) of the mass:
where
k is the spring constant
x is the displacement of the mass with respect to the equilibrium position of the spring
m is the mass
v is the velocity of the mass
Since the total energy E must remain constant, we can notice the following:
- When the displacement is zero (x=0), the velocity must be maximum, because U=0 so K is maximum
- When the displacement is maximum, the velocity must be minimum (zero), because U is maximum and K=0
Based on these observations, we can conclude that the velocity of the mass is at its maximum value when the displacement is zero, so the correct option is A.