Explanation:
1 inch = 25.4 mm
1 foot = 12 inches
1 mile = 5260 feet
1 cm = 0.01 m or 10 mm
Now Sammy's height is 5 feet and 5.3 inches.
(a) We need to find Sammy's height in inches.
Since, 1 foot = 12 inches
5 feet = 5 × 12 inches = 60 inches
Now, 5 feet and 5.3 inches = 60 inches + 5.3 inches = 65.3 inches
Sammy's height is 65.3 inches.
(b) We need to find Sammy's height in feet.
Since, 1 foot = 12 inches
So,
5 feet and 5.3 inches = 5 feet + 0.4416 feet = 5.44 feet
Sammy's height is 5.44 feet.
Answer:
It corresponds to a distance of 100 parsecs away from Earth.
Explanation:
The angle due to the change in position of a nearby object against the background stars it is known as parallax.
It is defined in a analytic way as it follows:
Where d is the distance to the star.
(1)
Equation (1) can be rewritten in terms of d:
(2)
Equation (2) represents the distance in a unit known as parsec (pc).
The parallax angle can be used to find out the distance by means of triangulation. Making a triangle between the nearby star, the Sun and the Earth (as is shown in the image below), knowing that the distance between the Earth and the Sun (150000000 Km), is defined as 1 astronomical unit (1AU).
For the case of ():
Hence, it corresponds to a distance of 100 parsecs away from Earth.
<em>Summary:</em>
Notice how a small parallax angle means that the object is farther away.
Key terms:
Parsec: Parallax of arc second
False: the force of gravity acting on different objects is different and depends on their mass
Explanation:
The answer is false.
The force of gravity acting on an object (also known as weight) near the Earth's surface is given by:
where:
m is the mass of the object
is the acceleration of gravity
We see from the formula that the force of gravity acting on an object depends on the mass: the larger the mass of the object, the stronger the gravitational force acting on it, and the smaller the mass, the weaker the force of gravity.
The factor that does not change is the acceleration of gravity, which is constant () if we are near the Earth's surface, and implies that all the objects in free fall accelerate at the same rate towards the ground, regardless of their size and weight.
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