Kepler's first law - sometimes referred to as the law of ellipses - explains that planets are orbiting the sun in a path described as an ellipse. An ellipse can easily be constructed using a pencil, two tacks, a string, a sheet of paper and a piece of cardboard. Tack the sheet of paper to the cardboard using the two tacks. Then tie the string into a loop and wrap the loop around the two tacks. Take your pencil and pull the string until the pencil and two tacks make a triangle (see diagram at the right). Then begin to trace out a path with the pencil, keeping the string wrapped tightly around the tacks. The resulting shape will be an ellipse. An ellipse is a special curve in which the sum of the distances from every point on the curve to two other points is a constant. The two other points (represented here by the tack locations) are known as the foci of the ellipse. The closer together that these points are, the more closely that the ellipse resembles the shape of a circle. In fact, a circle is the special case of an ellipse in which the two foci are at the same location. Kepler's first law is rather simple - all planets orbit the sun in a path that resembles an ellipse, with the sun being located at one of the foci of that ellipse.
The correct answer is letter A. 6 millimeters. <span>If an object 18 millimeters high is placed 12 millimeters from a diverging lens and the image is formed 4 millimeters in front of the lens, the height of the image is 6 millimeters.
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Solution:
18 / x = 12 / 4
12x = 72
x = 6mm
Answer:
1.125m/s^2
Explanation:
Since acceleration is defined as the rate of change in velocity with respect to time. Mathematically
v^2= u^2+2as
Where a,v,u and s are the acceleration, final velocity, initial velocity and distance respectively.
a = ?
u = 0m/s
v = 15m/s
s = 100m
Substituting the values into the formula above
v^2= u^2+2as
15^2=0^2+2×a×100
225= 0+200a
225= 200a
Divide both sides by 200
225/200 = 200a/200
a= 1.125m/s^2
Hence the acceleration of the car is 1.125m/s^2.
Note that the car accelerated uniformly from rest, that was why the initial velocity was 0m/s
Answer:
966 mph
Explanation:
Using as convention:
- East --> positive x-direction
- North --> Positive y-direction
The x- and y- components of the initial velocity of the jet can be written as
While the components of the velocity of the wind are
So the components of the resultant velocity of the jet are
And the new speed is the magnitude of the resultant velocity:
m = mass of the car moving in horizontal circle = 1750 kg
v = Constant speed of the car moving in the horizontal circle = 15 m/s
r = radius of the horizontal circular track traced by the car = 45.0 m
F = magnitude of the centripetal force acting on the car
To move in a circle . centripetal force is required which is given as
F = m v²/r
inserting the above values in the formula
F = (1750) (15)²/(45)
F = (1750) (225)/(45)
F = 1750 x 5
F = 8750 N
