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3 years ago

Why does a smaller car get better gas mileage than a bigger one?

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Paladinen [302]3 years ago

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Answer:

Vehicle weight is the biggest single enemy of fuel economy. A heavy vehicle simply needs more power than a smaller one to produce

Explanation:

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An aluminum calorimeter with a mass of 100 g contains 250 g of water. The calorimeter and water are in thermal equilibrium at 10

Alexeev081 [22]

Answer:

a) $c=1822.3214\ J.kg^{-1}.K^{-1}$

b) This value of specific heat is close to the specific heat of ice at -40° C and the specific heat of peat (a variety of coal).

c) The material is peat, possibly.

d) The material cannot be ice because ice doesn't exists at a temperature of 100°C.

Explanation:

Given:

mass of aluminium, $m_a=0.1\ kg$

mass of water, $m_w=0.25\ kg$

initial temperature of the system, $T_i=10^{\circ}C$

mass of copper block, $m_c=0.1\ kg$

temperature of copper block, $T_c=50^{\circ}C$

mass of the other block, $m=0.07\ kg$

temperature of the other block, $T=100^{\circ}C$

final equilibrium temperature, $T_f=20^{\circ}C$

We have,

specific heat of aluminium, $c_a=910\ J.kg^{-1}.K^{-1}$

specific heat of copper, $c_c=390\ J.kg^{-1}.K^{-1}$

specific heat of water, $c_w=4186\ J.kg^{-1}.K^{-1}$

Using the heat energy conservation equation.

The heat absorbed by the system of the calorie-meter to reach the final temperature.

$Q_{in}=m_a.c_a.(T_f-T_i)+m_w.c_w.(T_f-T_i)$

$Q_{in}=0.1\times 910\times (20-10)+0.25\times 4186\times (20-10)$

$Q_{in}=11375\ J$

The heat released by the blocks when dipped into water:

$Q_{out}=m_c.c_c.(T_c-T_f)+m.c.(T-T_f)$

where

$c=$ specific heat of the unknown material

For the conservation of energy : $Q_{in}=Q_{out}$

so,

$11375=0.1\times 390\times (50-20)+0.07\times c\times (100-20)$

$c=1822.3214\ J.kg^{-1}.K^{-1}$

This value of specific heat is close to the specific heat of ice at -40° C and the specific heat of peat (a variety of coal).

The material is peat, possibly.

The material cannot be ice because ice doesn't exists at a temperature of 100°C.

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2 years ago

Some steamboat restaurants use paper pots for their customers to boil the food themselves. What is the reason for the paper not

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Answer: D. 1,2,3

The paper pots used in steamboat restaurants will not catch fire when in contact with the flame for the heat is conducted quickly to the water because the paper is thin and the burning temperature of the paper is much higher than the boiling point of water. Lastly, the texture of the paper is thick that it can withstand the temperature of the flame.

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What resistance would produce a current of 200A with a potiential difference of 200V?

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Aw, I hate physics, is this on Apex?

Resistance can be calculated with the information given in the question.
Equation for Resistance: R = V/I
V (voltage) = 200 Volts
I (current) = 200 Amps

So 200 divided by 200 = freaking 1

Answer: R = 1 (ohms)

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Metal is a good conductor of energy

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